Not losing weight why why why??

hmuxworthy
hmuxworthy Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,
I've been on this for two months now with the aim of losing 12 pounds for my 30th birthday in one month. I have only lost 3lbs! In the past I have successfully lost 1lb a week and it has worked. This time, not so much. It's frustrating and demotivating. I'm religiously counting all calories and doing lots of Exercise every day. Im training to cycle the London to Brighton and am cycling 15 miles a day. Massive difference to my lifestyle pre fitness pal. I'm thinking about going to weight watchers instead. Any thoughts? Advice? Thanks

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    With twelve pounds to lose, you aren't going to lose quickly. What are your stats? How are you measuring your calorie intake?
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    You are eating the amount of calories such that you lose less than a pound per week, you're retaining water due to exercise, or a loss is being masked by water retention from menstruation or ovulation.

    Alternatively, if you have ONLY 12 lbs to lose, you won't lose much faster than you are. When you are in a healthy weight range it is difficult, and not advised, to create an aggressive deficit.
  • KrisJ125
    KrisJ125 Posts: 93 Member
    With all the training you are doing you are probably adding muscle. You are most likely loosing fat too if you are tracking calories as you say. How are your clothes fitting? you can reshape by losing fat and building muscle and not change the scale very much. Muscle is a dense tissue and takes up less space than the same weight of fat.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    KrisJ125 wrote: »
    With all the training you are doing you are probably adding muscle. You are most likely loosing fat too if you are tracking calories as you say. How are your clothes fitting? you can reshape by losing fat and building muscle and not change the scale very much. Muscle is a dense tissue and takes up less space than the same weight of fat.

    Since the OP doesn't mention doing any strength or resistance training, this is not the case.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    KrisJ125 wrote: »
    With all the training you are doing you are probably adding muscle. You are most likely loosing fat too if you are tracking calories as you say. How are your clothes fitting? you can reshape by losing fat and building muscle and not change the scale very much. Muscle is a dense tissue and takes up less space than the same weight of fat.

    You know it's hard to add muscle. How much muscle do you think someone can add in two months without doing a progressive lifting program? The answer is not much
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    KrisJ125 wrote: »
    With all the training you are doing you are probably adding muscle. You are most likely loosing fat too if you are tracking calories as you say. How are your clothes fitting? you can reshape by losing fat and building muscle and not change the scale very much. Muscle is a dense tissue and takes up less space than the same weight of fat.

    Adding muscle...cycling in a deficit? If OP is obese and weight training, MAYBE. Not with 12lbs to lose, in a deficit, cycling.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Are you eating back exercise calories?
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    KrisJ125 wrote: »
    With all the training you are doing you are probably adding muscle. You are most likely loosing fat too if you are tracking calories as you say. How are your clothes fitting? you can reshape by losing fat and building muscle and not change the scale very much. Muscle is a dense tissue and takes up less space than the same weight of fat.

    Nope agreeing that its not muscle..

    OP can you open your diary?
  • foxandflora
    foxandflora Posts: 183 Member
    Do you have a food scale? Sometimes (a lot of times) we are eating more than we realize or not tracking with fidelity. How often do you "guestimate" the portion sizes of your meals?
  • hmuxworthy
    hmuxworthy Posts: 3 Member
    Hi everyone,
    Yes I use a food scale. I'm not doing intense resistant excersize but I'm cycling to work everyday and doing longer rides and walks st the weekend. I do a yoga class and a water aerobics class once a week.
    I have reduced my weight to 12 stone (healthy weight I'm 5'10.5) before and found it really easy. I'm 12 stone 13 now. I just lost 1lb a week. I am on quetiapene which doesn't help, it may have resulted in me putting on that weight. I may reduce calories even further And not write my exercise in. Thanks for your help, it's just so frustrating as I've done this before and it's worked but it's not now!
    Thanks,
    Holly
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    given that you're already a healthy weight it just sounds like you're being a bit impatient as you should be aiming to lose 0.5lbs per week...

    make sure your logging is accurate and you're not overestimating your calorie burns
  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    How do you calculate calories burned? IMHO mfp is poor for exercise calories.. Strava is better but I think it is still overestimating
  • ArchyRunner
    ArchyRunner Posts: 58 Member
    It's the dreaded "last ten" pounds. There is a difference between getting lean and losing weight. Some have found success with being more careful about nutrient timing (e.g. carbs for fueling workout, emphasis on protein after lunch, etc.), you could also occasionally do moderate distance/timed fasted workout (no pre-workout snack and no fuel during). But you really have to choose at this point whether you want to drop the weight or focus on the training.
  • hmuxworthy
    hmuxworthy Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks so much for the help everyone. It's really been getting me down as I've stuck at it for a few months now. But I'll keep going! I've joined weight watchers again and see how I go with that for 1 month.
    Thanks loads for the help xx

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