JoanneLM's Journal, 20 April 2016

More protein, harder workouts. 

There is a line of thought out there that you can do too much lifting which requires your body to try to store carbs as a matter fact I've heard that a lot of trainers now will suggest that you don't work out at all for the first 30 days except walking make sure you are getting plenty of sleep and drinking fluids not the sugary stuff if you go back and look at my old logins you will notice how frustrated I was getting and the last two days I've lost almost 4 pounds and I've never hit the gym in the last year 

Blkbear, I hear that over and over again. Especially weightlifting can be counterproductive to diet. Some can do it, others can't. Just focus on the diet, first. 

I have 1 tea in the morning with 1 tsp of sugar. The rest of the day I drink water with lemon juice. I lift weights 3, sometimes 4 times a week and do cardio 4-5 times a week. I have really bad joints and find that the weights help them. Weird, I know. It especially helps my shoulder with my torn rotator cuff. I was eating around 900 cal a day and nothing happened then , so I upped it to 1100-1200 and nothing happened. Maybe I'll try under 1000 again. I love lifting weights and feel better when I do, but to me it's illogical if I'm eating less than I'm using and am not losing on the scale. I have dropped a jean size, but the numbers have to go down at some point, uggggggg  

Weightlifting is not counter productive to weight (fat) loss - unless you are body building or power lifting which I bet is not the case. If your weight and inches are the same then you are not transforming. You can build muscle and lose inches. Too much cardio is counter productive and will burn muscle instead of fat. Muscles naturally burn more calories so you can burn more calories by stimulating and building muscles. I've never heard any trainer ever say not to lift weights. The best cardio for fat loss is HIIT and cardio should be done after you lift not before.  

This isn't really a problem then. If you are converting ounce for ounce, then GOOD. Don't worry about the scale as much as the inches. Muscle is WAY more dense than fat is. a pound of fat takes up 3 times the space as a pound of lean muscle. And couple with the fact that you are weight training? I can almost guarantee your losing fat.  

Every GRAM of Lean body mass you BUILD, increases your BMR(Basal metabolic Rate.) The amount of calories you burn off just being alive. KEEP LIFTING. More Muscle=Burning more fat.