STUCK! Please need advice/help!

danichrisco
danichrisco Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

I am stuck! I lost 40 lbs from June - August. I went from doing nothing virtually nothing and eating crap to doing Farrells Extreme Body Shaping (FXB) which is a mix of cardio kickboxing and bands for strength. I also added jogging in there as well. I used to be a college athlete and REALLY let myself go after marriage and kids.

Now it is October and I haven't lost a single pound. According to MFP I should be eating 1200 calories based on my lifestyle and my normal daily activity total is 2010. So a difference of -810 calories a day (not including exercise).

I tend to eat healthy for the most part. I eat herbalife shakes, thinkthin bars, lean meats, tons of carotts and snap peas, a good amount of fruit, and some whole wheat complex carbs. What am I doing wrong? I have my meals planned out each week and it truly seems like I am eating all the time to get to my 1200 calories alone if I am sticking with healthy foods-not to mention eating my exercise calories.

Exercise wise....Mondays I jogg 2 miles and do 45 minutes of Kickboxing. Tuesdays I jogg 2 miles and do bands. Wednesdays 45 minutes of kickboxing. Thursdays jogg 2 miles and bands. Fridays 45 minutes kickboxing. Saturdays 60 minutes of kickboxing and bands mixed.

I got tested and the suggested 1400 calories a day just based on my body make up and activity level.....does this sound right?

I am just desperate to get to my goal (what I want my body to look like vs. the scale) but I cant do that when it is clear I have A LOT of fat to lose ;) I would like to get to 22% body fat (isn't that realistic for a woman?). I currently am at 33.8% and started at 40.2%---yuck!

Any help, suggestions, advice I would appreciate it! If you are woman who has been where I am and am finding something that works for you, I would LOVE to look at your MFP logs!

Endless thanks!
DC

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  • JBWILLOW
    JBWILLOW Posts: 108 Member
    Im having the same problem, love to hear peoples advice
  • lilkayaker
    lilkayaker Posts: 37 Member
    You have probably hit a platue..Mine lasted 4 months of nothing. I had started upping my intensitiy of my work outs-which honestly i don't do enough of- after the first 8 weeks. After the second 8 weeks it just started melting off again! This may be where you are at. I would recommend upping the intensity of your work outs - instead of jogging add 5 min. of sprints in intervals- and just give it a little time. Your body needs some readjusting time after losing weight to re-configure itself.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Congrats on your loss - 40lbs is a great accomplishment! But, you also lost it very quickly. You can't expect that rate of loss to continue.

    Your deficit is too large. You need to close that gap. Aim for a 20-25% deficit from your TDEE. If that's 2010, you should be eating about 1600 calories a day.

    Read this link to get some answers about TDEE and the 20% cut from it:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    As far as the body fat percentage goes, just keep losing and exercising and it will keep reducing. You may come to a point (which a lot of MFP members seem to reach) that you will have gotten to your goal weight and your body fat percentage is still higher than you'd like. Strength training can help with that. A good heavy (heavy for you!) lifting program like Strong Lifts will help you get the "look" you want when you get to your goal weight.

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