Need some help :(

Baby_Blackberry
Baby_Blackberry Posts: 7
in Health and Weight Loss
I am gluten and lactose intolerant, so my diet is very limited. I also have trouble with anything fried, highly processed, high amounts of caffeine (not coffee) and recently even rice based products (crackers, noodles, etc) have been making me sick. I workout 5 days a week, 4 of those I do a 30 min circuit training workout and the other day I do a 55 min workout. The other two days of the week I will walk at or around my school to try and get some exercise in. Even though I've been doing this steadily for almost a month, I have seen very little results...I don't understand what I am doing wrong?

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    open up your diary, if you want more targeted advice.

    How many calories per day are you eating? Do you weigh your food using a digital scale?
  • Baby_Blackberry
    Baby_Blackberry Posts: 7
    No I do not weigh my food and I eat between 1300-1500 cal
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    Do You really have 10 lbs to lose? Your weight might be where it should be.
  • 1swolpanda
    1swolpanda Posts: 120 Member
    the calorie base is probably what is doing it to you, u are eating too little right now, when u do fried foods try switching it to coconut oil instead of regular oils

    bump the calorie up a little based on your workout regiment, and a gluten free protein bar is going to be your best friend because u need the protein to help u burn the fat, and also water
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    If you don't weigh your food, how do you know how many calories you consume? Is everything pre-packaged or do you estimate. Estimate such I'm eating chicken so I'll log 4 oz though I don't really know if its 4 or 6 or 8 or.... Estimation could mean your 1300-1500 is actually 2600-3000. You simply don't know.
    No I do not weigh my food and I eat between 1300-1500 cal
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    With only 9 lbs to go, a reasonable deficit to minimize the body fighting against your efforts, is 1/2 lb weekly.

    Yes, you'll just get stressed out with current direction, and stress also makes it harder. Actually, too big a deficit is the stress probably stopping you right now.

    And you need to keep that reasonable deficit by logging your workouts, and eating back those exercise calories, at least 85% of them anyway.

    Great workouts though, but you'll get more out of them, and they'll cause better changes, with a proper deficit.

    If you have been doing that correctly, then it's the food logging is probably inflated since not weighing foods.

    If you have NOT been doing that correctly, I doubt bad food logging could overcome that total deficit.

    In addition, that great strength training workout that will help retain muscle mass, is also going to ask the body to retain water for repair.

    So only valid weigh-in day for you is morning after rest day eating normal sodium levels, not sore from last workout.

    With reasonable deficit too, you should be able to make the circuit training harder.

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