Working out, eating better than ever and now NOT losing weight
blairf83
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I lost about 30 lbs last year which I unfortunately gained back when a layoff made affording my yoga habit untenble and falling into a depression for a couple of months.
The first time I lost (a year ago... not a long time) I ate between 1200 and 1400 calories and went to yoga 5 days a week, counted the calories I burned doing barn chores for the horses, and ate back almost all of my calories . I was consistently WAY under on my protein goals, way high on carbs, generally low on fat.
The past 2 months I have done better than I EVER have in terms of meeting macros (after a recent blood test had me protein deficient.....) - almost always meeting OR exceeding my protein goals. I go to the gym 5 days a week, sometimes more. Do about 10-20 minutes on the elliptical, and at least the balance of an hour doing strength training, sometimes more. I only eat back calories I burned in the gym if by not doing so, I am going to be way out of balance on my macros- (so basically if I need more wiggle room to fit in a protein shake to meet my protein goal) . And generally if I eat back calories, it's only the cardio part of my workout- I don't claim the strength training part. I'm only set to lose 1 lb per week, so 1450 calories is my daily goal. I have a cheat day on the weekends where I eat the stuff I've been craving.
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I haven't lost an ounce. My weight went up a couple of pounds, and now I'm stuck there at 186 lbs. Yesterday I had gained and almost hit the 190 mark.
I. Don't. Get it.
Now, i do look a *little* better. I have always been "butt deficient" and am almost getting one for the first time in my life... My arms are looking fairly good. And I can Pull-Up 100 lbs of myself on the assist machine. And I could probably kill someone with my inner thigh strength (LOL....) but... the scale not moving and clothing not getting any looser is getting disheartening... And my belly fat situation is still up-chuck worthy.
How do get out of this slump?
The first time I lost (a year ago... not a long time) I ate between 1200 and 1400 calories and went to yoga 5 days a week, counted the calories I burned doing barn chores for the horses, and ate back almost all of my calories . I was consistently WAY under on my protein goals, way high on carbs, generally low on fat.
The past 2 months I have done better than I EVER have in terms of meeting macros (after a recent blood test had me protein deficient.....) - almost always meeting OR exceeding my protein goals. I go to the gym 5 days a week, sometimes more. Do about 10-20 minutes on the elliptical, and at least the balance of an hour doing strength training, sometimes more. I only eat back calories I burned in the gym if by not doing so, I am going to be way out of balance on my macros- (so basically if I need more wiggle room to fit in a protein shake to meet my protein goal) . And generally if I eat back calories, it's only the cardio part of my workout- I don't claim the strength training part. I'm only set to lose 1 lb per week, so 1450 calories is my daily goal. I have a cheat day on the weekends where I eat the stuff I've been craving.
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I haven't lost an ounce. My weight went up a couple of pounds, and now I'm stuck there at 186 lbs. Yesterday I had gained and almost hit the 190 mark.
I. Don't. Get it.
Now, i do look a *little* better. I have always been "butt deficient" and am almost getting one for the first time in my life... My arms are looking fairly good. And I can Pull-Up 100 lbs of myself on the assist machine. And I could probably kill someone with my inner thigh strength (LOL....) but... the scale not moving and clothing not getting any looser is getting disheartening... And my belly fat situation is still up-chuck worthy.
How do get out of this slump?
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Do you know how much you're eating on the weekends? It's possible that you are eating enough to erase any deficit you may be creating during the week.0
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Usually it's one splurge meal, the rest fairly similar to what I eat on the weekdays, though I don't panic if it's not as fabby...., which is what I did previously when I lost weight. I'm eating a larger deficit for sure because I'm mostly NOT counting my exercise calories, but with far better balanced nutrition than I was eating when I lost before.
Before, I counted my yoga classes, my warmups for yoga classes, my barn chores, walking the dog....- anything that didn't involve sitting around pretty much... and ate those calories back fully. I hate to think that my metabolism has crapped out so quickly that one year later losing the same amount is going to take so much more effort...0 -
Usually it's one splurge meal, the rest fairly similar to what I eat on the weekdays, though I don't panic if it's not as fabby...., which is what I did previously when I lost weight. I'm eating a larger deficit for sure because I'm mostly NOT counting my exercise calories, but with far better balanced nutrition than I was eating when I lost before.
Before, I counted my yoga classes, my warmups for yoga classes, my barn chores, walking the dog....- anything that didn't involve sitting around pretty much... and ate those calories back fully. I hate to think that my metabolism has crapped out so quickly that one year later losing the same amount is going to take so much more effort...
So do you know how many calories are in that splurge meal?0 -
Omg o count my calories and don't eat back what I burn and I've done nothing but gain weight I know how u feel old what I'm doing wrong either I feel like I'm eating better then ever also!!0
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A few questions...
How long since you started eating at this level?
Do you weigh all your solid food, measure all liquids, and log everything, everyday?
On the weekends, do you still log/track?0 -
Looking at your diary I suspect you're not logging everything, everyday. Especially weekends, only partial logging. Meaning you don't know if you're eating at a deficit overall thru the week - because you don't bother tracking. If you can do that and still lose, that's good. But if you're not losing then the first thing to do: improve your logging.
Accuracy, honesty, consistency. It gets results. Weigh everything. Log everything. In 30 days compare your weight (then) to what it is now.
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