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[quote=Anonymous]I would love to know more about what metabolism training program looks like? I'm lifting and trying to eat more protein but very curious to hear what you have learned since you are losing inches!

[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][/quote]

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