Not losing weight
lydiaisaacs
Posts: 14 Member
Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
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How are you measuring your food intake?
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »How are you measuring your food intake?
I measure out my food, and input it into the Myfitnesspal food tracker.0 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »How are you measuring your food intake?
I measure out my food, and input it into the Myfitnesspal food tracker.
That doesn't answer my question.
How? Are you weighing it? Or are you just going off the packet weights? Are you using cups?6 -
Have you considered lowering your carbohydrate intake and increasing healthy fats and protein?25
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Time to break out the flowchart me thinks
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Time to break out the flowchart me thinkstinkerbellang83 wrote: »Time to break out the flowchart me thinks
Thanks! Looks like I'll be taking a trip to see the doctor.
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What are your height and weight?0
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You might want to consider that (if you exercise in parallel) you might not lose weight at first because muscles are heavier than fat in "volume" comparison. Try to get your bodyfat measured. Either with a scale that can do it or with the help of a doctor. Keep it up!16
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lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Depending on your height and weight you may be consuming too few calories. Have you figured your TDEE? The app might suggest 1200 calories and a certain macro ratio, but I know that would not work for me. If I consume too few calories for too long my weight loss stalls. I upped my base calories to 1500 from 1200 and changed my macro ratios since I am doing the low carb, moderate protein, high fat thing and I am doing a fair amount of strength training with cardio thrown in 2-3x a week. Not suggesting it's for everyone. Just sharing what has worked for me.7 -
You might want to consider that (if you exercise in parallel) you might not lose weight at first because muscles are heavier than fat in "volume" comparison. Try to get your bodyfat measured. Either with a scale that can do it or with the help of a doctor. Keep it up!
A woman eating at 1200-1600 calories per day is not going to be building any significant amount of muscle (that requires a caloric surplus).7 -
Your muscles could be holding onto to water due to the exercise.
Ignore the above comment, you are not gaining muscle on 1200 calories and only cycling.
Have you answered how you measure your food yet?8 -
You might want to consider that (if you exercise in parallel) you might not lose weight at first because muscles are heavier than fat in "volume" comparison. Try to get your bodyfat measured. Either with a scale that can do it or with the help of a doctor. Keep it up!
lol...gained muscle eating 1200 calories and doing cardio?? no.9 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
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RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »How are you measuring your food intake?
I measure out my food, and input it into the Myfitnesspal food tracker.
That doesn't answer my question.
How? Are you weighing it? Or are you just going off the packet weights? Are you using cups?
I am weighing out my ingredients using scales, making sure if I'm making an omlette, for example, all of my vegetables are weighed out individually and inputted into the app in grams.4 -
Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.0 -
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lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »How are you measuring your food intake?
I measure out my food, and input it into the Myfitnesspal food tracker.
That doesn't answer my question.
How? Are you weighing it? Or are you just going off the packet weights? Are you using cups?
I am weighing out my ingredients using scales, making sure if I'm making an omlette, for example, all of my vegetables are weighed out individually and inputted into the app in grams.
So you use a food scale, eat 1200 calories, yet haven't lost weight in a month? My next question for you is, do you have a cheat day on the weekends? If so, it would explain a lot.4 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Depending on your height and weight you may be consuming too few calories. Have you figured your TDEE? The app might suggest 1200 calories and a certain macro ratio, but I know that would not work for me. If I consume too few calories for too long my weight loss stalls. I upped my base calories to 1500 from 1200 and changed my macro ratios since I am doing the low carb, moderate protein, high fat thing and I am doing a fair amount of strength training with cardio thrown in 2-3x a week. Not suggesting it's for everyone. Just sharing what has worked for me.
You can't gain weight by eating too little...if that were the case then no one would die from starvation...5 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.10 -
Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.
thank you, the number on the scales have gone up, and I've put that down to muscle gain. It isn't a diet as much for me anymore, I've taken it as a lifestyle so I'm not giving up anytime soon, it's just sad that I haven't noticed any weight loss, and can't tell by weighing myself since the figures have gone up! I'll stick with it and hope to eventually see some changes5 -
Maxematics wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »How are you measuring your food intake?
I measure out my food, and input it into the Myfitnesspal food tracker.
