baffled

kentlass

so, i'm down 24lbs which is great but in the last two months i've hit a hump!

i eat my 1200 a day when not exercising and up to 1800 a day when exercising(i burn off generally 1000-1500cals a workout)

if i stop working out for a week or so i can drop a lb or 2...but the second i start working out it gains the weight back!?! i have kept check on my body fat and that gained back a lil too

i don't get it! i was eating 1200 and doing workouts for months and losing, so why is it so different now?

am drinking plenty of water so i know it's not water retention!

ProTFitness

But when you train your muscles they will retain water. So it just may be water rention the weeks you start back to your workout routine

bonnienm

When I hit a plateau I increased my calories for the weekend and that usually worked. I'm pretty sure I left my exercise about the same but have heard that you can increase that instead. Just change something to make your metabolism move would be my suggestion.

ProTFitness

Also if your Retaining water your bodyfat will be off. Your body hold water in the tissue

NoAdditives

It sounds like you aren't getting enough calories on the days you work out. If you're only eating 1800 and burning 1000-1500 calories you're only netting 300-800 calories. If this is the way you have been going for while you may have lost at first but it sounds like you are most likely now in starvation mode, or at the very least, your metabolism is slowing way down.

You shouldn't eat fewer than 1200 NET calories, meaning the calories you eat minus the calories you burn. If your daily calorie goal is 1200 you need to eat back the calories you burn from exercise. Otherwise, you won't burn any fat and the calories you eat will be stored as fat.

MisdemeanorM

is your 1000-1500 per a HRM or per the site or a machine? If the later it may be way off and overestimating your calories by as much as twice the real count. If the former, you might not be eating enough to keep up with that routine and still lose.

edorice

I would recommend getting a heart rate monitor to really know what calories your body is burning.

kentlass

it's via a machine and i always get up to '1500' but am aware it can be way wrong which is why i try to never eat more than 1/4 of my workout calories