I eat well but not losing weight?

nastasyk
nastasyk Posts: 16 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I do weights circuit 3 times a week for 40 minutes, and then do cardio 5 days a week (less on weights day). My meals consist of 5 meals:
Chobani flavoured yogurt and homemade sugarfree muesli and banana.
Lean protein with salad
A snack (smoothie or protein)
More lean protein
Some low fat/low sugar yogurt.

All up i eat about 1300 calories a day. I dont want to lose weight, I want to keep my muscle tone but i want to lose my body fat so that there is no jiggle! I weight 60 kilos so I am not heavy, just have some extra fat in some places.
Been exercising for 6 months and changing my routine but still havent toned up those pesky areas!

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    you probably want to:

    A) Cut back on the cardio a bit
    B) Add heavy lifting
    C) Eat at TDEE-15 or 10% (the less of a deficit your in the more LBM you'll maintain)
    D) Focus on measurements and body fat % not what you weigh
  • T0FatToB3S1ck
    T0FatToB3S1ck Posts: 192 Member
    Bump for later. Same issue. Eating right, working out and gaining weight.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    you probably want to:

    A) Cut back on the cardio a bit
    B) Add heavy lifting
    C) Eat at TDEE-15 or 10% (the less of a deficit your in the more LBM you'll maintain)
    D) Focus on measurements and body fat % not what you weigh
    ^ This, and to D) add "how you look in the mirror"

    OP for the amount of work you are doing and the fact you don't want to lose weight, you are eating far to few calories
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    If you are only eating 1300 calories total, then your net calories would be way too low with all that exercise. Try hitting your calorie goal as your net calories (i.e., eating back exercise calories) if that is the case.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    You're probably not fueling your body for those workouts. You need to eat back your exercise calories. You don't expect to be able to drive a car with no gas, right? It's the same concept with your body. 1200-1300 calories plus exercising is just not going to cut it. So eat more. Don't be scared of the calories.
  • grassette
    grassette Posts: 976 Member
    Women are meant to jiggle. You don't want to end up looking stringy like the extreme gymn instructors look. If you are a healthy weight, keep up with the fitness. Do more than an hour a day. Take up a sport, like hiking on the weekends so that you are exercising constantly for hours, even days, at a time.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    $20 says OP isn't accurately counting / weighing their food either.
  • nomeejerome
    nomeejerome Posts: 2,616 Member
    How tall are you?
  • aliciamhosein
    aliciamhosein Posts: 47
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Women are meant to jiggle. You don't want to end up looking stringy like the extreme gymn instructors look.

    eeeer, what!?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
  • dianesheart88
    dianesheart88 Posts: 111 Member
    If you are only eating 1300 calories total, then your net calories would be way too low with all that exercise. Try hitting your calorie goal as your net calories (i.e., eating back exercise calories) if that is the case.

    ^This^
    I had the same issue... I started eating the majority of my calories including exercise and I finally after 5 weeks started losing weight! As odd as it may sound, your body will hold on to all that food if it thinks it's not going to get enough. My advice... eat more (good foods of course!)
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
    I would like to echo this curiosity. Please, do share..
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Not sure how you define eating well but a 21 year old female of 60 kgs doing that much exercise is not eating well at 1300 calories a day. You need to rethink your eating and you aren't going to build any muscle eating at a deficit. Getting a lower BF% isn't about just dieting fat off.
  • saxmaniac
    saxmaniac Posts: 1,133 Member
    Women are meant to jiggle. You don't want to end up looking stringy like the extreme gymn instructors look.

    Uh... people are meant to look how they want to look. That might be "stringy", ripped, soft curves, slender, thick, chubby, or whatever. Their goals are their goals.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
    I would like to echo this curiosity. Please, do share..

    Too much protein for a healthy person would be near enough 600g a day which most people would struggle to eat. I know someone who is happily eating 400g a day (he's training for strongman competitions).
  • KathleenMurry
    KathleenMurry Posts: 448 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
    I would like to echo this curiosity. Please, do share..



    Too much protein for a healthy person would be near enough 600g a day which most people would struggle to eat. I know someone who is happily eating 400g a day (he's training for strongman competitions).


    I have never known anyone who even tries to eat 600 g of protein a day....or 400.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
    I would like to echo this curiosity. Please, do share..



    Too much protein for a healthy person would be near enough 600g a day which most people would struggle to eat. I know someone who is happily eating 400g a day (he's training for strongman competitions).


    I have never known anyone who even tries to eat 600 g of protein a day....or 400.

    As I say, this guy is training for strongman comps. I struggle to eat over 200g a day. It takes real planning to get that far and not get fed up of eating.

