ChristyLA's Journal, 19 July 2014

Sorry to hear that. Just keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat since you've done 2 weightlifting workouts it most likely is just a little water. Weight is an important factor but its also crucial to look at yourself in the mirror in an honest way and from what you see, decide if you're progressing or not. Keep at it and be happy cause you are working on improving!  

Ditto James. 

Yup, muscle edema! It will go away. I have the same thing going on right now too. The scale isn't moving but i can see the fat loss. Just keep on keeping on. 

Noting a puffiness in my gut with the pants even if no gain. So, I blame it on summer. But the scale at the doctor did show an increase. It was 3pm, I'd eaten and drank all day and know it was foodage/drinkage increase. Hoping to get serious with the new challenge. I do have to agree that the retaining of water in muscle may well be an issue for you.  

hang in there! 

Its a minor hiccup. You will get to where you want to go, you have been doing great and will meet your goals with your determination. 

Christy! The body IS a funny thing. Imagine my excitement when, after weeks of experiencing what you're going through, I happened to see Dr. Hyman on Dr. Oz and found out that those symptoms of "doing everything right, but still not losing weight" week after week after week, MIGHT be a sign of having a DAIRY ALLERGY. I cut out ALL (and that's what HE SAID we had to do to see if that was the culprit) dairy. And I mean ALL. You've got to read EVERY LABEL. Every can. And if you're doing WHEY PROTEIN SHAKES, THAT'S DAIRY. Of if you eat meats that the last ingredient or two says "whey" or "casein"--those are BOTH dairy proteins. Long story short. I stopped my whey shakes, stopped ALL DAIRY...and dropped 17 lbs in THREE DAYS!!!!! (Plus lost my fleeting depression and anxiety as well as year-round sinus and upper respiratory infections that had plagued me for the past four or five years. That weight remains permanently gone--UNLESS I choose to break the rule and eat dairy--or accidentally eat some that is embedded in processed foods or a friend's house. THEN, if I do, I can literally put on five to eight pounds within ONE DAY. For me, the answer was--and is--NO DAIRY. None. (No yogurt, cheese, milk, most processed meats, whey shakes, no water-pack tuna with casein as an additive, etc.) I'm NOT trying to prescribe that THIS is what's affecting you. But if you find yourself still on this path, just try it. You'll never know unless you try. His little bit of information was the most important help I've discovered in weight loss/gain in 20 years of frustration with diets. Good luck! Hang in there--and never, Never, NEVER give up!  

I hope it is muscle because that means that you rock! 

You are probably adding muscle if you are doing the weight training. You may try Bill's 16/8 fast a few days a week. It really doesn't feel like a fast but it sure works. 

If you have been doing the same thing then it must be the muscle weight and THAT'S OK.....continue on and the weight will drop quickly. 

Madanjen - what is Bills' 16/8 fast? Christy - I retain water every time I exercise, especially walking. So, keep going and it  

16/8 fast is eating in an 8 hour window and fasting for the next 16. Example - eat from 9 am to 5 pm then fast til 9am. Hope this helps.  

I will never fast again. It slows the metabolism. Thanks for the suggestion though. 

I really appreciate your advice about dairy, Boudreaux, but I love my Greek yogurt and cheese. I don't think I could live without them :( 

My clothes fit the same and I haven't been overeating, so I know I didn't gain fat. I just did a weightlifting workout yesterday, so it's probably water retention and/or muscle weight :) 

CR, maybe you're right about the summer. My fingers swell in warm weather, so maybe that applies to the rest of the body as well. 

Thanks, everyone, for your support and encouragement! 

Rdrunr557, MontanasMom laid it out. Example: Don't eat anything after 8 PM to 12 PM the following day. You eat between Noon and 8 PM. Typical fasting will slow the metabolism down where doing it this way uses fat for energy from what I understand. I wouldn't do a normal fast either.  

Actually, to keep the metabolism going strong, a person is supposed to eat every 3 hours. As soon as the body feels hunger, the brain sends the signal to the metabolism to slow down. That is why it's not good to fast and to feed your body soon after you feel hungry. It's not worth it to go hungry and deprive your body of food just to lose more weight. Plus, fasting is not sustainable in a lifelong healthy lifestyle. 

keep using your brain! (i'm not the one to speak, but ok) if you know you are doing right the reuslt on the scale should be irrelevant! it can be water or simply muscle gain!! you'll see... in your heart you know!