Exercising not working anymore?

LorinaLynn

It's not sustainable yes... but you're also not meant to be permanently losing weight for the rest of your life. You lose it, then go to maintenance. Which is more sustainable. If you really want the weight loss, you'll bust a gut to do it. Calorie defcit from food or exercise or both.

Unless you're creating TOO MUCH of a deficit for optimal weight loss. I've seen in myself, and I've seen it time and time and time again in my almost a year on here. A lot of people do better with a more moderate calorie deficit and a more moderate exercise schedule. The simple formula is always "eat less and exercise more," but "eating a lot less and exercising a lot more" doesn't mean losing more. For many, it means plateauing, burning out, frustration and quitting.

shakybabe

Thanks... well I'll take advantage of this week..and make it a rest week from a structured exercise session and I'll be eating more anyway.. visiting family etc.

I'll be getting some new Wii games for xmas so will be able to see what new routine I can come up with from Boxing Day. I'll have to spend a few days just going through the games to work out which exercises/games I can do from each one.

Hopefully I can restarted in the new year but I'll have to get see my GP in January anyway, I'm still getting stomach cramps as my monthlies were supposed to have ended last week, though they never actually started properly. I wasn't sure if it was cos I had overdone the exercise the week before or it peri-menopause? .. they've been getting shorter all year but first time they haven't come at all yet had nearly 3 weeks of cravings and cramps! :sad: Maybe the hormones are affecting it and the big drop I was expecting will come next week? (hoping they won't last much longer!)

Edit: typical.. just as I've finished post.. had really sharp cramps, went to bathroom and they've started.. a week late! .. oh well.. hopefully they be over by xmas day! :ohwell:

shakybabe

If you are burning sometimes 1000 calories, are you really only eating 1200? If so you need to eat more. If your body is that tired, it is telling you to eat more.

This.

You need more, you're only netting about 200 calories. If you hit a plateau, generally the solution is to eat more. Cheers!

The days I'm burning around a 1,000 was when my cravings were bad just before TOTM was meant to arrive and I get bad choc cravings, like a brandy & coke and usually end up eating more carbs than I do in general so I'd say I possibly hit 1600-1800 those days.. I had a few gluten free choc brownies and like bananas that week for some reason! .. usually end up having a 'pudding' after meal too when I don't usually.. yoghurt, fruit, chocolate, half a tin of rice pudding a couple of the days (not all on the same day!) ... so I'm definitely eating alot more those days.. hence the extra exercise to try and still get a 500 cal deficit in!

on a regular non craving day (most days of the month) .. its usually either Rice Krispies or Oats for breakfast, soup or salad for lunch or small plate of something like carrot sticks, chopped apple, bit of cheese and hummus and dinner is white meat or fish with salad or vegetables, most meals potatoes, rice etc are substituted with something else ie carrot & swede mash instead of mashed potato, parsnip 'chips' instead of oven chips, steamed cauli..whizzed in processor and steamed instead of rice. I allow gluten free bread 1-2 times a week.

drinks are usually cup of yorkshire tea first thing in morning and last thing at night and rest of day I try and drink water, on craving days usually at least one brandy & coke sneaks in sometimes have hot chocolate to help satisfy the chocolate cravings.

Sunday is usually one my high cal days cos of sunday dinner and cooked brunch (sometimes scrambled egg on toast or BLT in a gluten free Pitta) and I won't be able to exercise tomorrow cos of the cramps for next two days now anyway.. so I'll see what happens with more calories and no extra exercise this week!