What am I doing wrong? Help!

italianamaria
italianamaria Posts: 4
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so I have been on my weight loss journey for about 1.75 months now and I lost approximately 13.5 lbs, which I am so happy about. I have been targeting my calories around 1100 a day and try my best to always pick veggies/fruits and healthy things for those 1100 calories.
I workout 6 days week, mostly running. The distances range from short (2-3 mile runs), medium (4 miles), and long (5 and more). I also take one day to do intervals and one day to do a very long walk (5 miles). I also tone one body part a day with weights in addition to my runs.

I was allowing myself a cheat day each week, but I'm starting to rethink that I shouldn't be doing that because it is inhibiting my weight loss.

I also wonder if I'm not eating enough calories, but don't want to gain weight back if I eat too many in a day.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

My stats: 5'3", HW: 150, CW:136.5, GW: 125

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  • Live4theLift
    Live4theLift Posts: 329
    Your not eating enough, It's advised to never go under 1200. Calculate your TDEE and subtract 20% from that and do those calories. What your eating now will do more harm than good you will actually lose more muscle than fat. When you up your calories you will gain a bit but it will be worth it trust me.

    http://www.doyoueven.com/tdee/
  • italianamaria
    italianamaria Posts: 4
    Okay so that website said I should be targeting 1500 calories... If I do that, should I expect a weight gain in the beginning or no? How long does it take for your body to adjust until it'll wanna start dropping the weight?
  • suzanbnunn
    suzanbnunn Posts: 1 Member
    I would guess you are not eating enough. I had the same problem and was stuck for about 2 months. I started seeing a trainer and he advised me to eat between 1800-2200 calories a day. Before I had been taking in 900-1200 and exercising like crazy. Still exercising but finally starting to drop weight again.
  • lausmit4477
    lausmit4477 Posts: 30 Member
    Okay so that website said I should be targeting 1500 calories... If I do that, should I expect a weight gain in the beginning or no? How long does it take for your body to adjust until it'll wanna start dropping the weight?


    Most weight gain that you have from adding calories will be water weight, not actual fat mass. I agree that eating 1100 calories a day with your activity level is too little. That few of calories with that much cardio and then weight training is counter-productive.

    You will also need to be patient. You do not have that much weight to lose, therefore your weight loss will slow down and you can expect to lose .5 lb weekly, which is reasonable and most beneficial.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    One thing I want to point out .... the closer you are to goal the slower your weight loss will be. This is a huge pain ....but just a fact of life.

    Calculate your calorie goals here:
    http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

    Your BMR is the # of calories you would need if you were in a coma .....

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