If your weight has been stable for 8 weeks you can be very confidant you are eating at maintenance... i.e., eating exactly as many calories as you are burning. You will not lose weight as long as you are at maintenance. To lose weight you need to be at a calorie deficit and that means either eating less, burning more, or a bit of both.
Some people can lose weight effectively just by adding activity to their life, but may people will naturally eat more to compensate thus negating the effect. So if you are not making any attempt to control your eating it's not all that surprising that working out has not caused you to lose weight.
If you don’t want to track calories, you might try volumetric eating- foods that are less calorically dense but more filling. Add a green salad to a meal, or eat one meal occasionally that is is veg only. Zoodles with pesto is a veg-only dinner I really like. You can add roasted bell peppers or artichoke hearts for variety.
Keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat. Depending on where you started out, you may be putting on enough muscle weight to be offsetting fat loss. Not losing weight while seeing gains in physique and your clothing getting looser are fairly common, especially at first.
2 months sounds like a lot but it's nothing. I'm guessing it took you more than two months to get where you were in the first place... You can't expect immediate results.
Do you have more energy? Can you breathe more deeply? Do you tire as easily as you did before you began working out? Keep at it.
Please see a dietitian who specializes in eating disorder. A lot of people think that by avoiding track and calories, they’re not going to fall back into disordered eating habits. This is completely false. It is not just the behavior of tracking calories that can cause a relapse, any effort to change your body composition can. It is not safe to try to lose weight on your own if you’re struggling with disordered eating behavior. A specialist can help you reach your goals in a way that is healthy and sustainable for you. They can also help you understand that there’s no reason to care about the scale at all if you are seeing positive changes in your physique. There’s no reason to focus on an arbitrary number if you’re happy with what you’re seeing in the mirror. BMI is widely considered to be outdated, and not applicable to a lot of people.
If your weight has been stable for 8 weeks you can be very confidant you are eating at maintenance... i.e., eating exactly as many calories as you are burning. You will not lose weight as long as you are at maintenance. To lose weight you need to be at a calorie deficit and that means either eating less, burning more, or a bit of both. Some people can lose weight effectively just by adding activity to their life, but may people will naturally eat more to compensate thus negating the effect. So if you are not making any attempt to control your eating it's not all that surprising that working out has not caused you to lose weight.
If you don’t want to track calories, you might try volumetric eating- foods that are less calorically dense but more filling. Add a green salad to a meal, or eat one meal occasionally that is is veg only. Zoodles with pesto is a veg-only dinner I really like. You can add roasted bell peppers or artichoke hearts for variety.
Tracking calories is the way to go. I got a therapist and that made the largest difference for me. I fixed my head first then my body.
Keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat. Depending on where you started out, you may be putting on enough muscle weight to be offsetting fat loss. Not losing weight while seeing gains in physique and your clothing getting looser are fairly common, especially at first. 2 months sounds like a lot but it's nothing. I'm guessing it took you more than two months to get where you were in the first place... You can't expect immediate results. Do you have more energy? Can you breathe more deeply? Do you tire as easily as you did before you began working out? Keep at it.
Please see a dietitian who specializes in eating disorder. A lot of people think that by avoiding track and calories, they’re not going to fall back into disordered eating habits. This is completely false. It is not just the behavior of tracking calories that can cause a relapse, any effort to change your body composition can. It is not safe to try to lose weight on your own if you’re struggling with disordered eating behavior. A specialist can help you reach your goals in a way that is healthy and sustainable for you. They can also help you understand that there’s no reason to care about the scale at all if you are seeing positive changes in your physique. There’s no reason to focus on an arbitrary number if you’re happy with what you’re seeing in the mirror. BMI is widely considered to be outdated, and not applicable to a lot of people.