I've tried everything and I'm STUCK! Help!

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  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Thank you all, I am going to try this eating more thing gradually adding 100 calories each week. Would it be okay if my extra calories were from wine? I'm guessing no, but I really miss my wine at night! :smile:

    YAY WINE!!!! (I drink a glass almost every night... 6 OZ Blackstone Merlot = 140 cal " YUM and totally worth it!

    I had two glasses of wine last night with dinner to get another 200 calories in.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I calculated my TDEE and included my workout, -20% and it's 1,884 my bmr is 1525. So I should be eating between these numbers then? It seems like a lot of calories to add. Also, to answer the other questions, I do weight training around 3-4 days a week and I do not eat back my calories that I have worked off.

    Yes, eat between 1525 and 1884. Since you have calculated it with your workouts you don't eat those calories back. As others have suggested give it at least a month and avoid the scale...as hard as that can be.
  • turtleturtle4u
    turtleturtle4u Posts: 1
    It takes time! We didn't gain this weight over night so we won't lose it over night either. Keep doing what you are doing, hide the scale and only weigh yourself once every couple of weeks. I tell my customers this all the time when they take ACE. Everyone wants it gone NOW!! There is no miracle for it. I have been stuck at 38lbs lost for a year (partly my fault) but I am back at it. Eat the recommended calories, drink your water, and keep exercising. Give yourself a break at exercising too, maybe 3 or 4 times a week. Look for foods that boost your metabolism as well. Hope this helps!
  • anneheatonwaskinder
    anneheatonwaskinder Posts: 2
    I also stuck to my previous weeks weight, could not understand it, so I am now trying to eat more if I have done a lot of exercise. Good luck
  • robin68562
    robin68562 Posts: 116 Member
    I know it's frustrating, but if you're eating right and you stick with it, the numbers will eventually move. Weigh yourself less often so that the numbers won't frustrate you. When I ran into a plateau like this I upped my calories by about 500 for a week, then went back down to what I was eating before. I gained about a pound while my calories were upped, but it worked and got my numbers moving again. And keep in mind, if you're exercising you may be building muscle, which weighs more. Go by how your clothes fit, not by what the scale says. Hang in there. You'll get there. :flowerforyou:
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    I calculated my TDEE and included my workout, -20% and it's 1,884 my bmr is 1525. So I should be eating between these numbers then? It seems like a lot of calories to add. Also, to answer the other questions, I do weight training around 3-4 days a week and I do not eat back my calories that I have worked off.

    You need to net AT LEAST 1525 a day, but the 1884 sounds like a better number for you.

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