Not losing weight

ralphbaileygotiangco02 · January 2019

I have been eating healty and following the calorie intake given by MFP. I also exercise doing weight lifting and cardio. I jave been in this diet for 20 days now but my weight hasn't droped even a single kilogram. My body got smaller specificaly in the waist area but my weight is the same as before. What could I be doing wrong?

I'm 5'6 at 80kg
MFP gave me a 1800 calorie intake limit per day

magnusthenerd · January 2019

If you've changed your lifting or started a new routine, it is possible for there to be water retention in sore muscles.

How thorough is your logging? Are you weighing all your food?

Teabythesea_ · January 2019

ralphbaileygotiangco02 · January 2019

magnusthenerd wrote: »

If you've changed your lifting or started a new routine, it is possible for there to be water retention in sore muscles.

How thorough is your logging? Are you weighing all your food?

I don't weight my food. Water retention in sore muscles? May I ask what is that

Kathryn247 · January 2019

This is a pretty common problem/question, this should help:

ralphbaileygotiangco02 · January 2019

The thing is i have done this before this routine my meal plan,my exercise. The only difference is i use more weight now in my exercise. I used to lose 1kg per week easily

lalalacroix · January 2019

ralphbaileygotiangco02 wrote: »

magnusthenerd wrote: »

If you've changed your lifting or started a new routine, it is possible for there to be water retention in sore muscles.

How thorough is your logging? Are you weighing all your food?

I don't weight my food. Water retention in sore muscles? May I ask what is that

Then can you really be certain that you are in a deficit? Many of us gained weight by "eating healthy."

Teabythesea_ · January 2019

ralphbaileygotiangco02 wrote: »

The thing is i have done this before this routine my meal plan,my exercise. The only difference is i use more weight now in my exercise. I used to lose 1kg per week easily

While it may have worked in the past, the less weight you have to lose the less room there is for error in your logging. Given your stats it doesn't seem like you have a lot to lose, so you should really be weighing your food. Being a couple hundred calories off a day can wipe out a deficit easily.

ralphbaileygotiangco02 · January 2019

Teabythesea_ wrote: »

ralphbaileygotiangco02 wrote: »

The thing is i have done this before this routine my meal plan,my exercise. The only difference is i use more weight now in my exercise. I used to lose 1kg per week easily

While it may have worked in the past, the less weight you have to lose the less room there is for error in your logging. Given your stats it doesn't seem like you have a lot to lose, so you should really be weighing your food. Being a couple hundred calories off a day can wipe out a deficit easily.

The this is i am heavier now compared to when i did this before

L1zardQueen · January 2019

Kathryn247 wrote: »

This is a pretty common problem/question, this should help:

This ^^^^

kimny72 · January 2019

OP, as to this working for you before - portion creep is a thing. Portion creep is how what we see as a "serving" gets subtle-y larger over time. We think we're eating the same amount of the foods we eat over time, but we're actually eating an extra 50 cals here and 50 cals there. If that's the case, a food scale will clear that up.

The same thing can happen with your activity level. It's why so many people gain weight as they get older, they get slightly less active without realizing it.

Check out the Most Helpful Posts threads pinned to the top of each forum. And good luck!

musicfan68 · January 2019

ralphbaileygotiangco02 wrote: »

magnusthenerd wrote: »

If you've changed your lifting or started a new routine, it is possible for there to be water retention in sore muscles.

How thorough is your logging? Are you weighing all your food?

I don't weight my food. Water retention in sore muscles? May I ask what is that

It's just what it says it is - when you exercise, your muscles need to recover, so, to put it simply, water fills the muscles to help them recover. You can gain several lbs if you are new to exercise. You will eventually lose it, but it may mask fat loss for a few weeks or so.

Also, you need to weigh your food. I think it will be eye-opening.

jasonpoihegatama · January 2019

As you would of heard Muscle is more heavy than fat. You are toning up this is a good thing yes. and it's only been 20 days. I have seen people that have looked very overweight to looking super slim with out there body weight changing.

ralphbaileygotiangco02 · January 2019

Thanks guys!

bahamaraja · January 2019

Don't be a slave to the scale. If your body is getting smaller that is fantastic! Like others have said, muscle weighs more than fat.

jasonpoihegatama · January 2019

There is also a thing called muscle memory. But if you increase your work out try doing to weeks hard out "pushing yourself" then slow it down a little? See how this works?

kimny72 · January 2019

Building muscle happens much slower than most people are trying to lose weight, especially in a calorie deficit. If someone is eating at a 500 cal deficit to lose 1 lb per week, there is no way they are building enough muscle to completely cancel that out on the scale.

I'm sure part of the problem is water retention due to the new exercise, but after 3 weeks, tightening up your logging is a logical way to go.

csplatt · January 2019

I put everything on a food scale now. It's freeing. But also sad when you see what 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter really is (instead of just scooping it with a Tablespoon, I measure it to match the grams of a serving on the label).

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