Why aren't I losing weight?!?

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About 3 weeks ago I decided it's time to lose weight. I'm a girl. 18 years old. 5'10 and 169 pounds. I've been going to the gym  everyday/every other day. I do between 40-60 minutes of cardio then do weights (rotate between arms legs and abs on different days). I no longer drink soda or eat things like chips or fast foods or chocolate. I have been having eggs in the morning (a whole egg then an egg white or 2) with 1 piece of whole wheat toast lightly buttered with fruit. On my break at work I'll have carrots, fruit, water, ect. I get home from work and have a sandwich with whole wheat bread and have some water. Then I go to the gym and have more water. When I get home I'll have either nuts or yogurt. Then maybe have a banana later. Then for dinner i eat with my family. They're pretty healthy so dinner is usually chicken, lean meats, fish, rice, broccoli or some other vegetable or pasta. It's been about 3 weeks now and I haven't lost a single pound. I don't understand what's going on! I work so hard at the gym too. I sweat and really push myself. I just don't know what to do or what I'm doing wrong. Any help please?! ):

corgi · Accepted Answer

Don't focus on the number on the scale. What is important is how much of that number is fat and how much is muscle. You want to build lean muscle and burn fat. That is how you can get skinny. You can have a low healthy bmi and still look fat be a use of a high body fat percentage. Opposite is true about a healthy high bmi. Focus on your body fat percentage, not the number on the scale.

Cogito · Answer

It could be that the amount you're eating is too much - If I ate as much as you, I'd put ON weight!

I have a diet yogurt for breakfast, a light breakfast bar at lunch-time, and some chicken and veggies for an evening meal, and I'm still not losing weight.

The other possibility is that the exercise you're doing is putting on muscle - which weighs more than fat.

DayDreamer · Answer

Sometimes, it just takes time. I know that's weird and frustrating to hear, but bodies are weird and frustrating. Also, make sure you're not going over your personal Calorie allotment for losing a pound a week (which is about a 500 Calorie deficit per day).

sapphire · Answer

The first thing you are doing wrong is thinking that 5-10, 169 lbs is overweight.

Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 24.2, placing the BMI-for-age at the 77th percentile  for girls aged 18 years 2 months. This child has a healthy weight.

Your body is where it is supposed to be and if you are exercising, the majority of your body is muscle, not fat.

Why aren't I losing weight?!?

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