Update/need advice

brirod45
brirod45 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 23 in Introduce Yourself
Hi. My name is brittany i am 22. Im 5'3, Started at 150 and have dropped to 128 by flexible dieting. My bmi is 22.7. I have been counting macros for 8 months now in a caloric deficit but now im not losing any weight and its frustrating. I have started reverse dieting and am wondering if this is the right direction. Before anyone judges my diary i do eat vegetables daily i just don't always track them. Im not in prep or anything so i don't track every little thing. I was at 1600 cal, 35f/160c/150p and am now at 1720 cal 48f/194c/129p. I started with the intention of getting lean and now that fall and winter is coming, i want to put muscle on (i know putting on fat is part of it) Advice?

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    Track every little thing. It all has calories and macros and micros. If you don't track everything then your diary can't tell you what you actually ate. If you don't know what you actually ate you can't know if you need to adjust your intake.
  • Faithful_Chosen
    Faithful_Chosen Posts: 401 Member
    Okay, basics:

    - If you want to lose weight, eat at a deficit.
    - The lower in weight you get, the more accurate logging starts to matter--so start tracking everything and stick to your goal.
    - If you want to gain muscle mass, you need to eat at a surplus. Macros are secondary to that.

    So before you do anything else, decide what your goal is: lose weight or gain muscle. And start accurately tracking your intake, regardless.
  • brirod45
    brirod45 Posts: 15 Member
    You are right about tracking EVERYTHING. I swear veggies is the only thing i lack tracking. I weigh everything out and try to overestimate when i go out. With that being said, i guess what im wondering is is my body not responding (losing weight) because it has been in a caloric deficit for too long? Ive been 128 for a month close to two. Is that a thing? I workout 5-6 days a week. Lifting weights with alot of hypertrophy and do 20 minutes of cardio on each workout day.

  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    You aren't losing because you are eating at maintenance. The things you aren't tracking have calories and that's pushing up your overall calories consumed.
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