Can i do it?

clarech

I started my journey in February with the goal to reach a healthy weight by my youngests first birthday. He is going to be one on the 21st September and I still have 14lb to go before I'm even on the boarder line of being my healthy weight.

So like the title says do you think I can do it? My loss has slowed quite a lot lately so any tips would be great thank you

RachelSRoach1

You may not.. but not because you're not doing the right thing. Perhaps you should focus on weight training to lose inches rather than more pounds? That way even if your results aren't measured by the scale, they will be visible.

kasmir8199

It's certainly achievable. You'll have to find a way to get over your plateau. Change up your normal routine and I agree, add some weight training. Cardio after weight training will give you great results as well.

cschu544

Try zig-zagging your calorie's per day. If you eat a lot do it for two days straight, then the next two days eat a lot lighter... if you zig-zag your calories, it'll give your body a little kick in the pants to get off the plateau or slowing down you seem to be experiencing.

Check this out. http://www.naturalphysiques.com/64/zig-zag-calculator-for-fat-loss-andor-muscle-gain

idiocracy

I started my journey in February with the goal to reach a healthy weight by my youngests first birthday. He is going to be one on the 21st September and I still have 14lb to go before I'm even on the boarder line of being my healthy weight.

So like the title says do you think I can do it? My loss has slowed quite a lot lately so any tips would be great thank you

I would say forget the deadline and don't panic. Keep eating right and exercise. If your loss slowed down, it may be because you're gaining muscle. Forget the deadline, forget the scale. Focus on the inches and on being healthy. It's awesome you lost as much as you did, so keep up the good work!

xraychick77

i see you arent very consistent with your calorie intake. what i'd do is stop recording your exercises, and just eat your cal limit. i know i eat like you, more on some days less on others..and i've maintained my weight..but then again i'm trying to gain muscle so i eat a lot. so dont do what i do.

and remember the smaller you get, the harder it is to lose weight. you dont look very big in your pic, how much do you weigh? perhaps re calculate your T.E.E.

and just from lifting you wont lose inches..i think what the other person is implying is you'll gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. This is very hard to do and mostly impossible..unless you are a newb to training, and then you wont gain anything noticable..its extremely hard to gain muscle weight. and you for sure can gain from casual exercise. believe me, i've been on a muscle building journey for a year now and maybe..maybe i've gained like 3 lbs of muscle.

try changing up your food too. i see you eating a lot of stuff i have no clue what is..try more plain foods, and try eating 'cleaner', and not so much the pre made stuff. green tea can help give you some extra energy.

clarech

i see you arent very consistent with your calorie intake. what i'd do is stop recording your exercises, and just eat your cal limit. i know i eat like you, more on some days less on others..and i've maintained my weight..but then again i'm trying to gain muscle so i eat a lot. so dont do what i do.

and remember the smaller you get, the harder it is to lose weight. you dont look very big in your pic, how much do you weigh? perhaps re calculate your T.E.E.

and just from lifting you wont lose inches..i think what the other person is implying is you'll gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. This is very hard to do and mostly impossible..unless you are a newb to training, and then you wont gain anything noticable..its extremely hard to gain muscle weight. and you for sure can gain from casual exercise. believe me, i've been on a muscle building journey for a year now and maybe..maybe i've gained like 3 lbs of muscle.

try changing up your food too. i see you eating a lot of stuff i have no clue what is..try more plain foods, and try eating 'cleaner', and not so much the pre made stuff. green tea can help give you some extra energy.

I'm 159lb and 5ft 4"my bmi says I should be 145 to be on the higher side of healthy

Pebble321

I think the question is not "can I do it?" but "do I need to do it?"

I'm the same height and weight as you and am aiming for about another 2kg (4 pounds). That will make me about 70kg/155 pounds. I will still be a little bit above the "healthy" BMI but I am feeling great, I've dropped 3-4 dress sizes, I can run for 90 minutes and the people who know and love me are starting to say "do you need to lose more weight?"

I've changed my weight loss goal to 1/2 pound a week and I've decided that I'm going to focus on non-scale goals (though keep my calories to my 1600 net goal) and see how my weight goes as I increase my running time.

I'm also beginning to think that losing weight is the easy part (not really, but you know what I mean) and that learning to maintain is going to be a whole other challenge.

So, my advice would be to celebrate losing so much and coming so far, keep eating healthy but don't panic if the numbers don't add up exactly on the date you aimed for. The important thing is that you have lost weight, you look great and you have a plan to keep it off.

anneyeats

I agree with cshu544 zig zagging your calorie intake works, confusing the system to stop it hibernating. It goes against the grain to do it but, for me it has helped to shift the plateau.