How am I doing?

melissaka7
melissaka7 Posts: 277 Member
edited January 29 in Health and Weight Loss
I started my weight loss journey on May 7th at 188.8 lbs. I was disgusted with myself. I don't know what happened & I snapped. I decided to do something about it. I stopped drinking soda period. The only "fast food" I eat are the wraps & salads from Wendy's, Subway, & Jimmy Johns. I recently started giving myself a cheat meal at least once a week. I tried to do C25K, but I just got bored & so I slowly started running until I was able to run up to 4 miles a day, 6 days a week. I am not a fast runner, but I'm still "lapping everyone on the couch". :smile: Some people have said it's too much running, but I also do yoga once a week & do videos to target certain areas of my body.
As of today, July 8th I weigh 166.2 with a total weigh loss of 22.6 lbs. My overall goal is to hit 145, so I am halfway there. I am very worried about the dreaded 'plateau'. I am thinking about getting a personal trainer at my gym (money is an issue) & I want to do INSANITY or P90X, but I am worried about failing at them because they might be "too hard".

At this point I am just checking with other weight loss people to see how I'm doing...if I'm on track...& how much longer I should allow myself to hit my goal of 145. I was thinking October.

Thanks for any advice or encouragement.

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    You should definitely start strength training. Get on a starting strength program. Also, I would be careful doing steady state cardio almost every day of the week because it causes metabolic adaptation, and your body will actually start burning less calories everyday to compensate for the cardio that you're doing. If you start strength training it's important to get your macros in check so that you're getting enough protein and fat every day, if you're not already. Let me know if you have any questions. Congrats on the weight loss so far, and good luck
  • melissaka7
    melissaka7 Posts: 277 Member
    I don't know what macros are.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    The 3 Macronutrients are Fats, Proteins, and Carbohydrates. All of the calories you consume every day fall into these 3 categories (except alcohol). There are guidelines for strength training macronutrients for optimum muscle growth and hormone production. The guidelines are as follows.

    Consume a minimum of .82g per lb of body weight of protein per day (for muscle protein synthesis)
    Consume a minimum of .4g of fat per lb of body weight of fat per day (for hormone production and nutrient absorption)
    There is no minimum for carbs, but you may fill the remaining daily calories with carbs if you'd like, or any combination of carbs/protein/fat that you'd like
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