What is wrong with my body? Help!

gogringago

Hey everyone!

I've been an avid user of my Fitness Pal. I'm confused about my dieting needs- whether I should count calories, diet with Atkins, up the protein, how many calories to eat. There's so many methods and I don't know which is right for my body.

I'm 5'5' 157 and 39% BF. I've lost 4 lbs in a month which I find horridly slow. Lost 2 per week and stalled the past 2.

I do a heck of a lot of Zumba- 600+ calorie burns- accurate via a heart rate monitor, if not the same results from spinning.

The problem is, I can tell I'm not eating enough calories- my whole confusion is with the net calories- do I eat them back or keep my net low? But... I don't feel hungry, I feel satisfied with what I eat, minus my caloric burn... which puts me at a net of 600-800ish, which is way below 1200.....

I've been experimenting with dieting too, tried Atkins for two days, but I just don't like it... it's very meat heavy and I don't feel hungry enough to eat a lot of meat.

I guess my question is- for someone who is active- I want to keep doing Zumba about 3-4x a week, with strength training 2-3x a week, what should my caloric intake be for max results and how should I distribute my macro nutrients? I'm willing to take any sort of advice- I just want to stick to something that's the most efficient.

Thanks!

megsmom2

4 lbs in a month is not slow...that's a perfectly fine rate of loss. I think what you mostly need is to just calm down,and give yourself a little patience and a bit more consistancy. Oh yes...and do eat your exercise calories...you are netting far to low for health and for healthy sustained loss. Eating a varied diet of real food will likely make your macros take care of themselves. Good luck...you CAN do this.