5'7''- 150lbs currently- I need some advice :)

Abbygrlbff

Hello,

I am 5'7'' and currently weight approx. 150lbs (give or take depending on the day), and I have lost approx 30 lbs since last May. My goal weight is 135lbs. Currently I workout approx. 6 days per week, and my calorie intake is 1200 (plus eating all of my exercise calories back). I have seemed to stalled in my weightloss, and I am hoping for some advice to break through the plateu.

Any help/advice would be appreciated! Thanks

6spdeg

increase your protein 1g per lb.. break it up to match ea meal in the day and eat min of 6meals a day.

Bighiker2

Up your calories intake to 1500-1600 daily for a couple of weeks (the scale will probably show a slight increase but don't worry, it won't last). At the end of the two weeks, go back to 1200 daily. You will start losing again.

Abbygrlbff

Thanks for the advice. So should I increase the Calories up to 1500 and still eat my workout calories then?

soccerella

oooh can i add you as a friend....we;re about the same stats

Abbygrlbff

Please add me! I need more friends! P.S. Did you do the color run? That looks like so much fun!

soccerella

I did ....well actually color me rad, but same idea. It was alot of fun! Next up is a half in obx in november....which one are you training for?

Bighiker2

Thanks for the advice. So should I increase the Calories up to 1500 and still eat my workout calories then?

Yes.

lsm0509

I am 5'7" 150 Ibs!! My goal is 135 too!! Can't wait to just hit the 140's (I've never seen those numbers before lol) Feel free to add me if you like Pretty much agree that you should up your calorie intake.

runzalot81

Hi! I agree that you could increase your calorie intake. Also, change up your workout routine.

I'm training for a half in November as well. The Rock N Roll San Antonio

lenema

Also, looking at your diary, it looks like you need to up ypur water intake. Going back several days , either you're not drinking enough or just not logging it. That should help.

Abbygrlbff

Thanks again for all of the advice. To answer the questions I'm training for the Dayton Cooridor 1/2 Marathon in October. This is all sort of surreal to me because I was always overweight as a kid and unable to run a mile. Now I'm doing 5Ks and more.

jleadie

Same problem as you. 150 lbs and cant budge. I eat 1200 calories and workout 55-60 min 6X a week. I also work 12hr days 6 days a week so, you would think I would have melted all these pounds off I am going to try the 1500 calories and see if that works.

karen_thinmint

I have no advice, but I'm in the same boat. I'm 5'7", my high weight was 180 and I stalled out at 140, so close to the end (130ish is the goal). It's been months. I too was only eating 1200. I increased to 1300, then 1400, 1500, then maintenance, then slowly lowered and still stayed around 140 lbs give or take a few.

Here for the tips.

Anyone in the same situation feel free to add me

*I'm now at 1350/day

CoderGal

Hello,

I am 5'7'' and currently weight approx. 150lbs (give or take depending on the day), and I have lost approx 30 lbs since last May. My goal weight is 135lbs. Currently I workout approx. 6 days per week, and my calorie intake is 1200 (plus eating all of my exercise calories back). I have seemed to stalled in my weightloss, and I am hoping for some advice to break through the plateu.

Any help/advice would be appreciated! Thanks

I'm 29 (like you) 5'7 (like you) and started at approx the weight you're at now (150lbs). I lost 30 lbs and I net 1700 (most of the time being very sedentary). I did the 1200 thing for months, it was a *itch. As a women who's 5'7 you're BMR is definately over 1300. You should be able to lose weight on much more then that. I suggest you do a reset (eat your energy expenditure for ~6 weeks or until your weight levels out. This will be eating over 1700...probably in the 2xxx range if you're working out 6 days a week...this can be calculated) and start eating a sustainable amount of food.

Doing the reset will cause some water weight gain. After your finished that do a small cut of your EE (10-20%) and the water weight and more should fall off within 2 weeks, and you should be able to continue to lose from there.

Also keep in mind that mfp exercise calories is usually over exadurated (up to about a half). A HRM would be able to give you a better idea of what you're burning (for cardio burns only)