Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Weight loss chat

A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Flip

1 2

Original poster

Why am I not losing weight?

28 replies

BrattyTiger009 · 02/12/2022 05:33

For most of my life I've been through a process of starving and bingeing. It got a little better as I got older, though it's held my weight captive for years. I became quite heavy due to this, and spent many years in recovery.
Two months ago, I made my final break through, and started hour cardio sessions (where I left dripping with sweat) and a few rounds of weights per week. I haven't binged, I haven't snacked, and I've stuck to low calorie meals and cut out all juices and sodas. I've slipped up a few times, let's say 20% out of the 100% given, though I've always stayed active throughout this - compared to before, when I wouldn't even get 4,000 steps a day in.
Though I am not shifting weight on the scale at all. If anything, I've gone up a few pounds - and I'm speechless. Even if I were a hundred calories or so over my deficet, my diet is vastly different to the multitude of food I would binge previously, and factoring in the exercise - I don't know what's going wrong.
I'm taking preworkout at the gym, and it doesn't have creatine in it. I'm trying so damn hard. What's going wrong?

OP posts:

Harrysmummy246 · 02/12/2022 14:47

AddictedtoStarmix · 02/12/2022 06:33

Muscle is heavier than fat so it's not unusual for weight to increase despite following a structured plan.
I have found using scales that estimate my percentage of body fat much more helpful and a better indicator that I am becoming healthier. Might be worth a try?

no, It's more dense, but to put on enough muscle to affect the scale, you'd likely take longer than 5 weeks and 'several rounds' of weights....

Harrysmummy246 · 02/12/2022 14:50

PS body fat scales are hugely inaccurate and vary even more dramatically than your weight.

@BrattyTiger009 Sadly, weight loss is mostly driven by your diet. Cardio will help with health but it just does not burn as many calories as people make out or machines/ trackers estimate.

You haven't mentioned what actually makes up your meals. Are you including plenty of lean protein and non-starchy veggies? How do you know they're low calorie and what do you think your deficit is?

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/12/2022 14:53

I would just start by tracking every single thing. That’s the only way to find an answer. You don’t have to do it for ever once you find your groove.

I like Nutricheck best but there are loads

Exercise is really important for weight maintenance but it has limited impact on loss

I am assuming here you have weight to loose obviously.

Flip

1 2