Plateauing for 2+ months now!
marie0108
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Dear people of the internet, please help! Someone's been slowly going insane here, haha!
Basically, here's the deal: I'm 23 years old, 5'2", and weigh 121 lbs. I've lost ~15 lbs by doing intermittent fasting over three months, but ever since I started working out at the end of December, I haven't seen any progress. Tried the scale, tried measuring, .. nothing. Well, almost nothing.
The thing is that I've been eating really clean ever since Christmas, have been working out 6 times a week, get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, and drink so much water that I literally have to pee every 30 minutes.
Here's a more detailed overview of my diet and workouts:
Note that I JUST started eating carbs again, I tried paleo with as much as ~60 g of carbs a day, didn't see any difference. And I did it for two months.
Here's what I've been doing for 1-2 weeks now (I weigh everything with a food scale, but am giving you rough measures here now because it's never really the same amount. But I AM super strict about it and measure and log everything):
Breakfast: 2 slices of Ezekiel bread with 0.2% curd cheese (40g), 2 slices of turkey ham, and either half a bell pepper or ~80 g cherry tomatoes or a small apple
Lunch: 200 g codfish or 150 g of chicken or turkey breast, 150 g broccoli or 300 g zucchini, 1 tbs coconut oil to fry everything in. I'll ususally have either a small apple after or yogurt with some kind of berries.
Snack: whey protein shake with 100 ml of almond milk; 10-20 almonds; apple or veg; or yogurt with berries or protein powder
Dinner: usually 2 eggs with 2 tbs of cream cheese (3% fat total), slice of cheese, hand full of tomatoes, some bell pepper, some vegetable to snack on and 2 slices of ham
All in all, that brings me to around 1500 kcal a day with a 35-35-30 (carbs-proteins-fats) ratio, even though I usually never go over 100 g of carbs a day.
I work out 5-6 times a week, I do 5 HIIT classes at my gym and have recently been burning 350-360 kcal each 40min workout. I usually rest Saturday and Sunday. I did a massive amount of weight training from January to March and did a good amount of running then, too, but have recently started a new job that doesn't give me as much time anymore.
My BMR is 1380, so I'm just wondering what I've been doing wrong. Am I overeating? Undereating? Doing too much cardio and not enough lifting? Should I give running regularly another go and just try to fit it in every other day?
If I should up my intake, how much further up should I go?
I'm never going back to my old habits, but it's just so extremely frustrating to give everything every single day and not see any progress. I feel like I've tried everything. And please don't say I'm in the healthy weight range. My thighs and bum are still really big and all I want is feel comfortable in my body again. The clean eating has done wonders to my skin and I never have cravings for anything anymore. But obviously I'm doing something wrong and appreciate any help you amazing people have out there Thank you so much for reading!
Basically, here's the deal: I'm 23 years old, 5'2", and weigh 121 lbs. I've lost ~15 lbs by doing intermittent fasting over three months, but ever since I started working out at the end of December, I haven't seen any progress. Tried the scale, tried measuring, .. nothing. Well, almost nothing.
The thing is that I've been eating really clean ever since Christmas, have been working out 6 times a week, get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, and drink so much water that I literally have to pee every 30 minutes.
Here's a more detailed overview of my diet and workouts:
Note that I JUST started eating carbs again, I tried paleo with as much as ~60 g of carbs a day, didn't see any difference. And I did it for two months.
Here's what I've been doing for 1-2 weeks now (I weigh everything with a food scale, but am giving you rough measures here now because it's never really the same amount. But I AM super strict about it and measure and log everything):
Breakfast: 2 slices of Ezekiel bread with 0.2% curd cheese (40g), 2 slices of turkey ham, and either half a bell pepper or ~80 g cherry tomatoes or a small apple
Lunch: 200 g codfish or 150 g of chicken or turkey breast, 150 g broccoli or 300 g zucchini, 1 tbs coconut oil to fry everything in. I'll ususally have either a small apple after or yogurt with some kind of berries.
Snack: whey protein shake with 100 ml of almond milk; 10-20 almonds; apple or veg; or yogurt with berries or protein powder
Dinner: usually 2 eggs with 2 tbs of cream cheese (3% fat total), slice of cheese, hand full of tomatoes, some bell pepper, some vegetable to snack on and 2 slices of ham
All in all, that brings me to around 1500 kcal a day with a 35-35-30 (carbs-proteins-fats) ratio, even though I usually never go over 100 g of carbs a day.
I work out 5-6 times a week, I do 5 HIIT classes at my gym and have recently been burning 350-360 kcal each 40min workout. I usually rest Saturday and Sunday. I did a massive amount of weight training from January to March and did a good amount of running then, too, but have recently started a new job that doesn't give me as much time anymore.
My BMR is 1380, so I'm just wondering what I've been doing wrong. Am I overeating? Undereating? Doing too much cardio and not enough lifting? Should I give running regularly another go and just try to fit it in every other day?
If I should up my intake, how much further up should I go?
