More calories?? Help!

FirewifeCarrie
FirewifeCarrie Posts: 118
edited October 8 in Motivation and Support
I have lost 30 pounds in the past year and I am very pleased with myself. I was actually down 5 more but with the holidays I put those 5 pounds back on. I've been bouncing around with a few pounds here and there, a little gain, a little loss. I finally put my scale away because I was getting so upset that all my hard work was doing nothing.
I opened up my diary so you can see what I eat. I try and eat the best that I can. Take in mind that the past few days have been a little draining emotionally..my dad is in the hospital undergoing tests so I haven't worked out and have had a few libations, lol!
When I DO workout..it's usually every day, 30-60 minutes, with a rest day here and there. I typically do a lot of cardio (Zumba, kickboxing, Pilates, running/walking, step workouts, etc) and burn on average 300-400 calories each time and sometimes more depending on the time and activity. I eat all my exercise calories back typically and I try to get withing 100 cals of my goal at least..sometimes over a few. I have a HRM so I know exactly how many calories I burn.
By doing this, keeping track of what I'm eating, eating more veggies/fruit and trying to cut out processed foods I find that my weight is not going down. I would love to lose between 5-10 more pounds and get more toned. I don't know whether to lower my calories (currently set at 1600) or raise them higher?? I do Spike days but don't even know if this is working for me..however I do enjoy it! :laugh:
I'm 30 years old, 5'5" and weight 138 pounds. Any advice, tips or whatever would be greatly appreciated!

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  • RumRum85
    RumRum85 Posts: 61 Member
    Hi, I've been looking your diary and I the only thing I found that takes my attention is the amounts of sodium. It could produce liquid retention, you may try looking for the meals with more sodium (I found some cheeses and biscuits in brakfast) and trying to cut a bit down on that... or drinking a lot more of water daily. I saw you have logged usually around 9 glasses, (that is like 2.2l) but with so much sodium you may need more.
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