This is hopeless..... :(

skinnyinnotime

This is confusing to me. Should I be eating back the calories that lose during the exercise? TBH 1700 is a lot. I feel like I am just eating throughout the day, which of course is good, but sometimes I fee like I am eating too much. I also think that MFP over exaggerates how much you lose when exercising. I mean I go hard during my weight training and Zumba, but it must be closer to 600 calories vs. the 900 it says. I am reading the post that you linked, but I am not understanding it.

Eat half of your workout cals back...that allows for any overestimation

rvssnn

This is confusing to me. Should I be eating back the calories that lose during the exercise? TBH 1700 is a lot. I feel like I am just eating throughout the day, which of course is good, but sometimes I fee like I am eating too much. I also think that MFP over exaggerates how much you lose when exercising. I mean I go hard during my weight training and Zumba, but it must be closer to 600 calories vs. the 900 it says. I am reading the post that you linked, but I am not understanding it.

Eat half of your workout cals back...that allows for any overestimation

Will do. I think that is the best route for me. Thank you!

Akimajuktuq

Maybe, just maybe, the FOOD matters.

malibu927

This is confusing to me. Should I be eating back the calories that lose during the exercise? TBH 1700 is a lot. I feel like I am just eating throughout the day, which of course is good, but sometimes I fee like I am eating too much. I also think that MFP over exaggerates how much you lose when exercising. I mean I go hard during my weight training and Zumba, but it must be closer to 600 calories vs. the 900 it says. I am reading the post that you linked, but I am not understanding it.

It may seem like a lot, but it isn't. I'm eating 1730 calories a day, along with exercise calories (not all, because you're correct, the estimations are off a lot). You just have to eat in moderation.

stephaniesheremet

You seem to be doing really good already so first of all give yourself some credit - its easy to look at whats wrong but redirect your focus. Your clearly commited to this lifetsyle and the stress of it can affect you and your weight. Muscle does weigh more then fat as well.

Try watching "Hungry for Change" its a very powerful documentry and it really inspired me to focus on doing this to be a healther person.

Keep it up and remember its a process

jstout365

This is such a nice thing to say. I really appreciate it. You are right, I do see the inches coming off, but I have also read that you see weight loss in at least 3 weeks, which makes me believe I am doing something wrong. And maybe you are right, I need to be patient. I won't stop working out, because it is really fun. I used to play tennis in high school, and ran track. I can workout hard. But I lost that once I started college and work. I read a lot of sources, but sometimes these sources conflict one another. It is hard to know what is the truth and what is myth.

If you haven't read the article posted in a previous response from bodyrecomposition.com. A great group for information is the Eat, Train, Progress group, they have helped a lot of people get over slumps in weight loss as well. Loads of info on that. Yes, there is a lot of conflicting info and it is difficult to wade through at times. For the most part, if it seems too good to be true, it is. Much of this process is a bunch of trial and error and will take more than 6 weeks to dial in. Pain in the butt to do it, but this is a long term process and the gains for giving this some time are worth it.

Astronomically_Im_Tiny

I do not know your lifestyle, so correct me if I am wrong, but either way it is still good information. If there are any alternate views on the information, please share with me.

Your body is always trying to establish equilibrium. You have a routine, and your body knows it. It doesn't want to either lose pounds or gain, so it conforms to your schedule. If you stay in routine, and are anywhere close to your TDEE in caloric intake, you wont lose anything.

Change it up. Workout in the mornings instead of evenings, or vice versa. instead of going on the elliptical, go to a spin class. Instead of lifting on the same two days every week, switch it up every other week. Instead of running on a flat treadmill, walk on an uphill treadmill.

If you change up your physical routine every once in a while, the body will have to change how it uses nutrients. The food is irrelevant (assuming you arent eating 2000 calories worth of hohos).

If anyone wants to add to that, I could use the info as well. I do HIIT on occasion, and I do not have a routine.

P.S.--think of your hormones. Your body knows when you want to go to sleep, so it starts to develop melotonin in the evening, which is the hormone that puts you to sleep. When you wake up, your melotonin levels are almost nil, and stay that way til dinner. Sometimes, if you eat a heavy lunch (or a lighter lunch), your body gets confused because it thinks it is dinner, and that is your "2:30 feeling." So to compare in an analogy, if you work out when the body doesn't expect it, and you workout the muscles that it doesn't expect you to work out, you will have a better chance at losing weight because it has to work harder. You fooled it into thinking that you weren't going to work out.That is how I understand the plateau.

SnicciFit

I see the inches coming off, but my weight hasn't changed.

Who cares about the weight then?! Seriously. Scales are ridiculously poor indicators of health. For example:

http://everydaypaleo.com/attention-scale-addicts-part-2/

I know sites like this one with their weight loss "tickers" make you feel like you haven't accomplished anything if you haven't lost weight, but that is simply not true. Nobody admires a great looking body on the beach and thinks "I wonder what the scale says when she steps on it?"