Should I really start eating less? Am I eating too much?
LSJC18
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Hello everyone, so just now I posted a topic on "General Diet and Weight Loss Help" Here's the link:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1145456-strength-training-but-losing-nothing-help
Basically, I've been doing stronglifts for a while and I haven't lost any weight. I'm 143lbs and 5'5" and I TRY to eat at 1400-1500 a day. I say try because I end up up eating less than that if I don't try. I will assure you that I know exactly how many calories I am eating everyday.
Anyway, I lost 24lbs before stronglifts doing cardio and every since I started stronglifts I haven't lost a single pound (it's been about a month and half). I was just a bit worried because I do still want to lose weight. Of course I want to lose FAT, but I also want my scale and my measurements to go down. I haven't seen much on going down on both, I've only seen progress in my strength (like going from 6kg dumbbells to the bar).
A lot of people on this thread I posted are telling me that I should eat less and that's the solution. But the thing is, I like how much I am eating now, I am willing to do more exercise (cardio) to lose weight and all... I am also scared if I eat any less that I will be always be too weak to make any progress in the gym (which actually has happened before).
Do you guys think (being women who are more on the same page as I am in terms of workout routine) that I should be eating less?
Do you think if I just stick to stronglifts I will eventually have the fat burn off and my measurements will come down even if my scale doesn't move? Especially because I only have JUST graduated to the Olympic barbell after all.
Thanks for all your help. (:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1145456-strength-training-but-losing-nothing-help
Basically, I've been doing stronglifts for a while and I haven't lost any weight. I'm 143lbs and 5'5" and I TRY to eat at 1400-1500 a day. I say try because I end up up eating less than that if I don't try. I will assure you that I know exactly how many calories I am eating everyday.
Anyway, I lost 24lbs before stronglifts doing cardio and every since I started stronglifts I haven't lost a single pound (it's been about a month and half). I was just a bit worried because I do still want to lose weight. Of course I want to lose FAT, but I also want my scale and my measurements to go down. I haven't seen much on going down on both, I've only seen progress in my strength (like going from 6kg dumbbells to the bar).
A lot of people on this thread I posted are telling me that I should eat less and that's the solution. But the thing is, I like how much I am eating now, I am willing to do more exercise (cardio) to lose weight and all... I am also scared if I eat any less that I will be always be too weak to make any progress in the gym (which actually has happened before).
Do you guys think (being women who are more on the same page as I am in terms of workout routine) that I should be eating less?
Do you think if I just stick to stronglifts I will eventually have the fat burn off and my measurements will come down even if my scale doesn't move? Especially because I only have JUST graduated to the Olympic barbell after all.
Thanks for all your help. (:
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You won't be able to increase your weights if you don't fuel your lifts or your muscle recovery.
Try the eat, train, progress group - they are very helpful. But first, do you log every bite accurately every day? Get a couple of weeks of doing that first if not!0 -
You won't be able to increase your weights if you don't fuel your lifts or your muscle recovery.
Try the eat, train, progress group - they are very helpful. But first, do you log every bite accurately every day? Get a couple of weeks of doing that first if not!
This. I would figure out my TDEE and go from there.0 -
You won't be able to increase your weights if you don't fuel your lifts or your muscle recovery.
Try the eat, train, progress group - they are very helpful. But first, do you log every bite accurately every day? Get a couple of weeks of doing that first if not!
This. I would figure out my TDEE and go from there.
Agreed, and log everything in your diary to make sure. Weigh and measure all food for a couple of weeks to check0 -
I stayed at the same weight for the first month of Stronglifts, and all of a sudden, with no other changes, weight started slipping off, and I've lost about 8 pounds in the last 4-6 weeks. I wonder if you will experience this delayed reaction as well. As I'm not really trying to lose this much weight, I've decided I need to eat more, and have adjusted MFP accordingly. I don't want to lose any muscle, and am hoping that the weight loss I've experienced is just body recomposition from more fat/less muscle to less fat/more (or even same) muscle. The only evidence I have that this may be true is that my pants are looser, as I didn't take measurements or even pictures when I started.0
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You won't be able to increase your weights if you don't fuel your lifts or your muscle recovery.
Try the eat, train, progress group - they are very helpful. But first, do you log every bite accurately every day? Get a couple of weeks of doing that first if not!
This. I would figure out my TDEE and go from there.
Agreed, and log everything in your diary to make sure. Weigh and measure all food for a couple of weeks to check
this for sure...
The calculation for your personal TDEE is as follows:
(This is from the Eat Train Progress group)
Total calories consumed+(weight lost*3500)/number of Days=TDEE
My TDEE is 1995 and it hasn't changed so I eat TDEE-20% (1600 a day) which seems to be what I average even when I have "bad" weekends.
Choose a period of time (longer then 1 week I chose 3 weeks) and I have consistently lost weight since starting using TDEE and SL.
ETA the thing with TDEE and doing SL is that you get enough Protien in....
.8 grams of protien for each lb of Lean Body Mass and enough fats the rest protien.
If you don't want to lose muscle and retain what you can the protien is the key.0
