Not lost a pound in 2 weeks

Jflowwers wrote: »

@kshama2001

Sure, that resonates. But this proves its not just “calories in, calories out” I started motivated and happy. Eating nutrient dense food usually around 1200-1300 a day. Yea, I am working put a lot because I am trying to get stronger and fit. I allowed myself 3 days off for a nyc weekend and ate pizza/ drank/ whatever. I am doing everything right and it’s not working. I don’t know how i am
Supposed to *kitten* off cortisol in my body, the scales goes up literally no matter what I do.

If you are in a deficit your body fat is going down regardless of what the bathroom scale says. You don't actually weigh one number you weigh a range of numbers. When you move up the range it masks fat loss and looks like you are gaining when you should be losing. When you suddenly move down it looks like you might be losing too fast. My bathroom scale went up 8 pounds last week through Sunday. It is temporary and it will all go back down plus some in time. I have been doing this over a year and this is normal some weeks.

I once thought as you did that I was cursed and that somehow my body was not going to let me lose weight. I believed this because the scale never seemed to cooperate. The reality is I just didn't understand it or give it enough time like you are doing now.

You need to stop being stubborn and realize that what you believe is not true or you will keep making the same mistakes I did. I saw someone else suggest that you put the scale away. I had to do that myself when I started because it was toxic to my efforts. I have since educated myself and I can actually handle daily weighing now even when the scale keeps going up for a time.

Jflowwers wrote: »

@autumnblade75

If you read through my prior comments you would see the answers to your questions. I weigh everything on a scale, I don’t eat anything prepackaged, and I check the usda calorie count. I am talking about. I do not eat back exercise calories, I may increase to closer to 1300 those days or eat an extra piece of fruit.

I wear a fitbit to monitor my calories, and orange theory has their own heart rate monitor. Again, that’s why I gave a loose caloric deficit but I should still be losing. Maybe there is something “medically wrong with me” thanks.

There is nothing medically wrong with you (or anyone) that would prevent fat loss in a caloric deficit. That's a law of nature, which none of us can violate.

The process works. 100% of the time. If you are in a caloric deficit - over time - you will lose fat. If you are not, you won't - over time. Whenever I had gained when I thought I should be losing, it came down to one of two things:

1. I was not really in a deficit like I thought I was
2. Fluctuations masked my fat loss.

So what did I do? I put the bathroom scale away and focused on my food scale. And I waited a month. Because I know from science that energy balance is one of the most fundamental laws there is. It doesn't matter how "resistant" I may have thought my body was (it wasn't) to losing fat. If I didn't lose fat, it wasn't because my body was different, it was because there was something I was missing. There could be no other answer.

So I focused on the process, not the short-term results. The process works.

Because I knew the process had to work, I worked on that. Today, if I had a choice between owning a food scale or a bathroom scale, I would pick the food scale. Every. Single. Time.

Give yourself time. Exercise patience. If it's not working, it's not the process, it's how you are working it. For me, if something I know works isn't working, I assume it's me - especially if the process is sound.

My comments may sound more harsh than I intend them to be. But I speak of this from some experience - and I'm way more analytical than feelings-oriented. Don't let your frustration with short-term stuff distract you from working a process that is proven to work for everyone. Tinker until you get it right and take your time.

Best to you.

Jflowwers wrote: »

I wear a fitbit to monitor my calories, and orange theory has their own heart rate monitor. Again, that’s why I gave a loose caloric deficit but I should still be losing. Maybe there is something “medically wrong with me” thanks.

Neither FitBits or heart rate monitors can actually measure calories though, they can estimate but they cannot count energy. Orange Theory is renowned for ludicrous calorie estimates BTW, it's part of their marketing.

If you were in a consistent calorie deficit over an EXTENDED period of time and had a medical condition you would still be losing fat - you would have to be gaining an equivalent amount of water to remain weight stable.

Jflowwers wrote: »

I figured it would be a inflated, thats why i don't eat back those calories. So I am still at a deficit. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But they still maybe reinforce that somehow a calorie deficit doesn't work for you.....
Which isn't that case for any of us.

TBH if you are certain you are in a deficit just be patient and the results will come.

It seems like no one has the right answer because apparently you defy the law of thermodynamics. If you were doing everything right you would be losing weight.

janejellyroll wrote: »

Jflowwers wrote: »

@NovusDies

Is there a reason Eating clean is in quotes?? I sure hope it’s not to indicate that I am
Probably not, or that it’s some vague concept that doesn’t matter.

I am proud of myself for cooking meals, eating whole foods and not heating up lean cuisines. I am proud of my discipline and putting clean food in my body. Yes, I am being strict. However I still have allowed myself to have a burger now and then or a beer. My frustration comes from being diligent, aware, and not seeing results. Take your sarcasm elsewhere.

Nobody is saying that you shouldn't be proud for cooking more meals (although there is nothing shameful about eating food that others have prepared or having a frozen meal). It's just that it's irrelevant to weight loss, which is created by a calorie deficit. If you're frustrated by the method you're using, there's no need to continue unless it is giving you another type of reward.

I wonder if the OP believes that some sort of perfection will yield linear results and the rest of us slobs are fluctuating because we shoot for good enough and eat whatever is normal for us.

ETA: I may or may not have been eating potato chips and losing weight while I posted the above.