Ok, so I lost a pound in 6 days?

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Max Myers

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I weighed in at 176 last monday. I am trying to get down somewhere between 160-165. Anyway, since I last weighed myself on sunday, before that the last time I weighed myself I was at 188, which was a 2-3 weeks prior. So since it has been so long the 176 was going to be my new starting point.

So I have continued my diet and my workouts every single day since I weighed myself. I run at least 2 miles a day, I play basketball as often as I can for a few hours a day. Probably 4 days a week. I lift weights, and I eat healthy.

According to my scale, I weigh 175. To me one pound is almost as good as losing no weight because of the margin of error on the scale.

This is becoming incredibly frustrating because I need to get down to 160-165 by october. Mid october at the absolute latest. It shouldn't be complicated. Everything I've read about losing weight has to do with burning more than you take in. I eat practically nothing. Turkey breast on wheat with lettuce, and I drink pretty much only water. I will throw in a gatorade here or there when playing basketball. I eat only healthy snacks. It just isn't making sense to me. I went from barely exercising 3 weeks ago and eating loads of crap foods like pizza, to working out and exercising every single day and eating healthy and I can't drop 2 pounds.

Am I doing something wrong?
 
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Drink more water

Hello,

If you want to speed up weight loss, start drinking more water (very cold is better as your body uses more calories to process it). The BEST product to ensure your drink enough water during the day is Water Sensations. It's a clear liquid flavor enahncer for water and doesn't have any sugar, calories or carbs - - no preservatives!! It's great and comes in 6 natural flavors. You can take it anywhere, even to a resturant. I buy it at Target and Kroger....just Google Water Sesnations.

That would be my advise.....it also helps you stay less hungry through the day. You will not believe how tasty Water Sensations is and you'll want to drink the water....not dread it.

Let me know how you do!!
 
Eat lean meats, (Chicken, fish, turkey, lean steak) fruits and vegetables for the next 3 weeks and watch what happens!

Leave everything else out for a while, including fatty dressings on those salads.
 
I have been eating lean meats. I've eaten nothing but grilled chicken and turkey breast on wheat with lettuce and a salad with low-fat dressing for the last 2 weeks.

If I snack I eat rold gold pretzels which have like no fat. I also eat plenty of fruit.
 
Because I am getting in shape for basketball, and I need to get down to 160-165 to help with my quickness. Since I've went up to 180+ I have been unable to utilize my quickness and I am one dimensional. Anyway, there is a tournament starting in mid-october, and I need to be down to 160, where I was about 5 years ago and was my quickest.

Once that tournament is over, there won't be much basketball for me until spring because few people play in the winter because of the cold. I want to play with my new weight this year to see how I feel and don't want to have to wait all the way until spring/summer to play against good competition and see how I fare. The sooner I find out how I am with my new weight, the sooner I can make the necessary adjustments with my workout routine to add or subtract more poundage if necessary.
 
So...
- You may have gain muscle
- You may have weighted yourself in a different time of the day, different clothes, or without pooping first.
- Your metabolism may have slowed down because you may be eating too little
- Or your calculations are not very right and you're not loosing more than you eat (I dont believe much in this one).
- When your body got used to smt he manages a way to do that spending the less energy he can.

Dont give up! And may be get professional help ;)
 
What I would suggest is "The Idiot Proof Diet" I went on line to get it and it really does work. It's like everything you have to stick to it. You can loose 10 lbs in 10 days.

Another thing is if your not loosing weight you may not be eating enough. Believe it or not you have to eat to loose.
 
Give it more time

I know with me it takes abotu 6 weeks, and then the weight starts FALLING off.. Stick to it.. Its bound to happen for ya. Add some weight training too.
 
For the past 4 days I've been running twice a day and upping my weight-lifting. I don't know if it is related, but it says I lost 5 pounds since I last weighed myself.
 
yeah, if you are lifting weights, then you could just be replacing the fat w/ muscle - which is fantastic, but since muscle weighs more than fat, you may not see a difference on the scales. You might want to think about looking at inches - are you toning up? are you gaining muscle in the areas you want to and losing inches in areas like your abs?

when weight training, you also need to make sure you get enough protein and calories... go to a website like and figure out what you need in a day in order to be healthy...

for example... i just entered in the stats for a male, 18 years old, 5'11" and 175 lbs... and for a moderately active lifestyle (exercising 3-5x week) you need around 2,900 calories a day... or you burn that much... so, if you want to lose weight at like 2 lbs a day, then up your exercise and aim for about 2400 cals/day. If you aren't getting enough calories, your body saves up and stores fat - so not getting enough doesn't help either.

Good luck!
 
a couple of likely problems:

1) water retention
2) electrolyte/ vitamin or mineral deficiency
For example, low potassium promotes weight gain. bananas are a good source, but so are tomatoes, onions, avocados... etc. Try adding some more of these to your diet. With your recent diet restriction, you may have cut out all your major sources.
3) 3 g a day L-carnitine is supposed to promote the burning carbohydrates by muscles in men. Try to find some at the local whole foods. couldn't hurt.
4) Try weight lifting before you do cardio. It will cause your muscles to use their glycogen stores so when you play basketball, you burn nothing but fat. If you are concerned about avoiding gaining muscle bulk so you can reach your goal weight for some competition, try using low weights and high reps (like 15-20 reps) instead of high weight and low reps.
 
Hi Rilya, Please do not take this the wrong way. I mean no disrespect here. But, If I may comment on a couple of your suggestions for just a second...

L-carnitine is important in Long chain fatty acid metabolism. Although, supplementation with it has never been shown to be affective or helpful in weight loss.

Secondly, unless you were on a low Carb diet as with an already over taxed glycogen supply. A normal weight lifting session shouldn't deplete it.

Basket ball is a predominantly "carb" sport(as are most). And, if glycogen stores were depleted fully. Any type of maximal exertion in any sport would be near impossible. One simply, wouldn't be able to play a game of Bball.

I wouldn't recommend high reps for just about anyone. Beyond a rehabilitation setting I don't see a need. Besides, while in a calorie deficient. It is damn near impossible to gain LBM.


Hmm...You made me hungry for an avocado lol.
 
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