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rlw0031
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I am eating 1600 calories for the last few weeks and lost a couple pounds but put them back on. My TDEE is 1900 and -15% I got 1600. I have been doing a half hour HIIT workout 3 times a week and strength training and a 20 min. walk twice a week. Am I going to be able to lose weight doing this? I am confused...don't eat too much, don't eat too little, don't exercise too much...it seems complicated to lose. I am 36 year old.
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I told ya this might happen. Reset....If your TDEE is supposedly 1900 and you aren't losing at 1600 you're eating too few calories or your metabolism may be off track.0
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I am eating 1600 calories for the last few weeks and lost a couple pounds but put them back on. My TDEE is 1900 and -15% I got 1600. I have been doing a half hour HIIT workout 3 times a week and strength training and a 20 min. walk twice a week. Am I going to be able to lose weight doing this? I am confused...don't eat too much, don't eat too little, don't exercise too much...it seems complicated to lose. I am 36 year old.
What are you stats? What's your BMR? Height, weight...it's hard to know what advice to give without more info! :flowerforyou:0 -
What about your measurements?I am eating 1600 calories for the last few weeks and lost a couple pounds but put them back on. My TDEE is 1900 and -15% I got 1600. I have been doing a half hour HIIT workout 3 times a week and strength training and a 20 min. walk twice a week. Am I going to be able to lose weight doing this? I am confused...don't eat too much, don't eat too little, don't exercise too much...it seems complicated to lose. I am 36 year old.0 -
I am afraid to eat more! bmr is 1400, 5'1" 141-143 weight. waist fluctuates between 31-33 in around belly button...never no where exactly I am suposed to measure waist. It is 30 inches around "true waist". When I measured everything you have to to get body fat percentage it said 26%. I am just wondering do I have to eat a little more or exercise less than I do to begin losing so if anything stands out to you to guide me on I am open ears. I have to say however I feel a lot less bloated since eating more calories which is kind of amazing to me, my belly is flatter and I feel more comfortable so something is going on right. Happy Memorial Day! Will try to eat healthy today.0
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WoW scary we have the same stats and are even the same age and I am having the same problem...lol I have been doing this for a year now and seems like no number is the right number. Started out at 1700 and then I was eating 1390 for a couple of months and lost .5 a week and after that nothing. I have bee at 1500 now for about 3 weeks and have had some weight gain. It's so hard not to starve myself to lose the last 15 pounds but I've gone this long without doing it..lol0
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try lowering to 1400 (or 1300) again for a few weeks to a month .... then when/if you stall, up to 15-1600...and then back.0
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Is your weigh in day valid, to gain and lose a couple lbs sounds like water weight with glucose, meaning non-valid day, and just seeing fluctuations.
And what about inches?
If you are finally feeding your body enough while exercising, you are asking for body improvements.
And HIIT is almost total carb burn, meaning the body is trained to store more carbs once it actually gets them.0 -
Everything about EM2WL says to not eat too little...0
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ETA: Never mind.0
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Heybales my inches have gone down, I am definitely less bloated than I was eating 1200 calories. I am just not seeing my weight go down. Always going up and down with water weight...I will stick with eating more because I feel better. Just would like to lose weight. I am taking your advice with doing cardio 3x a week, strength 2x with a 20 min cool down walk. My "HIIT" is 5 sprints at 8mph for 20 seconds up 2 incline with the rest walking 4mp....don't know if that is a true HIIT workout but I like it and hope to get some of the benefits of upping metabolism after working out. I am not a steady state runner. What would you suggest for working outs?0
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Heybales my inches have gone down, I am definitely less bloated than I was eating 1200 calories. I am just not seeing my weight go down. Always going up and down with water weight...I will stick with eating more because I feel better. Just would like to lose weight. I am taking your advice with doing cardio 3x a week, strength 2x with a 20 min cool down walk. My "HIIT" is 5 sprints at 8mph for 20 seconds up 2 incline with the rest walking 4mp....don't know if that is a true HIIT workout but I like it and hope to get some of the benefits of upping metabolism after working out. I am not a steady state runner. What would you suggest for working outs?
Kitka, I have been trying to lose all of my 30's, my weight has been higher and right now I would like to lose 15 pounds and it is hard! It seems nothing I do will move the weight. I did spike diet last year and 5 came off and then went back on so now I am trying to EM2WL and trying to eat more than 1200 calories but keep it healthy.0 -
Heybales my inches have gone down, I am definitely less bloated than I was eating 1200 calories. I am just not seeing my weight go down. Always going up and down with water weight...I will stick with eating more because I feel better. Just would like to lose weight. I am taking your advice with doing cardio 3x a week, strength 2x with a 20 min cool down walk. My "HIIT" is 5 sprints at 8mph for 20 seconds up 2 incline with the rest walking 4mp....don't know if that is a true HIIT workout but I like it and hope to get some of the benefits of upping metabolism after working out. I am not a steady state runner. What would you suggest for working outs?
As soon as your body is done making improvements that you doing exercise is asking it to make, then inches will keep dropping along with the weight then.
I'd also suggestion confirming you have valid weigh-in days.
ONLY valid weigh-in is morning after rest day eating normal sodium levels and not sore from last lifting workout.
Anything else will see fluctuations.
Now, if current fluctuations are on valid days, I'd suggest that is because your glucose stores are at different states, topped off and depleted, that can cause a difference of up to 3 lbs.
And if you are seeing that on valid weigh-in's, then that suggests you are still under-eating, because why would the glucose stores NOT be topped off after a rest day, unless sometimes doing low carb, sometimes not.
Because you are not in general eating enough to always have them topped off.
This would fit in too with less to lose, the body is going to become stressed easier by too big a deficit to potential TDEE, and slowed metabolism means less deficit eventually happens to lower suppressed TDEE.
So good interval routine - but that's not HIIT, and won't be the same response you are talking about.
Which is fine, regular intervals help train the lactate acid clearing system, improve breathing ability, store more carbs for doing it again, ect. But it's just not the same load that is like lifting and repair and increased muscle strength as response.
Depending on length of time of the walk, sounds more like SIT (Short Interval Training).
Finally, I'd suggest trying to wrap the mind around what is more important, scale weight, or losing fat and getting healthier, even if scale happens to change very little. And for the latter, you look thinner and people think you have lost a lot of weight.
You are obviously exercising for improvements, so allow the body to make them. Otherwise, stop exercising if you don't want any.0 -
Thank you! I will keep forging ahead and will think about the valid weigh in day...although I don't know if any day is valid for me because of working out weekdays and then probably eating more sodium on weekend...0
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I have been at this and the lady who mentioned this is correct. I am just now starting my calories on eating after finishing my reset.0
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let me know if you are successful...how long did you eat at reset?0
