weightloss stopped?
Todial
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Hello guys I just joined this website,
I'm 22 years old male from Australia. I decided to get back in shape have been trying on and off for about a year and a half this time i'm commited and sticking to it.
I'm 5'7 or 170 centimetres and I weigh 65kg not sure what my body fat % is.
I started about 2 months ago, my weight fluxuated around 71-74kg and I've lost about a kg a week since then though I think i've also lost some muscle in the process and I wish it was all fat. So now i'm at 65kg. I've been doing a lot of cardio some of it high intensity some low to moderate maybe around 1 hours worth 2-4 times a week all so have been doing a little weight training with dumbells and sometimes I use a bench press or do push ups though I haven't been doing much of it at all lately maybe once a week.
My goal is to melt the fat away from my body so I have a toned chest and maybe a 6-pack (I can't really have a toned chest and not have a 6-pack from my earlier experience). I thought that when I got to 65kg I would have this but it seems I don't. I do notice a difference in my body. ( chest smaller and more toned and feint outlines of a 6-pack If I look at the right angle or in the right light lol ) but it looks like I still have a few kilos to go I'm guessing I'll have to drop to like 60kgs to achieve this.
This week it seems my weightloss has halted because I didn't lose any weight I'm still at 65kgs have been for 2 weeks now. When it comes to getting fit and trim I don't really know what I'm doing. I look on the internet and talk to other people about it.
Lately I've been eating mainly fruit during the day a lot of mandarins, kiwi fruits, apples and sometimes i have a banana or some pineapple or something different. the amount of fruit I eat has gone up a lot lately and I''ve been eating around a kg or more of fruit a day.
sometimes I have a glass of vegetable juice in the afternoon or at some point during the day around 0.5 to 1 litre. with vegetables like cucumber, carrot, celery, beetroot, tomatoes, capsicum and sometimes I throw some ginger into it and lemon.
at night I eat meat beef or chicken or something around 400 - 750 grams I cook it in a pan with no oil but I eat it with quite a lot of tomato sauce or barbecue sauce or something
I also have a multivitamin almost everyday and sometimes a cod liver oil capsule.
today I cheated and had a turkey subway wrap for lunch lol.
so my daily diet I guess consists of 1-1.5kg of fruit(during the day), 0.5-1 litre of vegetable juice(afternoon) and 400-750 grams of meat (and tomato sauce or some kind of sauce) (night-time)
though I don't follow this guideline completely sometimes I don't have the vege juice and i usually end up eating some fruit at night after the meat as well.
Can anyone give me any advice at all about anything it would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get to my target fitness as soon as possible and as healthily as possible with least amount of muscle loss.
I'm 22 years old male from Australia. I decided to get back in shape have been trying on and off for about a year and a half this time i'm commited and sticking to it.
I'm 5'7 or 170 centimetres and I weigh 65kg not sure what my body fat % is.
I started about 2 months ago, my weight fluxuated around 71-74kg and I've lost about a kg a week since then though I think i've also lost some muscle in the process and I wish it was all fat. So now i'm at 65kg. I've been doing a lot of cardio some of it high intensity some low to moderate maybe around 1 hours worth 2-4 times a week all so have been doing a little weight training with dumbells and sometimes I use a bench press or do push ups though I haven't been doing much of it at all lately maybe once a week.
My goal is to melt the fat away from my body so I have a toned chest and maybe a 6-pack (I can't really have a toned chest and not have a 6-pack from my earlier experience). I thought that when I got to 65kg I would have this but it seems I don't. I do notice a difference in my body. ( chest smaller and more toned and feint outlines of a 6-pack If I look at the right angle or in the right light lol ) but it looks like I still have a few kilos to go I'm guessing I'll have to drop to like 60kgs to achieve this.
This week it seems my weightloss has halted because I didn't lose any weight I'm still at 65kgs have been for 2 weeks now. When it comes to getting fit and trim I don't really know what I'm doing. I look on the internet and talk to other people about it.
Lately I've been eating mainly fruit during the day a lot of mandarins, kiwi fruits, apples and sometimes i have a banana or some pineapple or something different. the amount of fruit I eat has gone up a lot lately and I''ve been eating around a kg or more of fruit a day.
sometimes I have a glass of vegetable juice in the afternoon or at some point during the day around 0.5 to 1 litre. with vegetables like cucumber, carrot, celery, beetroot, tomatoes, capsicum and sometimes I throw some ginger into it and lemon.
at night I eat meat beef or chicken or something around 400 - 750 grams I cook it in a pan with no oil but I eat it with quite a lot of tomato sauce or barbecue sauce or something
I also have a multivitamin almost everyday and sometimes a cod liver oil capsule.
today I cheated and had a turkey subway wrap for lunch lol.
so my daily diet I guess consists of 1-1.5kg of fruit(during the day), 0.5-1 litre of vegetable juice(afternoon) and 400-750 grams of meat (and tomato sauce or some kind of sauce) (night-time)
though I don't follow this guideline completely sometimes I don't have the vege juice and i usually end up eating some fruit at night after the meat as well.
