Ok, so after one month of lifting heavy

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  • halimaiqbal00
    halimaiqbal00 Posts: 288 Member
    CJMQ wrote: »
    BusyRaeNOTBusty wrote: »
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    My calories are 2000. I'm 32, female, 144 pounds. I workout 3-4x a week (lifting) and a day or cardio where i typically burn 5-600 calories.
    Clothes fit the same. I'll measure tomorrow morning.

    And it's so reassuring that some of you are saying your weight went up initially and then evened out. I won't be giving up on lifting...I love it!

    You could tweak a little. Go down to 1800 or 1900.

    You might want to try eating the 2000 on lifting days and 1800 or 1900 on non-lifting. I'm 37, 5'7", 150 lb, and maintain at around 2200-2300 with similar exercise as you. I will lose if I eat 2000 or below.

    Best advice: TAKE PICTURES!!!!! Your shape will change from lifting, but it will be gradual, and the scale will mess with your perceptions. My body looks way better now than it did 10 pounds lighter with less muscle.

    This is actually a really good idea! I'll try this. Stuck to 1800 on days I don't workout and then 2000 on days that I do! Hopefully, I can report progress in a months time. I'll take pictures too and won't rely on what the scales are telling me

  • halimaiqbal00
    halimaiqbal00 Posts: 288 Member
    Thanks so much for the help guys. Bet informative and useful!
  • Running_and_Coffee
    Running_and_Coffee Posts: 811 Member
    I'm the same height and 7 years older, and I work out about the same frequency/calorie burn. I have to eat much less to lose. I gain on 2000 calories. I am in the 130s so close in size. I generally eat 1350 in losing mode with 2-3 days a week going up to 1600-1700 (so maybe a daily average of 1500), and maintain at 1700-1900, and I eat about 30% of my calories from protein. I know everyone's different and I'm older so my metabolism is slower, but it took a lot of trial and error to figure out where I needed to be. Good luck figuring it out!
  • halimaiqbal00
    halimaiqbal00 Posts: 288 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    courtneyfabulous wrote: »
    2000 seems high for calories.

    Do you eat back exercise calories?

    I'm 5'4" 35 years old and exercise 5 times a week (lifting for 3) and do NOT eat back exercise calories and I have to be in the 1500s for my daily calories to see weight/fat loss.

    Also are you eating at least 100 grams of protein per day?


    When I've gone down to 1700 calories, I was losing 1.5 pounds a week and was so hungry. It's was far too aggressive for me. I want to lose .5-1 pound a week max.

    I'm eating 120g protein minimum

    Given this data, you then know that maintenance is around 2,500 calories and thus you cannot have gained 1.4 Lbs of fat eating 2,000...your muscles are holding onto water.

    Also, how often are you weighing in? Body weight fluctuates quite a bit...if you're only weighing in occasionally, it could just be a "heavy" day.

    I weigh in once a month. To be honest, I have guessed the calories in 3 meals this past week and one of the 'meals' was a huge slice of birthday cake so I could have been waaaay off with the calories there! I'm feeling a lot less disheartened now than before. I won't be giving up on what I'm doing. I enjoy it too much at the moment
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Protein intake sounds good.

    Maybe give it 1 more month without changing anything OR eat 2000 on lifting days and 1800 or 1850 on non lifting days and see if that helps.
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Let us know what you decide to do and what your results are after 1 more month.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited December 2016
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    My calories are 2000. I'm 32, female, 144 pounds. I workout 3-4x a week (lifting) and a day or cardio where i typically burn 5-600 calories.
    Clothes fit the same. I'll measure tomorrow morning.

    And it's so reassuring that some of you are saying your weight went up initially and then evened out. I won't be giving up on lifting...I love it!

    Are you eating 2000 or 2500-2600?

    I'm consuming 2000 calories. That's what mfp and most of the online calculators are giving me. That's taking into account that I'm fairly active during the day on top of my workouts which are pretty intense. Im sweating a heck of a lot while lifting.

    Are you eating back you lifting calories?

    Are the batteries on both food scale and bodyweight scale new?

    Are you due for TOM?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,598 Member
    Differing slightly from others: I gained a couple of pounds of water weight when I started lifting last Winter (I'm a lazy slug & only lift during my rowing off-season ;) ).

    While that was eventually outpaced by continuing fat loss - I was still in a deficit then - I seemed to have held onto those couple of pounds until I stopped lifting in the Spring, when I dropped a couple of pounds within about a week that were not correlated with calorie changes (and I'm pretty good at predicting my weight changes based on my carefully-logged calorie levels).

    This was a progressive lifting program, so the challenges kept coming - holding the water weight didn't seem surprising.

    Still, don't worry, your fat loss will knock out any kind of temporary illusory plateau-like effect from the water weight. Getting stronger is always a good thing!
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Yeah do you eat back exercise calories or just eat the 2000 only? If eating back maybe that's your problem. Try not eating back exercise cals. See if that works.
  • halimaiqbal00
    halimaiqbal00 Posts: 288 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    My calories are 2000. I'm 32, female, 144 pounds. I workout 3-4x a week (lifting) and a day or cardio where i typically burn 5-600 calories.
    Clothes fit the same. I'll measure tomorrow morning.

    And it's so reassuring that some of you are saying your weight went up initially and then evened out. I won't be giving up on lifting...I love it!

    Are you eating 2000 or 2500-2600?

    I'm consuming 2000 calories. That's what mfp and most of the online calculators are giving me. That's taking into account that I'm fairly active during the day on top of my workouts which are pretty intense. Im sweating a heck of a lot while lifting.

    Are you eating back you lifting calories?

    Are the batteries on both food scale and bodyweight scale new?

    Are you due for TOM?

    Batteries on both are new.

    I have ate back up to 200 calories maybe once a week otherwise I stick to 2000.

    I'm due for TOM on Monday. I'm very regular. TOM doesn't normally affect my weight...
  • mlewon
    mlewon Posts: 343 Member
    halimaiqbal00 wrote: »
    My calories are 2000. I'm 32, female, 144 pounds. I workout 3-4x a week (lifting) and a day or cardio where i typically burn 5-600 calories.
    Clothes fit the same. I'll measure tomorrow morning.

    And it's so reassuring that some of you are saying your weight went up initially and then evened out. I won't be giving up on lifting...I love it!

    I went up in weight originally as well! I started lifting again back in September, then much to my horror I was up 8-10lbs the week before Thanksgiving. I decided to not get crazy about it and took my measurements and found out I was down 8" overall across my body. Since then, I've lost what I gained and about another half lb on top of that! Bodies just take time to adjust. Keep going, you're doing great!
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