any tips welcome

Cliffslosinit

An average of 1200 calories is not enough to sustain that much activity.

Find your TDEE, cut 20% off of it, and eat that number regularly. Get at least 115g protein/day. Stop comparing your morning and evening weight.

After 5 more weeks of that, check back in.

take this advice plz.

^^ I agree

Iron_Feline

TIL that honey has no sugar in it.

OldSportOldsport

OP, your exercise activity would probably warrant more calories. Consider talking with your trainer about what they'd suggest for workout days in particular.

The fact that someone is a trainer doesn't mean that they know anything about nutritional needs. Trainers (unless they are nutritionists) are not supposed to give specific dietary advice. Many of them do, but it is considered unethical according to the guidelines of their accrediting bodies. The ACE has a section in its ethical code book that states trainers should avoid giving specific dietary and nutrition advice, and trainers have successfully been sued for doing so.

I would never suggest she take that over the advice of a doctor or nutritionist, but I didn't know that presumably the US has such stringent rules against it. Where I'm from, both (qualified) trainers I've had commented on my nutritional plan. You learn something new every day!

elisa123gal

when you start working out…there is a false weight gain due to muscle tears holding water weight. I have read it can last for six weeks or so.

also.. the way you're eating is not going to be sustainable for life. you know that.. and i understand the desire to just get the weight off.

skullshank

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

Jacwhite22

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

This is so true! Ignore the haters.

trogalicious

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

wheird

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Ilikelamps

So my tip doesn't have to be clean before it's welcome?

brower47

First, measure once a week, not daily. So many things affect your body (from water intake to cramping muscles), that doing it daily, or multiple times a day, makes it seem inaccurate and fluctuating more than it is. For example, I eat milk product and I puff up. I drink water and I slim down. In like, an hour.

The thread that was suggested is great but in the end, how are you eating in the day? Metabolism is a huge part of weight loss after all, so munching throughout the day is good.

Grazing does not affect metabolic rate.

Eat more calories and eat more protein. 900 calories is stupid. 1500 is not enough if you're working out. If you're lifting, you’re building muscle mass so weight loss may not show up on a scale. You're trainer should be able to optimize a workout for you to lose weight. I personally like lifting low weight and high reps with minimal reps for weight loss.

(Also, I like weighing myself everyday too. But don't pay attention to short term weight loss/gain)

1st bolded: You will not build muscle while in a deficit and certainly not when consuming most of the 900 calories from vegetables equating to inadequate protein intakes for even maintaining muscle.

2nd bolded: Low weight, high rep is not weight training, it's cardio that incorporates weights.

I attend a bootcamp and one of the things the instructor tells us is to mix it up a bit. If you do the same thing your body gets use to it and doesn't burn as many calories as it once did. It seems to work. Everyone in the class agrees. Some have lost 40 pounds this last year. I just started 2 weeks ago and have already lost 8 pounds. His workouts vary daily, plus I started running a little more than a week ago 6 days a week. I stay on dirt trails as it is easier on the knees and I just had an ACL replacement 5 1/2 months ago. I run hills, and it's hard but I can already see an improvement. Hope this helped.

It can be useful to change up a routine every 8 to 12 weeks due to adaptation but changing things up everyday is a recipe for not accomplishing any actual fitness goals other than calorie burns.

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

No, as I explained above.

skullshank

First, measure once a week, not daily. So many things affect your body (from water intake to cramping muscles), that doing it daily, or multiple times a day, makes it seem inaccurate and fluctuating more than it is. For example, I eat milk product and I puff up. I drink water and I slim down. In like, an hour.

The thread that was suggested is great but in the end, how are you eating in the day? Metabolism is a huge part of weight loss after all, so munching throughout the day is good.

Grazing does not affect metabolic rate.

Eat more calories and eat more protein. 900 calories is stupid. 1500 is not enough if you're working out. If you're lifting, you’re building muscle mass so weight loss may not show up on a scale. You're trainer should be able to optimize a workout for you to lose weight. I personally like lifting low weight and high reps with minimal reps for weight loss.

(Also, I like weighing myself everyday too. But don't pay attention to short term weight loss/gain)

1st bolded: You will not build muscle while in a deficit and certainly not when consuming most of the 900 calories from vegetables equating to inadequate protein intakes for even maintaining muscle.

2nd bolded: Low weight, high rep is not weight training, it's cardio that incorporates weights.

