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Fit lifestyle but plateau?
anygal
Posts: 12
Hey all,
I've been trying to lose around 5lbs recently. My weight has plateaued and I'm super frustrated! No matter how hard I try, I just can't get those 5 lbs to go away...okay, I did briefly drop 4 of them literally overnight, but afterwards I felt so sick that I couldn't leave my bed for a week (and then gained the 4 back literally overnight. I was SO bummed).
Ideas? I'm 5'6" 120lbs, do quite a bit of walking (as a college student, 3-5mi a day up and down hills with a 10lb backpack) and run at least 3 miles at 6 mph at the gym every other day. I also drink about two cups of coffee per day and eat super healthy foods. FitnessPal says I net around 1,500-2,000 per day...
Thoughts?
Thanks!!
I've been trying to lose around 5lbs recently. My weight has plateaued and I'm super frustrated! No matter how hard I try, I just can't get those 5 lbs to go away...okay, I did briefly drop 4 of them literally overnight, but afterwards I felt so sick that I couldn't leave my bed for a week (and then gained the 4 back literally overnight. I was SO bummed).
Ideas? I'm 5'6" 120lbs, do quite a bit of walking (as a college student, 3-5mi a day up and down hills with a 10lb backpack) and run at least 3 miles at 6 mph at the gym every other day. I also drink about two cups of coffee per day and eat super healthy foods. FitnessPal says I net around 1,500-2,000 per day...
Thoughts?
Thanks!!
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Unless you're a bodybuilder preparing for contest, which I'm guessing you would have mentioned, or you have absolutely no muscle mass at all, BMI is a decent proxy for you. As such, you're at the lower range of healthy weight. Were you to lose 5 pounds you would be what doctors would call "underweight." Being underweight is worse for long term mortality than being overweight.
http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/tools/bmi_plus/bmi_chart.png
In other words, don't try to lose 5 lb.0
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