I've been back at the gym for about 3 months now. I'm 20, female, and initially weighed 64kgs. At first I gained 2kgs in muscle from working out, then I got sick and stopped the gym for about a week (also ate badly for that time), and have bounced back for about 3-4 weeks now. I eat between 1,100-1,200 cals/day- recently increased because before I was only on about 800-900. I also workout 4-5 times a week, and have recently upped my cardio in attempts to lose weight, and will do 20-30mins of interval cardio, and then free weights focusing on one part of the body (legs/arms/core/etc). Wednesdays I do an ab class, a free weights/cardio class, and yoga.
My diet is basically lean protein with fruit and veggies. Lots of water. No added sugar and oils except maybe some olive oil in salads. I rarely eat carbs just out of preference (I feel lighter and more comfotable), don't drink soda, weigh myself the same day and time every week. On the weekends I'm less strict but only give myself one day to eat up to 2000 cals (otherwise I make sure I work out to balance it out!).
In the past two weeks I've put on 1kg and have seen no change in my measurements in that time so it's not muscle gain, and before that I gained 2kgs in muscle when I started going to the gym (although my waist has gone down about 6cm since starting a few months ago).
I have friends on 1,200 cals who don't work out as much as me (or eat as light/fresh/well) and are losing weight while I'm the same or gaining. I know the way I'm eating and working out CAN equal up to 1kg loss per week (not that I'm aiming for it, but just saying)....so why am I still the same?
It's really discouraging and I'm trying to figure out if someone else can see something I'm obviously missing? What's going on!?
