I had a PT once and he said that when people start lifting weight and gain muscle you obviously are growing, your muscles get bigger right? But if youre not yet losing fat you will feel a bit bigger but it will even out after a while. Maybe you want results too soon? Might take a little bit longer as you dont have that much to lose. Stick to it and try to enjoy the progress, youll get there!
i totally agree with you, when I first started weights my thighs felt massive and it made me feel disgusting but they’ve toned up overtime and I feel a lot better about them now. Lifting weights makes your muscles feel heavier as well (aching etc) so that doesn’t help
and doing some form of exercise daily too, even if it's a little walk or up and down the stairs a few times! XThanks for your reply! I'm definitely not getting enough protein in and trying hard to get more of it (I eat meat but not a lot). It's also definitely a mental thing - I'm 'learning the ropes' when it comes to weights and have to be patient that it takes time, not a 4-week shred. I'm a bit obsessed with the scales which isn't healthy I know, and get really hung up on the numbers if I've gained a couple of pounds, but my PT said it will be up and down throughout this process.
You're right, I've been expecting results far too soon when really I'm only a month in to my training. I will persevere
Ive been using the Kayla Itsines Sweat app for about 6 weeks now and I’m really glad I started. You get a week free trial and then it’s £14.99 a month or there are other options for 3 6 9 and 12 months. I was always really skeptical of it but there are so many plans on there now and if you are into lifting weights there are a couple of plans for lifting at home which you will need some weights for but none of the big machines that they have in the gym. I didn’t really feel comfortable going back to the gym and worried they would close again anyway so I cancelled my membership and am actually much more enjoying using the Sweat app at the moment.
Sounds good, I’ll look into it thanks!
you’ve just got to stick at it, the more drastic the deficit, the less likely you are to stick to it and the more likely you are to just pile it back on. weight loss isn’t a quick process
What I do is I dont do a set amount a day, so I dont say oh only 1200 a day. Ill just go between 1200-1500..Keeps it a bit more fun and you can compensate if you had a little more the day before.
How are your losses doing this? I don’t mind 1-1.5lbs a week but find 0.5 demotivating
About 0.5-1 but I dont have a set time I need or want to lose if for so mabye that makes it easier for me? Do you track in an app?
so a deficit is different for everyone depending on current weight height and age!! To find your maintenance calories (calories needed to maintain Current weight) google TDEE calculator. From that number you create a deficit! A deficit of 500 calories per day over a week will give roughly 1lb fat loss.
Never heard of it, seems really helpful! I love how everyone is offering advice here because losing weight is so hard
Your tdee is basically the amount of calories your body burns daily just being alive and moving around in general. It’s just in simple terms your calories needed to maintain your weight now. Calorie deficit is the only way to lose weight. No matter what diets people are on (keto, SW etc) they are only losing that weight because they are in a deficit whether they realise it or not. Weightloss is simple science but I think the abundance of different “diets” makes it seem a lot more complicated than it is. I wish you luck with your weightloss im currently trying to shift a stone so I know how you feel!
