Input please!

iiiEllie
iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My weight seems to be pretty stuck.

I've lost 3 pounds, that's it. I don't go over my macros most days, don't go over my calories. I eat crap once and awhile, typically I eat pretty decently.

I'm losing inches, but not that many.
Daily on the elliptical, and just started some weights, the boyfriend is helping with those.

I'm trying to figure out if I should eat more, or less, or what is going on with this lack of progress. I fit into my shorts from two years ago again, and I was 40 pounds lighter then. So I'm puzzled.

5'2" - 220 pounds most days.
Back into my size 12s.

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  • iiiEllie
    iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
    Really, nothing? =\
    That's disappointing.
  • Live4theLift
    Live4theLift Posts: 329
    I would take inches over lbs any day. Because your not losing weight and ur lifting I would guess you retaining if not building some muscle mass while losing fat. If the scale is important to you drop your cals by 200
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    how many calories do u eat?????????
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    weights are strength training and wont help u lose weight
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Losing inches > losing pounds.


    How long have you been at it?
  • iiiEllie
    iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
    I was actually eating at 200 cals lower, I upped to about two weeks ago to see if it would make any difference for losing.

    It hasn't done anything.
  • iiiEllie
    iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
    Losing inches > losing pounds.


    How long have you been at it?

    Nearly two months now. With almost no weight loss.
    It's just perplexing. I'm at least 80 pounds heavier than I should be, so SOMETHING should be coming off.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    I was actually eating at 200 cals lower, I upped to about two weeks ago to see if it would make any difference for losing.

    It hasn't done anything.

    200 calories lower than what?
  • iiiEllie
    iiiEllie Posts: 224 Member
    1350 was where I started, that's what I used last time and got 25 pounds off, it wasn't working this time, so I upped my cals to 1550 about two weeks ago, no changes since then.

    I seem to go up and down between 220-223.
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    maybe you should ask sara and steel for advice .

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress

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