What could be the reason why someone doesn't lose fat despite working out a lot?

[Anonymous]

Some people overeat. Some people have crappy metabolism, whether it be thyroid, PCOS or whatever.

Why are you so invested? Be glad that they are helping keep your gym in business.

[Anonymous]

Bad habits and hormones?? She may eat when not hungry basically.... Her insulin levels may also be high (carbs, etc) so she may not burn very much fat. Other hormones ike cortisol and estrogen are also weight increasing hormones, they can all be in play, as well as the thyroid. I second posters who say the exercise is still valuable, at all sizes.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, we were told a lie for decades that losing weight is about working out. It’s not. It’s simply about eating less and eating better. But that offends business/food industry so it’s easier just to tell people to “exercise more!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people overeat. Some people have crappy metabolism, whether it be thyroid, PCOS or whatever.

Why are you so invested? Be glad that they are helping keep your gym in business.

Why does it bother people like you when people follow others instagrams?

[Anonymous]

Weight loss is 80 percent diet 20 percent exercise. If she eats several small meals a day she could keep insulin high which causes her to store. Best to eat real high fiber food cooked from scratch. Avoid factory made foods. Even salad dressings. Make your own. Avoid hidden sugars. All 56 names. Eat three square meals a day no snacks of trying to lose. Check out Robert Lustig on YouTube. He's a neuroendocrinologist. His books are great but heavy for a non medical person like me. But his interviews are great. Weight isn't a gluttony or sloth issue first, it's a biochemical issue first. BTH I'm not snti sugar, I'm anti hidden sugar. I expect sugar in my dessert (which I may eat once a month) but I don't expect sugar in my salad dressings or potato chips.

[Anonymous]

She is probably on the low end of muscle tone (but not quite hypontonic). The muscles will never hold tight in resting state, so even if there isn't a lot of fat over them, the body looks "soft" and so seems like fat even if it isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a 27 yr old woman on Instagram who makes videos and posts pictures of her working out with weights and her health food dinners which are small but she is still chubby. She's been doing this 2 yrs now but has stayed the same.

I have a friend who does CrossFit and runs specifically so she can throw down at the table. She is opposed to “being small,” but I know her and I know she wishes she were smaller. She’s not huge by any stretch of the imagination but she eats an amount that frequently makes her sick. Those aren’t the meals she posts about though.

[Anonymous]

When my autoimmune flares and i need to go on prednisone, I gain 20 pounds in 5 months. It takes 8 months to taper off the drug and then another 6 months to lose the weight. Been through the cycle twice in 4 years. Her weight could be medically induced weight gain/water and fat retention.

[Anonymous]

Too many calories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What everyone else said; she is eating too much. Fat is lost in the kitchen and you can not out train a bad diet.

If she is just a little chubby and not significantly overweight then maybe she is fine with that and not trying to be super cut. Being cut/having a low enough bodyfat percentage to see muscle requires pretty strict diet and not everyone is willing to give up all that it requires.

Not really. It does require some form of disciplined eating but not starving. Just need to eat a balanced diet in a calorie deficit.

Second is most people tend to do too much cardio which burns muscle along with fat. Which may cause weight loss, but it doesn't change the shape of your body. The only way to look cut is through lifting heavy in combination with the right nutrition so you retain muscle mass while burning fat. Thats what gives people the athletic look.

It requires discipline that is not very compatible with everyday living. Actor David Bautista is ripped and in phenomenal shape but he says he doesn’t want to do it anymore. He complains that it’s extremely difficult to enjoy life.

[Anonymous]

PCOS, thyroid problems, on antidepressants. Could be a number of reasons.

I have all three and I am lucky if I can lose on pound a month on a restricted diet. When I exercise I am ravenous.

Have a friend who never exercises and gorges herself when she goes out to eat; at home, she eats junk and preprocessed food almost exclusively. She is as thin as a rail.

[Anonymous]

Thyroid.

[Anonymous]

Hashimotos
PCOS
Other hormone and metabolic disorders on the metabolic side.

[Anonymous]

Interesting to learn about David Bautista. I love him. I have stayed HSW (high school weight) through the years and, in my experience, you do have to define thinness as a major part of your life enjoyment because you just can't eat the things most of your coevals do with the same frequency. I don't ever eat meat or drink alcohol or soda and severely limit bread, dessert, dairy, and dried fruit. The pounds are like stalkers always capable of creeping up on you. It is definitely a sucky way to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PCOS, thyroid problems, on antidepressants. Could be a number of reasons.

I have all three and I am lucky if I can lose on pound a month on a restricted diet. When I exercise I am ravenous.

Have a friend who never exercises and gorges herself when she goes out to eat; at home, she eats junk and preprocessed food almost exclusively. She is as thin as a rail.

Skinny fat. Usually catches up with the person later in life. My uncle is a great example of that. He has more cardiovascular issues than my Dad who has been twice his weight for most of his life.