Stressed out at no progress- help

leelu137
leelu137 Posts: 46
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi

I'm really starting to stress out about not losing any weight for months now. I have increased my exercise significantly over the last few months and have lost a big fat nothing!!!!!

I'm a stay at home mum, I go to the gym 4-5 days a week ( spin class, pump class, treadmill runs, elliptical trainer, weights, cycling ) I also walk alot. Some days I will do a 5km walk as well as the gym. If I can't get to the gym I walk. My walks include pushing a pram with a 14kg toddler in it. I have taught myself to run 5km. I'm so disappointed all this effort is not paying off, I'm not even going down in clothes size.

I try to eat "real foods" and by that I mean veges , fruit, bread. Dairy, I cook most things myself and use cooking spray and olive oil. I don't want to resort to shakes ect as I don't like to eat too many processed and preservative filled foods. I have even taken to cooking lost of vegetarian meals.

I have recently upped my calorie intake to see if that helps.

I am also wondering if it is possible to have damaged my metabolism? I lost 26kg I. 2004 and over the next 7 years I slowly put on 10 kg. I probably never went back to eating 2000 cal. And now after the birth of my son I'm really struggling to lose the weight. ( I have 4 kg to be back at pre pregnancy and 7 till my ultimate goal)



I would love to hear any suggestions people have!

Replies

  • PennStateChick
    PennStateChick Posts: 327 Member
    So this could be a really dumb question so let me apologize in advance, BUT are you accurately tracking what you are eating? Exercise/fitness is fantastic. Eating real food and not processed stuff is great. However, at the end of the day, calories are calories. Are you weighing/measuring your food?

    You can't out exercise a bad diet. And even the "real foods" have calories.
  • leelu137
    leelu137 Posts: 46
    Yes I weigh and measure everything. I have been reading some other posts and it may be that I'm not eating enough
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Yes I weigh and measure everything. I have been reading some other posts and it may be that I'm not eating enough

    Sounds like your pretty active, I would figure out your TDEE and take a cut from that.. more than likely your not eating enough and in a nice plateau.
  • LemonMint6
    LemonMint6 Posts: 76
    Just out of curiosity where do you get protein? Not much was mentioned, maybe you aren't eating enough protein? And could add a serving or two to what are already eating, which would both test if more calories helps and if more protein helps.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    How many calories are you netting a day? How tall are you and how much do you weigh?

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