Please help me I have been here too long and no progress
RunConquerCelebrate
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Hello a friend here on MFP told me about your group I will try to provide as much information as possible
Provide your stats (height/weight/age/bodyfat% if you know it/etc)
5'3 154 35 do not know bodyfat
What's your current gross intake of calories, on average?
Two weeks ago I followed a post on MFP about TDEE and figured out after entering all my numbers this is what it gave me
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013?hl=road+map
According to the above road map my
BMR is 1447
TDEE is Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2243 -20% = 1795 calories and do not eat any exercise calories back
I have set my calories to 1700 and not eat exercise cals back. Maybe some on the days I have long runs.
Since setting this number I have gained 2lbs. I am really frustrated because I have been on here for a while I seem to loose but I am stuck in the 150s. I want to give up but willing to keep trying and get to my goal weight of 130
What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams? (GRAMS, not percent!)
I think this is right carbs 185 fat 42 and protein 94
Do you use a food scale and measure everything? I use a food scale and do my best to measure food using measuring cups. On occasion I may not measure.
Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?) yes and no I have days where I do not track everything and sometimes on the weekend I may not track dinner
Do you take cheat days or days off? Yes
How much weight have you lost so far and over what time period? In the last 30 days I have gone from 150 to 154
Describe your activity (exercise and non exercise) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months? I have been training for a half marathon, I run Tues, Wed (sometimes) Thurs and Saturday. On Sundays I may go for walk. for the last month I have just been running no weight training. I do no have a gym membership I workout at home. I have some weights and some resistance bands. Also workout videos
How long have you been stalled and if it is not a complete stall please be very specific as to how much you have lost over the stalled period. I have been stalled for a year I keep going up and down
Are you breastfeeding? No
Do you have thyroid issues/risks or PCOS? No
I would really appreciate your feedback, My eating is not perfect or clean eating I know that. I am really frustrated because I just do not know what else to try or what else to do. I have worked out doing p90x, turbo fire and now I have been running. I do workout and I cook my meals Monday thru Friday I bring my snacks to work. I am just not sure if I am eating too little too much or not pushing hard enough.
Thank you for your time
Provide your stats (height/weight/age/bodyfat% if you know it/etc)
5'3 154 35 do not know bodyfat
What's your current gross intake of calories, on average?
Two weeks ago I followed a post on MFP about TDEE and figured out after entering all my numbers this is what it gave me
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013?hl=road+map
According to the above road map my
BMR is 1447
TDEE is Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2243 -20% = 1795 calories and do not eat any exercise calories back
I have set my calories to 1700 and not eat exercise cals back. Maybe some on the days I have long runs.
Since setting this number I have gained 2lbs. I am really frustrated because I have been on here for a while I seem to loose but I am stuck in the 150s. I want to give up but willing to keep trying and get to my goal weight of 130
What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams? (GRAMS, not percent!)
I think this is right carbs 185 fat 42 and protein 94
Do you use a food scale and measure everything? I use a food scale and do my best to measure food using measuring cups. On occasion I may not measure.
Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?) yes and no I have days where I do not track everything and sometimes on the weekend I may not track dinner
Do you take cheat days or days off? Yes
How much weight have you lost so far and over what time period? In the last 30 days I have gone from 150 to 154
Describe your activity (exercise and non exercise) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months? I have been training for a half marathon, I run Tues, Wed (sometimes) Thurs and Saturday. On Sundays I may go for walk. for the last month I have just been running no weight training. I do no have a gym membership I workout at home. I have some weights and some resistance bands. Also workout videos
How long have you been stalled and if it is not a complete stall please be very specific as to how much you have lost over the stalled period. I have been stalled for a year I keep going up and down
Are you breastfeeding? No
Do you have thyroid issues/risks or PCOS? No
I would really appreciate your feedback, My eating is not perfect or clean eating I know that. I am really frustrated because I just do not know what else to try or what else to do. I have worked out doing p90x, turbo fire and now I have been running. I do workout and I cook my meals Monday thru Friday I bring my snacks to work. I am just not sure if I am eating too little too much or not pushing hard enough.
Thank you for your time
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When is your half marathon?0
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March 20140
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Our recommendations, if you are not losing weight, would generally be to cut calories and/or carbs (context dependent). However, if you are training for a half marathon, it may not be a good idea to try to do this just yet.
It may be a better idea to focus on your half and then focus on cutting after that (this is assuming that you are not training for the half for the purpose of weight loss, so please correct me if that assumption is wrong).
Just throwing that out there to get your thoughts.0 -
I started running because I enjoy it and to also help me with weight loss. Training for the half is a goal of mine it was never strictly about losing the weight but I did hope that it was something that was going to happen. Would you say that I am eating too many calories? And to many carbs? A month ago I changed my calories to 1500 to 1700 calories based on the tdee number that I got.0
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I started running because I enjoy it and to also help me with weight loss. Training for the half is a goal of mine it was never strictly about losing the weight but I did hope that it was something that was going to happen. Would you say that I am eating too many calories? And to many carbs? A month ago I changed my calories to 1500 to 1700 calories based on the tdee number that I got.
Generally if your weight is not changing over the course of several weeks, and assuming it's not due to fluid retention, you're likely consuming too many calories.
However, before people read this and flip out because they see the numbers you post and conclude "BS! There's no WAY someone could run that much on 1500 calories and not lose weight! Starvation mode!" -- we need to keep into perspective the fact that you have meals that occasionally aren't logged, and your use of the food scale is inconsistent.
The likelihood is that you are consuming more calories than what is logged. You can remedy this by reducing calories, or you can dedicate a couple of weeks to increasing the accuracy with which you track calories and macronutrients. The latter is our preferred method because it gives us a more accurate data set from which to make further adjustments.0 -
Just following up on this as I am going through older threads to make sure nothing slipped through the gaps.
How is your energy on your current intake, especially with your training for the half?0
