Weight Loss Wall. Need advice.

seanezekiel

Ok so Ill try to be brief. I started to diet at 305lbs. I got down to 220lbs through diet changes alone and was happy. I fell off the diet wagon and ended up gaining about 20lbs back. I hit the diet again and have lost 8 of that 20. I then started to go to the gym 3 days a week for around an hour of strength training. The other 4 days per week I do a 45-60min hike/walk. I lost only 1lb in a week and figured it would be higher considering all the new activity and same diet. Last week i started adding some whey protein to my diet at around 60g per day. I have lost no weight at all this week. I have no idea whats going on. I am burning thousands of extra calories, being strickt on diet and losing nothing. Very frustrating.

LoraF83

You started doing some new exercise - and that is literally tearing your muscle fibers. So, your muscles are retaining fluid to repair themselves. Drink lots of water, take a rest day and weigh again.

kaypee65

I can't see your food diary, but I can tell you that I try to consume 30 grams of fiber per day. When i do the weight comes off fairly steadily. It I stick to my calorie limits and exercise, but consume less fiber the weight seems to come off at a snail's pace. I don't know if other's have the same experience, but for me it makes a tremendous difference when I eat more fiber rich foods.

Craigamears

Sean - what is your daily calorie count? Has it changed since you became a certified gym rat? LOL. To go from couch potatoe to gym rat in one fell swoop along with a large calorie deficit puts a tremendous stress on your body. Your body responds to the stress to protect you. One of those things is the hormone cortisol. It does a wonderful job to keep you alive in the wildneress but a lousy job on the journey to be an ex-fatty.

I found myself in a similar place, lost a lot of weight and then began to work out early in the morning. Lack of sleep and doing animal work-outs kept me on a plateau for months in spite of a 1500 calorie deficit per day. ( I was over 300 lbs so I was in no danger of starving myself).

Some thoughts to consider on your wilderness adventure. BTW, you may consider opening your journal or putting up more stats in your question.

seanezekiel

Ill figure out how to open it now. Daily goal is 1490 to lose 2lbs per week. I stay under that every day so should be more.