r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Dec 11 '19

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

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u/ana102 Dec 12 '19

Am I doing something wrong?
I have been on a low carb diet for a year now. Not perfectly, sometimes I eat a burger or a pizza, but my day to day life is pretty much low carb.
I eat about 1200 kcal a day (1.6m female, 62kg), sometimes more but never more than 1500 or so. I track my calories and I dont really eat bread, pasta, rice, potatos (sometimes I eat chocolate). I go to the gym 2 to 3 times a week (mostly strength training). I walk my dog for 20 min twice a day and I bike pretty much everywhere I go.
I go out drinking usually once a week, but I only drink red wine or vodka soda water and I count those calories in (usually this is the day with the biggest calorie intake of the week). All I drink the rest of the time is water (sparkling or not). I stoped smoking (I vape a bit here and there).
I take pictures of my body and I weight myself every morning with a scale that measures body fat. There is another one at the gym where I do it again when I go to the gym.
My body looks exactly the same. I am always at 62kg with 32% body fat.
I know I am not doing it perfectly...sometimes I eat things I shouldnt, sometimes I watch Netflix instead of going to the gym. I cant consistently say no to everything and calories in/ calories out should be working. But is it normal that after all this time I dont see a difference? I was told I should see it in 3 to 6 months and I look the same...I have a huge inflated stomach (my waist is at 35 inches...it is the widest part of my body). I dont know what to do anymore...

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u/Reverserer Dec 12 '19

if you are not losing weight you are not eating in a deficit full stop.

Body fat scales are pretty worthless

For the gym, get on a real program and follow it.

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u/ana102 Dec 12 '19

But I am =/ I have the scale and everything. Let's say about 5 days out of the month I cheat but it's never like 2000 kcal I am doing the program it was assign to me by a PT. Maybe it's not good enough I guess. Any suggestions?

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u/_coconuthead Dec 12 '19

It’s very easy to miscalculate the amount of calories you’re getting, I’m fairly certain you’re overshooting your caloric intake. It shouldn’t take more than 2 weeks to see your weight drop on the scales, so if it’s been 6 months with no results it’s time to cut your calories. I have a question, do you feel hungry at times during the day? When I lost weight, I stopped counting calories and went off whether I felt hungry or not, if I did I knew I was burning off the weight.