Help me finish this.....100lbs gone and stuck
lokin4deer
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Hello all I need some help. I started this journey Dec 31 2011 when I had a heart attack and a stent put in. You can read my opening post here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/487695-345lbs-heart-attack-and-a-stent-later-here-i-am I hit the 100lb lost point on July 1st and basically since then I have been playing with the same 10 lbs. I was at 239.5 this mornnig. This will get long I apologize up front
Here is a brief history of my last 11 months. I joined MFP in the hospital and faithfully logged my food for months. I just recently got away from logging food because I didnt want to be depentant on a web site, I want/need to be able to do this on my own. I weigh myself every morning. I know I know but I am not someone who freaks out over it, I just log it and go on. I repeat my foods alot. Breakfast usually consist of 1 cup of ceral 2 teaspoon of flax and cinnamon with a half a cup of skim milk. Snack is a apple or 1/4 cup of almonds. Lunch is chicken breast, tuna, fish or some kind of lean protein with a salad with oil and vinegar and a cup of peaches. A apple in the afternoon and a pretty normal dinner always paying attention to quantity and quality.Typically lunch and bfast is about 800 to 1000 calories and dinner is 6-800 so 1600 to 2000 a day. Since April 1st I go to the gym every day yes every day. I am there by 5:30 am and usually stay 45-60 minutes . I have probably missed 10 days since April 1st. My workout change every so often but for several months now I lift weights typically 3 set with increasing weight sets of 10-8-6. I work upper body on Mon and Thur lower body on Tue and Fri on Wed, Sat and Sun I just do cardio usually an hour and usually pretty hard. Elliptical up around 9, treadmill 5 minute running 5 -6 MPH, 5 minute fast walking, 5 minute walking 15% incline lately I have been running at 4.5 at a 15% incline for a minute. I am usually a sweaty mess
But no more weight loss. I was thinking I was just plateuing but lately I am thinking since I am more normal size and my workouts are pretty hard that maybe I am not eating enough the dreaded starvation is kicking in. I was reading on here yesterday and came across this post http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 (thanks to the OP of that) When I run the numbers I should be eating upwards of 3000 calories to maintain my weight 2500 to lose I dont figure I am anywhere close to that. If someone wants to run my numbers my stats are male, 46 years old, 65 inches tall, 239.5 weight, 44"waist, 48" hips, 16" neck.So I think thats it if anyone is still reading and can help with this I would appreciate it. I know everyone likes pics so here you go the day I left the hospital and monday night at my daughters Christmas program. Thank you for your time!
Here is a brief history of my last 11 months. I joined MFP in the hospital and faithfully logged my food for months. I just recently got away from logging food because I didnt want to be depentant on a web site, I want/need to be able to do this on my own. I weigh myself every morning. I know I know but I am not someone who freaks out over it, I just log it and go on. I repeat my foods alot. Breakfast usually consist of 1 cup of ceral 2 teaspoon of flax and cinnamon with a half a cup of skim milk. Snack is a apple or 1/4 cup of almonds. Lunch is chicken breast, tuna, fish or some kind of lean protein with a salad with oil and vinegar and a cup of peaches. A apple in the afternoon and a pretty normal dinner always paying attention to quantity and quality.Typically lunch and bfast is about 800 to 1000 calories and dinner is 6-800 so 1600 to 2000 a day. Since April 1st I go to the gym every day yes every day. I am there by 5:30 am and usually stay 45-60 minutes . I have probably missed 10 days since April 1st. My workout change every so often but for several months now I lift weights typically 3 set with increasing weight sets of 10-8-6. I work upper body on Mon and Thur lower body on Tue and Fri on Wed, Sat and Sun I just do cardio usually an hour and usually pretty hard. Elliptical up around 9, treadmill 5 minute running 5 -6 MPH, 5 minute fast walking, 5 minute walking 15% incline lately I have been running at 4.5 at a 15% incline for a minute. I am usually a sweaty mess
But no more weight loss. I was thinking I was just plateuing but lately I am thinking since I am more normal size and my workouts are pretty hard that maybe I am not eating enough the dreaded starvation is kicking in. I was reading on here yesterday and came across this post http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 (thanks to the OP of that) When I run the numbers I should be eating upwards of 3000 calories to maintain my weight 2500 to lose I dont figure I am anywhere close to that. If someone wants to run my numbers my stats are male, 46 years old, 65 inches tall, 239.5 weight, 44"waist, 48" hips, 16" neck.So I think thats it if anyone is still reading and can help with this I would appreciate it. I know everyone likes pics so here you go the day I left the hospital and monday night at my daughters Christmas program. Thank you for your time!
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fixed pics0
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Shamless bump.....anyone have any thoughts?0
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TTT0
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I don't have any advice but your looking good!! I hope someone comes along and helps you figure out how to keep losing more weight until you are at your goal weight.0
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Hopefully someone will come up with better advice than I can give. First have you recalculated your TDEE since your loss has stalled? A few years back my loss stopped for 3 months. I tried many things and finally did calorie cycling and started losing weight again and got to goal. Did the calorie cycling work or did my body just finally start giving up the lbs, I don't know. I think you look great and maybe as you said this is the weight your body is happy at. Great job at making yourself healthy.0
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100 pounds is awesome. Exercising is awesome. Glad you decided to take care of your health.
