Need Some Help!!

KissesHugs2
KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,
I have posted recently but I am still in need of some help! I have maintained a weight of about 135 pounds for about the last year and a half. I started my weight loss/fitness journey Feb 2012. I started out with little exercise but cutting many calories and eating back my estimated calories burned as well as the 1200 allowed per day for my weight loss goal.

Since I hit 135 pounds I have hit a weight where I cannot seem to get it to move without eating well below what my recommended daily calories would be, which to me, is not healthy.

Currently, I work out quite a bit. Normally between 5-7 hours a week. I do weight lifting/strength for about the past 6 months about twice a week. I do many different types of cardio work outs as well. I try to incorporate both. I also have been trying to eat at 1600-1800 calories per day. With sometimes cheat meals on the weekend.

I had heard that with the weight lifting/strength training that I should eat at maintenance if I am not necessarily wanting to loose weight on the scale, just tone and reduce some fat in the areas that are needed, that I should eat right at or below maintenance calories and just keep up the work outs.

Any ideas of what I can do differently to actually start noticing a difference in my overall figure? My main goal is to loose fat but I don't want to starve doing so...I feel like I am doing enough work outs, but maybe I should change them up to get to my goal?

I want to firm my arms, butt, abs and so I just need some guidance. I also dont' want to be a twig, I just want to be toned, with nice curves. Any suggestions are welcome!

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  • KissesHugs2
    KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
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  • KissesHugs2
    KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
    bump bump

    need answers, so trying to get to the top of the list!
  • KissesHugs2
    KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
    Sorry I am still getting used to how to post.
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    KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
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  • lemonsnowdrop
    lemonsnowdrop Posts: 1,298 Member
    If you want to lose fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit. If you're not losing weight, then you're not in a deficit. Do you weigh and measure and log everything you eat? How do you estimate your burned calories? You may be eating back too much, if you're overestimating your calorie burn.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    What do your workouts look like right now? What kind of results are you looking for?

    I'm not sure I can give you much advice on body recomposition (other than eat close to maintenance and lift heavy things) but at least I can save you from having to bump your own post again.
  • Murph1908
    Murph1908 Posts: 125 Member
    You might get more of a response to your post if you had a more descriptive subject.

    But based on that picture, I am not sure you need any help. Dayum.
  • KissesHugs2
    KissesHugs2 Posts: 48 Member
    I am currently trying to only eat 1600 calories per day. That is with me looking at the whole TDEE and BMR calculation, which supposively based on that I should eat between 1700-1800 calories per day. I only put in that calculation that I do five hours of work outs per week, however I normally do more.

    And thanks for responding so I don't have to bump it anymore. Wasn't really sure how else to get responses.

    I am comfortable with how much I weigh just not what the weight looks like. I have two children so I still have some fat that needs to be lost. I would like to build more muscle to help for that more toned look.

    I usually do weights for about 20 minutes on my lunch break on Mondays, then an hour of cardio boxing and an hour of zumba right after that. I also usually do about 20 minutes of weights on Tuesdays and then a H20 Pump class which is an hour long on Tuesdays. I then typically go for a walk/jog or elliptical for about 20 minutes on Wednesday, followed by 30 minutes Cardio Burn class, and 60 minutes Body Pump. Thursdays I normally do about 20 minutes again of either weights or a brisk walk. Followed by an hour of Body Sculpt and an hour of Zumba that evening. Fridays are normally are less intense. I typically go for a 20 minute walk on my lunch hour and sometimes do swimming laps in the pool. Saturdays I do whatever class is available but normally they are only an hour long. Those classes are usually Zumba, Body Sculpt, Cycling, Yoga or something to that effect.

    I feel like I just cannot designate any more of my time to working out because it already takes up a lot of my time already. I know that I tend to always go over in my carb intake. Most cases, this is from things such as cereal for breakfast, or freshly made fruit smoothie using yogurt or from bread.


    I started measuring, but I have not in awhile. So I think I will go ahead and do that again tonight. At most, I weigh like once every couple weeks, because again I have maintained 135 for awhile now. I don't estimate my calories burned anymore since I used the calculation to tell me based on my activity level, how much I can eat per day.
    I used to have it set to 1200 and would eat that plus most of my exercise calories back. I have a HRM that calculates those.

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