Can anyone give me any advice at all about anything it would be greatly appreciated. I would like to get to my target fitness as soon as possible and as healthily as possible with least amount of muscle loss.
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Maybe it's because you're having too little carbs, your metabolism probably has become non existent. Just fruit juice and fruits? Damn man that must suck. Try a cheat day to bump up your metabolism, cheats days aren't always bad for you, just don't go crazy on it.0
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thanks for the advice.
I have been having cheat days but I haven't had one in 3 weeks I think so I guess i'll have another I was planning to drink beers on tuesday does that count or do I need to eat a couple burgers or some pasta or something?0 -
Anything is fine, doesn't matter whether it Is beer, poptarts or burgers as long as you re-feed your body with enough calories and macronutrients. Just don't drink 2000 calories worth of beer and forget all about your fitness goals the next day.0
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I will probably drink 6-12 beers or so enough to get fairly drunk0
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You lost too much too fast and your body responded by rethinking how it uses what you put in.
For a 6 pack I would say more weights less cardio, if you are not giving your body enough carbs it will devour your muscle instead. At my gym I was told 1.5 x body weight for protein, so 65k x 1.5 =97.5 grams of protein per day. I would say ease off on the fruit a little, eat a little more carb and protein. Eat an hour before you work out, and some protein after. I have a programme from the gym, roughly 10 mins cardio followed by 30 mins weights followed by 20 mins cardio 3-4 times a week.
I would up your calorie intake for a few days, you should never carry on same routine indefinitely. I have a few days a week under calorie goal, always one day a week over, keep your body second guessing. I always come out even at the end of the week. Drink plenty of water.
I also change my gym programme every 6 weeks. Body doesn't get too used to any one activity, and I don't get bored :-)
Muscle weighs more than fat, if you gain muscle, you will gain weight, but your body fat % could be going down. Don't use the scales, use a mirror.
Lay off the beer. that is not the 6 pack you are looking for!0 -
thankyou very much that information was helpful.
yea I guess I will spend a couple days eating more and doing less cardio then i'll get back into the exercise regime and cut down on fruit and increase vegetable and meat and do more weightlifting.
I only drink once every 2 weeks or so normally. I was drinking mainly vodka soda water and sliced lemon with a few beers on the side but it just wasn't satisfying
should I invest in some protein powder to have after my weightlifting?0 -
If you are able to get in your daily protein requirements by consuming food then whey protein isn't a must. However if you prefer a more convinent and cheaper source of protein then go ahead. Gram for gram whey protein is the cheapest source of protein out there and IMO it should be in everybody's diet.0
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yea I might get some to have before or after I use weights so i don't lose muscle also i see its got tryptophan and L-tyrosine in it which is awesome for your seratonin0
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Today I ate a footlong meatball sub with mayonaise and southwest sauce, a large chocolate sundae from mcdonalds and a ice cream cone from mcdonalds as well as a mandarin and a nectarine and after work tonight i'll eat some steak and probably a couple pieces of fruit is this going to boost up my metabolism? I also did about an hour of low to moderate intensity cardio.
tommorrow i'm going to eat heartily and drink some beers then on wednesday its back into my fitness and healthy eating regime with a few changes.
this was what I needed right?0 -
hi
is it just me you say your a 21 yr old male 5"7 in and weigh 65kg in england we do weigh in stones and that is only 10 stone or 143 lbs which seems really low for a guy of your age and height!!!0 -
hi i'm 22 and yea i''m 5'7 65 kg, its not really low for my age and height its actually a really healthy weight, smack bang in the middle of healthy bmi. but I want to decrease my body fat percentage so my chest is more toned and perhaps a visible 6-pack this is also achievable while maintaining a healthy bmi. My problem is I hit a brick wall with fat loss.
once I am toned I will slowly try to add on lean muscle but will be in no rush to do so.0 -
Im 5 7" and 10 stone is low end of healthy BMI, for our height healthy BMI starts 11st 6".
