Argghh, This usually works...why?

riccoismydog

I have lost the same ten pounds a few times now. I'm not ashamed to admit it. Usually what I do works fine. I don't log my exercise calories, but I figure I burn about 300-400 every day through half hour of cardio, half hour of weights and then I mix it up by doing body pump once a week and a full cardio hour with no weights once a week. I eat 1200 calories a day ( I am very petitie my tdee is about 1900 a day give or take, I work an office job and am otherwise pretty lazy and a student) and then to make sure no one gets no one gets murdered over a pot of gravy I eat about 2000 calories one day a week. I also have one day a week where there is no exercise, maybe just walk my three pound dog. I am losing nothing. I know the last ten pounds is slow, but come on. This has always worked before...what am I doing wrong? Is being over thirty that much worse than being under thirty? I am thirty two. I don't want to eat more, I don't gain or lose usually at about 1900 a day. I don't want to eat less, that would be nuts. And I don't want to give up eating out. I am just stuck.

thisismeraw

Set your loss goal at 0.5lbs per week (according to your ticker you are close to your goal) and eat your exercise calories back. Track them. If using MFPs numbers for calories burned eat at least 1/2 of them back.

Make sure you are properly logging. Are you tracking everything? The little sugar in coffee/tea.. the bit of milk/cream? Are you weighing your foods? Or are you using measuring cups or eyeballing portions? How much water are you drinking? How much processed foods are you eating? When was the last time you switched up your exercise routine?

Since you are close to your goal you may have better luck trying to build muscle. Switch to maintenance calories or slightly above and start lifting weights. Pay attention to the inches lost instead of what the scale says.

psuLemon

I would suggest what you always did doesn't work. If it did you would keep it off. So how about trying a tactic designed to sustain long term. Set your goal to 1/2 -1 lb per week, eat half your exercise calories and concentrate on some good lifting with a little cardio. Also add protein and fats while reducing carbs a bit.