Have I hit my plateau?
lindsayh87
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So it seems I'm feeling a little stuck and starting to wonder if maybe I set my goals too high (or low really!). I'm 27 yrs old, 5'3" and down to 130lbs. My goal was 120lbs but now i upped it to 125. Last year I went through this - strict diet and hard work outs - and once I hit 130 I couldn't get any lower. I backed off for a while and gained back a few lbs so now I've been back to 45-90 minutes of exersize 5-6 days a week and sticking close to 1200 calories a day for the last month. I have cheat days, yes, but not in so much excess to account for a whole week of doing good! I've lost 23lbs since I started this over a year ago and I'm stuck! Am I now gaining too much muscle from work outs to lose weight? Are some people just not built to get a certain weight (without starving and malnourishing myself)? I feel pretty good about what I see in the mirror so I know I shouldn't care so much about what the scale says but gosh darn it, it makes me mad that I haven't reached that ultimate goal!! Any advise? Thanks!!
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What's the difference with the tape measure if you are @ 120, or @ 130? I have the same measurements weighing @ 220 as I do @ 230.
I hit a plateau around October and did not drop or gain for 2 months. Then, I changed my routine from Evening to Morning workouts, and dropped 12 lbs. in 16 days. Also increased my whey protein intake. Another thing I did was stop working out on the Machines, and went strictly to barbells, dumbbells, and body weight resistance/core workouts.
Also try increasing your calorie intake. 1200 may be too low to support those guns you have working...
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Can you open your diary?0
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I'd consider it maintenance and as you know, keeping the pounds from creeping up is hard. At some point the plateau will ease. It may only be an ounce at a time but I'd feel great about not gaining.0
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I did the same thing. My last 5 pounds would not budge! I stayed at "maintenance" and the amount of calories I was eating was right around 1100 to 1200 and no matter how much cardio I did it would not budge.
I forgave those last 5 pounds (LOL) and decided to recomp. What I mean is that although I still do cardio 3 times a week, I have added lifting weights (barbells, dumbells, body strength exercising) another 3 days a week and now I am losing fat (not weight).
My body wants to stay at a particular number period.. I thought I would go insane until I switched it up and it is the best thing I could have done. Being female, do not give up the cardio, just add strength training (light until you get stronger) and you will see changes..
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sounds like youre cals are rather lowup them a little and lift weights and be patient then after a certain time drop them ever so slightly again, but to be honest they sound rather low in the first place. what will happen is you will just become a smaller person ( same shape but smaller)then you already are all over if youre not eating right, hope this helps0
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