I'm never going back to my old habits, but it's just so extremely frustrating to give everything every single day and not see any progress. I feel like I've tried everything. And please don't say I'm in the healthy weight range. My thighs and bum are still really big and all I want is feel comfortable in my body again. The clean eating has done wonders to my skin and I never have cravings for anything anymore. But obviously I'm doing something wrong and appreciate any help you amazing people have out there Thank you so much for reading!
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Copied my post from a similar thread:
I was eating quite low (1200-1400) and got tired of the plateau as nothing was occuring. I increased my calories to 1600-1700 for the first two weeks and I gained 2lbs, but since I like eating more I continued as I was aware it could happen. A week ago I dropped the 2lbs I gained and my scale reading is even lower this week despite eating 1800-2000cals on Monday & Tuesday then about 1500cals yesterday. My body is a lot leaner and it generally feels a lot better. I've even been complimented on how healthy I look so upping calories is what made the change for me. As I wasn't too bothered about the weight gain, that made the difference to stick to it - it's been about a month and only now the changes have occured but I love it.0 -
Copied my post from a similar thread:
I was eating quite low (1200-1400) and got tired of the plateau as nothing was occuring. I increased my calories to 1600-1700 for the first two weeks and I gained 2lbs, but since I like eating more I continued as I was aware it could happen. A week ago I dropped the 2lbs I gained and my scale reading is even lower this week despite eating 1800-2000cals on Monday & Tuesday then about 1500cals yesterday. My body is a lot leaner and it generally feels a lot better. I've even been complimented on how healthy I look so upping calories is what made the change for me. As I wasn't too bothered about the weight gain, that made the difference to stick to it - it's been about a month and only now the changes have occured but I love it.
Thank you! I've been meaning to up my cals. I was eating 1200 a day forever and have upped to 1500 now and I'm honestly having trouble to meet even that. But I'll give it a go!0 -
You don't need to lose any more weight. your BMI is already 20. Eat at maintenance (which you already are ) and concentrate on your fitness. It's obvious a look your after and losing an unhealthy amount of weight wont help. Pop over to the fitness boards and ask what best to do for the look you want0
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I'm also 5'2, but I weigh more than you. 121 lbs is a healthy BMI. I'm guessing what you're trying to lose are what we like to call 'vanity pounds'. Those are going to be the hardest to lose, and will probably take a very long time.
With the amount of activity you are doing, you should probably have a higher calorie goal. Set your MFP goal to lose .5 lbs/week and follow that.
And most importantly, weigh your food.
But like I said, you're already in a VERY healthy weight, so losing more is going to take a long time.0 -
I'm also 5'2, but I weigh more than you. 121 lbs is a healthy BMI. I'm guessing what you're trying to lose are what we like to call 'vanity pounds'. Those are going to be the hardest to lose, and will probably take a very long time.
With the amount of activity you are doing, you should probably have a higher calorie goal. Set your MFP goal to lose .5 lbs/week and follow that.
And most importantly, weigh your food.
But like I said, you're already in a VERY healthy weight, so losing more is going to take a long time.
If I were confident enough, I'd post some photos. But since I'm not, you gotta believe me that I'm happy with my upper body, but my thighs and bum are disproportionally big. And they have always been. Knowing that my BMI is in the healthy weight range doesn't make me feel any more confident though, do you know what I'm saying? I'm trying to lose the last 10 pounds to be back at the weight I had a couple of years ago when I was extremely fit. Actually, it's not even about the weight, but the fact that I should just lean out at some point. Which hasn't happened yet and my thighs are still extremely wobbly. All I want is to wear shorts again and feel confident Thanks though! And I do already weigh everything religiously, it's sad, haha!0 -
I'm also 5'2 and know what you mean. When I weighed 121, I felt soooo overweight. I was comfortable at around 110. I get it. I'm tipping the scales at 136 trying to lose weight since giving birth and it's soooooo hard. I've been stuck at the same weight for 2 weeks now despite working out 5 days a week and eating 1200 calories. I'm going to try to up my calories and see if that helps. It's so discouraging to plateau and not see any change.0
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I'll leave this here for you to check out http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/977538-halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky
You should start lifting heavy, that will give you a leaner look. Don't focus on trying to lose more weight, focus on measurements.0 -
I'm also 5'2 and know what you mean. When I weighed 121, I felt soooo overweight. I was comfortable at around 110. I get it. I'm tipping the scales at 136 trying to lose weight since giving birth and it's soooooo hard. I've been stuck at the same weight for 2 weeks now despite working out 5 days a week and eating 1200 calories. I'm going to try to up my calories and see if that helps. It's so discouraging to plateau and not see any change.
There's gotta be a way to get rid off those last pounds, right? Ugh, I'm glad I'm not alone though0 -
I'll leave this here for you to check out http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/977538-halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky
You should start lifting heavy, that will give you a leaner look. Don't focus on trying to lose more weight, focus on measurements.
Thank you! I don't have access to a gym with lifting equipment, all I do is take HIIT classes. Do you think that working with your bodyweight is a good idea, too?0
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