Trimming down but not losing weight?

[Anonymous]

I’ve been doing cardio 5 days a week/lifting around 3 days a week, for about a month now. I feel great, my clothes feel better, I look less bloated, and I even noticed the skin on my stomach looks looser, like it does when you first lose fat. But the scale stays the exact same! It’s so discouraging. What is going on?

[Anonymous]

What do you eat?

[Anonymous]

You are building muscle and losing fat. If you want to lose weight you change how you eat as well.

[Anonymous]

I'm seriously asking.... why do you care?! Would you rather it be the opposite and you look the same/clothes fit the same, but the scale was dropping? I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you are doing some body recompositioning. So increasing muscle and losing a little fat.

You don't mention whether you made any changes to your diet. If you want to lose fat you need to decrease calories. Exercise along will not provide significant fat loss.

[Anonymous]

This is always my case, but I eat around 1800 calories/day. I look better and that is enough for me. I would need to go down to 1500/day to lose weight and I don’t want to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

This will trigger some, but get rid of the oatmeal, rice and sweet potatoes, up your protein and fat. Doing that will trigger weight loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

This will trigger some, but get rid of the oatmeal, rice and sweet potatoes, up your protein and fat. Doing that will trigger weight loss.

How much do you have to lose, OP?

[Anonymous]

For me, OP, the stage you are in precedes weight loss. Keep up the good work, and I bet you will start losing weight soon. And, for now just enjoy all the positive benefits you are already getting!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

This will trigger some, but get rid of the oatmeal, rice and sweet potatoes, up your protein and fat. Doing that will trigger weight loss.

You don't have enough information to be making a recommendation. OP hasn't shared their height, weight, build, so it's impossible to tell OP whether weight-loss is appropriate vs body composition change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

This will trigger some, but get rid of the oatmeal, rice and sweet potatoes, up your protein and fat. Doing that will trigger weight loss.

How much do you have to lose, OP?

I’d like to lose 15

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me, OP, the stage you are in precedes weight loss. Keep up the good work, and I bet you will start losing weight soon. And, for now just enjoy all the positive benefits you are already getting!

This is good to hear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

Ditch the PB! That is adding a ton of calories for no good reason.

I have been in your shoes. The reason that the scale doesn't move a ton is due to the calorie intake. If you aren't keeping track of the calories and doing the math, you won't lose weight.

Also, you must have patience. It drops slowly over time. So you may be losing .2 or .5 lbs, which you cannot "see" immediately but it will add up over a few months.

Good work, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you eat?

I’m in a deficit.

I eat oatmeal with fruit and PB every morning, tuna or chicken for lunch with hummus and veggies, and a traditional meat/veggie/rice-sweet potato for dinner. Very boring.

Ditch the PB! That is adding a ton of calories for no good reason.

I have been in your shoes. The reason that the scale doesn't move a ton is due to the calorie intake. If you aren't keeping track of the calories and doing the math, you won't lose weight.

Also, you must have patience. It drops slowly over time. So you may be losing .2 or .5 lbs, which you cannot "see" immediately but it will add up over a few months.

Good work, OP!

This is utter BS. PB has protein and fat and is therefore satiating. Also a serving size is 2tblsp - at 180 calories. Have you ever seen what 2tblsp of PB looks like? it's a lot. Most people eat 1tblsp or less.