Need a change in routine

charmedbrat

Ive been going to tye gym since end of september... eating at a deficit... n onky lost 25lbs... i started at 335.5lbs im at 313... (was at 311 for a week) i go to the gym 5 days a week... my off days i massivly clean my house... i dont takw a full day off... i do weights 3 days a week n cardio all 5 days... hour on the arc trainor... after 3 months im getting bored n plateaud already..... help

Shana67

Change something Add a day to your gym routine, or another 10 minutes to your cardio. Stop eating something that you do on a daily basis. Something that has worked for me in the past is to take a whole week off of exercise and still eat healthy (but not be crazy). Then when I get back at it, it comes off more quickly.

rosebarnalice

How many calories are you consuming?

malibu927

25 pounds in four months is excellent progress!

How long has it been since you lost weight? How many calories are you eating and how are you measuring your intake? How do you determine calories burned from exercise and how much, if any, of them do you eat back?

ahoy_m8

That's really good progress! If you feel a need to change up your routine because of boredom, do it. But I would recommend sticking to the basic CICO formula on which you have been losing an amazing >1.5 lb/wk. Weight loss isn't a steady, consistent amount every day or every week, but if you're in a calorie deficit, you will see a downward trend over spans of 3-4 weeks.

What progress were you expecting? Do you think perhaps expectations merit resetting?

middlehaitch

Have you re assessed your calorie goal on your profile lately? You are supposed to do it every 5-10 lbs as our calorie needs drop as our weight drops.

A review of your digital scale logging and liquid measuring as well as a general tightening of logging practices may be in order. I know I tend to take things for granted after I have been at it for a while and will just carry forward a slice of bread or an apple instead of weighing.

It is generally the little things 10 cals here, ( mid slice of bread not end) 30 cals there (eyeballing the salad dressing instead of measuring) that cause the problem, not the big things.

Make sure you are logging your exercise and eating back 50-75% (adjust as needed). The extra fuel is needed and does not subtract from your deficit, that is in your base calorie allowance.

Your exercise is for health and fitness, eating at an as accurate as possible deficit is what will help you lose weight.

Cheers, h.

charmedbrat

I eat 1300-1700... depends on tye day... i use my polar hrm to determin cals burned n its rather accurate... n i log allll my food in... spices n whatever...

charmedbrat

Im gaining and losing the same 6lbs since middlw of December

charmedbrat

My doc says for my weight its not nessasaey to eat back my calories... n i have polycystic ovarian syndrome but taking metformin to fix my hormone imbalencs

charmedbrat

N in 2 and a half months i lost 13lbs... last 3 weeks i lost 12 due to the metfformin in my system... 13lbs in 15weeks... isnt good progress

malibu927

Are you using a food scale to weigh everything you eat? Also, HRMs will not be accurate for lifting, only steady state cardio.

middlehaitch

If you are going off your Polar HRM do you have your current weight or starting weight entered in it?
It is all down to the maths. Logging sometimes isn't enough. Weighing, measuring and double checking entries, use the usda site, will up the accuracy.

Losing 1 lbs a week is quite reasonable. If you are aiming for 2 and it is not happening, try stepping back from your HRM for a couple of weeks and log food and exercise through and according to MFP numbers
once yiu have a base to work from extrapolate your actual loss and calorie goal from there. It is the most accurate way I have found- deriving my own numbers from my own logging practices.

Cheers, h.

charmedbrat

Mfp numbers are higher tyen my hrm... my actual weight is logged in to it... n yes i weigh my food with my scale

charmedbrat

Heart ratw monitor is alot more accurate then what mfp says... mfp estimates my cals burned at 100-200 higher...

charmedbrat

N havw only been using my hrm for a montg... 79days before that just straight mfp... i have a 114 day streak on here

charmedbrat

The rate that i workout... n some days only eat 1300 cals i should b losing alot morw weight

wozniaks

Maybe your not eating enough and the body went into starvation mode and is holding on to it or maybe jack up your protein and eat every 3 hours to boost up your metabolism

charmedbrat

There is no such thing as starvation mode... its a hype... ask any doctor... thats y ppl on like survivir who barely eat are skinny as hell by the end... i dont starve myself butbi also dont forcw feed myself whwn im not hungry... i eat when im hungey... n doimg weights increases my metabolism

ndj1979

wozniaks wrote: »

Maybe your not eating enough and the body went into starvation mode and is holding on to it or maybe jack up your protein and eat every 3 hours to boost up your metabolism

There is no such thing as starvation mode and that is not how it works. If you gained weight from starving yourself, then why do people die from starvation??????

charmedbrat

Ty my point exactly

charmedbrat

Its just what ppl tell ppl who dont eat enough because it isnt healthy... but you dont gain from not eating enough... it just isnt healthy to not eat much

Vikitoria10

Maybe switch up your workouts? Try a group class! Or a few! Maybe that'll help! Muscle confusion! Good luck to you! And congrats on the 25lb loss!

charmedbrat

I kno i gotta switch up my routine... thatsvwhat i need help with

HutchA12

charmedbrat wrote: »

I kno i gotta switch up my routine... thatsvwhat i need help with

Open your diary. At these #s it's not your exercise causing any plateau it's your diet or impatience. How often do you scale? If you don't do it often you don't know what your fluctuations look like.

charmedbrat

It is my exercises because i cant get my heart ratw up...gitta get heart ratw up to vurn calories

janejellyroll

charmedbrat wrote: »

It is my exercises because i cant get my heart ratw up...gitta get heart ratw up to vurn calories

Why can't you get your heart rate up?

carmkizzle

I'd advise you to pick something that you don't typically do....and just do it.

carmkizzle

Also, if you aren't getting your heart rate up then perhaps you're not working hard enough. Unless there is a medical reason for you not to do so, you just have push yourself.

middlehaitch

It is your food that is being miscalculated either through errors in entries or miscalculation of exercise burn.

If you wish to believe it is because you can't get your heart rate up to burn more calories- put more effort into your exercise.

Also, if you are dependant on your HRM for your calories it is only useful for steady state cardio, not lifting or circuit training.
From what I hear it can take time to adjust to your body
Read up on your particular HRM or do a search on MFP, for the best way to use it.

If you were losing at a better rate without the HRM- ditch it.

Cheers, h.

charmedbrat

I try to push myself but it gets hardwr on my knees the faster i go... tried different machines today n still couldn't get heart rate up

charmedbrat

As i mentioned before i have polycystic ovarian syndrome so losing weight isnt easy... my hrm is very accurate... it lines up wity what my doc says my resting heart rate it... so its reading my heart ratw just fine... n if it doesnt accurately read wjen i do weights most likely im burning actually morw calories then...