Now to the part you don't want to hear. You are 5'5". Still about a hundred pounds over weight. You were logging religiously until you got down to 240 pounds.
Get back to logging religiously and measuring and weighing your food like you did from the beginning.0 -
Just stopping by for a second to say BRAVO ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ....... keep on truckin' :drinker:0
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Thanks everyone for the kind words!
Kim yes I have calculated my TDEE and it actually went up from what my calorie total was for when I was losing consistently.
pg3 yes I have thought that too and I am going to rededicate my self to logging food. I am fairly certain tho that I have been eating under my calorie totals per day. But starting today I am logging everything again : )
Thanks for the support and ideas!0 -
I'm not as far in my journey as you are, but my thoughts are to increase your exercise, and mix it up as much as you can. I wouldn't increase my calories up to 2500. Good luck0
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You need to mix up your meals as well as exercise. Checkout http://scoobysworkshop.com/advanced-fat-loss-carb-cycling/. You might find some helpful info. I have seen a calorie zig zag calculator on there before. That might help.0
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I don't know what to tell you because me and you are about the same age and the same weight I too loss 107lbs and I could lose maybe 10 or 15 more lbs but that is it also I am all one foot taller then you so I don't know maybe you are as far as you can go with the weight loss now maybe you need to start toning up by lifting weight and do a little bit of cardio that is what I am doing as of right now I hit a mild stone today by doing some squats that I could only do when i was a teenage so I don't know about what is going on with you but I can give some advice because me and you are at the same place in this journey feel free to add me to your friends list and we maybe might be able to figure something out0
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Congratulations on your loss! Way to commit to being healthy. Have you considered looking at your sodium, fat and other macro's? Perhaps really concentrate on eating complex carbs, I started doing a weight training class and it is more intense than lifting on my own. I want to reccomend any books by Dr. Essylstein and Dr Ornish. Both have proven success with reversing heart disease. I saw that you are back to logging your food. That's good! Good luck with your continued journey and congrats on how far you have come.0
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Thanks everyone for the kind words!
Kim yes I have calculated my TDEE and it actually went up from what my calorie total was for when I was losing consistently.
pg3 yes I have thought that too and I am going to rededicate my self to logging food. I am fairly certain tho that I have been eating under my calorie totals per day. But starting today I am logging everything again : )
Thanks for the support and ideas!
I have faith in you. You can definitely do this.0 -
Some of the foods I have read for helping with lowering your cholesterol are Blueberries, Avocados, Almonds, Oats, and Spinach.
There are ways you can make those apart of your daily diet. I personally use spinach instead of lettuce in sandwiches or salads. Avocados are great in so many ways, even made into ice cream if you like that. Blueberries make an excellent breakfast side or even a dessert.
One other thing that I have heard great things about are homemade pesto. Basil, Garlic, Olive Oil, Pine nuts if you like.
You look incredible by the way. Well done on the progress.0 -
Congrats on losing 100 I am working on getting there. I think 1,600-2,000 would be far too low for a man over 200. You do need to log religiously and eat lots of protein and fiber and drink more fluids. Good luck.0
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Add this guy: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/SofaKingRad_
He had a heart transplant a year ago. Such an inspiration.0 -
this is several suggestions run together, but do them all...
you have to keep track of calories, eat a little more, and EAT A LOT OF PROTIEN...and dont use the 1g/lb...i have found using 1.5-2g/lb of IDEAL LEAN BODY MASS is a better goal. Also, CALORIE CYCLING as suggested by a previous poster. You can use all the calculators in the world to tell you you should be burning at your weight and height and age, etc...but if you have been eating the same calories and doing the same exercise and seeing no results, then you KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR TDEE IS now, as your body has adjusted to that amount of energy to function. First thing you need to do, and it will suck, is spend a week or two RESETTING YOUR METABOLISM, by eating what your calculated tdee should be every day to let your body know it's going to be fed. You might gain a few pounds doing this, but it sounds like your weight goes up and down now anyway so no biggie...then once that's done zigzag your calories such that you dont go more then 2 days between eating over your goal. so if u decide to eat an average of 2200 cal/day or 15,400 a week, eat 1900, 1500, 2700, 2000, 1700, 3200, 2400...same calories, but your body doesn't slow down to a 2200 cal tdee. And that lets you eat much more regularly a few days a week so mentally you dont feel like you are on a diet. And that lack of mental stress is another big BOOST to the wieght loss. Make sure you are doingSTREGNTH TRAINING a few days a week to maintain muscle and burn fat. Last thing, gonna be super hard, but you need 1 EXTENDED CARDIO SESSION a week, dont eat for at least an hour before, and keep your avg heart rate in the 110-130 range for at least 1.5-2 hours, you will be burning FAT...take a long jog/walk/jog/walk just keep moving forward the whole time.
Sorry this seems like a lot, but put it all together and i guarantee it will work for you...GOOD LUCK!0
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