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slim_goody
slim_goody Posts: 8
edited January 10 in Introduce Yourself
Im Dennis, and I have lost 30 pounds, and I want to lose about 15-20 more pounds, so that I can maintain a weight of about 260-272. I am currently fluctuating between 282-288 for the past 2 weeks. I workout twice a day 5 days, and once a day on the weekends. I eat below my daily minimum calorie count, and think I am in starvation mode. At most a day I may eat some oatmeal, 1 cottage doubles w/ mango for breakfast occasionally (not big on breakfast), I eat 2-3 pieces of fish, either salmon or tilapia, and I have a salad w/ cherry tomatoes, jalapeno's, and hidden valley ranch somewhere between lunch/dinner, then for a snack after working out I may have another cottage doubles w/ fruit. Looking for some help on where to improve to get to my target weight.

My schedule

AM workout-
1 hr cardio:
30 mins stationary bike w/ fluctuating resistance up to 8 resistance, 20.3 mph average, 9.8 miles overall each session average
30 mins treadmill w/ fluctuation speed and incline, up to 8 incl and 3.5 mph for the mode I regularly choose.

Then breakfast occasionally

lunch/dinner-
fish, salad

PM workout-
1 hr cario
30 mins stationary bike/ same specs as above
30 mins treadmill/ same specs as above

weight training M W F

Snack-
Breakstone Cottage Doubles w/ fruit

Replies

  • Given the level of exercise you are doing I would say the chances are you are actually not eating enough. It sounds odd, but your body needs energy for it to lose weight otherwise it goes into a whole process of fat storage - a little like a backup system protecting itself. You mentioned that you think you are starvation mode and I am inclined to agree - your body doesn't have enough calories to fuel itself with can be a pretty bad thing.
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