diet and exercise. .. Not losing weight
me33y
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so I have been back in my diet now for a week and haven't lost one single pound. I was aiming to lose 2 pounds a week 
my diet looks like this ...
bf - oats and egg pancake with coconut oil and stevia
L - boiled egg, cottage cheese and sweet potato followed by an apple
snack - banana and 1tsp of peanut butter
D - fish, broccoli and Bulgar wheat
dessert - natural yoghurt with berries and 1 tsp of peanut butter
I do spin classes, body pump classes, hiit training, boxing, and core condoning classes and train six days a week (usually 2 classes a day).
i just don't understand why the scales haven't moved even a pound l. i have put in so much hard work.
my diet looks like this ...
bf - oats and egg pancake with coconut oil and stevia
L - boiled egg, cottage cheese and sweet potato followed by an apple
snack - banana and 1tsp of peanut butter
D - fish, broccoli and Bulgar wheat
dessert - natural yoghurt with berries and 1 tsp of peanut butter
I do spin classes, body pump classes, hiit training, boxing, and core condoning classes and train six days a week (usually 2 classes a day).
i just don't understand why the scales haven't moved even a pound l. i have put in so much hard work.
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Do you weigh your food?
That being said, 1 week isn't long enough to judge5 -
Yes of course ! I'm eating 1200 calories a day and burning off 2200 .. which in sight should mean a two pound weight loss "/ ... I have my holiday in 11 weeks and wanted to lose something at least every week to get to my goal0
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Yes of course ! I'm eating 1200 calories a day and burning off 2200 .. which in sight should mean a two pound weight loss "/ ... I have my holiday in 11 weeks and wanted to lose something at least every week to get to my goal
Then see my second point... keep doing what you're doing and be more patient
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I'm no expert, but with the amount of working out you are doing is it possible that you are building muscle as quickly as you are losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat.2
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You train 6 days a week including resistance and HIIT??? You need more than 1200 calories.7
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If you are weighing everything as accurately as you can you will see results very soon
Be patient1 -
Weight loss is not linear and takes time. If you are eating what you state and burning what you think then you will lose weight.3
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Yes of course ! I'm eating 1200 calories a day and burning off 2200 .. which in sight should mean a two pound weight loss "/ ... I have my holiday in 11 weeks and wanted to lose something at least every week to get to my goal
Does that mean you burn 1000 cals exercise a day? I'd have to run 10miles a day, every day to achieve that and would hold a ton of water, as well as get ill. MFP overestimates my run calorie burn by quite a bit. If you don't weigh food, you should. You'd need more than 1200 cals a day to sustain exercise at levels of 10 miles a day running effort for a new exerciser. Water weight from excess exercise could also hide any fat loss.
Going by your profile pic, you're already very lean. Losing anything may take some time.
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You may not lose as much as you expect in 11 weeks. And you may not lose the weight in nice even pounds per week either. Keep at it and try to be patient. I understand that it's frustrating but if you are eating in a calorie deficit you will be losing weight - it just might not be obvious straight away due to our bodies being complex and that lost weight being masked by other factors. Try other methods of tracking your progress like, a tight pair of pants - are they getting looser as the weeks go by.2
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I'm no expert, but with the amount of working out you are doing is it possible that you are building muscle as quickly as you are losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat.
NO you are not an expert if you truly think muscle weighs for than fat.. that was a joke right?
OP its been 1 week, did you really think 1 pound was going to be lost in the first week? And you exercising on top of that.. your body is going to transition from what you were doing before diet and exercise.. And to be honest, ALL that exercise is gonna compound what you see and do not see in form of water weight/retention. This goes along with all the other things like sodium intake, hydration and lack there of, carb intake? and oh? don't forget female hormones. It might be time for you to get acclimated with all these things. We have all been there.
Patience is your friend today and will be for quite a long time from now.
PS If that is a current profile pic of you, are you sure you need to lose 2 pounds a week in an aggressive fashion like this?7 -
as the others have said, it takes time to burn off calories! Give it a few weeks and then check again! It seems as though your input is ok and the output is great! One week really isn't all that long to be sure which direction you're going! Patience and time will be your friends!0
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You don't say how much you're trying to lose, but 2 lbs is too ambitious unless you have more than 50 lbs to lose. Please read the sticky posts at the top of each forum on this site to learn more about weight loss expectations and patterns. You will benefit from an understanding of a realistic loss rate for yourself and understanding how weight fluctuates up & down and loss doesn't happen in a straight line just because we WANT it to.2
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I'm no expert, but with the amount of working out you are doing is it possible that you are building muscle as quickly as you are losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat.
NO you are not an expert if you truly think muscle weighs for than fat.. that was a joke right?
OP its been 1 week, did you really think 1 pound was going to be lost in the first week? And you exercising on top of that.. your body is going to transition from what you were doing before diet and exercise.. And to be honest, ALL that exercise is gonna compound what you see and do not see in form of water weight/retention. This goes along with all the other things like sodium intake, hydration and lack there of, carb intake? and oh? don't forget female hormones. It might be time for you to get acclimated with all these things. We have all been there.
Patience is your friend today and will be for quite a long time from now.
PS If that is a current profile pic of you, are you sure you need to lose 2 pounds a week in an aggressive fashion like this?
What is density? A pound equals a pound but it takes a lower volume of steel to equal a pound vs feathers. Not really relevant to the thread though as OP isn't building any muscle.0 -
I'm no expert, but with the amount of working out you are doing is it possible that you are building muscle as quickly as you are losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat.
NO you are not an expert if you truly think muscle weighs for than fat.. that was a joke right?
