No weight loss

linski24

Hi all

Iv weighed today and nothing has come off in feb .. In jan I lost 3.5 lbs .!
I have lost 1inch from my waist but all other stats the same ..well virtually anyway .
Iv been eating 1500-1700 a day
My exercise is like this

Mon: HITT class using dumbells
Tue: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Wed: HITT workout/HITT run
Thurs: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Fri : HITT workout
Sat: weight lifting
Sun : nurse in busy ED

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

linski24

Right.! have just read the topic "upping-cals-what-to-expect-why-you-need-patience"
It has renewed my vigour ... My faith in myself and my body :-)
Think I need to read this daily x

Greenrun99

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

Your moderately active.

berthabunny

Right.! have just read the topic "upping-cals-what-to-expect-why-you-need-patience"
It has renewed my vigour ... My faith in myself and my body :-)
Think I need to read this daily x

I read this quite often, TBH

stephaniemejia1671

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

Your moderately active.

I agree.

cedarghost

Hi all

Iv weighed today and nothing has come off in feb .. In jan I lost 3.5 lbs .!
I have lost 1inch from my waist but all other stats the same ..well virtually anyway .
Iv been eating 1500-1700 a day
My exercise is like this

Mon: HITT class using dumbells
Tue: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Wed: HITT workout/HITT run
Thurs: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Fri : HITT workout
Sat: weight lifting
Sun : nurse in busy ED

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

You lost an inch off your waist in February, but no weight? I don't see the problem.

leedebter

Right.! have just read the topic "upping-cals-what-to-expect-why-you-need-patience"
It has renewed my vigour ... My faith in myself and my body :-)
Think I need to read this daily x

I love what you said "renewed my vigour.. My faith in myself and my body" I think I need t read it everyday too. I'm probably going to weigh tomorrow and I am beyond nervous about what it will say. :sad:

heybales

Hi all

Iv weighed today and nothing has come off in feb .. In jan I lost 3.5 lbs .!
I have lost 1inch from my waist but all other stats the same ..well virtually anyway .
Iv been eating 1500-1700 a day
My exercise is like this

Mon: HITT class using dumbells
Tue: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Wed: HITT workout/HITT run
Thurs: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Fri : HITT workout
Sat: weight lifting
Sun : nurse in busy ED

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

Try a couple weeks of your lifting without wearing out your muscles by doing HIIT the day before.

Unless that's not real HIIT, which is exactly like weight lifting, 8 - 10 reps of all out anaerobic effort with rests, for purpose of strength building, side effect great fat burn.
Because of the stress on the body, if done correctly, not recommended more than 20% of your cardio.

If using different muscles for HIIT than lifting, fine.

If not actually doing HIIT but just plain old intervals for increasing VO2max and anaerobic threshold, that's fine too. But don't imagine it's the same body effect as lifting will cause.
Just plain intervals is also not supposed to be that often, because again a stress on the body, and minimal benefit from doing it too often - really just ends up being plain old stress.

linski24

Hi all

Iv weighed today and nothing has come off in feb .. In jan I lost 3.5 lbs .!
I have lost 1inch from my waist but all other stats the same ..well virtually anyway .
Iv been eating 1500-1700 a day
My exercise is like this

Mon: HITT class using dumbells
Tue: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Wed: HITT workout/HITT run
Thurs: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Fri : HITT workout
Sat: weight lifting
Sun : nurse in busy ED

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

You lost an inch off your waist in February, but no weight? I don't see the problem.

Coz I need to get away from the scales as I'm still a little fixated with them .... Don't scorn ..!!

linski24

Hi all

Iv weighed today and nothing has come off in feb .. In jan I lost 3.5 lbs .!
I have lost 1inch from my waist but all other stats the same ..well virtually anyway .
Iv been eating 1500-1700 a day
My exercise is like this

Mon: HITT class using dumbells
Tue: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Wed: HITT workout/HITT run
Thurs: nurse in busy ED and lifting at home
Fri : HITT workout
Sat: weight lifting
Sun : nurse in busy ED

I have my exercise set at lightly active ... Should I be higher ..??
The weights have only been consistent for last 2-3 weeks x

Try a couple weeks of your lifting without wearing out your muscles by doing HIIT the day before.

Unless that's not real HIIT, which is exactly like weight lifting, 8 - 10 reps of all out anaerobic effort with rests, for purpose of strength building, side effect great fat burn.
Because of the stress on the body, if done correctly, not recommended more than 20% of your cardio.

If using different muscles for HIIT than lifting, fine.

If not actually doing HIIT but just plain old intervals for increasing VO2max and anaerobic threshold, that's fine too. But don't imagine it's the same body effect as lifting will cause.
Just plain intervals is also not supposed to be that often, because again a stress on the body, and minimal benefit from doing it too often - really just ends up being plain old stress.
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I think I'm not doing proper HITT in your terms ... My HITT is running at normal pace then going hell for leather for a minute .... Then run for 3 or 4 or 5 mins and so on .!!
Or doing a Jillian michaels shred like class ... So doing a particular exercise hell for leather then changing to another exercise and so on .. The exercises are for 30 seconds - 1 minute ... This i do for 30-45 mins ...
Is this proper HITT ..??

I can't get away from thinking that cardio work is good for you ... Always Been told this ... I need some cardio in my life ..!! But I want to lift too .. I'm enjoying it .. My weight bench arrived today and iv ordered a squat stand ..!!

