Weight loss

anjanauday36
anjanauday36 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello am on my regular exercise and diet still not reducing weight what to do

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  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    How long has your weight been the same? Were you able to lose weight before? Weight can fluctuate a lot, so I wouldn’t worry unless you haven’t lost weight in over a month. If that’s the situation, it’s possibly you are overestimating how many calories you are burning during exercise or underestimating how many calories you eat.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,982 Member
    First post so how long have you been at it? If you just started and haven't exercised in a long time, it's NOT uncommon to not lose weight and many times even gain the first few weeks. If it's been longer, than you're likely not monitoring calories accurately.


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  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,221 Member
    edited May 2023
    anjanauday36 wrote: »
    Hello am on my regular exercise and diet still not reducing weight what to do
    As mentioned, if it’s been less than a month give it another week or 2. If still no loss then the calories you’re consuming are what’s called maintenance calories, meaning you will maintain your current weight at your current weekly calorie amount.

    If no loss soon, take in 3,500 calories a week less. This represents about 1 LB of loss per week. You can go with a lesser number if you don’t have much fat to lose or if you don’t mind a slower rate of loss. Someone obese can go with a higher number so the “ calorie deficit” will vary depending of fat amount.
  • chris_in_cal
    chris_in_cal Posts: 2,520 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    If you just started and haven't exercised in a long time, it's NOT uncommon to not lose weight and many times even gain the first few weeks. If it's been longer, than you're likely not monitoring calories accurately.

    Spot on. After three years of inactivity in February I started a 16 week exercise training plan. A very easy exercise training plan, but a plan nonetheless. I followed it pretty faithfully. The results? After 16 weeks I weigh the same. I feel better, more energized, and happier. No weight loss. BMI 37.4 all the way through.

    This week I started a second exercise training plan, and by the grace of G*ddess I hope to mix in some small changes to my diet and calorie monitoring. I expect sometime soon I'll reach a metabolic tipping point were the numbers on the scale start to move.

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