    Here's one of his dinners:
    VaEdQk3r.jpg
    900g of chicken breast in curry sauce. :laugh:
  • KathleenMurry
    KathleenMurry Posts: 448 Member
    to much protein is a bad thing! I've learned that recently. it puts strain on your liver and on your kidney's. try increasing complex carbs and decreasing protein. that helped me loose a little more weight.

    please can you quantify 'too much'....?
    I would like to echo this curiosity. Please, do share..



    Too much protein for a healthy person would be near enough 600g a day which most people would struggle to eat. I know someone who is happily eating 400g a day (he's training for strongman competitions).


    I have never known anyone who even tries to eat 600 g of protein a day....or 400.

    As I say, this guy is training for strongman comps. I struggle to eat over 200g a day. It takes real planning to get that far and not get fed up of eating.

    Here's one of his dinners:
    VaEdQk3r.jpg
    900g of chicken breast in curry sauce. :laugh:


    oh my god, I would puke!! hahahaha
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    This thread is so full of WTF I don't even know where to start. So, all I will say is: peanut butter sammich and a glass of milk.
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    As others have said, if your goal is to maintain your current weight, maintain or improve your LBM, and lose body fat, you should be eating much closer to maintenance... probably more like TDEE - 10%, and be as accurate and precise as possible when measuring and logging food. Eating a flat amount of 1300 calories with all that exercise on top of it is likely creating a huge calorie deficit, and it's a perfect recipe for losing muscle.
    Check out the Eat, Train, Progress group. They can give you a lot of good information on how to get the body you want.
  • mmabdull99
    mmabdull99 Posts: 13
    Hey Guys,

    I need some help on this topic because I'm this close to losing my mind over this. I started myfitnesspal over a month ago, it set my calorie intake to 1200 (losing 2lbs a week), I am 138 5'3. I used to be 115 but over years I've slowly gained alot of weight. Before I started this diet, I was easily eating over 2000 calories a day with no exercise (office job so my activity level was zero). Now, I've been eating 1200 and actually alot of times under 1200 and exercising around 4 times a week for atleast an hour. I have literally lost NO weight at all. I dont understand this, I have been working so hard and I see no results I am so frustrated and I just want need advice. I don't have enough time in the day to the whole 4-5 meals a day, I eat breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. I have totally cut out sodas besides casual happy hour drinks. I dont always eat back exercise calories. My calorie intake varies everyday, I just feel so upset because I'm working so hard and havent seen any results. Please please help me!!!

    My diary is open too!!
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Hey Guys,

    I need some help on this topic because I'm this close to losing my mind over this. I started myfitnesspal over a month ago, it set my calorie intake to 1200 (losing 2lbs a week), I am 138 5'3. I used to be 115 but over years I've slowly gained alot of weight. Before I started this diet, I was easily eating over 2000 calories a day with no exercise (office job so my activity level was zero). Now, I've been eating 1200 and actually alot of times under 1200 and exercising around 4 times a week for atleast an hour. I have literally lost NO weight at all. I dont understand this, I have been working so hard and I see no results I am so frustrated and I just want need advice. I don't have enough time in the day to the whole 4-5 meals a day, I eat breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. I have totally cut out sodas besides casual happy hour drinks. I dont always eat back exercise calories. My calorie intake varies everyday, I just feel so upset because I'm working so hard and havent seen any results. Please please help me!!!

    My diary is open too!!

    it'll be more beneficial to you, the op, and the rest of the community to post your own thread.

    in short, you're doing it wrong. Worst case, read all of the same links that have been posted here already.
  • mmabdull99
    mmabdull99 Posts: 13
    How do I make my own thread? Lol sorry new to this!
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    How do I make my own thread? Lol sorry new to this!
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/9-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help

    go there and click the green button that says "New Topic."
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Hey Guys,

    I need some help on this topic because I'm this close to losing my mind over this. I started myfitnesspal over a month ago, it set my calorie intake to 1200 (losing 2lbs a week), I am 138 5'3. I used to be 115 but over years I've slowly gained alot of weight. Before I started this diet, I was easily eating over 2000 calories a day with no exercise (office job so my activity level was zero). Now, I've been eating 1200 and actually alot of times under 1200 and exercising around 4 times a week for atleast an hour. I have literally lost NO weight at all. I dont understand this, I have been working so hard and I see no results I am so frustrated and I just want need advice. I don't have enough time in the day to the whole 4-5 meals a day, I eat breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. I have totally cut out sodas besides casual happy hour drinks. I dont always eat back exercise calories. My calorie intake varies everyday, I just feel so upset because I'm working so hard and havent seen any results. Please please help me!!!

    My diary is open too!!

    You've ask this same question all over the boards for the last week. Not sure what answer you're looking for that hasn't already been posted.

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