can u be weight loss resistant?

I have another question...are you losing inches? I remember when I was thin trying to lose 10 lbs and its was like pulling teeth...same thing very limited diet worked out like crazy and it was very frustrating....but my pants began to be really baggy, my waist shrunk and I was in really good shape, still the scale only showed like a few pounds which pissed me off! lol (I would not care now LOL...)

but definitely seek out a drs opinnion!

good luck!
Ali

Just last week you didn't lose any so I see you lost 2 pounds did you up your calorie intake? If so good then your in the right direction. And you should see more weeks like this one with results. If not then your losing is going to be slow like it has been. And your metabolism is probably slow due to not eating enough for over a month. So if you really want this take the advise of everyone and stick with it and be patient.

The less you have to lose the slower it will come off.

Perhaps you should meet with a nutritionist or personal trainer and have your body fat percentage checked. I had a goal weight chosen and then discovered that my body fat was already quite low. Essentially, I couldn't lose any more weight and be healthy, so instead I am concentrating on building muscle while lowering my body fat percentage.

We are often tied to an arbitrary goal number, which defeats the purpose of being healthier. At least I know this was true for me.

And, as far as weight loss goes, there are many people who would be very happy with two pounds in two weeks. That's a pound a week. I have never lost a pound in a week.:flowerforyou:

The reasoning for it is because you are at a point where you don't weigh a lot anymore


130 isn't a lot

so working out is toning you, as opposed to burning a lot of fat because muscle weighs Much much more than fat.....so you should go on how you look, not the number on the scale.

Ashley,

The only thing I could really tell you is that our bodies have an equillibrium. If you are close (say within 20 lbs either way) of our optimum weight, weight loss will become more difficult. An easy example is if you have watched the biggest looser in the past you will notice, that initial weight comes off in big chuncks, but as a body moves closer to their "perfect" weight, the loss goes down as the body ramps up muscle production and starts reconfiguring it's inner processes.

Remember, your body doesn't like loosing lots of weight any more then it likes gaining lots of weight, it will attempt to stay at a weight that it feels comfortable with. To alter weight when you are close to goal, a lot of times you have to alter your body type first. I.E. add muscle to certain area's that may be weaker then others, strengthen muscles that might not be as conditioned (the difference being, muscle has two ways of changing, adding tissue, and increasing efficiency, the former adds mass, the latter just increases density of existing tissue). And muscle burns calories, even at rest, so this will help keep weight off in the long run.

So after all that stuff, my advice is, if you are close, loss will become slower. I would personally advise everyone that when they come close to their goal, start using body fat % as a bigger tool then weight loss, and start using performance tracking as a tool, I.E. how many reps did I do last week compared to this week, how long can I run at this speed before stopping...etc. these are indicators of total body health. Weight can be deceving, I haven't lost a lb in months because I am near where I need to be, but my body fat % has come down almost 2 % this month, so I am VERY happy.

I hope this helps!