Losing inches but not lbs

aFlabbyPanda

Hi all,

Sorry for the long post but I'm looking for any input in what I may be doing wrong (if anything at all). I started in the gym in march with the following routine, I go 3 days a week (tues, fri, sun). I'm 29, male, 5' 6", 93.5kg. The workout was done by a fitness instructor.

5 min treadmill @ 4.5mph
12 min xtrainer @ med resistance
12 min treadmill @ 4.8mph, 6min @ 3.5mph (can't run the last bit yet)
12 min bike @ 75rpm/med resistance

Chess Press 2 X 10 20kg
Shoulder press 2 X 20 20kg
Lat pull down 2 X 10 40 kg
Leg press 2 X 15 85kg
leg Curl 2 X 10 15kg

My diet is pretty good,

Breaky;
2 weetabix with milk, tea or
2 toast, tea or
Cornflakes, orange juice.

Lunch,
baked spud with beans, or
beans with 4 dry toast, or
scrambled eggs with 4 dry toast,
can of coke with above.

Diner,
chicken breast grilled or george foreman'd, veg, 2 slices of bread & butter or
as above with 2 pork chops, or
Cup of tea with 8 cream crackers with 2 slices of cheese, 4 rich tea biscuits.

One day I blow out with take away or something else unhealthy. I'm actually using the weightwatchers plan to control & track my calorie intake. My only issue is that I've lost only 2lbs since I started but I've lost over 4 inches from my waist and an inch from both my arms & legs. I feel better, stronger, breath easier, etc. Just getting worried I'm hitting a flat spot or doing something wrong. My missus has lost 30lbs doing the same thing since the start of the year so I'm getting a little disheartened too. Would it be mad to think I'm putting on muscle as the fat comes off? clutching at straws really?

Any & all comments welcome.

tribulus

People argue that it can't be done but it would seem plausible so I wouldn't be too bothered.

FTR I think your diet is fairly bad but if it gets results then fair enough.

CerebralCortex

Yes it is possible that you are changing your body composition in a good way.

aFlabbyPanda

tribulus wrote: »

People argue that it can't be done but it would seem plausible so I wouldn't be too bothered.

FTR I think your diet is fairly bad but if it gets results then fair enough.

well to be honest I don't eat salads or much veg other than peas, carrots, sweetcorn & green beans. I know I could do better.

but if you can give me any pointers I'd welcome them.

aye

Don't get bogged down on the inches/pounds thing.

you feel better and stronger, thats what i would be more concentrating on.

as for your program, the instructor didnt balance the chest press out with a rowing action for your middle back, i think you should add a seated row in there.(imbalanced programs piss me off)

if you started in march, you should enquire about a new routine from the gym.
post it up when you get it to, people here will critique it.

not going into the diet too much, plenty in the stickies about it, but drop that can of coke man, you dont need 9 teaspoons of sugar with lunch.

tribulus

Well like I said if it's getting results and you feel a lot better then that's great.

If you read the nutrition sticky it will give you loads of info on the why and the how of things but it would be better if you:

Ate more often (does NOT necessarily mean more cals)
Ate more protein
Ate protein with every meal
Ate less carbs
Ate better carbs
Ate more healthy fat

If you implemented some of those changes you could easily see a more accelerated weight loss or perhaps a better body composition.

Best of luck.

aFlabbyPanda

thanks guys,

rubadub

if you want to lessen your gravitational pull (which is all WW is interested in monitoring) then give up the weights. They are doing no good at all for your gravitational pull, but are fantastic for your fat loss. Weights will make you gain muscle, muscle weighs 3times as much as fat does, so you can get physically smaller but weigh the same. And of course muscle goes on in "good" places physically so you will get lower inches in the places you want.

I have been in and around 12stone for ages now, losing fat and gaining muscle at the same rate.

I would do weights first in the gym before cardio. I would also ditch all the machines and stick to compound free weight lifts. e.g. squat, deadlift, standing military press, chinups, pushups, pullups, dips, benchpress.

Smellyirishman

rubadub wrote: »

if you want to lessen your gravitational pull (which is all WW is interested in monitoring) then give up the weights. They are doing no good at all for your gravitational pull, but are fantastic for your fat loss. Weights will make you gain muscle, muscle weighs 3times as much as fat does, so you can get physically smaller but weigh the same. And of course muscle goes on in "good" places physically so you will get lower inches in the places you want.

I have been in and around 12stone for ages now, losing fat and gaining muscle at the same rate.

Do you have a hotkey for this "Gravitational Pull" speech yet?

Just messin' with ya of course.