Frustrated/Stalled... I would LOVE some advice.
candace_ndiaye
Posts: 23 Member
Hello all! I've been following the board for a couple of months, and started the EMTWL back end of April/beginning of May (ish) and I'm just flat out stalled for the last month.
As per Scooby, here are my numbers that I just recalculated:
BMR = 1594
TDEE = 2471
Cut (20%) = 1977
WORK: I work for myself; PT desk work, PT running errands/standing/painting (I'm an artist)... what I would consider very light activity if anything.
I work out 5-6 times a week. I try to be sure my workouts always include some cardio and some strength, as I just it's easier to keep up with honestly
I've figured out through this process that I get really bored really fast if I try to do the same workout every day. I'm currently doing 30DayShred, and I'm up to Workout #2, but I'm not doing it everyday, rather about 3x/week. I also do yoga 3-4x/wk, and elliptical 2-3x/wk for 30 min on average. Usually when I do the elliptical, I'll add a stability ball workout to it so I'm getting some toning in. I also throw in Zumba to replace one of the other workouts once a week or so; I was doing this 3x/wk, but I kindof burnt myself out I think.
I'm working to get those higher calories in, but I've been averaging between 1800-1900 a day (some days higher, some were too low, I admit).
A sample day for me:
BREAKFAST
2 cups of coffee, black
2 eggs w/0.25 avocado & fresh tomato slices
raw green smoothie (spinach/kale, banana, mango, unsweet vanilla almond milk, a small amount of raw honey)
LUNCH
Sandwich - Whole grain bread, brown mustard, deli turkey
Fruit
-OR-
2 tbsp raw almond butter
banana
berries
-OR-
Salad w/grilled chicken, no/little dressing
DINNER
Salad w/grilled chicken or fish
Fruit
-OR-
Grilled fish
aspagarus
roasted potatoes
Obviously there's some variation in there, that's just an idea.
It just doesn't seem to be moving at all.
I don't know if I should be adding more cardio, more strength, or what. I don't think I should drop my calories but I'll admit that it's really tempting at this point...
ANY advice anyone has would be very appreciated. Thank you so much!
As per Scooby, here are my numbers that I just recalculated:
BMR = 1594
TDEE = 2471
Cut (20%) = 1977
WORK: I work for myself; PT desk work, PT running errands/standing/painting (I'm an artist)... what I would consider very light activity if anything.
I work out 5-6 times a week. I try to be sure my workouts always include some cardio and some strength, as I just it's easier to keep up with honestly
I've figured out through this process that I get really bored really fast if I try to do the same workout every day. I'm currently doing 30DayShred, and I'm up to Workout #2, but I'm not doing it everyday, rather about 3x/week. I also do yoga 3-4x/wk, and elliptical 2-3x/wk for 30 min on average. Usually when I do the elliptical, I'll add a stability ball workout to it so I'm getting some toning in. I also throw in Zumba to replace one of the other workouts once a week or so; I was doing this 3x/wk, but I kindof burnt myself out I think.
I'm working to get those higher calories in, but I've been averaging between 1800-1900 a day (some days higher, some were too low, I admit).
A sample day for me:
BREAKFAST
2 cups of coffee, black
2 eggs w/0.25 avocado & fresh tomato slices
raw green smoothie (spinach/kale, banana, mango, unsweet vanilla almond milk, a small amount of raw honey)
LUNCH
Sandwich - Whole grain bread, brown mustard, deli turkey
Fruit
-OR-
2 tbsp raw almond butter
banana
berries
-OR-
Salad w/grilled chicken, no/little dressing
DINNER
Salad w/grilled chicken or fish
Fruit
-OR-
Grilled fish
aspagarus
roasted potatoes
Obviously there's some variation in there, that's just an idea.
It just doesn't seem to be moving at all.
I don't know if I should be adding more cardio, more strength, or what. I don't think I should drop my calories but I'll admit that it's really tempting at this point...
ANY advice anyone has would be very appreciated. Thank you so much!
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Hello!
I had a read through your post. You surely should not drop calories. I would recommend to up them. Since you already had success you can either do a diet break and eat at TDEE for 1 or 2 weeks, or you can just up your calories to a smaller cut.
That should get you going again:)0 -
HI there, I started at the same time as you and I lost for a few weeks, then I stalled for EIGHT weeks! LOL
I upped my calories more, and also took a one week diet break. In the second week after my one week diet break I finally had a loss.
Stick with it or up your calories, but I really recommend a diet break.0 -
Thanks Noor and Heidi!
My goal is to be sure I'm getting at least my 1977 calories for this next week, and if that doesn't work, I'll do a diet break for at least a week.
Heidi = It's good to hear that it's not just me LOL I was like "what the hell is going on?!?!" I'll definitely keep at it and hope for another drop soon. Thanks guys!
Candace0 -
Any time I've stalled, it's because I haven't eaten enough. Every. single. time.
Do you eat snacks in between your meals? Your meals themselves look fine but if you can incorporate some healthy snacks between your meals, I think that would help increase your calories right where you need to be!0 -
Yeah, I think I have to find a way to up my calories. It's so funny, when I don't try I can, but for some reason, when I'm trying to up my calories I don't seem to be able to. Since I posted this I've been trying to get to the 1977, but I seem to only be able to get to 1800-1850.
I think as you said, throwing in snacks is the way to go at this point. I do have snacks sometimes, but not regularly. Thanks twinmomtwice4! (Do you really have two sets of twins? That's amazing!)0
