Running and the last 16 lbs

Peacebone

I've so far lost 34 lbs in the past year (well, technically the last 10 months, as I've had 2 months off the gym) and the past month I have not lost any.

I am meeting my calorie goals and often exceeding them, but this month nothing has come off... I have only lost 1/2 inch around my waist and an inch on my hips...

I need to get trim in four weeks, so hoping to lose at least another inch... I'd like to teach abroad next year and the country I wanna go to, I have heard only tend to hire very lean people.

My waist is about 30 inches and my hips are 34... I'm aiming for a 26 inch waist by next year...

Is running going to slow down my weight loss, or do I need to eat even less and throw even more exercise in to my routine?

I currently walk home from work 30 minutes five days a week and run 4-5 miles three times a week, plus gym twice, for 30 minutes on the cross trainer. Obviously, my mileage is increasing with running as I'm aiming for a half marathon.

I know it sounds silly... But I feel really deflated by the past month. I know I've been away a few times, but surely that would not throw my whole diet off. I eat 1400-1700 a day typically.

rosiesparkle100

I need to get trim in four weeks, so hoping to lose at least another inch... I'd like to teach abroad next year and the country I wanna go to, I have heard only tend to hire very lean people.

As teachers??? What country is this?!

mfpchris

Hello,

Congrats on your success so far. Diet and exercise bring about weight loss.
BUT....and this is a big one, there is a much greater ability to have an impact on
ones weight with modifying food intake, than modifying exercise.

It sounds like you are relatively active, great. You can try to pull a Dean Karnazes
and run a marathon every day for fifty straight days, but, when Dean did it he
didn't lose weight.

I recommend becoming much more careful on MFP logging exact weights and sizes
of your food intake. (If it is super important to have this weight loss in a fixed time
frame) Count your calories each day with great care and precision.

That's first. Second reduce your daily total a little bit, you'll see your weight drop.

Then adjust the intake so your weight loss matches your schedule. It really is about
the foods for most normal, healthy, active people.

Peacebone

I need to get trim in four weeks, so hoping to lose at least another inch... I'd like to teach abroad next year and the country I wanna go to, I have heard only tend to hire very lean people.

As teachers??? What country is this?!

Either South Korea, or Taiwan... I've been told by people who have taught there that you need to be slim to stand a chance to get a job and by a couple of women that women are supposed to be slim there and that when she put on a bit of weight, it was commented on a lot. Obviously, caucasian people are genetically less petite than people from that region...

It's just what I've heard mind...