Exercise = No weight loss! What gives!?!

Hi!

Hang in there - this does happen and it is okay!! Here is a great article about why the scale sometimes goes up when you start a new workout routine. Hope it helps!!

http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=why_the_scale_goes_up_when_you_start_a_new_workout_planj


Erika

Building muscle - give it some time. I had same thing happen when I started excercising! Lost & lost, then added movement & gained! Don't quit - PUSH on & this will change! PROMISE!

i recently was going through the same thing!! i was working so hard and scale was not moving at all. i do a lot of weight training so i realized that i was gaining muscle. i imagine that is what is going on with you as well. i had to learn to be patient. i love the way my arms and legs look now that i am gaining muscle. you don't want to just lose and not tone because then you look flabby. you want to tone so when you lose you will look and be lean. i have been at this for two months now and only have lost 4 pounds, BUT my body fat has gone down 10% :-) i used to be so dependent on the scale(i would weigh every morning) but now i will weigh only once every two weeks. do not obsess over the scale, just look at "the total package". i know it is hard not to get on the scale but i had to tell myself over and over again that i am toning
hope this helps!! whatever you do, stay motivated and DON'T GIVE UP

That can be completely frustrating. I had a good two years like that one time. Was going to the gym faithfully 4-5 days a week doing cardio and weights as well as various classes offered at the gym I belonged to at the time to help keep things from getting repetitive and my body from getting use to things. 2 years and although my waist size got a little smaller my actual weight didn't change what so ever...maybe a pound or two here or there but it was like I was playing with the same pound or two. It's not like I was plateauing yet or something because I hadn't lost any weight. People told me it was because I had gained muscle from working out so much...idk. I know you do but is it enough to make it appear to be making no progress? Frustrating. Good Luck.

So when I was just dieting I lost 10lbs without exercising.
Well, I thought wow if I am losing this much by just dieting I bet with exercise I will really start to drop the weight. I started hitting the gym, doing cardio, videos, and walking outside more. And I have not lost anything... in fact I am gaining!!!

I'm still staying around 1200 cal/day and drinking my water.

Why am I gaining!?

Sooo frustrated!

Building muscle - give it some time. I had same thing happen when I started excercising! Lost & lost, then added movement & gained! Don't quit - PUSH on & this will change! PROMISE!

You won't build muscle with a calorie deficit. Actually this topic is posted here daily. Read through the Fitness section of the forum and you'll quickly learn that you aren't eating enough.

And yes, try the Scientology, I hear it's delicious! :-)

i recently was going through the same thing!! i was working so hard and scale was not moving at all. i do a lot of weight training so i realized that i was gaining muscle. i imagine that is what is going on with you as well. i had to learn to be patient. i love the way my arms and legs look now that i am gaining muscle. you don't want to just lose and not tone because then you look flabby. you want to tone so when you lose you will look and be lean. i have been at this for two months now and only have lost 4 pounds, BUT my body fat has gone down 10% :-) i used to be so dependent on the scale(i would weigh every morning) but now i will weigh only once every two weeks. do not obsess over the scale, just look at "the total package". i know it is hard not to get on the scale but i had to tell myself over and over again that i am toning
hope this helps!! whatever you do, stay motivated and DON'T GIVE UP

Have you ever thought about trying Scientology?

Is that a workout program or a meal plan? Or is it injections? I'm so confused.

I had the same problem when i changed my exercise routine. It turns out I was doing too much (maxing on cardio) and have dropped 2 more pounds since I switched back to a fat burning heart rate instead of the more intense routine. I also don't feel so fatigued, actually I don't feel fatigued at all but the weight loss is there so I know it works. There was an excellent blog post about anaerobic vs aerobic exercise about a week ago, I can't find it now :-(

Have you ever thought about trying Scientology?

Is that a workout program or a meal plan? Or is it injections? I'm so confused.

i thought it was a religion! lol

Net at least 1200 calories a day, drink at least 8 glasses of water daily or more during a workout, and watch your sodium levels. Having TOO large of a calorie deficit is incredibly detrimental to weight loss, unless you have a hundred lbs to lose or more.

Have you ever thought about trying Scientology?

Is that a workout program or a meal plan? Or is it injections? I'm so confused.

i thought it was a religion! lol

So you just pray to lose?? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

So when I was just dieting I lost 10lbs without exercising.
Well, I thought wow if I am losing this much by just dieting I bet with exercise I will really start to drop the weight. I started hitting the gym, doing cardio, videos, and walking outside more. And I have not lost anything... in fact I am gaining!!!

I'm still staying around 1200 cal/day and drinking my water.

Why am I gaining!?

Sooo frustrated!

I dropped 80 pounds without any form of exercise, and now that I have been exercising 5 days a week, I have gained 5 pounds but my clothes aren't fitting any tighter so I am assuming (secretely hoping) that I am replacing/burning fat and gaining/building muscle.

I would also try bumping up your calories a few days a week ? I know that when I lost my weight, I didn't eat "x" amount of calories every day, I had days where I ate only 1200 and then days I would eat more.

i recently was going through the same thing!! i was working so hard and scale was not moving at all. i do a lot of weight training so i realized that i was gaining muscle. i imagine that is what is going on with you as well. i had to learn to be patient. i love the way my arms and legs look now that i am gaining muscle. you don't want to just lose and not tone because then you look flabby. you want to tone so when you lose you will look and be lean. i have been at this for two months now and only have lost 4 pounds, BUT my body fat has gone down 10% :-) i used to be so dependent on the scale(i would weigh every morning) but now i will weigh only once every two weeks. do not obsess over the scale, just look at "the total package". i know it is hard not to get on the scale but i had to tell myself over and over again that i am toning
hope this helps!! whatever you do, stay motivated and DON'T GIVE UP

You are right. At one point in my life I weighed 7 pounds more than I do now & I was smokin hot! Toned & rockin a bikini! I was doing alot of weight training & weighed 145 with 17%BF. Now, I weigh 138 with 24%BF, & I wouldn't put on a bikini if someone paid me!! Trying to get back to a toned body now. Throw away the scale & take measurements, measure your body fat.