5x a week workout/1200 calories a day no change ;/ WTF

hotjacki85
hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
in Motivation and Support
Ok so excuse my "tude" but im a little heated this afternoon. I took 3 months off of working out and dieting to trick my body off of plateau.... i sacrficied 10lbs doing this but really thought itd work. I have already lost 35 lbs...but now 25lbs cuz i gained 10 back.

Last Monday was day 1 of operation Victoria Secret bikini (yes i named the damn thing)

Every day I was between 1200 and 1400 calories (my BMR is 1600) per MFP's instruction....

I worked out everyday M-F for ATLEAST 1 hour doing Cardio and Strength training. saturday i walked all day at a festival sunday was my rest day.

Yesterday went to the gym 2X's!!!!!

Did my measurements last Monday and then yesterday.

Not only did i only lose .05 but my measurements were larger everywhere except my thighs!!!!

Starting out how long did it take others to see results... i obviously didnt start out slow i shocked the hell out of my body with 5x a week workouts and went from 1800-2000 cal's a day to 1200... thought id see a drastic change... but nothing ;/
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  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    You are eating below your BMR.......And exercising......
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    You are eating below your BMR.......And exercising......

    yep!
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    5 whole days and no progress?
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
    As pp mentioned, it appears that you are not consuming enough calories to lose weight. Your body appears to be holding onto everything because you aren't feeding yourself enough.
    Try upping your calories (with healthy food) and seeing what happens.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Eat more.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    Eating more to lose. You are working out a good amount but not eating enough. Are you eating back your exercise cals?
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    It's only a week. Could be water weight. You might be more successful / feel better if you ate more.

    When most people recommend a "diet break" to get past a plateau they mean a month of eating at maintenance usually while continuing to workout. If you gained 10lbs you were obviously eating above maintenance.
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    i should have said.... i am adding my excercise calories back into my diet... i am follwing MFP to a T
  • TayaKrasikova
    TayaKrasikova Posts: 9
    If you did all that you most probably lost fat weight but you gained muscle weight so that’s why it seems like you have not lost anything. As time progresses you might even gain a bit of weight because muscles are heavier than fat but soon after you will start loosing weight because when you gain muscle mass you burn calories while exercising and even after you exercise because your muscles are recuperating from the workout.
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    As pp mentioned, it appears that you are not consuming enough calories to lose weight. Your body appears to be holding onto everything because you aren't feeding yourself enough.
    Try upping your calories (with healthy food) and seeing what happens.

    to revise to u and others... i do add my excercise calories back into my food calories.
  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
    Patience? It's only been a week, right?
  • _HeathBar_
    _HeathBar_ Posts: 902 Member
    Last Monday was day 1 of operation Victoria Secret bikini (yes i named the damn thing)


    Come on, you seriously expected some kind of miracle in only 7 days?

    You probably should call this Operation Crash Diet, or Mission Impossible.
  • DaSavedSinner
    DaSavedSinner Posts: 211 Member
    If you cannot get yourself you hit the BMR calorie intake try to zig zag your diet. This is what I have to do other wise I eat too little. Try eating your set amount for 3 days then day 4 eat higher back to your set amount for 3 days then 4th go higher, ect.

    What this does is helps prevent the plateau effect, when you eat the higher day try to stay aroun 200-300 up from the 3 days in between that way your body will jump your metabolism to keep up with the extra calories but then stay up until you have to boost it again.


    My tips are from my experience in dieting and was used by me as a variation of the diet from my Dr. Use this method at your own risk.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    i should have said.... i am adding my excercise calories back into my diet... i am follwing MFP to a T

    I am confused....I thought you said "Every day I was between 1200 and 1400 calories (my BMR is 1600) per MFP's instruction"

    MFP is just a calculator....What do you have your loss rate set to? Change it to 1lb / week or so.....Don't eat below your BMR. Don't eat back all your exercise calories unless you are 100% sure you #1 - Burned what it said #2 - Haven't underestimated your food intake at all.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    If you did all that you most probably lost fat weight but you gained muscle weight so that’s why it seems like you have not lost anything. As time progresses you might even gain a bit of weight because muscles are heavier than fat but soon after you will start loosing weight because when you gain muscle mass you burn calories while exercising and even after you exercise because your muscles are recuperating from the workout.

    Not likely. To gain a significant amount of muscle you need to be lifting heavy and eating ABOVE your TDEE.
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    Last Monday was day 1 of operation Victoria Secret bikini (yes i named the damn thing)


    Come on, you seriously expected some kind of miracle in only 7 days?

    You probably should call this Operation Crash Diet, or Mission Impossible.

    Come on, seriously.... I never said i planned on a miracle in a week... just expected something... I have already lost 35 lbs. im well aware of how my body operates. Nice ****ing profile pic
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    You shouldn't strive to eat lower than your BMR... Your goal should be to hit your BMR exactly. That means 1600 calories

    You are not in "starvation mode", starvation mode is an extreme case. But I do think you need to shoot for 1600 on the nose, if you're relatively sure your BMR is 1600.

    And you can't expect results in a week. It takes a long time for the body to change. If our body composition easily changed from week to week, we probably would have died of starvation before forming civilized society. Your body is going to fight to maintain its current weight. So you really will have to be patient.

    Edit: zig-zagging absolutely works. But it does mean you will have to force yourself to go over sometimes!
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    If you cannot get yourself you hit the BMR calorie intake try to zig zag your diet. This is what I have to do other wise I eat too little. Try eating your set amount for 3 days then day 4 eat higher back to your set amount for 3 days then 4th go higher, ect.

    What this does is helps prevent the plateau effect, when you eat the higher day try to stay aroun 200-300 up from the 3 days in between that way your body will jump your metabolism to keep up with the extra calories but then stay up until you have to boost it again.


