Today, after a full year of vigorous exercise 7 days a week, and a strict diet of vegetables, fruits, and water, I can proudly say that I've lost half a pound. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, I finally weighed myself after going on a strict diet of only fruits, vegetables, and coffee. I gained weight. FML
Today, I finished the first month of a diet and exercise program designed to help me lose weight. To keep myself motivated, I have avoided the scale the entire time. I weighed myself today. I've gained 6 pounds. FML
Today, I was proud of going to the gym 3 times a week (instead of once a week) to get in relative shape. I even started doing light cardio and (I thought) started to eat better. I've gained six pounds, despite watching what I eat and even increasing the resistance on the exercise bike that I use. FML
Today, I learned that I can work out for over an hour a day, cut my daily calories by almost half, keep careful track of my diet, drink nothing but water, and not lose a pound. But I can sure as hell gain weight after one dinner at a buffet. FML
Today, it's my sixth month of working out 5 days a week, watching what I eat while my family eats like kings, and only losing 2lbs. It's also the day husband said he misses my 20 year-old body and no longer finds me attractive, but that's okay because he "loves me anyways and it's good to know where we stand." FML
Today, I’ve worked hard to lose ten kilos. It took daily workouts and walking 10 kms a day to make the weight finally move, and I’m the fittest I’ve been in years. My mum, after having not seen me for a while, says in front of everyone during the holidays, “Wow, those injections have worked for you!” FML
Today, after undergoing a rigorous diet and exercise program, I was proud of losing 65 lbs in 3 months. When my favorite client saw me gleaming from my results, she loudly exclaimed that, “all life is sacred.” She assumed I'd had an abortion. FML
Today, after months of grueling hard work, I'd finally gained five pounds. Too bad I lost it all and then some, due to one good stomach flu. FML
Today, I walked downstairs in a new outfit, after dieting for 3 months, and losing just over 20 pounds. My mom took one look at me and said "You'd better keep going." FML
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slym12312425 9
vigorous exercise? what kind? depending on what you were doing, weights for instance, versus aerobics and calisthenics, you could have lost body fat and gained muscle mass. since the latter is about 2x the density of the former, you would lose overall size, but not necessarily weight. The phenomenon is also possible with the aerobics and calisthenics, but not as likely.
cacheson 42
I had this exact same issue a while back. It turned out I have an autoimmune disorder that gives me hypothyroidism. I would say go to your doctor and get checked out.
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aikhan 16
how is it possible? I did it for 2 months lost around 15 pounds.
silvermoon5033 26
Everyone is different.
slym12312425 9
Congrats to you on your 15 pounds. Clearly his being a different person with a unique body and chemistry that, while composed of the same elements and compounds, is still fundamentally different from yours in that it's not you, went over your head though. Translation: What worked for you will not work for everyone.
slym12312425 9
vigorous exercise? what kind? depending on what you were doing, weights for instance, versus aerobics and calisthenics, you could have lost body fat and gained muscle mass. since the latter is about 2x the density of the former, you would lose overall size, but not necessarily weight. The phenomenon is also possible with the aerobics and calisthenics, but not as likely.
maikeru1979 23
was going to post the same thing.
hellphone_fml 37
This is probably what happened. I've been going at it a few months and while I do look better on the scale I have lost no weight. The scale is a bad way to gauge the healthyness. The ones that give you muscle and fat percentage are better.
cacheson 42
I had this exact same issue a while back. It turned out I have an autoimmune disorder that gives me hypothyroidism. I would say go to your doctor and get checked out.
draghkar 18
Same. Getting my thyroid under control allowed me to lose 50lbs.
alycion 39
Autoimmune and thyroid issues. But now I’m having the opposite issue and it’s not from thyroid. Neuro issue is making it so I can’t eat. No appetite. Throw everything up. Can’t stop losing. Doctors all next week to get the bleeding to stop. Then I’ll worry about getting it back. Agent Orange. The gift that keeps giving. I also couldn’t lose because of medications I was on at one time. Switched to MMJ and it started melting off. Was back to target weight until head injuries kicked my neuro issue into overdrive.
jbuckets_404 39
On the bright side, your body is still in better health than it was a year ago! :-)
rgkkk 17
Muscles are heavier than fat, so it may not be that bad. Unless you consider fries vegetables :)
Gradask 10
Of course you haven't lost weight, you have under eaten and most likely malnutrition, if you body doesnt get what needs to build muscles you get none, instead your body goes starvation mode and you wont lose anything.
zoelog 10
that makes no sense
Suaria 38
I'm guessing you probably gained in muscle mass. That's generally heavier than fat.
Magtec 11
Vigorous exercise 7 days a week for a year? Your body needs breaks to repair itself. Your exercise and eating patterns are unhealthy.
Jason Jennings 3
But how much fat has been burned and muscle developed? You may be the same weight and still be slimmer.