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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, folks, but [i]twelve or fourteen weeks[/i] is simply not long enough to see any significant changes in your body or to judge whether or not a program is working. People who do weightlifting work hard for [i]years[/i] not weeks.

[quote]The exercise person I saw said you can gain strength without gaining muscle, so that's probably what's happened to me. [/quote]

This is just flat out wrong. Also, how could you possibly have lost "3 in bust and 3 in waist" without losing fat?

My advice is to ignore short-term results (or lack thereof) and focus on long-term process. Eating better and lifting weights will get you where you want to be eventually.[/quote]

OP here - thanks all for your feedback! I just can't figure out how I haven't gained any muscle!

The scale hasn't moved at all - I weigh 1/2 lb more than when I started. I have read that you can gain strength and not gain muscle (a million articles on google confirm this) - basically you recruit more neurons to fire up to add strength but it doesn't mean the muscle is gaining.

I wasn't expecting to be a body builder in 14 weeks, but I expected to see. . . something!  I am still very nervous that adding more calories is going to make me gain weight as opposed to lose weight - but gut says I should be eating 1500 a day, but they've moved me to 1750

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Did you read what I (08:43) posted above?

What is your goal? To lose fat or to gain muscle and by gain muscle I assume you want to add pound of muscle vs just lowing a % of your body fat?  Because losing fat and gaining pounds of muscle at the same time it not easy and takes a very long time. Because one requires a calorie surplus and one requires a calories deficit. And in general adding muscle, like pounds of muscle/enough to show up on a scan takes a long time.

I am also going to say that you are not following the 1600 cal diet if you have not lost any weight/fat in the past 14 weeks

Also, why are you so hung up on a number? You have lost inches the last couple of months and gained strength. Stop worrying about all the data.[/quote]

OP here - goal is to lose the fat around my stomach - which i've done before with extensive calorie cutting - but it wasn't realistic and i don't think was long term sustainable.  I am working with this new team to do it via muscle gain and fat loss (basically metabolism training);. . . and i am as confident as one can be in the 1600 a day - i measure everything and i use a kitchen scale to measure things like meat etc. . . [/quote]

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