That doesn't answer my question.
How? Are you weighing it? Or are you just going off the packet weights? Are you using cups?
I am weighing out my ingredients using scales, making sure if I'm making an omlette, for example, all of my vegetables are weighed out individually and inputted into the app in grams.
So you use a food scale, eat 1200 calories, yet haven't lost weight in a month? My next question for you is, do you have a cheat day on the weekends? If so, it would explain a lot.
No cheat days, I eat healthy every day, at the weekends I am more inactive, but I'll usually go for a run on these days to counter that. The last time I took a cheat meal was 3 weeks ago, which was a bite of birthday cake!
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lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.
thank you, the number on the scales have gone up, and I've put that down to muscle gain. It isn't a diet as much for me anymore, I've taken it as a lifestyle so I'm not giving up anytime soon, it's just sad that I haven't noticed any weight loss, and can't tell by weighing myself since the figures have gone up! I'll stick with it and hope to eventually see some changes
you have not put on muscle mass in one month while eating 1200 calories and doing cardio. muscle mass gains (in women especially) is a looooong and difficult process that takes months/years - not 4 weeks. it also takes a calorie surplus and progressive lifting - two things you didn't mention.
even if you were gaining muscle mass (which you are not) it wouldn't be at a rate that would outpace fat loss.
It is much, much, much more likely that your logging is inaccurate.9 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Depending on your height and weight you may be consuming too few calories. Have you figured your TDEE? The app might suggest 1200 calories and a certain macro ratio, but I know that would not work for me. If I consume too few calories for too long my weight loss stalls. I upped my base calories to 1500 from 1200 and changed my macro ratios since I am doing the low carb, moderate protein, high fat thing and I am doing a fair amount of strength training with cardio thrown in 2-3x a week. Not suggesting it's for everyone. Just sharing what has worked for me.
You can't gain weight by eating too little...if that were the case then no one would die from starvation...
Never said that. However, it may be possible to slow down your metabolism if you cut too drastically for too long.10 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.
thank you, the number on the scales have gone up, and I've put that down to muscle gain. It isn't a diet as much for me anymore, I've taken it as a lifestyle so I'm not giving up anytime soon, it's just sad that I haven't noticed any weight loss, and can't tell by weighing myself since the figures have gone up! I'll stick with it and hope to eventually see some changes
you have not put on muscle mass in one month while eating 1200 calories and doing cardio. muscle mass gains (in women especially) is a looooong and difficult process that takes months/years - not 4 weeks. it also takes a calorie surplus and progressive lifting - two things you didn't mention.
even if you were gaining muscle mass (which you are not) it wouldn't be at a rate that would outpace fat loss.
It is much, much, much more likely that your logging is inaccurate.
so my inflated arms are not muscle? I find that very hard to believe.
It isn't cardio, It's a muscle training programme.
Well then, am I to suppose that the increase in mass that can be seen on the scales is weight gain? Because that's ridiculous.9 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Depending on your height and weight you may be consuming too few calories. Have you figured your TDEE? The app might suggest 1200 calories and a certain macro ratio, but I know that would not work for me. If I consume too few calories for too long my weight loss stalls. I upped my base calories to 1500 from 1200 and changed my macro ratios since I am doing the low carb, moderate protein, high fat thing and I am doing a fair amount of strength training with cardio thrown in 2-3x a week. Not suggesting it's for everyone. Just sharing what has worked for me.
You can't gain weight by eating too little...if that were the case then no one would die from starvation...
Never said that. However, it may be possible to slow down your metabolism if you cut too drastically for too long.
Your metabolism won't "shut down". If your metabolism shuts down you die! Also, a month is not "too long".
OP, I would start with your logging. Make sure you are choosing accurate entries, not generic entries.
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Lydia, I would keep on doing what you're doing for another month. Also, start to take waist measurements etc. so you are not only relying on the scales to see your progression. It may be that, as others have said, your fat loss is being masked by other factors.
