Getting discouraged

Thanks!!!! I'm pretty excited myself...even more so thinking about how, sometime during the next week, if all goes well, I'll see that elusive "1" in front of my weight....:eek:
 
MindiK said:
Thanks!!!! I'm pretty excited myself...even more so thinking about how, sometime during the next week, if all goes well, I'll see that elusive "1" in front of my weight....:eek:
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One-derland, here you come! :D
 
Muscle weighs more than fat. When you start working out, the body will often start making muscle first because its the muscle that burns the fat. That's why you weigh the same as when you started.

Try letting your clothes be a better indicator of your weight loss than your scale. A scale won't tell you that your fat has been converted to muscle, it will only tell you what you weigh. Your clothes will start fitting looser and you'll see more definition in your calves, thighs, etc.

Keep doing what you're doing, and the scale will start to show the weight loss you want. It just takes more time for it to do so.
 
haha oops, I posted to this already lol (silly me, I'm so new to forums)

Congratulations on your weight loss :D
 
pj567 said:
Muscle weighs more than fat. When you start working out, the body will often start making muscle first because its the muscle that burns the fat. That's why you weigh the same as when you started.

Try letting your clothes be a better indicator of your weight loss than your scale. A scale won't tell you that your fat has been converted to muscle, it will only tell you what you weigh. Your clothes will start fitting looser and you'll see more definition in your calves, thighs, etc.

Keep doing what you're doing, and the scale will start to show the weight loss you want. It just takes more time for it to do so.
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Muscle doesn't actually weigh more than fat - a pound is a pound. However, muscle is more condensed than fat and so you can lose fat, but still weigh the same. And you will know if you are doing it the right way because your clothes will fit so much better.
 
Awesome news!

My simple way of breaking up weights is this:

Chest/Triceps (Pushing exercises)
Back/Biceps (Pulling exercises)
Legs

You can do abdominals and calf raises everyday. Those muscles are built differently.

I break up pushing and pulling so that I can move my arms when they are sore. If both your biceps and triceps are sore on the same day, then it hurts to move the arm either way! I also do the "big" exercises first, so chest before triceps, because if you fatigue the triceps before doing chest then the triceps will not be able to help the chest out.
 
Keep Going!

Somebody a million posts ago wrote to keep going two more weeks...

I just read recently that it takes your body six months to get adjusted to having bigger muscles and only then will they really start working at maximum capacity. (I have yet to keep up an exercise regimen for six months, so I can't tell you that's true from experience.)

So keep it up!
 
yarmiah said:
It seems you don't actually gain or lose fat cells, it's the same number. When you lose weight you are merely shrinking them down in size. No matter really, same result in the end if you lose weight, you lose weight, just not cells.
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So this is true but not entirely correct. You never lose fat cells, when you lose weight they shrink and when you gain weight they become enlarged. However, your body can create new fat cells. I was taught in cell biology that the number of fat cells in an obese human can be triple the number in a healthy human... but I've also read that the link between the number of adipocytes you have and your weight is still under investigation.

Anyways that's not why I popped in. The title grabbed my attention. I was stuck at 160.5Lbs for nearly 3 weeks. I changed from 1500 calories per day to 2000 calories per day. I worked out. I didn't work out. Nothing seemed to make a difference; every morning the scale would read 160.5Lbs. I toughed it out and in the last week dropped to 156.5Lbs. I'm really glad I stuck to it because now I'm closer to my goal and I feel great.
 
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