Help, please!

mps99
mps99 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been working out at least 4-5 times a week(3 mile interval runs and weights, about 30 min dedicated to each) and tracking my diet for 1200-1500 cals a day). After a month of being too scared to check the scale, I checked and it was the SAME weight I started with. My family swears they're noticing me looking thinner and I feel it too, especially w/toning but for some reason the number on the scale has not budged. I have lost a lot of weight before on the same regimen but now that I'm almost 80 lbs larger, my weight isn't budging AT ALL. This is super frustrating and I would appreciate any help, suggestions or encouragement.

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  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    Your problem is that you didn't regularly get on the scale. You've got to OWN that thing. If you only check the scale once per month you are not getting a good understanding of how your weight fluctuates and you are potentially losing out on two months worth of corrective measures. As an example, if you measure at 200 lbs to start, then 198 lbs in a month, think you're doing ok, then measure 202 lbs in two months, you've just lost two months. If you had weighted daily, you'd know in one week and you could adjust.

    That scale is your friend, it tells you when to celebrate and when to dig deep.
  • Sashslay
    Sashslay Posts: 136 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Sashslay wrote: »
    I'm no fitness expert but I think you may be gaining muscle mass as your lose fat. So your size would change but the scale wouldn't move. Maybe take your measurements and then wait 2 weeks and measure again. If the scale stays the same but your measurements are smaller you've lost fat but gained muscle.

    Atleast I think that's how it works!

    Nobody gains muscle on 1200 calories.

    OP, it's hard to say because you didn't weigh that entire time. You may have lost five pounds in that time but then gained five pounds of water going into this morning, which would mask your weight loss. Another culprit could be inaccurate logging. Are you using a food scale to weigh everything on? Double-checking the entries you use to be correct? Entering into the recipe builder rather than choosing something "homemade" or "generic" from the database?

    Thanks for clearing that up!
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited July 2017
    Rusty740 wrote: »
    That scale is your friend, it tells you when to celebrate and when to dig deep.

    I agree with the point but not the wording. Some people who do this freak out over water weight changes and will starve themselves when they see say a 2 pound gain feeling they did something wrong. Yes weigh often, But do it mindfully simply as a way to learn your bodies weight ranges and overall trend. The scale really is a wonderful tool to see what works and what doesnt, And how your body reacts to different foods. Not just weight

  • mps99
    mps99 Posts: 2 Member
    This has been super helpful everyone! Definitely going to implement using the scale more than once a month and cleaning up my diet more. Also, I have noticed that I've gained more muscle, especially in my legs. So I have been putting on muscle contrary to what you'd think. Regardless, super helpful advice guys! Thank you so much!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    mps99 wrote: »
    This has been super helpful everyone! Definitely going to implement using the scale more than once a month and cleaning up my diet more. Also, I have noticed that I've gained more muscle, especially in my legs. So I have been putting on muscle contrary to what you'd think. Regardless, super helpful advice guys! Thank you so much!

    A female can gain about 1/4-1/2 a pound of muscle a week under optimal conditions, which include a calorie surplus. More than likely the fat that you are losing is revealing the muscle you have.
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