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Having trouble losing
Jflowwers
Posts: 137 Member
Hi y’all,
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
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one week is much too early to see results for many people, but more importantly if you just started a bunch of added exercise, your muscles are likely retaining water to repair themselves which may appear like more "weight" on scale but it is only water fluctuation (masking weight loss)
best to slowly ease into an exercise routine to ensure you don't over due it and get an injury.
make sure to eat back exercise calories.
did you get the calories goals based on MFP (entering your stats?)
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Eat less29
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Hi y’all,
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
This says nothing about the quantity. How are you measuring these foods? Are you logging EVERYTHING you consume? Agree 1 week isn't enough time to judge how anything is working. Also new activity can cause water retention so there is that possible issue as well.8 -
Sounds like you went from zero to a million on the exercise in ... a week?
Your body needs to repair itself after all these killer workouts-and you’ll experience water retention while that’s happening.
That’s not a bad thing. That’s your body doing what it needs to do (the healing and repairing is when we get stronger).
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Let me clarify, I started 6 weeks ago. I was merely stating that my weight hasn’t dropped much, and this past week it has actually gone up. To the person telling me to “eat less” when I stated I eat 1200-1300 calories a day, pretty irresponsible bogus advice.
I am weighing everything on a scale and logging EVERYTHING. Most days I have pre logged in the morning.6 -
What is “hasn’t dropped much” in numbers?1
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what is "not much" in 6 weeks?2
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@Duck_Puddle fluctuated between 3-5 lbs0
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that isn't bad. it's progress in the right direction. and you added a new exercise (Strenght training) so again probably some water retention.
i'd double down on the logging. make sure everything is weighed and logged but DOUBLE CHECK all entries. lots of issues are caused by entries used in diary. Raw VS cooked, incorrect entries, and so on. I "use a scale and weight everything" but STILL finding errors in my logging when I double and triple check certain things.
i'd take more rest days for the exercise.
and keep at it.7 -
Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?6
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So that rate of loss really is very reasonable. I know it’s not 17 pounds a week, but it’s really quite reasonable. With only 30-35 lbs to lose; it’s not realistic to attempt to lose 2 pounds a week. You should be aiming for 0.5-1.0% of your bodyweight as an absolute maximum. Probably closer to .5% as you don’t have a lot to lose.
I think the reason you’re seeing the gain is the excessive exercise. You’re going to be retaining water from that - which will make it look like you “gained”.
Also-how often are you weighing yourself? If only once a week, you could be doing yourself a disservice. Weight fluctuates every day for a million reasons. If you happen to be low on weigh-in day one or high in another, you aren’t getting real picture of your weight change.5 -
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I am weighing myself everyday and logging my average once a week.0
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diannethegeek wrote: »
And now someone has flagged it, which is definitely not how the flags are supposed to be used (unless they've changed it? I thought it was for things like nudity or hate speech only?)2 -
Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?
no. woo is NOT woohoo a positive.
Woo is a negative sentiment. "bad/non science"
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623894/the-origin-and-meaning-of-woo
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Ah! That makes a lot more sense. Thought it was like “woo”!8
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Wow, people are liking the Eat less advice when I am eating at a minimum. I thought this was supposed to be about positivity and support?
no. woo is NOT woohoo a positive.
Woo is a negative sentiment. "bad/non science"
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10623894/the-origin-and-meaning-of-woo
Yeah, they made it gentler, but if you hover over the "woo" on desktop, the link preview shows the id as "wtf" lol.1 -
Now I saw a woo on my original post. Geez louise, can’t a beginner reach out? This stuff isn’t easy. Maybe this isn’t a great place after all.9
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Now I saw a woo on my original post. Geez louise, can’t a beginner reach out? This stuff isn’t easy. Maybe this isn’t a great place after all.
Remember you thought it was a positive before, and other people do too. I'd only take it seriously as a bad woo if you get more than like, 5 woos. Also, this is a fitness forum but it's still the internet, don't take things personally.19 -
Now I saw a woo on my original post. Geez louise, can’t a beginner reach out? This stuff isn’t easy. Maybe this isn’t a great place after all.
The thing is, you've got a lot of people here trying to help you. But we don't have a good picture of what's going on so it makes it hard to jump in and give advice. I suspect I'm not the only one lurking here hoping to get a better idea of how to help, but instead we're on this side track of who is or isn't being positive enough. If you want help then we need some more information!13 -
Take everything you read on here with a grain of salt. Ignore the snark, soak in the good and try to tell the difference between "woo" (garbage) and good advice; it can be tricky.
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@diannethegeek
Again, this is my first time posting in years. What details are needed that I haven’t given?2 -
Now I saw a woo on my original post. Geez louise, can’t a beginner reach out? This stuff isn’t easy. Maybe this isn’t a great place after all.
You have a bunch of veteran posters in here trying to help - maybe focus on them and ignore one or two anonymous internet strangers who clicked a button
Maybe these "Most Helpful Posts" threads will help:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p17 -
I stated before that I am weighing everything. Condiments and oils included. Anything I consume, I am logging.1
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Hi y’all,
So, I am back at it again after regaining 30-35 lbs after a stressfull year.
I have been keeping my calorie intake to 1200-1300 on non workout days and around 1400 on workout days. I do cardio with a minimum of 400 calorie burn, 5 days a week. I have started adding in strength training with a trainer and signed up for orange theory, although I think the combo is overkill as I could barely make it through yesterdays OT class as My legs were way too sore from the trainer. Anyways, I am eating clean, keeping my carb intake moderate and mainly coming from fruits and grain free bread. Tons of water. The scale hasn’t budged in a week, in fact it’s gone up.
What gives?? 😥
So... I have a bit more to add. Hopefully helpful. First, you should be likely eating more than 1200-1300 with the amount your moving. You need to NET AT LEAST 1200 (minimum ) for a woman. What is MFP giving you?
Second, none of this in bold reallymatters. Eat anything you want, just stay within burn more than you consume. When first staring out it's much easier to not get weighed down by some of these details. It's also easy to burn out if you're trying to do everything perfect. Good luck.6 -
@SisterSueGetsFit
Mfp gave me a net of 1200 calories. I eat back about half of my exercise calories, so I have been consistently in a caloric deficit.3 -
I would suggest using a trend app called happy scale to see the moving average of your weight loss. A .5lb/week of weight loss is reasonable for 30lbs to lose. If you’ve been fluctuationing between 3-5lbs a week for 6 weeks, I assume some of that is actual fat.
Although 30lbs feels like a lot, it really isn’t a massive amount and it may take you a year to lose 30lbs. Some expectations might need to shift about how long this’ll take. You didn’t gain 30lbs in 2 months, it’ll be really hard to lose it in the same amount of time.
About your fitness training, I agree it’s a bit overkill. Weight loss really has nothing to do with exercise but if it helps you get into a calorie deficit than it’s a benefit. Exercise is great for overall health and you should only do things you really enjoy.1
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