lost weight but look fatter, is that possible?

[pink_stardust]

just this april, nagstart akong icontrol yung calorie intake ko. from 127 lbs, i'm now down to 118. i'm 5'4"

kaso when my friends saw me last monday, nagulat sila bakit daw tumaba ako. iniisip ko naman, baka sa damit ko lang kasi i was wearing a shirt one size larger.

kaso ayun nga, medyo nabother ako. i've been staring at myself sa mirror all day since monday and parang naco-convince na nga ako na i look fatter than when i started my diet. i don't look like i weigh 118lbs, parang nasa 130lbs ako.

anyone who had a similar experience? is this normal?

[spartan]

yes it's possible. sa clothes mo lang yun sis.
118 at 5'4 is good. what's your target weight?

[pink_stardust]

115lbs sana, sis. kung sagad-sagad, 110 lbs. i don't think healthy na any lower than that (for my height).

ang nakakafrustrate lang, parang i don't look like i weigh 118lbs. maybe because i'm all fat and verrrrry minimal muscle.

[spartan]

ang nakakafrustrate lang, parang i don't look like i weigh 118lbs. maybe because i'm all fat and verrrrry minimal muscle.

yah cause you can have low weight but still be skinny fat. weird ng term diba? common yan sa women. wala kasi masyado lean muscle.

Start a weight resistance program.

[qt_ben17]

i think you didn't do it the right way. eto yung tinatawag nilang catabolism, or breaking down (of muscle).  nagcrash diet ka ba, or super late matulog?

dahil lumiit yung muscle mo, the water inside it went out and pumunta sa free spaces ng body. sort of edematous.

cardio lang yan and as mentioned earlier, weight resistance. pero wag masyadong mabigat, baka magaya ka kay vina hehe

[pink_stardust]

crash diet, hindi naman po ata. binawasan ko lang rice intake ko (from my usual 1-2 cups to 1/2-1 cup) during lunch. tas same pa din ang breakfast and dinner ko. and yung pagtulog ko, normal naman. kaso yun nga, no exercise at all.

plano ko sana mag-gym, kaso masyado akong tamad umalis ng bahay :p hopefully, ngayong sem enough na yung paglalakad for exercise. thanks for the insights, sisses!

[yinandyang]

hi sis, ako din binawasan ko rice intake ko pewro mabagal ang pagbaba ng weight ko e. gaano katagal ka bago bumaba to 118?

.5 lang nababawas sa akin everyday which is great kesa wala pero sana maspeed up? im doing little exercise and home chores pa to speed it up a little e

[babydust08]

possible yun sis,nakaka depress nga lang minsan kasi the more na nagdidiet ka at feeling mo pumayat kn saka nila sasabhin na tumataba ka!hehe,ako from 142lbs nsa 133 na ko less rice and i do dancing din kc..target ko kc same weight nyo or kahit sa 120lbs,ttc kasi ako!

[pink_stardust]

@yinandyang: nagstart ako nung simula ng summer vacation eh. more or less 2 months nababawasan ka ng .5 lbs every day? di kaya dangerous yun, sis? alam ko ang recommended is 1-2lbs lost every week.

@babydust08 - true! haha i was secretly hoping someone would notice na i lost weight, kaso most of the comments i got was "omg, ang taba mo". only 2 or 3 people commented na i lost weight. sometimes, di ko alam kung kanino maniniwala :p

[qt_ben17]

mga sis, hanapin niyo yung "burn fat feed the muscle by tom venuto" sa torrent. sobrang okay yang ebook na yan, nakaka enlighten at nakakainspire talaga para maging fit.

i started reading yesterday lang, and ang daming misconceptions about dieting and weight loss stuff.  highly recommended this ebook!

[slurpee]

ako naman ganito. i started working out regularly 2 months ago. pero imbes na maglose ng weight, nag-gain pa ako ng 5 lbs. kainis talaga. when i look in the mirror parang tumataba nga ako. tapos nung nagreunion kami a month ago, sabi ng mga pinsan ko pumayat daw ako. ang gulo gulo!

