Started weight training, no scale loss :( Need cheering up

[NMJG 1,266]

I'm in my 4th week working out with a trainer 3x week. Whew! Exhausting for an old broad!

Looking for some support here because I'm in a stall on the scale. It's depressing.

• Have only lost 1 lb. in January. I know intellectually you can't put on muscle and lose on the scale simultaneously, but it's frustrating!!!!! Need to hear comforting things from other people!
• Have lost inches: after 3 weeks working out lost 1 1/2" in the waist and 1" in the hips. The trainer measures, takes pix, and weighs me every 3 weeks. Won't get another update for 2 more weeks.
• Lean Body Mass is now at 111 lbs. (before surgery was 100 lbs. LBM and first check up after surgery I was down to 96 lbs.). So it looks like I am actually gaining muscle and losing fat.
• Strength and energy levels are so much better than before.
• Clothes fitting well - losing sizes.

I am just so used to measuring progress by the scale. I am a few weeks from my 6 month mark and it's just so frustrating to still be 30 lbs. away from goal.

I was finding it hard to stick with 800 calories a day with the weight training, so this week I have increased it to 900 calories. Doing around 75-80 g of Protein a day. Have also switched up to higher fats (45 g) and lower carbs (45 g). Hope this doesn't sabotage me.

Wah!

[BKLYNgal87 503]

Well, I haven't lost a lb in almost a month, so I'm with you on the frustration. I'm also getting closer to goal, so I knew it would be harder - I just didn't expect it to be 1 step forward, 3 steps back . I haven't lost any inches either, so you're doing better than me! The scale has become evil to me, as has the mirror.

I am trying to cut down on my calories more (I eat at maximum 1200 a day at nearly 8 months out - trying to get down to 1000) and really pushing it at the gym. I also work with a trainer, but only 1x a week and the rest of the days I either take a class or do my own cardio/strength building routine. I try to burn at minimum 350 cal a day at the gym, sometimes I can get up to 450!

I think you are doing fabulously! I wouldn't worry about a little more fat. Simple carbs are the bigger weight loss enemy, anyway.

Edited January 28, 2014 by BKLYNgal87

[NMJG 1,266]

Thanks, BK, it's good to hear another voice. I really appreciate it.