Why? Why? Why? No progress makes no sense!

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  • ilovefitness36
    ilovefitness36 Posts: 31
    This is the same thing that happened to me. Every week I was eating at a deficit yet I gained weight. Gained back the 50 pounds I lost. Nothing I did seemed to stop the 1 pound or so per week I would easily put back on. None of the doctors I went to could help me (or probably cared to help me).

    After a lot of research and much came from articles and web sites people on here pointed me to, I realized for years I was underfeeding my body. Working out 2 hours a day, burning 1,000 calories and then eating only 1500 calories left my body with just 500 calories to live on. Definitely not eough. I have learned that I ruined my metabolism and it needed a lot of work to be fixed.

    I would suggest looking up your BMR and your TDEE. You are close to goal so the healthy weight loss for you would be 1/2 pound per week. If you eat at TDEE - 10% you should be good.

    Good luck.

    I just googled "TDEE" and went on the first site that came up, and it said that my TDEE is 1980. So if this is the amount of calories that I burn on a daily basis, incorporating my 4x a week at the gym. What does this mean then?

    I went on this site for BMR http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ and it told me my BMR is 1338!!!!

    I'm so sorry. I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff. This is why I am here and asking for all your advice which is greatly appreciated!
  • Teardrop81
    Teardrop81 Posts: 132 Member
    This is just a suggestion based on the information you provided and my quick glance at your diary. If you've been doing the exact same thing for the last year as far as exercise and it looks like you eat basically the same foods every day, it might be possible that your body has reached a sort of homeostasis and has no reason to change. It's like being stuck in the mud... no matter how much gas you give it your wheels are just going to spin. This happens to me sometimes. Unless you do something drastic, like start clean eating or going paleo, you might not see any changes. Like everyone else has said, your diet will affect your weight, the exercise will only affect your fitness. See a licensed nutritionist for more effective advice! :smile:
  • hels4397
    hels4397 Posts: 100 Member
    This is the same thing that happened to me. Every week I was eating at a deficit yet I gained weight. Gained back the 50 pounds I lost. Nothing I did seemed to stop the 1 pound or so per week I would easily put back on. None of the doctors I went to could help me (or probably cared to help me).

    After a lot of research and much came from articles and web sites people on here pointed me to, I realized for years I was underfeeding my body. Working out 2 hours a day, burning 1,000 calories and then eating only 1500 calories left my body with just 500 calories to live on. Definitely not eough. I have learned that I ruined my metabolism and it needed a lot of work to be fixed.

    I would suggest looking up your BMR and your TDEE. You are close to goal so the healthy weight loss for you would be 1/2 pound per week. If you eat at TDEE - 10% you should be good.

    Good luck.

    I just googled "TDEE" and went on the first site that came up, and it said that my TDEE is 1980. So if this is the amount of calories that I burn on a daily basis, incorporating my 4x a week at the gym. What does this mean then?

    I went on this site for BMR http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ and it told me my BMR is 1338!!!!

    I'm so sorry. I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff. This is why I am here and asking for all your advice which is greatly appreciated!

    ^ I keep reading about this TDEE and would also love to learn more about it! (I'm so clueless when it comes to that!!) Is that amount the amount of calories you need to eat EVERY day, or just on days you know you're working out? What about days you're not working out?
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Here's a bit more info about TDEE, etc:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet?hl=short+sweet+<span class=

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