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You are sooooo awesome!!!!!! Thank you for inspiring us. I have zero excuse at my age :smiley:

Great job!!! Congratulations!!! Keep going - the results are so encouraging!!!

Are you weighing your food on a food scale and tracking your calories on MFP? How many calories are you eating per day? That's what's working for me. In addition to working out of course. Hope that helps and wishing you success :smile:

Absolutely fabulous!!! You are a great inspiration for me. Thank you. How long have you been weight training?

It's been 2 weeks. Except for a couple of days where I ate around 1500, I ate between 1700 and 1900 calories. I lost 2,2lbs. Not as much as i wanted but at least I didn't gain. The body scale makes me sad so I've decided to ditch it for a while and see where i end up in 4 to 6 weeks. All the best everyone :smiley:

Thank you. I do have have my macros set and am hitting them most of the time - especially protein :smiley:

Thank you. I'm going to look for a scale like that.

Thank you. No, I haven't had my BF % checked. I'll go ahead and use one of the online calculators to get an idea. i think taking my measurements too might be of help. I've considered ditching the scale - ha ha ha - someday soon I'll do it. So what is your current weight and how have things shifted for you? Thanks again so…

Absolutely VERY cool!!!!!!!! Great job!!! It's amazing what heavy lifting does to the body!!!! Keep going :smiley:

I do Ice Cream fitness 5x5 3 times per week - it's a progressive load program and you can google it to get more info. From what I understand, at your weight you can either eat at deficit to lose or you can eat at maintenance to recomp. If your goal is to burn fat while maintaining muscle then deficit it is. Best to you!

From my experience, it's normal to stall or gain after starting weight training due to water retention. This usually lasts 2 to 6 weeks. If after that time you keep stalling or gaining, it might be you're not eating enough. Also be sure your protein is set on MFP to about 30% or 0.8 times your body weight. Please make sure…

Down another pound this morning, ladies, but I think 2 full weeks of tracking this should give us a path to follow. FYI, I used Scooby bodybuilding's calorie calculator to find my TDEE and BMR as well as what I should eat for a 20% fat loss rate. I set my activity level as moderate. I know now that I was not eating enough…

Congratulations on your new baby and on looking so fabulous!!!! I don't have any experience with working out during pregnancy or even during nursing. I'm sure you know that to lose fat you have to eat at a deficit and since you're so very close to your goal weight, the suggestion is to eat very lose to your maintenance -…

I'm SOOOOOOOOOO happy - I've been doing a happy dance all morning!!!! LOL :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: For the first time in a while, my scale moved in the direction of my desire, this morning!!!!! Why? Yesterday I ate 1863 calories - the highest amount I've eaten in a while and I believe my body loved it. I went down 1.2lbs…

Yahoooooo!!!!!!! I think I may have found my answer. Yesterday, I ate the most calories in a while - I ate 1863 calories and this morning I weigh 1.2lbs LESS than yesterday!!!!!!! I know it's only been a day, but to see this drop after eating this much is a big deal for me. Perhaps I'very found the happy place for my body…

Thank you, Fanncy0626!!! I never did keep track of my inches so I don't know. My clothes fit the same. BUT..... I ate 1863 calories yesterday and this morning I weigh 1.2lbs LESS than yesterday!!!!! I am thrilled!!! I shall keep this level of eating with my current lifting activities and see how it goes the next few weeks.…

Yahoooooo!!!!!!! I think I'm getting this now!!!! Yesterday I ate MORE and today I weigh LESS!!! I ate 1863 calories yesterday and I weigh 1.2lbs LESS today. Thanks to all the weight lifters who posted about eating more in other forums. I'll update again in a couple of weeks to help any heavy weight lifter who's stalled or…

Thank you! I appreciate your help. Yes, I'm still lifting ICF 5x5 3 times per week plus 1 other lifting day with my fitness trainer. I don't have a physical job and I count my 4 days of weight lifting as my only activity. Since I didn't lose this time around on 1200 to 1500 calories per day, I'm increasing calories to see…

Heavy lifting ladies, please help. I lost about 25lbs or so on a deficit eating at 1500 calories using MFP settings and doing Ice Cream Fitness 5x5. Loss was set at 2lbs p week. I had sx and took 6 months to recover and maintained that loss. I came back to lifting and started gaining weight instead of losing. When I first…

I wanted to find out if you've found a solution. I've read many heavy lifting forums comment to increase calories because all that activity on only 1350 cals will cause a stall/gain/metabolism imbalance, etc. Did you try increasing calories? As for me, I weighed in at 184.4 today - ha ha. I've kept gaining even though I…

I appreciate you hugely for taking the time to go into such detail with your response. Thank you!!! The video is awesome and I learned a lot from it. Your July 2015 picture totally rocks!!! What you have accomplished in 18 short months is proof that your system works...fast. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!!!! You look AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Thank you for doing your thing and being an inspiration. 1. There's a belief that eating at a deficit while lifting preserves muscles but doesn't grow them. Do you think your muscles grew in that first year as you dropped the fat and lifted on a deficit? 2. You were lifting…

Thank you! I better not be preggo after having my mommy makeover - LOL. Do you use a scale to measure your food before logging in MFP? If so, I'm really at loss as to why you'll be gaining back if not water weight or muscle. I've read that we can't gain muscle on a deficit, but I also saw the pics of the OP of the success…

It helps to preserve muscle while losing weight. I do have lets of energy since I eat well.

I'm going to assume I'm not in the range of this recomp because I still have many lbs to lose while recomp seems to be for people ready to maintain their weight? So the water retention happens all over the body instead of a specific spot?

Thank you. It'd be nice to see what I weigh when the water retention eases up.

Thank you so much! I have scaled back and now take more rest days. I get 7 to 9 hours of sleep and rest a lot during the day. Other than water retention, what weight could I be putting on eating on a deficit? I certainly hope it's not fat! I'm not eating back any workout calories. Do you think eating between 1200 and 1550…

Hmmmm...I'm excited to learn more. I wonder what ReeseG4350 thinks about your question and if others might want to discuss further.

Thank you! Interesting food for thought for me. Since I'm not really familiar with how fat converts or how muscles grow, I'm looking forward to learning more from any discussion that ensues as a result of your thoughts here :smiley:

Thank you for confirming. I'm looking forward to that drop which I now know will soon happen. Must have felt really good to see that change on the scale. Congratulations :smiley: