I cant be at a plateau yet!!

KaraP18
KaraP18 Posts: 145 Member
edited October 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Just want to get anyones opinion on the matter. I have been using this site for about two monthes and I have lost 8 pounds so far. About 3 weeks ago I stopped losing weight. I log pretty much every day and do not go over my calories very often. I havent gained at all and I have lost 2 inches in my waist and hips in the last two weeks. The only difference is I have started jogging about 5 days a week. Do you guys think I am just replacing fat with muscle and that's why I am not losing weight but losing inches?

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  • KaraP18
    KaraP18 Posts: 145 Member
    No comment?
  • 4realnowcw
    4realnowcw Posts: 16
    I'm not really into the excercise thing yet, but from reading previous posts - - do you have to start eating more calories now that you are excercising - - from what I have read - - - -you are using up more calories now - - - so if you don't eat them back - -your body can go into starvation mode and that's when you will stop losing. This is just from what I have been reading on MFP - - - I think I have it right.
  • KaraP18
    KaraP18 Posts: 145 Member
    I pretty much eat back my exercise calories. I may only have 100 or so at the highest left that i can eat.
  • HoLLyZ82
    HoLLyZ82 Posts: 467 Member
    if you are losing inches i wouldnt complain...or consider it a real plateau just yet. as for gaining muscle, i seriously doubt it as its VERY difficult to gain lean tissue while in a deficit. i would give it a few more weeks.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    A plateau is when you arent losing both weight and inches. If you are losing inches..you arent in a plateau.
  • savlyon
    savlyon Posts: 474 Member
    3 weeks is kind of a short time to judge a plateau. I frequently will maintain or fluctuate a few pounds for a few weeks, then after 4 weeks I'll drop like 5 lbs.
  • brk_1982
    brk_1982 Posts: 125 Member
    I just broke through my first plateau - started about two months in and lasted about 4-5 weeks, Dropped about 3 lbs this week. Stay the course and good luck!
  • Sweet_Potato
    Sweet_Potato Posts: 1,119 Member
    I lost about a pound and then plateaued! It really is frustrating.
  • horror_hamster
    horror_hamster Posts: 278
    there is a good possibility that you are developing muscles. I wouldn't say you're gaining a lot, but you're toning them and strengthening them with the running so it could possibly be because of that. I agree with the above posters, tho -- if you're losing inches, that's what matters most, the number on the scale will catch up eventually. muscle does take up much less room than the equal weight of fat (wording it differently than usual so the sharks dont jump down my throat for saying "muscle weighs more than fat" blah blah blah)

    keep at it, girl. You'll see the scale move soon enough. Keep logging, and log EVERYTHING. Even the smallest things could make a difference. (for example, i wanted a cookie last night, it was just one cookie, thought it would be fine to sneak it. got curious, looked it up, it was a 200 CALORIE COOKIE -- so LOG EVERYTHING.)
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