Am I going about it all wrong .??

linski24

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heybales

I think I'm not doing proper HITT in your terms ... My HITT is running at normal pace then going hell for leather for a minute .... Then run for 3 or 4 or 5 mins and so on .!!
Or doing a Jillian michaels shred like class ... So doing a particular exercise hell for leather then changing to another exercise and so on .. The exercises are for 30 seconds - 1 minute ... This i do for 30-45 mins ...
Is this proper HITT ..??

I can't get away from thinking that cardio work is good for you ... Always Been told this ... I need some cardio in my life ..!! But I want to lift too .. I'm enjoying it .. My weight bench arrived today and iv ordered a squat stand ..!!

Am I going about it all wrong .??

That long of recovery is SIT - Short Interval Training. Still benefits, more endurance related by improving carb usage and storage. Not strength related, nor the side effect like lifting provides, greater fat burn during recovery.
Don't let the link name fool you, it's on SIT. Still useful if your purpose is endurance.
http://www.exrx.net/ExInfo/HIIT.html

HIIT is 15-45 seconds, with recovery much easier (walking) for 3 x the time, so 45-135 seconds. Strength gains, so stronger muscle for your cardio sport, is the purpose.
http://www.exrx.net/FatLoss/HIITvsET.html

And then of course regular intervals. Improve lungs and heart and lactate threshold like SIT.
http://www.exrx.net/Aerobic/IntervalTraining.html

HIIT has been a fad response to those that only want to do cardio but want to burn more fat, and that's great. Most of what is done is not HIIT though. And if people have ability to do the lifting anyway, you get better response from that.

Cardio is great for heart health, well, cardiovascular health, hence the name. 30 min 3 x a week is all that's needed for that. Start get diminishing returns beyond that.
Not bad if you enjoy it, just not as much bang for the buck you might say.

But if you want biggest bang for your time, lifting is it. Your TDEE is smaller, your deficit can be bigger, therefore you eat less (may or may not be good) and lose more fat.

Lots of cardio and intervals just stresses the body, TDEE is bigger, deficit should be smaller since frequent intense cardio can be such a stress and encourage muscle loss, and you need to eat more (which may be a good thing), and lose less fat.

If the cardio is great for stress relief, and you really need it, then only lift 2 x weekly, and outside the recovery day needing to be gentle cardio, the others can be much higher.

Just don't get intervals anywhere near the lifting. Prevents lifting with as fresh of muscles as you could, meaning not max benefit from the lifting. And can impair good recovery to get as much as possible out of the lifting that way too.

linski24

I think I'm not doing proper HITT in your terms ... My HITT is running at normal pace then going hell for leather for a minute .... Then run for 3 or 4 or 5 mins and so on .!!
Or doing a Jillian michaels shred like class ... So doing a particular exercise hell for leather then changing to another exercise and so on .. The exercises are for 30 seconds - 1 minute ... This i do for 30-45 mins ...
Is this proper HITT ..??

I can't get away from thinking that cardio work is good for you ... Always Been told this ... I need some cardio in my life ..!! But I want to lift too .. I'm enjoying it .. My weight bench arrived today and iv ordered a squat stand ..!!

Am I going about it all wrong .??

That long of recovery is SIT - Short Interval Training. Still benefits, more endurance related by improving carb usage and storage. Not strength related, nor the side effect like lifting provides, greater fat burn during recovery.
Don't let the link name fool you, it's on SIT. Still useful if your purpose is endurance.
http://www.exrx.net/ExInfo/HIIT.html

HIIT is 15-45 seconds, with recovery much easier (walking) for 3 x the time, so 45-135 seconds. Strength gains, so stronger muscle for your cardio sport, is the purpose.
http://www.exrx.net/FatLoss/HIITvsET.html

And then of course regular intervals. Improve lungs and heart and lactate threshold like SIT.
http://www.exrx.net/Aerobic/IntervalTraining.html

HIIT has been a fad response to those that only want to do cardio but want to burn more fat, and that's great. Most of what is done is not HIIT though. And if people have ability to do the lifting anyway, you get better response from that.

Cardio is great for heart health, well, cardiovascular health, hence the name. 30 min 3 x a week is all that's needed for that. Start get diminishing returns beyond that.
Not bad if you enjoy it, just not as much bang for the buck you might say.

But if you want biggest bang for your time, lifting is it. Your TDEE is smaller, your deficit can be bigger, therefore you eat less (may or may not be good) and lose more fat.

Lots of cardio and intervals just stresses the body, TDEE is bigger, deficit should be smaller since frequent intense cardio can be such a stress and encourage muscle loss, and you need to eat more (which may be a good thing), and lose less fat.

If the cardio is great for stress relief, and you really need it, then only lift 2 x weekly, and outside the recovery day needing to be gentle cardio, the others can be much higher.

Just don't get intervals anywhere near the lifting. Prevents lifting with as fresh of muscles as you could, meaning not max benefit from the lifting. And can impair good recovery to get as much as possible out of the lifting that way too.

Wow thanks heybales for that response ... I don't do a lot of cardio 2-3 times a week .. So I think I'm on the right track.. But I do it for stress relief as well as cardiovascular health ..!!! And would love to carry on ..!!
As I said I'm really enjoying lifting and love my new bench ..!!! Im doing the stronglifts 5x5 ... And really loving it ..!!
Thankyou for your input x