    My tips are from my experience in dieting and was used by me as a variation of the diet from my Dr. Use this method at your own risk.

    Thanks i will try this
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Muscles sore from new week of workouts?

    Even if not that sore, if it's new, they'll hold on to water as part of process to repair.

    Which you aren't really giving much opportunity for that, so they may repair, but not better likely.

    Good job selecting 1lb goal so you can get more than 1200 base.

    After all, exercise is for improving the body
    Diet is for losing weight. exercise may make that easier or harder.

    But the exercise can't improve things if not fed, and not allowed to recover.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    you dont have enough fuel to be doing all of that. 1200 is for someone who wants to lose weight and never exercise.
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    i should have said.... i am adding my excercise calories back into my diet... i am follwing MFP to a T

    I am confused....I thought you said "Every day I was between 1200 and 1400 calories (my BMR is 1600) per MFP's instruction"

    MFP is just a calculator....What do you have your loss rate set to? Change it to 1lb / week or so.....Don't eat below your BMR. Don't eat back all your exercise calories unless you are 100% sure you #1 - Burned what it said #2 - Haven't underestimated your food intake at all.

    I am set at 1200 calories a day... my estimated BMR is 1600... per MFP im set to lose 2 lbs a week. I gain about 350-450 calories a day with excericse...so at the end of the day with 1200 calories+excercise i am consuming 1550-1650 calories a day.

    IDK im not expecting a miracle weight loss in a week. but i know my body and i have done this lil break before and it helped me lose 35 lbs. Usually the first week i drop 2 lbs.... ill give it some time. :) Thanks for the help
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Thats what I am trying to explain to you. It's not enough. Change MFP to target 1lb/week and you will be at more reasonable #s.
    i should have said.... i am adding my excercise calories back into my diet... i am follwing MFP to a T

    I am confused....I thought you said "Every day I was between 1200 and 1400 calories (my BMR is 1600) per MFP's instruction"

    MFP is just a calculator....What do you have your loss rate set to? Change it to 1lb / week or so.....Don't eat below your BMR. Don't eat back all your exercise calories unless you are 100% sure you #1 - Burned what it said #2 - Haven't underestimated your food intake at all.

    I am set at 1200 calories a day... my estimated BMR is 1600... per MFP im set to lose 2 lbs a week. I gain about 350-450 calories a day with excericse...so at the end of the day with 1200 calories+excercise i am consuming 1550-1650 calories a day.

    IDK im not expecting a miracle weight loss in a week. but i know my body and i have done this lil break before and it helped me lose 35 lbs. Usually the first week i drop 2 lbs.... ill give it some time. :) Thanks for the help
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    Thats what I am trying to explain to you. It's not enough. Change MFP to target 1lb/week and you will be at more reasonable #s.
    i should have said.... i am adding my excercise calories back into my diet... i am follwing MFP to a T

    I am confused....I thought you said "Every day I was between 1200 and 1400 calories (my BMR is 1600) per MFP's instruction"

    MFP is just a calculator....What do you have your loss rate set to? Change it to 1lb / week or so.....Don't eat below your BMR. Don't eat back all your exercise calories unless you are 100% sure you #1 - Burned what it said #2 - Haven't underestimated your food intake at all.

    I am set at 1200 calories a day... my estimated BMR is 1600... per MFP im set to lose 2 lbs a week. I gain about 350-450 calories a day with excericse...so at the end of the day with 1200 calories+excercise i am consuming 1550-1650 calories a day.

    IDK im not expecting a miracle weight loss in a week. but i know my body and i have done this lil break before and it helped me lose 35 lbs. Usually the first week i drop 2 lbs.... ill give it some time. :) Thanks for the help

    Thanks for the help... i will do this :)
  • uk_angeldust
    uk_angeldust Posts: 234 Member
    that is a lot of working out!! well done anyway! :)
  • Mist1981
    Mist1981 Posts: 145
    Sorry you are frustrated girl! If you open up your food diary, or give us an idea of what you are eating that may help. I am one of the believers that doesn't just count calories, I watch what I put into my body. That being said I was weighing 135 and was eating 1200 on days I didn't exercise and then when I did I ate all my exercise calories back, didn't lose ANYTHING for about a month and a half. Increased my no exercise days to 1350, and still eat my exercise calories back and I have suddently lost 10 pounds.
  • MarissaCB39
    MarissaCB39 Posts: 115 Member
    I'm glad you posted this, I feel the same way - working out 4-5 times a day and taking in 1200-1300 calories a day and i've only lost 7 pounds in 2 months, which is less then what MFP projected.
    I started taking Safslim to up my results.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I'm glad you posted this, I feel the same way - working out 4-5 times a day and taking in 1200-1300 calories a day and i've only lost 7 pounds in 2 months, which is less then what MFP projected.
    I started taking Safslim to up my results.

    You work out 4 or 5 times a day????????????? WHOA SUPER HERO
  • MarissaCB39
    MarissaCB39 Posts: 115 Member
    ok, ok - don't be sarcastic on this motivational site. I meant a week not a day. Thanks for reminding me why I rarely respond on these forums.
  • MissStatement
    MissStatement Posts: 92 Member
    This may be TMI (and you don't have to answer lol) but are you near your TOM? My weight can go up anywhere from 3 to 5 pounds the week before and I'm sure I don't have to tell you about how bloated and nasty you can feel. Just something to consider.
  • hotjacki85
    hotjacki85 Posts: 287 Member
    This may be TMI (and you don't have to answer lol) but are you near your TOM? My weight can go up anywhere from 3 to 5 pounds the week before and I'm sure I don't have to tell you about how bloated and nasty you can feel. Just something to consider.

    LOL theres no such thing as TMI with me... LOL im about a week past it.

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