I attend a bootcamp and one of the things the instructor tells us is to mix it up a bit. If you do the same thing your body gets use to it and doesn't burn as many calories as it once did. It seems to work. Everyone in the class agrees. Some have lost 40 pounds this last year. I just started 2 weeks ago and have already lost 8 pounds. His workouts vary daily, plus I started running a little more than a week ago 6 days a week. I stay on dirt trails as it is easier on the knees and I just had an ACL replacement 5 1/2 months ago. I run hills, and it's hard but I can already see an improvement. Hope this helped.

It can be useful to change up a routine every 8 to 12 weeks due to adaptation but changing things up everyday is a recipe for not accomplishing any actual fitness goals other than calorie burns.

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

No, as I explained above.

Myhaloslipped

So my tip doesn't have to be clean before it's welcome?

That's what I gathered from the title.

Achrya

An average of 1200 calories is not enough to sustain that much activity.

Find your TDEE, cut 20% off of it, and eat that number regularly. Get at least 115g protein/day. Stop comparing your morning and evening weight.

After 5 more weeks of that, check back in.

Best advice, do this, believe her, /thread

georgiaTRIs

when your body goes in to survival mode it holds on to calories. Eat more balanced calories and don't weigh or measure yourself every day. Give it time and keep eating healthy and working out and it will come off

brower47

when your body goes in to survival mode it holds on to calories. Eat more balanced calories and don't weigh or measure yourself every day. Give it time and keep eating healthy and working out and it will come off

Unless the OPs body resembles the level of deprivation that this man experienced, she's not in survival mode (aka starvation mode).

kellysam1

Thanks all for the advice
by the way I did forget that i do usually drink protein shakes daily
and my profile pic was me before my weight gain due to a surgery over a year ago.

If anyone knows how to delete this thread let me know, it seems to be getting too much bad attention (which I do not like to read)

Cranquistador

Thanks all for the advice
by the way I did forget that i do usually drink protein shakes daily
and my profile pic was me before my weight gain due to a surgery over a year ago.

If anyone knows how to delete this thread let me know, it seems to be getting too much bad attention (which I do not like to read)

I thought ALL TIPS were welcome:flowerforyou:

FoxyLifter

Thanks all for the advice
by the way I did forget that i do usually drink protein shakes daily
and my profile pic was me before my weight gain due to a surgery over a year ago.

If anyone knows how to delete this thread let me know, it seems to be getting too much bad attention (which I do not like to read)

I thought ALL TIPS were welcome:flowerforyou:

Be careful what you wish for! :laugh:

All joking aside, please consider reading the sexypants thread. It has a LOT of info, but it's all great. I've read it multiple times. good luck! :drinker:

slomo22

First, measure once a week, not daily. So many things affect your body (from water intake to cramping muscles), that doing it daily, or multiple times a day, makes it seem inaccurate and fluctuating more than it is. For example, I eat milk product and I puff up. I drink water and I slim down. In like, an hour.

The thread that was suggested is great but in the end, how are you eating in the day? Metabolism is a huge part of weight loss after all, so munching throughout the day is good.

Grazing does not affect metabolic rate.

Eat more calories and eat more protein. 900 calories is stupid. 1500 is not enough if you're working out. If you're lifting, you’re building muscle mass so weight loss may not show up on a scale. You're trainer should be able to optimize a workout for you to lose weight. I personally like lifting low weight and high reps with minimal reps for weight loss.

(Also, I like weighing myself everyday too. But don't pay attention to short term weight loss/gain)

1st bolded: You will not build muscle while in a deficit and certainly not when consuming most of the 900 calories from vegetables equating to inadequate protein intakes for even maintaining muscle.

2nd bolded: Low weight, high rep is not weight training, it's cardio that incorporates weights.

I attend a bootcamp and one of the things the instructor tells us is to mix it up a bit. If you do the same thing your body gets use to it and doesn't burn as many calories as it once did. It seems to work. Everyone in the class agrees. Some have lost 40 pounds this last year. I just started 2 weeks ago and have already lost 8 pounds. His workouts vary daily, plus I started running a little more than a week ago 6 days a week. I stay on dirt trails as it is easier on the knees and I just had an ACL replacement 5 1/2 months ago. I run hills, and it's hard but I can already see an improvement. Hope this helped.

It can be useful to change up a routine every 8 to 12 weeks due to adaptation but changing things up everyday is a recipe for not accomplishing any actual fitness goals other than calorie burns.

3 hours a week of weights probably means that you are gaining muscle, which is a good thing. This is especially likely if you are relatively new to weightlifting.

No, as I explained above.

What are you some kind of geologist?