[akthung]

minsan hindi lang crash diet...wrong diet..for the whole year. some people kasi, sobrang tipid sa calories.

for me, theoretically, the long term solution talaga is eat right, train right, be active. and the body will naturally shape itself. pero matagal tong process na eto. years.

to quicken the process, dun papasok yun big calorie restriction to create a big calorie deficit. then pag nakuha na ideal weight, change diet. alang naman all the time eh 1200 calories ka or less. eat to grow muscle and maintain the physique that you want.

dito din pumapasok yung yoyo dieting. na "train" na kasi yung katawan to operate at low calories. so upon eating larger amounts of calories, store agad to fat. so kailangan maganda ang transition ng diet. im talking about the body's efficiency to burn foods. madali mag restrict...matagal mag adapt ang body. and sometimes, i'd like to think, the body doesnt adapt that much. kasi whenever people stop their active lifestyle, ang mga payat noon, babalik sa payat...and ang mga tabain noon, tataba.

yung mga magaganda ang katawan. malakas kumain. pero tama lang yung portion to their needs.

*****

speaking of "fat", usually, we talk about body fat%.  kasi sa cultura natin, medyo malaki lang yung tao...mataba na. noon, years ago, my neighbor asked my weight. i said, 135 lbs. sabi niya ang taba ko daw. o di ba? sabi ko, "even if my body fat is 10%? and that the body fat % for normal sedentary males is 15%?"  hindi siya makasagot for a few seconds...then humirit 'kahit na'

what if one weights 160 and has 8% bodyfat?

B.S.!

A person can be thin, pero kung 18% naman ang body fat. mataba yun!

[akthung]

ako naman ganito. i started working out regularly 2 months ago. pero imbes na maglose ng weight, nag-gain pa ako ng 5 lbs. kainis talaga. when i look in the mirror parang tumataba nga ako. tapos nung nagreunion kami a month ago, sabi ng mga pinsan ko pumayat daw ako. ang gulo gulo!

baka nag gain ka ng muscle. never trust your own eyes. ask an active person.(kasi marunong tumingin) or  someone na hindi mo lagi kasama..

[qt_ben17]

nasapul mo akthung! tama lahat yun sinabi niya. hindi basehan talaga ang weight alone, kelangan i measure din yung body fat, lean mass to body fat percentage/ratio.

later nga magmeasure ako sa mercury, hoping na may changes naman sa fat composition ko.

[slurpee]

baka nga nag-gain lang ako ng muscle. mega stationary bike kasi ako tapos no rice tapos sandamakmak na tubig pero pag nagcheck ako ng weight bumibigat ako lalo.

[akthung]

one can bloat or loose as much as 15 lbs of water. only after at least 3 months or more can one say that the weight they've lost is not water.

losing 15 lbs of water is nothing new. boxers, martial artists, bodybuilders etc...for so many decades intentionally dehydrate themselves just to make their intended weight class.

[qt_ben17]

^ bro, i think i have lots of water retention. LOL. i don't know if the machine at mercury is mistaking that for fat! haha

may question pala ako, i regularly take protein shakes after weight training.  if i do intense cardio naman for 2 hours, lets say sa hapon or evening (coz morning ako nag weights) do I need to take another  protein shake?  feeling ko kasi na n-neutralize lang yung naburn kong calories hehe.   i really want to slim down this tummy. 

[yinandyang]

@yinandyang: nagstart ako nung simula ng summer vacation eh. more or less 2 months nababawasan ka ng .5 lbs every day? di kaya dangerous yun, sis? alam ko ang recommended is 1-2lbs lost every week.

nakakainggit naman. binawasan ko talag ang kanin ko sin ce nasa bahay lang naman ako. as for eating the main meal, di na ako yung nagpapakabusog, just right na lang. tapos on some days i work out cardio at some weights with the food restraint

is this OK?

[pink_stardust]

^i think okay naman yan, sis. ngayon, ang only form of exercise ko na lang is walking since balik school na. pag uwian, nag-iikot ako sa malls. window shopping na brisk walking na din.

i think i'm starting to hit the weight loss plateau, though. my weight usually goes from 116lbs to 117 nowadays. pero since i started my diet nung summer, i realized na i lost inches off my waist, 3 inches to be precise.

pero ang saklap pa din when some of my friends tell me na i look like i gained weight. meron ding nagsasabing pumayat ako. ngayon, di ko talaga alam kung pumayat ba ako, o kung gumaan lang, or what XD

[kcjane]

Me too, fr0m 125lbs im n0w 109, diet al0ne lang yan, pero [textspeak!] arms ko malaki pa din, need to lose more pa talaga.