Eating a lot and exercising

I'm not doing so great at cutting calories down to 1200 (closer to uh... 2,000, maybe more) but I'm joggingwalking (jog a bit, huff and puff and walk) for an hour a day.

So. if I'm building muscle and still eating a lot, since muscle is the place where fat is burned... will I eventually lose weight?

People say they can see a change, but my scale is rather determinedly broken and... I don't know, I don't know if I'm just dressing different or something.

Yes, this is blabbery and stupid, but if I eat a lot and keep exercising will I eventually lose some weight?

Ahah thanks for your time!

Jessica

as long as you have a calorie deficit, you'll lose weight. if you burn off more than you eat, you'll lose weight.. calories in < calories out. so if you're eating 2000 calories and burn off 600 through exercise that'll give you 1400 net calories.. which will more than likely make you lose.

good luck :)

How long have you been exercising? Sometimes when you start a new exercise routine, you muscles that are not used to the routine will retain water, so it is possible that it is water weight. Also, if you are new to exercise, you may be strengthening muscles through the walking, so your losing fat, gaining muscle, but not seeing a change on the scale. Maybe you should measure your body and see if there is a difference, instead of using the scale.

I have also been struggling to keep my calories low.  Per the calorie counter I am suppose to eat around 1450 calories a day and I end up eating around 1600, but what I eat is healthy for the most part so I do see a decrease on the scale. From what I understand you get your best results when you eat right and diet versus one or the other. The best thing to do is keep moving and hopefully your diet will come around. Maybe try them in combination for 1 week and if you like what the scale says you may be motivated to keep going.

One of my friends who is a trainer tells me not to pay so much attention to the scale because you can lose inches without losing pounds (therefore your weight loss may not occur on the scale but it doesn't mean that it's not there). Did you measure yourself before starting on your weight loss journey? If so you can see if you've lost any inches which may also give you the motivation you need.

I would be willing to bet that you do actually look different. About 1 1/2 years ago, long before I had even heard of Calorie Count, I started jogging and doing strength training, while continuing to eat a ton of food. I didn't lose a single pound, but my body became significantly shapelier, stronger, and more toned, even with all the fat. I also felt great. I can't speak from experience about eventually losing weight, because I stopped exercising after a few months (I broke my toe), and have just started again recently. Regardless, you should commend yourself for taking steps to get in shape and feel and look great, regardless of what the scale says!

Unfortunately, you're not going to build muscle doing cardio. You'd need to be weight training to do that. While something is better than nothing, I burn about 230 cal with an hour of brisk walking...so make sure you're eating at a deficit, even if you're eating a lot.

I would say that the easiest way to get an answer to your question is to do some trial and error.  Keep doing what you're doing and monitor your inches or weight or both.  You'll eventually get stuck, then you'll need to cut the calories or up the exercise or both.  Also depends on how much weight you have to lose.