2 hrs of workout no loss?
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Foodorlife
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Brief explanation, I am 265 lbs, have very sedentary life(3k steps max), recently started hard core exercise and clean food(about 85-90% clean), count my calories. I do an hour on elliptical, then about 20 mins weights and finish with an hour of treadmill fast walking. I do not eat the calories I burn back . I have my own way of counting, I would rather undercount than over, ex.I do not enter my weight and work with generic numbers, so if elliptical tells me I supposedly lost 700 cals I log 400 as burned .
So for past 5 days I've been going daily and .... lost only .3 of a pound! How is that possible? I totally "flipped" my life upside down and this is the result? I must be doing something wrong but I eat regular food, will open my diary if anyone wants to check it....what you think is going on?
P.S. Also I sleep in until 10-11 sometimes so that's why sometimes I have skipped meals.
So for past 5 days I've been going daily and .... lost only .3 of a pound! How is that possible? I totally "flipped" my life upside down and this is the result? I must be doing something wrong but I eat regular food, will open my diary if anyone wants to check it....what you think is going on?
P.S. Also I sleep in until 10-11 sometimes so that's why sometimes I have skipped meals.
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Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.27
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It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:15
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diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?5 -
5 days isn't really flipping your life. It's 5 days. What were you expecting to happen in 5 days?24
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Foodorlife wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?
You retain water for muscle repair. It can be quite a lot of water, in fact. Are you sore? Because that's a good (though not absolute) indicator that you're retaining fluid for this purpose.17 -
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Foodorlife wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?
Your body floods sore muscles with extra fluid to help cushion and repair them. It can disguise weight loss for a few weeks until you get used to the new routine. It's always a good idea to wait 2-3 weeks after making changes to your exercise routine before assessing whether or not they're working13 -
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5 days isn't really flipping your life. It's 5 days. What were you expecting to happen in 5 days?
Let me explain, I did 2 weeks of cutting calories and absolutely zero activity and bam! 5 lbs gone each week, here I am doing everything the same eating wise and MAJORLY incorporated exercise. I mean, don't you see why I am confused?
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Foodorlife wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?
Yes. I am always up at least a pound, often more, after a run. After a half marathon? Easily five.7 -
Foodorlife wrote: »5 days isn't really flipping your life. It's 5 days. What were you expecting to happen in 5 days?
Let me explain, I did 2 weeks of cutting calories and absolutely zero activity and bam! 5 lbs gone each week, here I am doing everything the same eating wise and MAJORLY incorporated exercise. I mean, don't you see why I am confused?
No, I don't. Weight fluctuations happen. Increasing exercise means increasing water retention. It'll hang around for a while and hide any losses that you might have.
Besides: A 5-pound loss per week, unless you weigh 500 pounds, is not a reasonable expectation.
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Foodorlife wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?
Yes. Also from sodium and carb intake, your menstrual cycle, stress, lack of sleep, etc. You aren't going to lose weight every single day, or even every week. Look at the long term trend rather than what's going on right now. If you do weigh every day, you may want to look into downloading a weight trending app that will let you see past these fluctuations.13 -
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diannethegeek wrote: »Foodorlife wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »It's only been 5 days. Give your body a little time to catch up with all the changes you've made :flowerforyou:
I have been eating "weight loss style" since the 2nd though, I only now incorporated the workout and all of a sudden weight loss stopped.Five days is not a plateau, especially if you are losing. Most likely you're retaining water from starting a new exercise routine.
Hmm, interesting, you can retain water from exercise?
Your body floods sore muscles with extra fluid to help cushion and repair them. It can disguise weight loss for a few weeks until you get used to the new routine. It's always a good idea to wait 2-3 weeks after making changes to your exercise routine before assessing whether or not they're working
I'll keep trying. Thanks.
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Foodorlife wrote: »5 days isn't really flipping your life. It's 5 days. What were you expecting to happen in 5 days?
Let me explain, I did 2 weeks of cutting calories and absolutely zero activity and bam! 5 lbs gone each week, here I am doing everything the same eating wise and MAJORLY incorporated exercise. I mean, don't you see why I am confused?
I totally understand your confusion. Cutting calories lets you burn fat and you can see that on the scale. Exercise can up your calorie burn and will help with overall fitness, but new exercise almost always leads to water retention for a few days. Keep it up, and in a couple days you're likely to see a whoosh as your muscles recover and drop the protective water and thus the subsequent weight.
If it makes you feel any better, I just recently started squatting again and my thighs retained so much water those first 2 days that my work pants were tight. Pants that that otherwise loose in the thighs! They're back to normal now though
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diannethegeek wrote: »
Just came here to post that link, you beat me to it.
OP, exercise doesn't make you stop losing weight. But it can make you retain water/glycogen (and many other things can affect your scale reading too, as outlined in the thread linked above).0 -
Thaks yall! I truly didn't know about the water retention due to exercise. I thought that it would be the opposite as you sweat out. Thanks for explaining it to me
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Last time I started to exercise regularly (almost everyday) the water stuck for a whole month. Then I had to stop exercising for health reasons and on the third day dropped 3lbs overnight, which for me is alot (I'm around 135lbs and lose 1-2lbs a month tops).
So be very, very patient and trust the science.4 -
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If you only just started calorie counting/restricting a few weeks ago, that explains the quick loss. It is normal to lose pretty quickly in the first few weeks, because you are losing mostly water weight. It is not realistic to expect that quick rate of loss to continue past the first week or two.
How many calories are you consuming, compared to your TDEE? What rate of loss have you selected on my fitness pal? THAT is the rate of loss you should expect, and chances are it’s only about a lb a week.
And even then, you can’t expect to lose *exactly* that amount each week. Maybe you don’t lose any weight one week, then you lose 2 lbs the next week.
I invite you to start using a weight trending app like Happy Scale or Libra. That has helped me focus more on the big picture than the little fluctuations.
Remember, you’re in it for the long haul. Noticeable change happens over months and years, not days.5
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