getting very frustrated!

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  • tressatnt
    tressatnt Posts: 77
    With the training you're doing, my trainer said to lose weight you need to forget all the measurements and eat at least 1700 calories to lose weight. Doesn't matter what your BMI is or anything else - to lose weight, your body needs 1700 calories at least in order to get your metabolic rate up - which is what will burn off fat. Sounds strange that eating more helps you lose weight, but it really does. Also depends on what you're eating and when you're training. For optimum metabolic rate, exercise before breakfast - try and eat most of your carbs between 12pm and 6pm and don't eat after 6-7pm. Comments on here are right that your body takes time to adjust after birth. Very little shifted on me until 10 months afterwards and then started to drop off quickly. Hope this helps.

    That's interesting! My trainer has been saying that she thinks I need to eat like 1800 so maybe there is something to that. Also, with the baby and our schedules, I don't get to start my workouts till 5ish or later and we don't eat dinner till sometimes 8 or later. It's just how it is. We're trying to find ways to change it, but that would mean we'd always eat dinner separately and I'd rather find other ways to lose the weight than spend less time with my hubby, you know? Maybe I will TRY to get up early and run in the mornings, it's not easy to do after being up with a baby at night! :)
  • Krissyjean72
    Krissyjean72 Posts: 14
    I used to get up in the morning with my hubby, he'd go off to work, then I'd pop my son in his pram and go out for a 30-45min power walk, whatever he'd let me get away with and, of course, was pushing a pram so it was adding a weight element into things.

    When he was younger he'd mostly sleep, but when he got older and could sit up, was wide awake and eager to eat things, I'd pop him in his stroller with a mini box of raisins (which he loved) and then zoom/power walk as fast as possible around the area we lived and then, like yourself, go to the gym late afternoon as that was the only spare time to do so - but the powerwalk in the morning got the metabolism up and running and made such a huge difference to only going to the gym in the evening. Hubby also used to work late, so I'd leave his dinner in the oven, but always sit down with him as he ate his meal. That way I ate early enough to boost my metabolism and yet not miss out on sitting down together. I'd often save a bowl of soft fruit or melon to eat whilst hubby ate dinner too and it didn't seem to affect weight loss.

    And think more calories is definitely the answer (odd as it sounds) - have you checked your BMR? Its a lot more accurate than anything they use on here:

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    They recommend I eat only 1200 cals a day on MFP, but for me personally, that is way too low - I simply don't shift the weight. However, going to the gym 3-4 times a week and upping calorie intake to between 1700-1800 per day, keeping protein high, carbs a bit lower and ensuring I always have enough fats and drink a lot of water makes the weight shift really quickly. Each of us is different however - I'd look at playing with more calories and moving your mealtimes and gym sessions, trying to fit in a morning walk if you can etc. first and see what happens after a few weeks :-) Also Google information on metabolic rates and when its best to eat/exercise etc. Its amazing how much of a difference it can make.

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