Not yet.
Jun 24 weight: 252.4
Jun 17 weight: 253.8
Jun 10 weight: 255.8
Jun 03 weight: 256.2
May 27 weight: 262.2
I’ve lost 1.4 pounds in the last 7 days and 91.8 pounds in 22 weeks. Want stats from past weeks? Check out my entire 22 week weight loss progress.
I’m still aiming for at least 2+ pounds lost every week. Come on.
I attribute the slow weight loss this month to initial muscle gain. Much like someone who just starts trying to lose weight loses a lot at first, over the last month I’ve built a lot of muscle and increased my lifts by 30 pounds!
It’s hard to be disappointed about building muscles.
With that being said, I also attribute the slow weight loss this month to a lack of intense cardio. I’m getting into the fairly common practice of setting the bar high in the gym, reaching the bar, then coasting on that level for three weeks.
That’s bad if I want to be under 200 pounds in January.
To get a more accurate measure of my weight loss results, I’m shopping right now to buy a set of calipers to measure my bodyfat %. While it’ll (obviously) be extremely high at first, it will help me see if I’m still losing fat, even if it’s not reflected on the scale every Wednesday.
Can we get under 250 pounds by July?
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You definitely can! Seems like a small plateau…wish I had advice for you, but I hope you have a huge weight loss soon!
You’ll be there by next Wednesday. You can dooooo it.
I would love to see you start taking measurements. I was really down on myself for very slow weight loss when I started lifting on the regular, but my waistline has been shrinking like crazy along with my hips and thighs. I think you’ll be pleased if you start.
It might be discouraging but you are still losing weight. Looking good! My husband is facing the same slowness with the pounds but I keep reminding him that it didn’t come on quickly, either. It was a slow creep upwards of one or two pounds a month and then the years added up.
Again, great blog because it’s real. No magic or instant fixes and because of your hard work, it’s impressive.
Keep up the good work! Even if you don’t loose pounds, you’re gaining health and years by continuing to work out and eat well, as well as setting a great example for your daughter.
At some point you’re going to need to stop weighing in. I’m definitely not saying that now’s the time, but I’m at a point where losing weight isn’t the objective anymore.
You’re going to get through this little skid eventually, it may be next week’s weigh in or maybe two weeks from now, but you need to keep doing the things that got you here. Trust me and everyone else following you, the hard work will pay off.
Tyler, I love your blog. I love your attitude. You are an inspiration. You are blowing me away with your progress. Also, I just wanted to add to what you already know…YOU LOOK FABULOUS…AWESOME… your wife is one lucky lady!!
You should look into scales with impedance-based body fat measurements, ideally one of the ones where you hold a bar in your hand in addition to standing on metal pads. It will probably be more accurate than trying to use calipers on yourself. Mine estimates body fat and muscle mass. However it’s also extremely sensitive to dehydration so I usually convert from percentages to actual mass of fat and muscle.
“I attribute the slow weight loss this month to initial muscle gain.”
Yeah? I’d attribute it to cheeseburgers, cajun fries, chicken wings and chocolate chip cookies, lol. Don’t you watch “Biggest Loser?” Jillian will absolutely call “Bullsh*t!” when someone tries to use the “I didn’t lose weight, but I gained muscle” card. It’s like she says: “Either you lost it, or you didn’t.”
But I say it with love, man. Sometimes these ladies are way too easy on you. You’ve done, and will continue to do, amazing things. Now get back on that treadmill.
p.s. Oh, yeah – that “coasting for three weeks” thing isn’t going to fly anymore either. Time to step it up! I think we need another workout challenge . . .
Congrats! The scale still went down. I think increasing intensity will do the trick. I’m with Will about the muscle gain. It is a different beast. If you want to keep loosing focus more on the diet too. I am a huge Jillian fan and recommend listening to one of her podcasts (find it under KFI Sunday). They can get a little repetitive but I listen to them all to brainwash myself. But just listen to one or two. There is a significant difference between the work and diet for gaining muscle vs. loosing weight. Good luck! You’ll make it by January!
Oh, Will. Tell me how you really feel :) You’re right, though.
I’m definitely increasing intensity over the next few days. Thanks for all the comments guys — I’m definitely looking into some different options to measure the amount of fat I’m losing!
I suspect Jillian’s comment was taken out of context. On TBL the guys should have daily calorie deficits of something like 3200 calories — nearly enough for a pound of fat a day. In practice it has to be even more to match their staggering weight loss. Somebody who claims that he only lost a pound or two due to muscle gains is definitely BS’ing. Nobody is going to put on 5 pounds of muscle in a week, especially not on such a calorie-deprived diet.
On the other hand someone in real life who has a 500-750 calorie/day deficit (good enough for a pound to one and a half per week) could also be putting on some muscle. Not enough to make a noticeable difference over a week, but I could see it accounting for a few pounds over a month so you lose, e.g., 8 pounds instead of 10.
But I think this misses the bigger point. Sometimes people do everything right and still hit plateaus. It’s not clear why. All you can do is keep doing the right thing. N.B., this isn’t necessarily continuing to do the -same- thing. Maybe you need to shake things up a bit to get out of a rut.