Not losing weight help!!!!
insideout7962
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Ok I started this a week ago tomorrow and have been doing really well doing 50 min exercise a day one of those days weights only, I have been eating healthy staying under 1900 calories no cokes. I just weighed for the 1st time and haven't lost a single pound??? I feel like I have lost inches though. Any advice would be great!
I'm 33 5 foot 4 and weigh 278 currently 40 min treadmill and 20 minutes recumbent bike daily
I'm 33 5 foot 4 and weigh 278 currently 40 min treadmill and 20 minutes recumbent bike daily
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1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.
2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.
3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.
4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.
5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.
6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.
7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.
8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.
9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.7 -
Don't worry. It's been only one week. Keep it up, you're doing great!
One tip is to buy a food scale and weight everything you eat and drink. In that way, you can be sure how many calories you get and know that food isn't the problem.1 -
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My advice is, it's only been 1 week. You've changed your exercise which means that you're most likely building muscle. Check your measurements with a tape and record them.
keep going and soon enough the fat will come off. Not all victories are on the scales 
Good luck and don't give up yet.1 -
My advice is, it's only been 1 week. You've changed your exercise which means that you're most likely building muscle. Check your measurements with a tape and record them. keep going and soon enough the fat will come off. Not all victories are on the scales
Good luck and don't give up yet.
Fair enough advice except that you don't build muscle over only one week. Building muscle takes a lot of time and hard work.
Like everyone else said, it's only been one week. That's not nearly enough time to see anything significant. If anything you may be retaining water because if your body isn't used to the exercise you'll have some inflammation (which is normal) and any fat loss will be masked by the water retention.
The best lesson you have to learn while doing this is PATIENCE and a stubbornness to keep doing what you're doing, even when you're not seeing the scale move.2 -
insideout7962 wrote: »Ok I started this a week ago tomorrow and have been doing really well doing 50 min exercise a day one of those days weights only, I have been eating healthy staying under 1900 calories no cokes. I just weighed for the 1st time and haven't lost a single pound??? I feel like I have lost inches though. Any advice would be great!
I'm 33 5 foot 4 and weigh 278 currently 40 min treadmill and 20 minutes recumbent bike daily
Congratulations on kicking your coke habit, you don't need drugs to get high when you've got exercise.5 -
My advice is, it's only been 1 week. You've changed your exercise which means that you're most likely building muscle. Check your measurements with a tape and record them. keep going and soon enough the fat will come off. Not all victories are on the scales
Good luck and don't give up yet.
Nope nope nope. Not gaining any muscle in one week. But there might be water retention in your muscles.
It's only been one week. Patience grasshopper or you'll drive yourself insane. Work on your logging accuracy and keep at it! You've got this.2 -
Actually it takes six weeks for your body to change. It is also only a week into your change. You are doing weight training, however you need aerobic exercise (cardio). Take comfort in knowing that muscle burns fat even when you are sleeping. It just takes time. Like the first one said make sure you log everything in because you could be so used to eating whatever and not accounting for it. Building muscle is not like it is bad just add a bit of cardio.1
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Thank you all so much for the great advice I have been doing cardiologist mostly and weights once a week so far I'm logging everything and drinking tons of water I am going to keep with it I did measurements yesterday so I could check in a week or so thanks again for the confidense boost I'm impatient I guess lol0
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Update at the dr today I had last 2 pounds so excited6
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Down 14 pounds!2
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Yesssssss!1
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insideout7962 wrote: »Thank you all so much for the great advice I have been doing cardiologist mostly and weights once a week so far I'm logging everything and drinking tons of water I am going to keep with it I did measurements yesterday so I could check in a week or so thanks again for the confidense boost I'm impatient I guess lol
Don't forget to get adequate sleep. Rest is the only time the body gets a chance to repair itself and get rid of the lactic acid. Stick with it - you're on the right track and will do fine.1 -
Great job keep it up!!1
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Actually it takes six weeks for your body to change. It is also only a week into your change. You are doing weight training, however you need aerobic exercise (cardio). Take comfort in knowing that muscle burns fat even when you are sleeping. It just takes time. Like the first one said make sure you log everything in because you could be so used to eating whatever and not accounting for it. Building muscle is not like it is bad just add a bit of cardio.
Basically, the more muscles you can involve in a single movement (eg running), the more calories you'll shred. Other good exercises that way are burpees and speed squats. You might only be able to do a couple sets at the outset, but as you (a) see the results, (b) feel more confident and (c) improve form -- the mirror will confirm what I'm telling you now.1
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