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NaomiHartman
NaomiHartman Posts: 5
edited January 4 in Fitness and Exercise
Okay fitness and nutrition gurus, I need advice!

I am 30, 5'6", 234 lbs (and have an otherwise clean bill of health, including normal cholesterol levels, sugar intake, thyroid function - healthy, just fluffy!)

I am currently in week 7 of Insanity and frustrated by my results. I have lost 7" total off my body, but gained 1.2lbs in 7 weeks. As I am about 80lbs overweight (by medical standards) this is not the result I am looking for! I wear a HRT during the workouts and during these weeks of Max intensity I burn anywhere from 650 to 1100 calories per workout. MFP has me eating 1510 calories a week for a loss of 1.5lbs a week.

I do not currently eat my work out calories, excet for maybe 100 - 200 each day. I know that some are saying to eat those work out calories in order to lose, but you can probably understand my hesitation in doing so when I am already seeing a gain.

Can anyone give me sound, referably professional, advice about whether I need to increase the amount of calories I eat in order to begin to see a loss on the scale?

I love being this active, but want to love the results too! Please help!

Thanks!

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  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
    no expert, but the last thing you want your body to think is that you are trying to survive a famine so withholding exercise cals, especially with such a low target, may be counter productive. I'd suggest upping to at least 50% of your cals to eat back (personally I ate at least 100% of my exercise cals back and have still lost!). Also 7 inches is fab! Well done, and remember that while you are losing fat % you also want to increase muscle % - so unless you've been adding significant weight over time I wouldn't be overly concerned. Give it at least 6 weeks, only weigh once a week to avoid obsession, and see how you track over time :)
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