At a stand still. PLEASE HELP!

kpb16

It's very hard to intake enough calories without feeling like you're overeating.

Byrdsong1920

I hit my plateau too...my nutritionist suggestion varying my workouts.... maybe try doing light weights and high reps. 1st and then your cardio. Try to find your target heart rate for fat burning.... Formal I found is 220, minus your age, multipy by 70% to show your max fat burn target heart rate. Mine was 129 BPM (beat per minute)which seemed so slooowww for me , but got more out of my workouts this way. Our bodies get use to our workouts and wont allow you to get the most out of them. Vary the order of workouts and maybe do 2-3 different cardio machines during your workout and stay in your ideal fat burn zone for alteast 20 mins. at a time. Also, try 'circuit training' at the gym....good variety of weights and cardio. Your body will trip out w/the change and will let you burn.

Also try to stick to higher protein in morning and eat your complex carbs throughout the day and avoid carbs like starchy stuff (white rice, white bread, etc.) and watch sugars like grapes, pineapple, junk food and processed foods. Eat 5 times a day, breakfast, lunch ,dinner and 2 snacks. Eat all the calories MFP suggests adn you'll be good. Keep your water up too and avoid sodas and sugary drinks.

good luck!

To me your post is very confusing. I agree to some extent. It's not good to go by a percentage to determine your heart rate zones. I do agree it's best to stay within your fat burning zone(low intensity). Varying workouts changes the "intensity" this is just a fancy way of saying "you burn more calories." It still boils down to calories either way. If you do a different form of exercise you're training muscles that are under trained so it will be more stressful which will increase your HR and burn more calories. But this will ALSO increase your HR... so it really makes no difference if you're in the fat burning zone.

The eating 5 meals a day thing isn't fully necessary. What matters is total calories per the day.

Hey, thanks for sharing as well....

Just still trying to figure all of this out...the fat burn zone seems be hard to figure out....one person said im 140-170 (which is high) and another person said low intensity for fat burn zone (between 111-129). I bought the HRM to determine best zones.

In regards to calories vs # of meals....I have a family member that eats one meal a day and this cant be good. She'll eat a huge meal (may even be her caloric intake for the entire day). But her body is now in starvation mode and her internal furnace is non existant. I do believe you have to get your body working for you and give it confidence that you are going to eat again and not starving yourself. At the end of the day, its all about balance and use the basic food groups and drink water to add oxygen to your body. Get off the couch and shake somethin

So far this has worked for me, but each person has to come to their own determinations.

Happy weight-loss !

BABY14342069

I have been working out. I swim laps just about every day and its really paying off. I noticed that I haven't been dropping the lbs like I want but I am most definitely losing inches and toning up. I am down one size in my chest and my shorts are getting lose on me. Also my arms are much smaller and I have muscle again! So I am thrilled. I have been doing my full 1600 cal intake too. Its really hard because its a lot to eat but I am managing. =^_^= I am very proud of myself!

ByrdMessy

When you work out more, you have to eat more. Looking over your diary is alarming. You have 3,000 calorie deficit days BEFORE the deficit that MyFitnessPal already figures in. Anyone who is telling you it's ok to drink soda and eat candy and little else that day, while working off more calories than you've had that same day, is doing you a great disservice. Please don't listen to the people on this thread saying you're doing nothing wrong. Please don't consider this healthy behavior. If your diary truly reflects what you're doing, you need to talk to a professional. You asked for help. Please take it.

supermodelchic

I noticed that you did not mention weightlifting... This is as important as cardio, Adding muscle gives you the ability to burn fat at a resting rate, the more muscle the more fat you can burn, and you have to make sure that your cardio kicks your *kitten*. Be careful of fruits they are still sugar to your system.

