The Leaner You Podcast with Daniel Rosenthal and Santo Chiappetta
Jun 8, 2026 · 48 min · 7 segments
We're doing something different this week. We rapid-fire our way through 20 weight loss and fitness questions, spending about three minutes on each. Wide range of topics, no fluff. **Timestamps:**…
Number one, why am I not losing weight even though I'm in a calorie deficit?
Um, you have maybe started strength training and built muscle, and therefore have lost fat and built muscle at the same time.
Okay? So if you have been doing this consistently for, let's say, three weeks, and you're not a beginner to strength training, and there's no change on the scale at all in three weeks, you are not in a calorie deficit.
Maybe you're forgetting that the weekend exists as well, and you're not making any kind of effort on the weekend.
As I've, as I've quote, as I've, um, as I've posted on Instagram before, if you're in a calorie deficit and not getting results, it's because you're not in a calorie deficit.
Uh, do something else that doesn't include food, and if you're stressed, then inc- look to work on a stress management activity that is not going to increase your stress further, like working out.
Number one, why am I not losing weight even though I'm in a calorie deficit?
Um, you have maybe started strength training and built muscle, and therefore have lost fat and built muscle at the same time.
Okay? So if you have been doing this consistently for, let's say, three weeks, and you're not a beginner to strength training, and there's no change on the scale at all in three weeks, you are not in a calorie deficit.
Maybe you're forgetting that the weekend exists as well, and you're not making any kind of effort on the weekend.
As I've, as I've quote, as I've, um, as I've posted on Instagram before, if you're in a calorie deficit and not getting results, it's because you're not in a calorie deficit.
Uh, do something else that doesn't include food, and if you're stressed, then inc- look to work on a stress management activity that is not going to increase your stress further, like working out.
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