WORKING OUT, WEIGHT LOSS HAS STOPPED - HELP!

bosleysaf

Hey There,

I am getting really stressed out about the fact that my weight loss has stopped and I cant understand why!

I work out every single day without fail, I do 4 spinning classes a week and two, two hour long gym sessions where I do weights to balance out the cardio!

I stick to 1400 cals per day I set my cals at 1200 and always burn an aditional 266 spinning which I try to eat back and I dont cheat, what I eat I log end of!

At the end of every day MFP tells me if I contiue on this path I should be such weight in 5 weeks etc ...well I am still the same weight and have been for 3 weeks.

It is so depressing!!!

Anyone got any god advise for me?

Jo :-)

dad106

Take a rest day and eat more.

4 spinning classes, plus weights and your only at 1200? That is too low.. Set it at 1400, plus the exercise and see what happens.

simplysassi

That would be very frustrating. Have you tried changing your menu up? Sometimes if we keep eating the same things everyday our bodies start telling us that something is missing. Maybe it's water, protein, or vegetables or ... ? I've had luck in the past by switching my meals a bit. Maybe more protein early in the day. Make sure you're getting plenty of water. And don't forget... the scale isn't the only way to gauge success. How do your clothes feel?

Helloitsdan

Water retention, muscle glycogen and the way your body repairs itself.
This is normal.
Its not about seeing the number drop on the scale but the number drop on the tape measurer.

If you decided to diet down without working out your would lose weight at a steady pace due to fat and lean mass loss so keep working out and understand that the weight loss will slow on and after the days you hit the gym hard.
Make sure you have at least 2 full rest days then weigh in after those days to see the change.

caramammal

i once dieted and exercised for 4 weeks and didnt lose anything...on the 5th week i dropped 5lb...my body definately takes a while to catch on...maybe yours will too.

slay0r

Right first of all. Every single person on this thread please beat her up for not drinking water. I sit next to her all day at work (8.30am to 4.30pm) and all she drinks is a latte first thing and a diet drink at lunch, there's no water. I know you don't want to go to the toilet often but it's bad for you. You put things bluntly when I need help so it's your turn! You're causing yourself damage as well as killing off your diet. You need to drink MORE (and when I say more like 4-5 cups of water a day on top of your other drinks)

Secondly you need to increase your cals, you're burning way too much as it is and you're active daily. When we discussed it the other day you were saying about you doing cleaning and not logging etc, it means you're in starvation mode even if you don't feel like it. You have a child as well, if you're telling me you burn 0 running around after her.. You need to set your MFP values to more active than it currently is (sedentary or whatever) Once you do this for a couple of weeks you'll see a massive difference. Take some measurements so you don't have to weigh and ignore the scales for a couple of weeks and get on these new things, bet you'll soon find yourself losing again. Make sure you still have your treat meal as well (mine was never in calories always outside and I always lost more those weeks I did it)

Oh and what helloitsdan said, your muscles retain water etc when you've worked them, which you've been doing daily so they never get to recover. Weigh on rest days!

bosleysaf

I drink a bottle of water per day when I do a spinning class though, so I have on average a late in the morning, sometimes a diet drink mid afternoon and I drink a bottle of water whilst spinning. At home I will drink another diet drink or fresh orange juice then a decaf coffee with sweetner for bed time.

I have never drank very much my entire life, compared to other people I dont drink alot but for me I feel it is enough for the day. :-S

I have no idea what to set my clas at then, I eat 1400 per day on average is that not enough?

slay0r

You also burn a lot of water off while you're doing it though, look at how red you all are when you come back in. You're just replenishing what you've already sweat out.

Just discussed this with her for everyone elses benefit lol. She's never drank a lot so we need to convince her to eat more. Just upped her cals to 1700 as well, don't know if that's too high we'll see but that's what she gets for her activity level when it's 1lb a week loss rather than 2lb loss.

TheWinman

There is some great advice already posted in reply.

Drink more water!!! You should be drinking 8 glasses of water on non-workout days and probably 10+ glasses on days you work out. Make yourself do it. Water is to the body like oil is to your car engine.

xxxemaxxx

Hi, everything u just put could have come from me. I'm exactly the same pretty much to the dot!
It frustrates me when i see it says 'in 5 weeks you can weigh....' as my weight never goes down.
I also would appreciate any help

sammys1girly

I was stuck at the same weight for months. As soon as I upped my calorie intake by changing my activity settings, I lost within a week or two. It's worth a try and I think you'll be surprised!

