Is this normal for first time consistently going to gym?

[Anonymous]

I have been doing orange theory for a month before I got injured at work. I went from 341 down to 329 during the first month and I also changed up my diet and added more veggies. I also changed my serving size. But I watched my 600 pound life and those people lose like 40 pounds in a month. Since I’m half of that size shouldn’t I lose 20 pounds in a month?

the only thing change really was my clothes are looser on me and my stamina increase by a lot. I can walk up flights of stairs without getting winded. 10 years ago I was in shape. So working out is not new to me but having to start over and start slow is the hard part for me because I’m stubborn. I participated in lift 45 and the 60 mins classes.

Do you agree during my first month I should of lost like 20 pounds? Also the scale says I lost weight but I don’t see it when I look in the mirror. Is that normal?

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I also cook my own food and vegetables. I have a great support system from my friends because I’m the only fat friend in the group of healthy people so when I started to change my life around they jumped on the opportunity to help. I been more energetic and it’s addicting to workout. It feels like a drug. I feel happy to workout.

The gym environment I thought would be negative because I’m fat but not all support and love.

[JakeS00]

Because those people have excess and morbid obese problems. You might've overtrained and not had enough rest and recovery days. You may not see results all the time, but your body is definitely working and changing. It takes time. I believe when the muscles grow, it can make the scale fluctuate and have you perceive you gained more weight.

[Asker]

That is true. I only train 3 to 4 times a week. I can say each day after my rest day I see improvement on my workouts which makes me so happy and want to work harder but not too hard. Because I’m high school I used to can run a mile no problem. Then I tried it with 70 more pounds added to my body frame and ended up with a big toe sprain. That my dr told me to rest for 6 weeks before I do that again.

This been a great journey so far. Everyone wanting to help me at that gym

[Guy13]

All the carbs have to go whether snack aisle, frozen aisle, beer aisle and many fruits and vegetables. Sugars in most fruits or peanut M/M are awful as it relates to weight lost.

[Asker]

I have a dietician so certain foods I don’t eat. But the M&Ms I didn’t know about.