Edit: Also would you be prepared to open your food diary so the entries can be checked? It's not unusual to come across entries in the databank which are incorrect.4 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.
thank you, the number on the scales have gone up, and I've put that down to muscle gain. It isn't a diet as much for me anymore, I've taken it as a lifestyle so I'm not giving up anytime soon, it's just sad that I haven't noticed any weight loss, and can't tell by weighing myself since the figures have gone up! I'll stick with it and hope to eventually see some changes
you have not put on muscle mass in one month while eating 1200 calories and doing cardio. muscle mass gains (in women especially) is a looooong and difficult process that takes months/years - not 4 weeks. it also takes a calorie surplus and progressive lifting - two things you didn't mention.
even if you were gaining muscle mass (which you are not) it wouldn't be at a rate that would outpace fat loss.
It is much, much, much more likely that your logging is inaccurate.
so my inflated arms are not muscle? I find that very hard to believe.
It isn't cardio, It's a muscle training programme.
Well then, am I to suppose that the increase in mass that can be seen on the scales is weight gain? Because that's ridiculous.
LOL...no, you're "inflated" arms are not muscle mass in one month on a calorie deficit. if you have figured out a way to turn into a she-hulk in one month on a calorie deficit please share it with us - millions I'm sure would love to know your secrets!16 -
lydiaisaacs wrote: »Muscleflex79 wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Silentpadna wrote: »lydiaisaacs wrote: »Hi,
I've been counting my calories for almost a month now, trying to meet 1200 calories on days that I don't do exercise, and 1600 where I am exercising, as I cycle to work Monday to Thursday, which when logged burns 545 calories. Therefore, without increasing my calorie intake for the day, I am lethargic and tired, and at first experienced dizziness and nausea when cycling at 1200 daily calories. In addition to this, I follow the Kayla Itsines BBG work out programme, trying to tone up, in addition to my weight loss.
My diet consists mainly of proteins, vegetables and fruits. I also tend to have white rice every other day or so. I've cut out so much out of my diet, and although I feel much better, I have not lost any weight. I run a couple of times a week too, burning more calories, though it just doesn't seem to be working!
The only change I've seen is a little more muscle on my arms, from the fitness programme, but my main goal is to lose the weight around my lower half.
Any advice?
Need some context here. Age? Ht? Weight?lydiaisaacs wrote: »
Don't reconsider the diet just yet! It's only been a month and a lot of things could be happening to mask your progress.
If you truly are eating 1200 calories and eating up to 1600 on the exercise days, you likely should be losing fat (this is why the context matters) - but in such a short time that does not always equate to weight. What is your presumed calorie deficit?
Again, need more context.
I'm 18, 5"10 and weight 79.2 kg.
Even if you are sedentary, which you are not, you should be (and probably are if you are logging correctly) losing fat. A sedentary TDEE (i.e. no exercise) would have you burning close to 2000 calories per day, meaning you should be in the neighborhood of about 6 pounds of fat lost by now.
Just because the scale doesn't show does not mean that it has not happening. Fluid retention is notorious for masking fat loss. And...unfortunately it fluctuates as much as that 6 pounds in a single day for many people. That's the reason I highlighted the "only been a month" part of your post.
So either:
1) You really are making progress losing fat, but it's masked by other factors
-or-
2) Your logging is inaccurate.
Based on what I've read, I would not recommend adjusting your diet to eat less.
thank you, the number on the scales have gone up, and I've put that down to muscle gain. It isn't a diet as much for me anymore, I've taken it as a lifestyle so I'm not giving up anytime soon, it's just sad that I haven't noticed any weight loss, and can't tell by weighing myself since the figures have gone up! I'll stick with it and hope to eventually see some changes
you have not put on muscle mass in one month while eating 1200 calories and doing cardio. muscle mass gains (in women especially) is a looooong and difficult process that takes months/years - not 4 weeks. it also takes a calorie surplus and progressive lifting - two things you didn't mention.
even if you were gaining muscle mass (which you are not) it wouldn't be at a rate that would outpace fat loss.
It is much, much, much more likely that your logging is inaccurate.
so my inflated arms are not muscle? I find that very hard to believe.
It isn't cardio, It's a muscle training programme.
Well then, am I to suppose that the increase in mass that can be seen on the scales is weight gain? Because that's ridiculous.
Likely water retention.7
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