RobD520 Member

No. OP did not gain muscle mass in 6 weeks.

I agree with this 100%. I am in maintenance, and am eating a very wide variety of foods including all the things the OP mentions for dinner. In looking at my last week, my dinner calories range from 512-988 with an average of 655. (The 988 "outlier" day was a day where I did two long workouts and REALLY needed the…

I intentionally used the word "can" and not "will". People here are unnecessarily combative.

I have a glass I got from a wine festival with a logo on it. I know exactly where the five ounce point is because it is right at the bottom of the K in the logo. My 5-ounce poor is very accurate as a result. If they fit into your calories, you will lose. More than a couple glasses, and alcohol can elevate food cravings.…

I do 5-7 miles every morning before I eat anything. Some mornings I do spinning class or cycle as well. If this were something that happened I would be huge by now.

I walk competitively, and I have won an age award at a half marathon coming in under 2:30. You can walk at a very high intensity, a low intensity or anything in between. The benefit for me is that I take much less pounding than when I run, so I can train more with a lower injury risk. It can be an excellent cardio workout!…

If you set your plan up with a deficit you can (and probably should) eat back your exercise calories. As has been noted above, starting by eating back about half is prudent as some of the estimates in MFP may be inflated for some. From a weight loss perspective, you don't have to be concerned about eating "clean"-whatever…

I share your concerns; but you will get no sympathy (and probably more than a little hostility) trying to discuss this topic on these boards. I am glad you were able to find a solution to your son's issues before they tried to address them with unnecessary medication.

Eating the same and adding exercise cannot, outside of fluctuations in water weight, result in weight gain.....ever.

I would add I LOVE cooking light magazine. They have many excellent recipes that are filling nc low calorie.

Avoid avoiding foods whenever possible. I love seafood. But other proteins that worked for me included: Flank steak, New York strip, filet, ribeye, ground chuck, beef short ribs, bottom round, chuck roast, bone-in pork chops, pork loin, pork tenderloin, pork shoulder, prosciutto, bacon, chicken (in many forms and recipes),…

It's not uncommon to be hungrier after adding exercise, and then eating more. That is highly likely to be what's going on. I once gained 6 or seven pounds over four months training for a 12 hour bicycle race. I was riding 350-400 miles a week. It was not big deal in the mirror; but did impact the race. I had no idea I was…

800 calories is not nearly enough. Continuing in this way is not safe. You will hear that echoed in the thread. Weight fluctuations are normal. They happen to everyone. It is likely water retention.

I agree. There is a huge margin of error when estimating restaurant portions; and we can never be certain of the recipe.

Wheat rate monitors provide reasonable estimates for cardio but overestimate strength training.

One cubic inch of muscle dies weight more than one cubic inch of fat. People who say muscle weighs more than fat mean THIS. We all know that a pound of X always weighs the same as a pound of Y. The biggest issue is that gaining muscle weight takes a long time. Virtually no one who is not losing can blame muscle gain. The…

14 pounds in two months? That is not really slow! It seems that you have done quite well. Also, for you to have netted 297 calories in that time, you would have had to have been working REALLY intensely. As a racewalker, I usually credit myself maybe 400-450 for an intense hour on the treadmill.

I use an entry for roasted vegetables-which tend to be higher than entry for steamed for example. This estimate has always worked for me. if i use, for example, 200 calories of evoo and eat, for example, 1/6 of the whole recipe-I figure I am getting 33.33 more calories than if I just ate them raw. The entry for MFB for…

It's proven? Really? Yet I am eating the same as when I was heavy and still losing due to exercise. I would love to see the proof.

It is "rapid weight loss" because of the water weight. The "jump start" is only psychological; it feels good to see the scale go down. But those ten pounds are only truly meaningful if/when they are ten pounds of fat. As others have said, it could lead to discouragement as water weight can return and the person believes…

No. Eating more does not cause you to lose more. The only way adding calories will help you lose is if a more modest defecit helps you stick with your plan.

1. Is it because of too much cardio? no 2. Will eating the same thing over-and-over prevent weight loss? no OP, four weeks is not really enough to tell what is happening. But if you are not losing, it is because you are not eating at a deficit.

Just yes!

At 5' 4'' 140 you can lose weight eating more than 1200, especially if you are exercising. Put your information into myfitnesspal, set a realistic weightloss rate, and track everything accurately.

68.8 down; 3.2 to go.

With a BMI of less than 20? What do other people in your life tell you?

I agree. I actually would love the option to have yesterday's calories carried over. I would find it helpful as sometimes I end up with a larger deficit than I intended at the end of the week; and don't really notice. Though when I lost, I had to fight to not lose to quickly......

Actually the change over time isn't accurate either. I know you will never believe me, but the measure you are using is not validated to use it in the way you are using it. I use the same measure. When I lost my weight, my belly fat and waistline were the first measurements to go down, and they went down dramatically. As a…

Getting past #2 was key for me. I enjoy great food within my program, just less of it. Indeed, eating less means buying smarter portions. This, in turn, means I can even upgrade the quality of my proteins within my budget. Enjoying less does not have to mean the end of enjoyment! With regard to #1, I make room for wine.…

I would just get back on your program and not try to make up for it. Sometimes cutting WAY back to make up causes an increase in cravings later in the day which causes added challenges. It was one day; it's best IMO to just forge ahead with your program. During a lake house weekend with friends a few weeks back, I had two…