You might be suffering whats called skinny fat, you may we at a healthy weight but you have a higher BF% than normal. This will because doing pure cardio with little resistance training the body will use LBM and bf as fuel, what resistance training does, it tells your body that you need to keep as much LBM as possible becasue you are lifting all this weight and need it to survive. The body has no option but to take more bf than it has been trying to preserve as much lbm as possilbe, that being said your body will always use lbm as fuel, you just need to make it a low % as possible.0 -
Good on ya mate for having a go..!
I'm an Aussie too.! 24yrs 195cm and currently 101kgs. I've only been at it a month now. With MFP and 3-4gym sessions a week i'm loosing 1-2kg a week. My goal weight is about 90kg. From there i'll see if i need to loose more or gain muscle.
Like you my other goals are more muscle and definition. My biggest advice given to me was you dont need cardio to loose weight, it helps but with a diet and heavy weights it'll drop off. I enjoy running and about to start playing basketball so I work in maybe 3x20min sessions a week sometimes a 30min interval training session. Rest of the time i do weights, focusing on my upper body. With more muscle you'll burn more fat and get your metabolism furnace burning for hours after your sessions.
Feel free to friend me if you'd like, always looking for more aussie mates.0 -
65kg / 10 stones for a guy your sound anorectic...0
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wow so much bad advice. OP how many calories are you eating in a day? How long have you been experiencing a plateau?
This is somewhat irrelevant, as I feel like you will get more of the results that you want from a good lifting routine. What is your exercise like right now?0 -
wow so much bad advice. OP how many calories are you eating in a day? How long have you been experiencing a plateau?
This is somewhat irrelevant, as I feel like you will get more of the results that you want from a good lifting routine. What is your exercise like right now?
I'm not sure exactly how many calories i've been consuming a day but lately i've been eating 1-1.5kg of fruit a day mainly mandarins, apples and kiwi fruit and in the afternoon 0.5-1 litre of vegetable juice a day mainly cucumber, celery, tomato, beetroot, carrot and around 400-750 grams of beef or chicken a day at night after work with sometimes a onion cooked with it and lots of sauce maybe adding up to 500 grams of fruit afterwards.
plateau has only been a week over at most have been losing 1kg a week sucessfully since then.
been doing around 1 hour of low to high intesity carido 2-4 times a week and lately only been using a bench press to do around 35-45kg 3-5 reps at 8 to 12 lifts in a rep and sometimes adding in pushups or shadow boxing randomly0 -
65kg / 10 stones for a guy your sound anorectic...
no 65kg at 170 centimetres is a extremely healthy weight for my age and height I just want a lower body fat %
1 stone = to 6.3 kg so stones is not a accurate way to measure peoples weight0 -
I've looked on a calorie counter on google i'm not sure if its acurate but its saying i've been consuming thousands of calories a day lol0
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wow so much bad advice. OP how many calories are you eating in a day? How long have you been experiencing a plateau?
This is somewhat irrelevant, as I feel like you will get more of the results that you want from a good lifting routine. What is your exercise like right now?
I'm not sure exactly how many calories i've been consuming a day but lately i've been eating 1-1.5kg of fruit a day mainly mandarins, apples and kiwi fruit and in the afternoon 0.5-1 litre of vegetable juice a day mainly cucumber, celery, tomato, beetroot, carrot and around 400-750 grams of beef or chicken a day at night after work with sometimes a onion cooked with it and lots of sauce maybe adding up to 500 grams of fruit afterwards.
plateau has only been a week over at most have been losing 1kg a week sucessfully since then.
been doing around 1 hour of low to high intesity carido 2-4 times a week and lately only been using a bench press to do around 35-45kg 3-5 reps at 8 to 12 lifts in a rep and sometimes adding in pushups or shadow boxing randomly
Track your food. Keep cardio to once or twice a week. 1 week without losing is okay. 1 kg per week is too much to lose.0 -
thankyou for your advice i've resolved to buy some protein powder and do a lot more heavy lifting though it might take a couple weeks before I get these resources together.
I just want to be toned, I naturally always seem to have decent chest muscles and fat on top of them so unless I lower my body fat percentage my chest really looks unflattering lol0 -
65kg / 10 stones for a guy your sound anorectic...0
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Just a suggestion but try some healthy fat. Seriously throw some flax or an avacado at it. Healthy fat tells your body everything is ok! It is getting what it needs. It isn't starving so your metabolisum can relax and start burning again. Have a little vinegar and olive oil on some veggies. Doesn't take a lot. It doesn't have to be something that is going to trigger cravings but a little healthy fat goes a long way.0
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http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/
Eat at the proper calorie amount for your goal. You may want "gain muscle, lose fat". Get enough protein. Strength train.0
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