Weight Loss Thread

You look a ton better. I actually thought you were a woman in the first picture.

Ossoi_sl said:

I don't weigh my food. I just enter into MFP what I'm eating for the day, instead of individual meals and I use the packaging to tell me how much I'm eating. e.g 1 x 240g pack of salmon fillets, and 2 x 460g pack of chicken breasts.

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That's the best way to do it whenever possible. Certain things like potatoes or nuts it's really advisable to weigh. 4oz of potato is a lot smaller than most people who've never thought about it are aware. A one pound potato doesn't look huge. One ounce of almonds , which is the average serving ,is a tiny amount, I used to destroy hundreds of calories worth in about 20 seconds.

Results matter most, if progress is being made then its all working. Getting used to weighing and counting is a good habit though.

McCheese_sl said:

You look a ton better. I actually thought you were a woman in the first picture.

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The sad part is... you're not the first. My close high school friend said that to me when I was grade 12.

And also thank you.

You could still pass for a dyke now if that makes you feel any better

Ambiturner_sl said:

You could still pass for a dyke now if that makes you feel any better

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I'm confused, is that a compliment or an insult? :S haha

Both comments were backhanded compliments. Ignore the haters bro you did well for yourself.

Himeo_sl said:

Both comments were backhanded compliments. Ignore the haters bro you did well for yourself.

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If you're referring to my comment, it wasn't backhanded at all. He looked absolutely terrible in the first picture (and I think he would agree with that assessment, himself) and he looks a ton better now. Honestly, I would never have guessed it was the same person if I hadn't known already.

Muscle is denser than fat. If you gain muscle and lose fat, you'll look thinner but weigh more. I went from 232 to 170 and looked kind of like a skeleton (6'1"). Then I went up to 190... and I'm still at 190, but every week I look a little thinner.

Cad_sl said:

Interestingly, in the ~8 weeks I've been eating 1500-1900 calories a day and lifting 4 times a week and doing cardio 3-4 times a week, I have actually gained weight. I went from 188 to 186, now I am 190. Doing primarily heavy upper body chest/back/shoulders with lifting, core with kettle bells and floor work, legs with plyo and weighted lunges and such.

Is this just my body adjusting and I should be patient? I've noticed what I perceive to be noticeable fat loss in the mirror, but it hasn't been shown on the scale. I care about the mirror not the scale but the scale has me worried.

Thanks bros

P.S. Tracking calories with myfitnesspal and eating 140-180g of protein per day.

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The average person could gain 10-20 pounds and lose multiple dress/pant sizes at the same time. Especially when you're doing cardio + multiple muscle groups with weights. You could expect mostly just weight loss if you were only doing cardio, but weight lifting will definitely make you gain weight. In fact, you probably don't need to watch your calories quite so carefully, assuming you're telling the truth about how much you exercise.

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Controlling the quality of what you eat is far more important than controlling the quantity, especially when you're that active at the gym.

Cad_sl said:

Interestingly, in the ~8 weeks I've been eating 1500-1900 calories a day and lifting 4 times a week and doing cardio 3-4 times a week, I have actually gained weight. I went from 188 to 186, now I am 190. Doing primarily heavy upper body chest/back/shoulders with lifting, core with kettle bells and floor work, legs with plyo and weighted lunges and such.

Is this just my body adjusting and I should be patient? I've noticed what I perceive to be noticeable fat loss in the mirror, but it hasn't been shown on the scale. I care about the mirror not the scale but the scale has me worried.

Thanks bros

P.S. Tracking calories with myfitnesspal and eating 140-180g of protein per day.

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If you are looking better in the mirror, why worry about what the scale says? Put it away and stop weighing yourself.

5 weeks into the Keto diet.

Starting weight was back at 184lbs due to traveling now I'm at 168.2lbs. I would probably be doing much better but going to the bar for the World Cup games is fucking shit up, now that the US is out I should start kicking ass again.

Been playing tennis a few times a week, fuck that is crazy exercise.

Cad_sl said:

Interestingly, in the ~8 weeks I've been eating 1500-1900 calories a day and lifting 4 times a week and doing cardio 3-4 times a week, I have actually gained weight. I went from 188 to 186, now I am 190.

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This seems impossible to me. Are you weighing yourself first thing in the morning after the morning piss, making sure to only compare weight checks that were done at the same time of day? You should be down ~14 pounds after 8 weeks. You mentioned that you're tracking calories via MFP; are you using a food scale?

There really is no possible way for your metabolism to be so low to have offset the deficit you've established. TDEE of 6'2 188 man is 2231 -- add in 350ish for your exercise (call it 2600 TDEE overall) and you should have dropped over a pound a week. The fact that you haven't leads me to believe that somehow your counting is fucked up. I think its very unlikely that you're replacing that fat with muscle (as the Master suggested)... even as a beginner, that's a pretty large deficit. The body does not like to build muscle while on such an extreme deficit. But shrug, maybe? I dunno, a 900c/day is really high. I haven't read anything that implies muscle building is possible in that state.

You could try drinking a glass of wine or having a shot right before bed; alcohol is a fantastic diuretic... its likely you're retaining some water but definitely not 8 pounds worth. Water retention due to swoll muscles (from exercise) also is a likely explanation for looking better in the mirror.

McCheese_sl said:

If you are looking better in the mirror, why worry about what the scale says? Put it away and stop weighing yourself.

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Truth.

Make sure your calories are honest and every single thing you're eating is counted. 3-400 incidental calories are easy to rack up. Then there's water retention and all that shit combined with some increase in lean mass which really shouldn't be a lot. Youd more expect your weight to just not drop or maybe a pound or two added in that short period. Or maybe you just have the get swole gene. Either way go by the mirror and your waist size if all your numbers are in order.