StarvingDiva

Are you measuring, this happens to me, I won't lose any weight for 3 weeks, but my tape measure will keep going down and then usually around the 4th week I'll drop a few pounds, it's frustrating not to see it on the scale, but I went down a size and never saw the scale move for almost two months besides a few pounds, so I'm obviously getting smaller, so I guess at the end of the day if my sizes keep going down, I really can't say I care if the scale is slow to catch up.

bosleysaf

OK, so I will give it two weeks of extra water intake - I have decreased my cals to 1400 start plus my cals earned by spinning which brings it back to the 1700. I just dont think I could eat 1700 plus what I burn back as well that would be nearly 2000 per day and I would really struggle to eat that much food!

I could always have 5 McDonalds a day though????


Thanks folks for the advise....keep it coming everything helps and I am open to anything.

PS anyone who wants to help by being friends feel free to add me!!!

XXX

Shweedog

If you don't drink water then your body holds onto what little it has to function, as our bodies are made of water. You need to provide an adequate amount and then your body will flush the excess out. Sounds like you're probably dehydrated, thus retaining a good amount of fluid. Plus exercise causes your muscles to retain even more water. If you don't like plain water then add some MIO or crystal light. Just get some good fluids in you.

rebeccap13

3 Best things I did when I was at a plateau for three months:
1) Bought a food scale and measured nearly everything I ate
2) Bought a heart rate monitor, a cheap one, to make sure I was staying within my target heart rate during work outs to make sure I was actually working as hard as I thought I was
3) Looked into TDEE, turns out I had done some damage to my metabolism during the three months prior to the plateau when I was eating only 1200 cals/day. Seems kind of backwards that you might need to eat more, but your body might need some more fuel so that it can work more efficiently.

ETA: You might have to play around with it a bit, try upping your cals by 100 or 200 per day for a few weeks. If you're still in a deficit from your TDEE then you shouldn't gain any weight during those few weeks. Every month or so I've been adding 100 cals back, especially as I add more running for half marathon training.

Katie3784

I drink a bottle of water per day when I do a spinning class though, so I have on average a late in the morning, sometimes a diet drink mid afternoon and I drink a bottle of water whilst spinning. At home I will drink another diet drink or fresh orange juice then a decaf coffee with sweetner for bed time.

I have never drank very much my entire life, compared to other people I dont drink alot but for me I feel it is enough for the day. :-S

I have no idea what to set my clas at then, I eat 1400 per day on average is that not enough?

You should aim for 4 16.9oz bottles of water a day. I have 5. I wish I had the problem of 2000 calories being too much. I have a lot of trouble staying under 2500.

Hellbent_Heidi

You also burn a lot of water off while you're doing it though, look at how red you all are when you come back in. You're just replenishing what you've already sweat out.

He's right, although you might even be drinking less than enough to replenish your body from the spinning class....DRINK MORE WATER!! If you don't like it plain, find a way to add flavor to it and make it tolerable, but its very important.

Aside from that, hang in there, as another poster commented, your body might just need some time to adjust to the new routine.

gdean428

Seems like you've hit a plateau. If that's the case, increase your workout by intensity and time. Change up your diet. Your body is use to what you've been doing for the longest, so therefore you'll need to "trick" to lose weight. Good luck!! I've hit the plateaus before and it's frustrating but when I changed up the workouts and diet, I was losing weight again!

NNAhuja

Drink more water!!! You should be drinking 8 glasses of water on non-workout days and probably 10+ glasses on days you work out. Make yourself do it. Water is to the body like oil is to your car engine.

^^^^^What he said!
I didn't drink a lot before either but the miute I did, the weight FELL off! I just started keeping a water bottle next to me at work and I would find myself just drinking it. I wasn't easy at first but it worked.
Also, I can't see your diary but another issue I had was when my calories were under goal but my sugar was high. The minute I started paying attention to sugar, weight came off.

NotGoddess

I find it helpful to always keep a bottle of water at my desk. If I have something else as well, I'll take alternate drinks. For calories, slip in an extra Greek yogurt as a treat- it's a nice combo of calcium, protein and good bacteria.

PlunderBunneh

Eat good food! Don't use cheeseburgers to get to your calorie goal, that is not the right fuel for your body.
I highly recommend a handful of almonds, or some toast with peanut butter, or even a protein shake, if you have calories to fill up.
Also, drink your water!!! Grab one of those Mio squirty things if you don't like the flavor, but you need to be drinking more. Lattes and diet drinks don't count.