Trying to loose that last 3lb

joolspen3942
joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I've been eating healthy logging food training 5-6 times a week, I seem to have hit a brick wall were nothings moving any ideas ?

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  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    I've been eating healthy logging food training 5-6 times a week, I seem to have hit a brick wall were nothings moving any ideas ?

    Are you weighing your food?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited August 2020
    I gained 30lbs in a few months eating healthy food, I maintain weight exercising over 40hrs a month.
    Neither healthy food or regular exercise guarantee weight loss.

    What makes you think you are actually in a sustained calorie deficit?

    You haven't given any details about yourself, how you are trying to achieve a calorie deficit, your diary is private, your profile is blank and you haven't stated how long you have been stuck.

    Without information and context any advice or guidance can only be very generic such as eat less, move more, be more patient.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    I've been eating healthy logging food training 5-6 times a week, I seem to have hit a brick wall were nothings moving any ideas ?

    Are you weighing your food?

  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    Tbh, ì do generally weigh food I'm actually a Pt. But when you know what ur doing is right but always need advice or input .
  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    How long has the weight remained static?
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    How long has the weight remained static?

    Okay really since lockdown, I've worked right the way through so not anything to do with not moving . So wondering if it's just stress our bodies release a hormone cortisol during stress that can make us gain. Just literally dont know.
  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    How long has the weight remained static?

    Okay really since lockdown, I've worked right the way through so not anything to do with not moving . So wondering if it's just stress our bodies release a hormone cortisol during stress that can make us gain. Just literally dont know.

    Maybe. My weight crept up a bit during lockdown and I know for sure I was not consuming excess calories. It's going in the right direction again now.

    Only thing I can suggest is to monitor your calories even more closely to make sure that side of things is OK. Assuming it is then try a different exercise programme for a few weeks. If you have been doing the same thing your body may have got more efficient at it and you are expending fewer calories than you think.



  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    How long has the weight remained static?

    Okay really since lockdown, I've worked right the way through so not anything to do with not moving . So wondering if it's just stress our bodies release a hormone cortisol during stress that can make us gain. Just literally dont know.

    Sure, cortisol is related to water retention. As a PT, are you trying to lose the last 3 lb of water weight or fat?
    If you are trying to lose fat, focus on weighing everything that passes your lips for a defined period of time -- maybe only a week. That may be enough to reveal where the calorie undercount is happening.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    How long has the weight remained static?

    Okay really since lockdown, I've worked right the way through so not anything to do with not moving . So wondering if it's just stress our bodies release a hormone cortisol during stress that can make us gain. Just literally dont know.

    Maybe. My weight crept up a bit during lockdown and I know for sure I was not consuming excess calories. It's going in the right direction again now.

    Only thing I can suggest is to monitor your calories even more closely to make sure that side of things is OK. Assuming it is then try a different exercise programme for a few weeks. If you have been doing the same thing your body may have got more efficient at it and you are expending fewer calories than you think.



    Defo think your right.. Again funny we know all the answers for others as Pts but when it comes to ourselves we or at least I sometimes struggle it's always refreshing getting other input. So thankyou am glad ur on right track now well done you brilliant.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    ahoy_m8 wrote: »
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    SnifterPug wrote: »
    How long has the weight remained static?

    Okay really since lockdown, I've worked right the way through so not anything to do with not moving . So wondering if it's just stress our bodies release a hormone cortisol during stress that can make us gain. Just literally dont know.

    Sure, cortisol is related to water retention. As a PT, are you trying to lose the last 3 lb of water weight or fat?
    If you are trying to lose fat, focus on weighing everything that passes your lips for a defined period of time -- maybe only a week. That may be enough to reveal where the calorie undercount is happening.

    Very true. Is it water weight gosh us woman defo have that issue.. thankyou lovely so much I'm defo gonna log absolutely everything I'm not usually over obsessive about it , but its bugging me thankyou so much for your help.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    If it is hot where you are and you are spending more time outside it may be causing your body to hold on to more water too. Almost everyone I know that is spending more time outside is complaining about their "scale being stuck." I haven't seen a new low myself in many weeks and the same thing, although less dramatically because I was losing at a higher RoL, happened last year.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    If it is hot where you are and you are spending more time outside it may be causing your body to hold on to more water too. Almost everyone I know that is spending more time outside is complaining about their "scale being stuck." I haven't seen a new low myself in many weeks and the same thing, although less dramatically because I was losing at a higher RoL, happened last year.

    Awww thanks lovely for your feedback. In in uk and always bit chilli here , from everyones feedback I think its probably hormonal, bit of water retention, and also I'm not logging everything I should thankyou so so much for your help.

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