LizKurz

I am 30 I wont say my weight, my goal weight is 180 my goal is 5 lbs a month my activity level is high. I am always on the go. I am unemployed, so I am always walking my dog, doing yard work, as for exercises I swim. I do about 60 laps a day and not just slow I go all out competition swimming. I use to be on the swim team in High school. I also walk the treadmill and I am leaning Taichi.

as for eating this is what I did today:
I had for lunch Grilled fish sandwich with no condiments
for dinner I had a english muffin with honey and Activia vanilla yogurt
for a snack I had one serving of Wasabi peas,and a 1/4 serving of sunflower seeds

I just wanted to tell you what I fed my children today. My 15 month old and 3 yo are still home with me, so I'll use them cause I know exactly what they ate.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, and one cup of cherrios with milk
Snack : one small banana
Lunch: baby carrots with newmans own ranch dressing, PB and honey sandwich for the 3yo, no added sugar jam for the baby, pretzels.
Snack: two of the crunchy nature valley granola bars. 8oz of fruit juice.
Dinner: 2 slices of homemade cheese pizza and a glass of milk, 1/2 cup of ice cream for dessert.


And as you can see from this picture, my children aren't overweight.

BABY14342069

As for going to get professional help that is a definite no go. No funds. Its bad enough that my husband works two jobs and we JUST make our house payment and bills, I cant even get my medication for my depression and anxiety attacks. As for weight lifting I will do that at some point. Im taking it one step at a time as of now. I have actually been seeing improvements so I am really happy.

Byrdsong1920

I have to agree with what many of the people on this post are saying in the fact that you are not eating enough. I know when I started with my journey I was eating about 1200 a day and was doing what you are doing (lots of water) and I started off great. After a couple of weeks I grinded to a halt. Got to talking to a friend here in MFP who reviewed my food diary and told me I was not eating enough. I thought she was insane but educated me on the things people have mentioned here. She suggested a menu that I follow for 3 days and increased me to about 1500- 1600 calories and my stall went away. So don't be afraid to eat more as long as it is healthy foods and make sure you are drinking your water. I find that if I drink 12 or more cups of water a day my loses are better. You are off to a great start and don't be discouraged.

great words of encouragement!! i have to do better with my water too!! happy journey!

Byrdsong1920

I noticed that you did not mention weightlifting... This is as important as cardio, Adding muscle gives you the ability to burn fat at a resting rate, the more muscle the more fat you can burn, and you have to make sure that your cardio kicks your *kitten*. Be careful of fruits they are still sugar to your system.

i agree-great tips! weight lifting helped drop the inches. hurts the # on scale some, but as long as i get my %body fat down and lose inches, i'm happy w/that as well. w/balanced meals and workouts, you will lose and have healthy mind,body and soul! happy journey

ByrdMessy

As for going to get professional help that is a definite no go. No funds. Its bad enough that my husband works two jobs and we JUST make our house payment and bills, I cant even get my medication for my depression and anxiety attacks. As for weight lifting I will do that at some point. Im taking it one step at a time as of now. I have actually been seeing improvements so I am really happy.

Have you tried seeking free help? Start here:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/555853-one-great-answer-how-much-weight-can-i-safely-lose/

BABY14342069

yes I have read that. My mother-in-law showed me it. But like I said. I am actually happy right now with the outcome. I lost a size and that is a big accomplishment for me. I see muscle forming in my legs and arms again my shorts are lose on me now and my face has slimmed down some too. My family is helping me with my weight loss too, with encouragement, exercising with me, and helping me buy the healthy snacks and foods that I really want. Its hard being on a strict budget But on the plus side,I have finally gotten approved for food stamps and that is thrilling too! I can buy my own healthy foods now. I have started using the hungry girl websight too. It has a bunch of really healthy and yummy dishes that I can use. Thank you ByrdMessy for your help. I appreciate it a lot! =^_^=

bigneshia19

I agree it could be inches and not pounds. Also when you first start loosing weight sometimes you build muscle which ways more than fat so you end up not seeing the results on the scale as much as you would like to. Good luck you can do it