What's Up

soconnor1461

I lost 32 pounds from January thru May mainly by eating half portions and no alcohol period. I had major abdominal surgery in Feb and could not exercise until April. In April I started resistance bands and a fair amount of walking. In mid June I got stuck at +/- 170 pounds. I started adding some free weights and increased walking. In June I started weighing food and wearing Fitbit Blaze. For the last 21 days I averaged 11,922 steps/day (5.2 miles/day) and a calorie deficit of 927 calories per day. I still weight 170 pounds and have more body fat than I want. 69 years old - What's up?

cmriverside

You need to figure out how much you're eating and then go from there.

Also:

Weight loss can be hidden by fluctuating water weight due to exercise, heat, sleep, hydration, salt, travel, stress, inflammation or illness, hormones, etc.

soconnor1461

Average caloric intake over same period is 1809 calories per day. High for the period was 3021 and low 1104. The high day included several mixed drinks - otherwise maybe 2 to 3 beers per week tops.

cmriverside

Are you male?

How tall are you?

Are you still working? How much activity are you getting in your regular daily routine?

How are you calculating your food intake calories? How do you know you're being accurate? We can't see your food logging. Using a food scale? Logging everything? Beer or cocktails are fine if they fit into your calories.

Are you eating more than 1809 on your "exercise" days? 1809 is pretty low for a man. It's even fairly low for a regular height woman (5'5" or taller) if she's exercising or getting a lot of regular activity like gardening, housework etc.

cmriverside

For the record: I'm 67, Female, 5'7", 140. I lost the last 20 pounds at 1500 PLUS exercise calories - so most days I was walking an hour (12,000 steps) and eating 300 more on those days. 1800-1900 is my lose-half-pound-per-week number.

soconnor1461

Thanks for responding. I'm going to stay the course another 30 days before I try something else.

soconnor1461

Just saw your previous post. Yes I am still walking and performing about an hour of resistance exercises 5 sometimes 6 days a week. One day "pull" exercises. Next day "push" exercises. Next day neck and core. Just keep rotating, I have been steadily increasing resistance. Walk 6 days per week. I weight all my food and record on myfitness pal. I might miss some condiments but not very much. I started in January in 42" pants - have been holding at 35 since May.