OP its been 1 week, did you really think 1 pound was going to be lost in the first week? And you exercising on top of that.. your body is going to transition from what you were doing before diet and exercise.. And to be honest, ALL that exercise is gonna compound what you see and do not see in form of water weight/retention. This goes along with all the other things like sodium intake, hydration and lack there of, carb intake? and oh? don't forget female hormones. It might be time for you to get acclimated with all these things. We have all been there.
Patience is your friend today and will be for quite a long time from now.
PS If that is a current profile pic of you, are you sure you need to lose 2 pounds a week in an aggressive fashion like this?
What is density? A pound equals a pound but it takes a lower volume of steel to equal a pound vs feathers. Not really relevant to the thread though as OP isn't building any muscle.
What? Am I needing a lesson or something?
you have mistaken that part was addressed to the OP it was not. 0 -
A whole week?
Give it more time.
You weigh your food? Could you be PMSing? Could you have had some high sodium?
You know muscles retain water when starting new workouts?
One week is not enough time to evaluate progress.0 -
Thank you all for your replies ! I am currently 9 stone and am 5'2" .. I know this is not considered as overweight, but everybody wants to look lean for holiday photos!
As for the exercise thing, I have always done lots of exercise regularly run 9 or so miles - I have been a fitness freak for a few years now and have cut down immensely! so exercise is certainly not something new to me... Over the past year I have put on a stone of pure fat due to me going off my clean diet and eating too much chocolate and pizza (my own fault). The person in the profile pic was my a few years back when i went diet mad. i went down to 5 stone 2 .. Don't want to get like that again!
I'm just going to keep at it and hopefully the pounds will come off! Thank you all for your encouragement! feeling much more motivated now0 -
I'm no expert, but with the amount of working out you are doing is it possible that you are building muscle as quickly as you are losing fat? Muscle weighs more than fat.
NO you are not an expert if you truly think muscle weighs for than fat.. that was a joke right?
OP its been 1 week, did you really think 1 pound was going to be lost in the first week? And you exercising on top of that.. your body is going to transition from what you were doing before diet and exercise.. And to be honest, ALL that exercise is gonna compound what you see and do not see in form of water weight/retention. This goes along with all the other things like sodium intake, hydration and lack there of, carb intake? and oh? don't forget female hormones. It might be time for you to get acclimated with all these things. We have all been there.
Patience is your friend today and will be for quite a long time from now.
PS If that is a current profile pic of you, are you sure you need to lose 2 pounds a week in an aggressive fashion like this?
What is density? A pound equals a pound but it takes a lower volume of steel to equal a pound vs feathers. Not really relevant to the thread though as OP isn't building any muscle.
What? Am I needing a lesson or something? you have mistaken that part was addressed to the OP it was not.
I know it wasn't. You teased another poster for stating muscle weighs more than fat. It is more dense, which is what is meant by that statement. An equal volume of muscle weighs more than an equal volume of fat, therefore you could lose size and stay the same weight. Not relevant to the discussion, but the poster wasn't wrong on that. He is wrong on the fact that OP may have put any muscle on, which she would not have.1 -
IT's been a week.
Sadly, even the 2-pound loss you're hoping for is well within the range of accuracy of most consumer-quality bathroom scales. Combine that with slight variations in water retention due to changes in diet, exercise, or hormones, and its not realistic to think you'er going to actually be able to necessarily see steady ticking down of numbers.
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I wouldn't worry. Water weight alone will fluctuate quite a bit. Keep at it and you will see results soon enough.0
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I will share my experience.
Like you, I was a gymholic but unable to loose weight. Then I went to a nutritionist who asked me to stop exercising for 2 month and followed a carbohydrates free program. As consequence, I managed to drop 10 kilos in two months time. Then he requested me to resume workout to hold the weight.
Since then I am on that weight without a change.0 -
I'm afraid your problem is that you are not eating enough calories. I know this sounds crazy, but when you don't take enough calories your body may store fat to survive and to provide the essentials needed to be functional. Check this article, not eating enough calories can be harmful. https://chriskresser.com/are-you-an-under-eater-8-signs-youre-not-eating-enough/
Take Michael Phelps as an example, he is the best Olympian of all times, he is in a terrific shape, but guess what, his training is so hard and so intense that he has to be in a 10-12k daily calorie diet so he can stay healthy and perform the way he does. Perhaps you need to adjust your macros, eat more protein and fats and very low carbs. Good luck0 -
Muscle weighs more than fat.
^Seriously? No. Muscle burns more calories than fat, 1 pound is 1 pound. The mass of 1 pound can be greater or less, depending what you are weighing, but it is still a pound.
And, the OP is definitely not going to be gaining weight exercising that much and eating 1200 calories per day.
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It takes time to lose weight and even if you lost 2 lbs. in a week, it could be water weight. Patience is key and to see any good results should take about a month or more. That's my opinion and you can take it for what its worth. Good luck in your weight loss journey.0
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If you're accurate in what you say about intake and exercise level, I'd also say it's water retention. I was recently in a weight loss stall for about 2 weeks. I had been exercising more and more, such that I got an overuse injury in my foot. Now I was forced to stop my running and walking workouts! I could no longer burn my average of 330 calories per day, so I dropped down to burning about 100 calories a day (easy on the stationary bike), and dropped my calorie intake by 200 calories as well. It's been a week of this, and I'm down 2 lbs on the scale. Lots of exercise = water retention!
I also feel much better! I was running myself into the ground with my workouts, and it was more difficult to stay under my calorie goal. When my foot is better I plan to run and walk, but not to the same extent as before. So anyway, you might try backing off some from your workouts and see what happens. I wouldn't go lower than 1200 calories, though--in fact personally that's way too low for me. I'm happy with a 1lb loss per week eating 1600 calories. Anyway, good luck!1
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