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So I have noticed that when I exercise, my weight loss stops. I am wondering if because I'm not eating a lot and then if I exercise, it reduces calories even more, if that can put your body into starvation mode. Thoughts?

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Most likely it's because you're building muscle. I don't think it's the starvation mode thing so much as it is the muscle thing, simply because our bodies are pretty much in a constant state of starvation right now with our caloric intake so exercising wouldn't really exascerbate that. I'm curious to see what others think.

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I was wondering the same! I have been doing light weight training and have stalled just a bit the last few days. I havent eaten any more than normal so it sounds like a logical answer.

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I do believe its because you're gaining muscle and still loosing the fat. I went though periods of gaining and loosing but still seeing results.

STOP LOOKING AT THE SCALE! Look at your body. :)

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The scale should NEVER be the main measurement of our success. And excersize is NOT going to prevent weight loss!! When you exercise, you build muscle and burn fat. Peole always say "mucsle weighs more than fat". NOT TRUE!!! A pound of mucsle weighs EXCACTLY the same as a pound of fat. The difference is that a pound of muscle takes up 1/3 the space as a pound of fat. If all you did was exchange 20 pounds of fat for mucsle, the scale wouldn't move, but you WOULD see a dramatic difference in how your clothes fit, your energy levels and how you feel!!! If you really want to use a scale to measure your success, get one that measures body fat as well.

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Well that makes sense Lisa. Oh and as promised on another topic...I haven't been weighing myself as often as I used to. And I try not to judge my success by the amount of weight that has come off. I just noticed that there might be a correlation and wondered what it was.

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Muscle is definitely more dense as Lisa said... People think because it's more dense that it weighs more... but that's not the case... a pound is a pound!! Building muscle will speed up your metabolism....

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My doc said building muscles takes at least a month or two of working out. Muscle will burn more cals too so I think your stalled because your body is adjusting to you being more vigorous and doesn't want to let go of anything. Ask your NUT.

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