Need encouragement!

shrodas22

I am 5'9 175 pounds and I am having so much trouble losing weight. I haven't lost a single pound since September 2013. I gained 80 pounds with my daughter and since she was born in March 2013 I've lost 75 which I know is a major accomplishment but I just want to lose the last 5. I've been working my butt off harder than I did before I got pregnant and I was thinner then. I've tried switching it up, eating right.. Everything and nothing is working any encouragement would be great!!

daynerz

Congrats on the weight loss. You can do it again, you are the captain of your soul. Have you tried intermittent fasting, or fasting once or twice a week and given your bodily machine a break

joeysgirl10

Are you sure you are eating enough calories? Sometimes you need to eat more to jumpstart your metabolism... I try eating something small every few hours to keep metabolism going...

skullshank

joeysgirl10 wrote: »

Are you sure you are eating enough calories? Sometimes you need to eat more to jumpstart your metabolism... I try eating something small every few hours to keep metabolism going...

no.

before we suggest more food, lets see if we can find out from the OP what she's currently doing.

OP, are you tracking everything you eat? with a food scale?

if not, i suggest you start there. we are notoriously bad at estimating measurements.

what is your target intake for the day? where did you get that number?
how are you calculating your burn estimates?

what do you mean by "eating right"?

shrodas22

I don't track regularly.. For today I had a

Small iced coffee black 1 sugar
Muscle milk
1.5 cups protein cheerios with organic milk
Tuna with light mayo on 100 calorie fiber one bread(2 pieces)
Half bag of steam fresh mixed veggies(corn, green beans, carrots)


I don't have a food scale, I will buy one this weekend. My intake for the day is 1500 I got it via My fitness pal. And according to my fitbit I burn anywhere from 250-350 calories in an hour. My exercises include spin, running, TRX, kickboxing, lifting, rowing,walking, and interval training.

shrodas22

What is intermittent fasting?

shrodas22

I also drink 50-80 ounces of water a day.

Liftng4Lis

Unless you are weighing and measuring everything, you have no clue how much you're really eating. Start there.