FitMamaBridgette's Journal, 17 March 2018

Sam1955. Well, You can still eat cookies and ice cream and lose fat. The reason why when you changed your diet to “healthier” foods and lost weight is not the fact they were “healthy” or the fact the cookies etc were “unhealthy” by the fact that those are higher calorie foods, carb/fat dense= higher calories. Vegetables are extremely low in calories, you’d have to have like triple the amount of broccoli (approximately 3 full plate fulls) to equal the calories of 2 regular cookies. (Approximately 200 calories for veggies&cookies). Another reason many people think that eliminating the “bad” foods cause weight/fat loss, when it’s just eliminating more calories. Which is the literal only way to cause any form of weight loss= a calorie deficit. Look up the infamous “Twinkie diet” and you’ll see what I mean. Doesn’t matter how “clean/healthy/unhealthy/bad/good/low calorie/huh callrie/nutrient dense/non-nutrient dense/etc” someone eats, as long as a deficit of calories is present, “weight” will always be lost 100% of the time.  

Stupid phone *high calorie/good/nutrient dense* 

I'm trying to figure out how to upload my pic and I cant. Anyways, massive amount of muscle. Veins running all over my body. I used to be like 250lbs just fat and now I'm one of the leanest, most jacked guys in the gym. And guess what? I just ate less and moved more. Kept my protein and fats high. And carbs moderate. It's not rocket science. Stop going to these crazy extremes (strict keto) lol. Just eat less and move more. If you dont, you'll still be struggling years from now. Mark my words. Take that as you may. 

Good luck. 

You can upload a picture from the mobile desktop site. Or upload it to Photobucket.com and paste the url image link  

muscle weighs more than fat...if working out tape measurement of hips waist work well as you could be losing inches...just what I have found out for myself  

I am obviously eating less and moving here. Going crazy with a strict diet gives me structure and helps me keep myself in check.  

This is what I'm talking about! Stop filling her head with nonsense you've read on the internet. God this is sad. You think an obese woman has gained pounds of muscle in a couple weeks??? That is literally impossible. Even the biggest guys in bodybuilding on massive amounts of steroids would be lucky to gain 10lbs of pure muscle in an entire year. I'm assuming most of you are older. Which would explain a lot. But still, the things you guys are saying are just absolutely ridiculous. Smh 

I might do the measurements eventually. I really appreciate all of the advice from everyone! 

Actually muscle doesn’t way any less or more than fat, it just appears that way. That’s an age old myth and misconception. Look at my journal and I made a pic post to show a mock up of 5lbs fat and 5lbs muscle, the quantity is what makes the difference. You can lose 5lbs of fat and gain 5lbs muscle and vice versa, and it may appear as though “weight” is still the same on the scale, when the reality is just that. there is just much more body fat than muscle that can be realistically gained naturally. Look at any of those “my 800 pound life” to shows and see how much body fat they have. And with the case of Steroids/PED’s have caused more muscle than realistically naturally possible to be gained, but the human body still has an almost unlimited amount of fat storage vs muscle storage, due to the main reason we need body fat to survive more so than muscle. But regardless, the difference is huge when talking about th dame weight of fat bs muscle  

Good luck fitmama. But please, take what people tell you on here with a grain of salt. As well as what you read on the internet. I hope in a couple years you have accomplished your goal and are not still struggling wondering what you're doing wrong. It's not as hard as people make it. 

*Muscle vs fat* pound for pound difference. 

You are spot on deadpool. But for anyone to peg a 6 lb weight gain over a couple weeks on muscle is a fairy tale. It may be a way to make themselves feel better about what theyve done wrong. But it's not muscle. Period. 

have you checked your thyroid? any reasons you might be retaining water? Constipation? 

My advice, stop listening to people trying to sugar coat things and quoting Internet research. Do you. Don't go to any extremes. Hit the cardio hard. And you will succeed my friend. Good luck  

there are many people here with different backgrounds, diet history/knowledge, medical/non medical problems, body fat percentages, dieting adherence/preferences/needs/wants/goals. Which can lead to tons of speculation, confusing, frustration, facts, myths, nonsense, hoopla, “this diet”, “that diet”, “my way of eating” vs “your way of eating” etc etc. list goes on... we are all here for the same goals and reasons. To be more fit, active, healthy, in all aspects, the needs/views may be different, but we are all here with the same goals in mind. This leads to many opinions, many don’t understand, many don’t know the reasons, don’t have the proper training or knowledge, or beliefs, this skews the general public’s views. But the one thing we can all do, is learn more and do more and be more, just takes a push in the right direction. So many people may not have the best understanding of diet/fitness/muscle/ft loss/healthy/unhealthy ideas. But regardless w are all still here as a big group, and trying to dp our best as we know how to. 

I did pick up a digital scale. The in and out trip turned into my 2 year old grabbing every yummy looking thing she could find and trying to lug it through the store for 30 minutes, it was really entertaining. I'm excited to have more precise measurements! It might tell me something.  

Bridgette, I think you are vastly overestimating how many calories your body burns in a day. I don't know how you came up with 3500 calories a day burned. Average woman burns 1600-2000 calories a day. Just because you weigh over 200 lb. does not mean you burn that much more. If I eat 1600 to 1850 calories in a day, I consider that a "binge" day when I know I won't lose weight and will probably gain. 

I don't know shit 😂 But I'm on a mission and I like to know what other people have and are experiencing.  

@MichaelBrown89: It appears as if you are really the sad one here. What has worked for you might or might not work for someone else. Heredity plays a role and so does gender. Your "simple" solution is really rather simple-minded in the overall complex nature of weight management. The majority of the people here responding to the OP are trying to help her with PERSPECTIVE, something you seem to be totally missing. @DEADPOOL12345: The thing is, not all macronutrients are processed by the body in the same way. And while occasional treats are acceptable, I found I needed to distance myself from junk carbs in order to break the carb addition that was dictating my eating choices. Also, switching away from total junk carbs and pairing slower absorbing carbs, like sweet potatoes, with proteins, cause the body to digest the carbs at a slower rate and prevent or minimize insulin spikes. When junk carbs hit the bloodstream they trigger insulin. Protein does not trigger insulin. It's an extremely complex process all around. For example, without even getting into liver enzymes and their role in digestion, the body uses the following hormones to regulate appetite: Insulin (to regulate glucose) Leptin (to mitigate hunger pangs) Ghrelin (to stimulate hunger pangs) And cortisol. Cortisol is interesting. It's produced in the adrenal gland in response to stress and low blood glucose. It, in turn, is regulated by a pituitary gland peptide, ACTH, which, in turn, is regulated by a hypothalamic peptide, CRH. Anyone who thinks weight management is a simple matter of: calories in/exercise out is laughable. (Not you, the other "responder".)