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Originally posted by DJM8507
For the amount of exercise I have been doing over the past 12 weeks (7.5 hours/week) and me cutting my calories to lose 2 lbs/week, I was hoping to lose more with them both combined. But I have been told that weight is deceptive as one tends to add a lot of muscle weight and 'lean out' and to not completely rely on a scale. Especially with me doing 3 days upper body, 2 days lower body. I can easily leg press 400 lbs, and bench 315, both 3 sets of 15. My gym is suppose to be ordering more weights, until then that is the max.
Regardless of all that, I still look chubby.
Just my experience. I wonder if I add the organic factor to this will I be able to lose even more?
Originally posted by DevolutionEvolvd
Originally posted by DJM8507
For the amount of exercise I have been doing over the past 12 weeks (7.5 hours/week) and me cutting my calories to lose 2 lbs/week, I was hoping to lose more with them both combined. But I have been told that weight is deceptive as one tends to add a lot of muscle weight and 'lean out' and to not completely rely on a scale. Especially with me doing 3 days upper body, 2 days lower body. I can easily leg press 400 lbs, and bench 315, both 3 sets of 15. My gym is suppose to be ordering more weights, until then that is the max.
Regardless of all that, I still look chubby.
Just my experience. I wonder if I add the organic factor to this will I be able to lose even more?
No. Adding organics will do nothing but thin your wallet. You can eat healthily on an inorganic diet.
Your problem is quite common and the remedy is counter-intuitive.
Weight is deceiving, yes. Gaining muscle and losing fat will not register on the scale, but it WILL in the mirror. If you're still looking chubby and you're not noticing any major difference in clothes fitting then there is a problem.
First of all, I have no idea WHAT you're eating. And WHAT you're eating takes precedence over how much.
So, you're dieting AND exercising much more than neccssary. You could be exercising wrong. Stop the normal cardio (jogging). Start running sprint intervals for 30 minutes.
If that doesn't work then your problem is dietary. You're consuming too little calories and are maintaining a negative energy balance that is essentially slowing your metabolism so much that when you're resting you're not burning anything significant. And, honestly, there are only two ways you can maintain a negative energy balance and not lose fat: 1) You're eating lots of carbs, 2) You're hyperinsulinemic.
What's the counter intuitive remedy? Exercise less, eat more fatty foods and less carbohydrate rich foods.
Are you hungry all the time?
Originally posted by DJM8507
I am 5'10" and this morning I weighed in at 267 lbs.