Post # 1
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Busy bee
- Wedding: June 2019 - Turkey
Hi all! I’ve been going to the dietitian for 3 weeks and I wanted to start a thread about my journey and also hear yours! My eating diet is very sustainable. I in fact, felt like there was just so much to eat and I was afraid to gain weight. I honestly couldn’t follow my diet as much but again I see a difference, which is good. My goal is to reduce the fat mass in my body and feel a bit more energetic.
My height is 170 cms (5.57), and I weighed 62.7 kgs (138pounds) when I first went to see my dietitian 3 weeks ago. I don’t consider myself particularly fat or anything but I am prone to gaining weight, that was why I went in the first place. I went for a check today and I actually gained weight!!! 
But I also lost 900grams (2lbs) of fat.
3 weeks ago vs. Today
Weight: 62.7kg vs. 63.2 (138lbs vs 139)
Fat Mass: 16.7 kg vs 15.8 (36.8 lbs vs. 34.8)
Muscle Mass: 43.7 kg vs. 45.1 (96.3lbs vs. 99.4)
My dietitian told me that I’m most likely bloated, and I indeed felt so. She advised me to drink more water and green tea, also I started taking prebiotics pills. Today I’ve drunk 3.2 litres (0.84gallons) of water, and I feel a lot better.
Please go ahead and share your own journey. Did you lose weight at home, what were the ups and downs? Is it possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time? Things like that.
Have a nice day bees!
Post # 2
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Worker bee
So, you lost fat but gained muscle?
Post # 3
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Buzzing Beekeeper
I’ve lost 37 lbs from my highest weight. 23 lbs of that I’ve lost in the past 3 months. I’m working toward losing an additional 33 lbs to be at my goal weight.
Weight fluctuations can be frustrating. You can gain water weight for all sorts of reasons. I weight myself every morning and use the app Happy Scale to track my average weight. It really helps in seeing the downward progress and understanding what causes my body to retain water. For example I’ve now learned that I bloat around ovulation, not my period so I can expect to be a couple pounds heavier around that time of the month and know it will come off in a couple days. Also, tracking all my food in MFP let’s me see that when I have a day with particularly high sodium, it’s likely I will see a high number on the scale the next day. But since I understand what’s causing the weight fluctuations it’s not as discouraging as it used to be when I saw a higher number on the scale.
Its unlikely you saw a muscle gain in 3 weeks that is equivalent to your fat loss. Muscle gain is hard work (especially for women) and doesn’t happen in a calorie deficit (which I assume you are in since you are trying to lose weight). Don’t stress about some extra water weight though that will come off super fast.
Post # 4
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Busy bee
- Wedding: June 2019 - Turkey
juicyjfan89 : Actually it does look like it in the scale but my dietitian regarded that as water retention. Dunno why.
hikingbride : but it’s probably becasuse of the very reason you pointed out. It’s so much harder to improve your muscle mass than only walking and doing at home exercises.
By the way, good luck bee! You’ve come so far, that’s amazing!
Post # 5
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Newbee
betyl :
The reason that your dietician attributed your weight gain as water retention is because it is difficult gain significant amounts of muscle when you are eating a caloric deficit, especially for women.
Post # 6
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Busy bee
- Wedding: December 2018 - City, State
Stop looking at the scale and look at measurements and photos for progress 😉
Im actually the heaviest I’ve ever been today and looking smaller than previous years due to my increases lean muscle mass.
Trust your dietician and the process and good luck!!! xx
Post # 7
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Buzzing bee
betyl : So you and I are about the same height (I am a little shorter at 164) and I weighed around what you weighed until last spring. I also changed my diet in order to loose about 8 kilos. I am pretty sedentary (on weekends I do hike for several hours usually and do some garden work, but generally I am in my office and not moving at all very much during the week)
I am not going to lie to you: when you are not overweight it is so very hard to loose weight /maintain lost weight. I lost initially about 3 pounds and after that it has been a huge struggle. Altogether I did loose the eight kilos, but the moment I deviate from my new eating habits for a day or two I will gain between 1 and 2 kilos right away. This has been going on since May. It is going to have to be a longterm commitment to a limited diet for me to keep these relatively few kilos off. Losing even more is probably not in the cards unless I excercise more and really stick to the diet.
I guess I am just saying this: yes it feels great to be down a few kilos, but it’s hard to maintain this when your weight is pretty low to begin with (though not ideal in our own eyes) and I have found I have to weigh myself much less because small fluctuations (which then represent about 20-50 percent of your overall weightloss) at that weight can be very disheartening and are maybe not really the “big picture”. Keep this in mind.
Post # 8
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Blushing bee
Not gonna lie, this makes me feel so fat. I’m 5’2″ and I’m at 160lbs T_T
I was actually thinking of going to a dietitian because I’ve found that unless I eat 1200 cal/day or less and do an hour of HIIT or running, I don’t seem to lose weight. And I can’t sustain that for long. I just keep gaining. I have bad diet days (pizza, cinnamon rolls, bagels, stuff like that), but I otherwise eat healthy stuff (there’s little to cut out). I will usually workout about 3 times a week
Should I bother with the dietitian?
Post # 9
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Busy bee
- Wedding: June 2019 - Turkey
janne91 : Oh yea, I actually felt more liberated and I kept my weight the same some almost a year, I started gaining weight when I recently bought myself a scale. I guess I just weigh myself so much and start to stress about it. Hehe
Shesaidyes : I agree you completely. I’m already considered at my ideal weight range, but I clearly have more fat in my body than I should. It make my outlook bulkier and scale wouldn’t show it. The most important thing imo is not to have unrealistic aims and unsustainable diet plans. Incorporating an active life helps for sure! I was inbetween jobs when I started putting on some kilos thank God I’m starting a new job on Monday, so I should be able to get a more active life.
knightmiss : Hi bee, ummm.. You’re like my mom, I have seen her at your weight and a big less than your weight. Even 5kgs made such an enormous difference in her overall self esteem and look. I definitely say you should go for a nice diet plan. I don’t know how much a dietitian would cost, but if you can afford I’m sure it’s always better not to starve yourself or eat what you actually should be eating etc. I actually go to dietitian for free, government just provides it here in Turkey.
But if you cannot afford, try to balance out a healthier diet with some exercise. Even at home exercises… Try to walk at least 30 minutes a day. It’s not much at all. But still needs some extra effort.
In my diet plan there’s no processed food, no white bread or donuts etc. no refined sugar. But other than that I feel absolutely great and super full with healthy meals. However, I’ve been bad ehehe. I baked a cheesecake, so there’s no way that would be good. But YOLO!!!
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
- Wedding: June 2019 - Tacoma, WA
I’ve dropped almost 50 lbs over the past year and still have about 20 to go to hit my “goal weight” (which isn’t really what I focus on – I have a goal size that I focus on more than the number on the scale). In my mind, 50 lbs doesn’t sound like a lot (and my weight definitely goes up and down constantly. weight loss is never linear), but photos don’t lie. I feel like I look like a whole different person now!
I agree with other bees that you should focus less on what the scale says and more on what you see and how your clothes fit. Take before and after photos and compare them, too. 🙂
Here’s me a year ago, vs now:
Post # 11
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Busy bee
- Wedding: June 2019 - Turkey
somedaymrsj : Woow! What a change! Congrats on being so decisive bee! Thank you for posting.
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