Intensity Affecting Weight Loss?

ReneeJ814
ReneeJ814 Posts: 72 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've been on MFP religiously for a little over a year, but the past 5 months I've really been struggling to lose the weight. I have shown my food diary to a nutritionist and several personal trainers and they all said to keep doing what I'm doing and the weight will eventually come off. Meanwhile I was working out with a personal trainer and a pretty high intensity (my heart rate would be between 150 and 170).

I just recently moved and joined a new gym 2 weeks ago with a new trainer. He told me that my heart rate should be no higher than 147 to burn fat. A heart rate much higher than that would be burning carbs, which would be easily replinished in one meal. So the first week I didn't let my heart rate get above 150, kept my diet the same, and lost 2 pounds. Last week I worked out at a higher intensity (close to what I used to do), kept my diet the same, and I didn't lose any weight. So, I'm just wondering, can the intensity of your workouts negatively impact weight loss? This week I'll take it back down and see what happens.

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  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    No. Thats nonsense. Do HIIT if you're comfortable with high intensity cardio. That trainer is dumber than most "brahs" you could ask for advice. He should pay you for having had to listen to that ridiculous nonsense.

    I do steady state jogging but I kick my *kitten* on the bicycle and elliptical doing intervals... "Zone" fat loss cardio is stupid unless you have some sort of injury or health condition which makes going harder a bad idea.
  • ReneeJ814
    ReneeJ814 Posts: 72 Member
    Well, it doesn't make much sense to me because I think higher intensity = more calories burned = more weight loss. It's possible that maybe I need to eat more on the days I workout. It's weird though because one week I'll eat more and lose weight, the next week I'll eat the same amount and either gain or stay the same. I'm just getting really frustrated with this and I wish I could figure out what's going on.
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    well, with 41# lost your TDEE will be much lower... have you ever further reduced calories?
  • ReneeJ814
    ReneeJ814 Posts: 72 Member
    Yes. I've reduced and increased. That's what's so frustrating.

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