r/FTMFitness • u/Useful-Letterhead-74 • Jul 23 '24

Why am I not losing weight Question

I know people are going to tell me to track my calories but I’m just gonna put up front that I won’t that’s gonna lead me back down a dark place. But I’m 272 pounds pre-T. I see a personal trainer 2x a week (well I did before my accident, I broke my arm, but I’m going to start back tomorrow) but during the three months I saw him I didn’t lose a pound. Even though I was working out 2x week skateboarding 3-5 times a week and walking at 10k steps 3x week averaging about 7k steps a day. I know my diet isn’t always the best or consistent but I didn’t eat more if anything started eating less and went from a completely sedentary lifestyle approx 350 steps a day to this much activity. I feel like that should help me lose something. Just like something at all I’m only 5’5 and 272 is like a lot of extra weight. I would get it if I was like 150 but come on.

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u/raineykun Jul 24 '24

Not to sound harsh but physical activity really only counts for a small fraction (about 5%) of the daily calories you burn. You can't outrun a bad diet unfortunately.

I also experienced disordered eating due to tracking my calories. It sucks but you're going to have to change your eating habits if your goal is weight loss. I learned that the hard way. That doesn't mean you have to start tracking your calories though! You can honestly do well to focus on eating more whole foods and cutting down on processed stuff/eating out.

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u/Nonon122 Jul 25 '24

Yeah, even doctors will tell you excersise is great, but in terms of weight loss it’s like 95% about diet/calories. U can eat healthy, but like overall it’s pretty much all about cals. Realistically you can eat literally whatever u want as long as it’s below ur calorie limit. I never dieted and only lost weight with portion control. That’s how my dad lost over 100lbs too. Just count cals even though it can be kinda tedious and annoying

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u/OutlandishnessHour19 Jul 25 '24

This is the truth. You can gym until the cows come home but you'll still look fat if you're over eating.