SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

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  • MyiahRose
    MyiahRose Posts: 183 Member
    Time for a diet break. Nothing crazy like the Chinese buffet, just try to up calories to around maintenance.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html


    Then re-attack, Be anal retentive about calories and weigh everything. Make sure the foods you are ogging are indeed correct. I have seem some pretty atrocious errors in user submitted foods on here.

    This is a personal decision but I would also reduce running and incorporate weightlifting and walking if you like. But listen to your body.

    I lift heavy 3 times a week. I like to run a few miles after my workout because i love it. I only run 2-3 miles max so that shouldnt be too bad right? I probably will up my calories a little and if that doesnt work then i will eat at maintenance. Thanks.
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    I just started running about a month ago. Should i up my distance to burn more calories?

    No no. If you just changed your workout, then weightloss can slow because of that, initially. Again, I wouldn't change A THING for now. But that's just me personally. Every week run a bit further or a bit faster or with more hills or something.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    I just started running about a month ago. Should i up my distance to burn more calories?

    No no. If you just changed your workout, then weightloss can slow because of that, initially. Again, I wouldn't change A THING for now. But that's just me personally. Every week run a bit further or a bit faster or with more hills or something.

    Yeah, I'm starting to agree with the above poster. If you just started running a month ago, I'm sure it's possibly water weight for muscle repair. Stick with it. See what happens. Whenever anything changes you really should give it about 6-7 weeks before thinking about changing. So it's been 4 weeks. Give it a few more weeks. Keep measuring. If you're still losing inches you are still winning.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    I have been logging every single day for a year ... i lost 50 pounds so far but only 20 in the past 7 months. I been the doctor in February everything was fine.
    you lost 50 lbs in one year? That's awesome progress!! Congratulations!!

    So just to save your sanity, let's look at your math. If you've been doing the same kind of run for a long time, you might find that your body is fairly efficient at it. The body adapts well to workouts if you don't alter them. And weightlifting doesn't burn all that much. Some, but not really a lot. And again, your body gets accustomed to the workout and adapts to be more efficient to deliver energy when and where you actually need it.

    You may not have noticed, but perhaps outside of your workouts your lifestyle has slowly become a bit more sedentary. I know this happens to me when I work out (I say "I don't feel like biking to work today, I worked out last night, I can just drive today.")

    So anyways, (and a lot of these numbers I'm using are just wild guesses, since everything's an estimate) let's say you're eating 1600 every day. At first, when you were heavier, your TDEE was something like 2600. But now that you've lost weight, and you're more efficient at your workouts, maybe your TDEE is closer to 2000 now, even with the exercise. So at first, you were losing 2 lbs per week, but now you're losing closer to .75 lbs per week.

    Does that make sense?

    But the important thing is that you're still losing! If I was you, I wouldn't change a thing for at least another month. See how many inches you lose, see if you still are slowing down. You've found something that works for your body. I really hate to advise you change things right now. Though, changing your exercise routine might distract you for the next month and give you something new to focus on.

    I just started running about a month ago. Should i up my distance to burn more calories?

    That's a big change in exercise routine. You can expect some water retention from that. Usually takes 3-4 weeks but to 8 to settle down.

    Patience. Upping burns is not ideal unless you already have other running goals.
    I'd go with waiting out the bloat or a short break in dieting (at maintenance not anything goes)..
  • RekindledRose
    RekindledRose Posts: 523 Member

    I will say that i did lose a few inches but how come i am not losing weight?

    If everything you said you are doing is accurate then you are losing fat! You're going down inches. Don't worry about the weight. Worry about the health.
  • Mykaelous
    Mykaelous Posts: 231 Member
    Well since you've been doing this for a while and things are stabilizing either cut your calories further(250-500) or expand your workout(do an extra hour of cardio).
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    FYI a MFP public diary can be viewed by anyone on the planet, member or not. The same might be the case for your other site...
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Well since you've been doing this for a while and things are stabilizing either cut your calories further(250-500) or expand your workout(do an extra hour of cardio).

    No - ignore this it's bad advice.


    The addition of running could well mean you are holding water weight - I've just started lifting again and I've jumped up 2lbs overnight, but I know in about 3-4 weeks that will drop again.

    If you are losing inches then you are on a deficit - don't drop any lower. The scale can be a lying *%!* That's why most people suggest photos and measurements as well. Last year I lost 8" and not a single pound - but I looked so much better and that worked for me.

    I agree with everyone else - maybe take a diet break for a week or two then go back to 1600. Or just give it a few more weeks, let your body get use to the extra exercise.

    And congrats on the weight loss so far - you've done amazingly well.

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