Am I starving myself

Agate69

I went to a support group last night, the topic was the science of starvation. As for the challenge, I have weight trained 3 days a week, serious HIT training 2 days a week, and 7000 to 14000 steps daily. Great right? You would think so, but my weight has been 179 plus/minus 1 pound every day July 2010! Yes 3 years of logging, tracking weight, eating right, 1200 - 1500 cal, My Nike fuel band +, shows I burn 900 - 1400 cal day. I do not thnk I can eat more. I really do not intentionally restrict calories.

Does any one really believe I am starving? I am still obese by BMI STANDARDS. I have had full body dexa scans. And the DEXA body scan still show an overweight person.

Any thoughts from those of you that have continued to lose?

fatfudgery

What's your age, gender and height? Your diary is private, but since you're at caloric maintenance, I'd look at whether you're overestimating your exercise calories, or underestimating your food calories. Are you weighing your food, or do you use measuring cups and such?

annwyatt69

I am still a firm believer, whether a wls patient or otherwise, that we need to eat back as many of our exercise calories as we can. Our bodies learn to accommodate to our lower calories and adding strenuous exercise w/o increasing calories essentially tells the body that it needs to hang on to what is taken in for the energy it needs. It's simple. I think, at least for me, if I am unable to take in more calories by quantity, then I need to focus on quality, calorie dense foods--foods high in good fats and protein.
I don't know what your daily macros look like, but weight loss surgery is not intended to be a body starving tool. As time goes on, we need to be able to eat pretty much a normal healthy diet and live a normal life w/o obsessing over food and exercise. Not saying we need to go back to old habits, but we need to learn to live those life changes we have made w/o stressing over it.
Hope you figure out what your body needs.

Agate69

What's your age, gender and height? Your diary is private, but since you're at caloric maintenance, I'd look at whether you're overestimating your exercise calories, or underestimating your food calories. Are you weighing your food, or do you use measuring cups and such?

Age 62
5'2"
Female
I believe calorie expenditure is as accurate as any device can measure. I have tracked using various devices, all agree within 500-1000 cal.

Food logging, 6+ years

I am spot on where bariatric surgeon said I would be. After surgery, I reached their goal, but not my personal goal.

sadiegirl32

Yes I think your body is starving. Since you can't eat more, try adding a protein drink in and see if that makes the scale move. I eat back my exercise calories when I do high intensity work outs and I am 1 year post op from RNY and have never had a stall. I still lose 1.5-2 lbs per week eating at 1,300 calories/day and eating back my exercise calories. I'm 5'4' and 186 lbs.

Agate69

Thanks. All thoughts welcome. I do at least 40 grams of protein shakes daily. My cal burn daily is about 1000 cal. Tonight I rowed for 90 min while DH fished. For our 40th wedding anniversary, I got new oars for my 50 year old row boat. What a man! We only got 2 Sunfish (nice size). They will be lunch tomorrow. Just made an awesome pear dessert, no added sugar only one cup flour in entire dessert and 4 egg whites, so protein and fruit,

Our pear trees went nuts this year.