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deo422
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So I'm a 33yo female 5'4 weighing about 139. I'd like to lose about the last ten pounds. I have a trainer 3x/week. We do abs, strength training, lifting etc for 60 - 75 min each time. Then I walk once a week as well about 3mph. I'd like to lose a pound a week. My calories are set to 1200. I usually eat more than that. Scale hasn't moved in a while. What do you think? I'm frustrated 
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Are u weighing ur food? How long is awhile?0
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Your TDEE is about 1800 cal/day. I would definitely up your calories to a smaller deficit. I don't think you need to be as low as 1200. It could be preventing you from seeing the progress you desire.0
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Measure yourself with a tape measure, and chart that progress.0
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1. 1200 cals per day/1 lb loss per week seems to be pretty aggressive for such a small amount to lose. Personally, I would go with a smaller deficit and slower goal, as that is usually more sustainable and has less chance of negatively impacting your metabolism.
2. Make sure you are weighing your food and not just using measuring cups or, worse, eyeballing. You'd be shocked at the difference between a serving of cereal in grams and a serving in a measuring cup.
3. Use other forms of charting your progress besides just the scale. Measuring tapes are great, and progress photos are even better. Take one from the front, back and side with arms up and arms down. Do this every 2 weeks or so, and compare the pics side by side on your computer. Try to wear something tight-ish or skimpy-ish (swimsuit, underwear, workout gear, etc.) and wear the same thing each time, and stand in the same place with the same lighting, so that the differences will be clearer. These will show your progress much more clearly than the scale. Also, pay attention to how your clothes fit.
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lol np my dream is to run at 5mph! Probably feel like im flyingchristinev297 wrote: »
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jenncornelsen wrote: »
lol np my dream is to run at 5mph! Probably feel like im flyingchristinev297 wrote: »
LMAO Thanks for making me smile today
xx
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christinev297 wrote: »
Need some stilts or those upside down buckets on ropes kids have.
You would be zooming along with those.
Is there much of a difference in stride between someone who is 5'4 and 5'9 or what ever 182 cm is in Ye olde measurement.
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5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.0
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jenncornelsen wrote: »Are u weighing ur food? How long is awhile?
I could definitely be better at weighing all my food. A while = 1 month0 -
jenncornelsen wrote: »
Lol exactly!!!0 -
Justygirl77 wrote: »Measure yourself with a tape measure, and chart that progress.
Great suggestion!!!!!0 -
SnuggleSmacks wrote: »1. 1200 cals per day/1 lb loss per week seems to be pretty aggressive for such a small amount to lose. Personally, I would go with a smaller deficit and slower goal, as that is usually more sustainable and has less chance of negatively impacting your metabolism.
2. Make sure you are weighing your food and not just using measuring cups or, worse, eyeballing. You'd be shocked at the difference between a serving of cereal in grams and a serving in a measuring cup.
3. Use other forms of charting your progress besides just the scale. Measuring tapes are great, and progress photos are even better. Take one from the front, back and side with arms up and arms down. Do this every 2 weeks or so, and compare the pics side by side on your computer. Try to wear something tight-ish or skimpy-ish (swimsuit, underwear, workout gear, etc.) and wear the same thing each time, and stand in the same place with the same lighting, so that the differences will be clearer. These will show your progress much more clearly than the scale. Also, pay attention to how your clothes fit.
These are awesome and encouraging ideas. I've thought of the pic thing and my trainer suggested it but I haven't done it. I'm so conditioned to relying on the scale to face my progress. Clothes definitely fit different but not like I'm in a smaller size or anything. I've gotten twice now to weigh my food so I will start doing that and maybe up my calories but that does really scare me.0 -
arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?0 -
HumerusFitness on Youtube just posted a video about why people can plateau from eating too few calories that might explain it all better to you and not make it seem so scary. I do think that the tape measurer and weighing your food is a good idea as well though.0
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arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?
I'm 133 now. When I hit 139 I was eating about 1400 calories, then I upped to 1650, now I'm back down a bit low because it's getting very hard now. I eat 1400 calories a couple days a week, then eat back my exercise calories, and then eat like 2500 calories one day a week which gets me an average daily net calories of between 1550-1650 daily...Sad thing is, now that I'm 133, I won't lose .5 lbs a week at 1650 anymore
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arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?
I'm 133 now. When I hit 139 I was eating about 1400 calories, then I upped to 1650, now I'm back down a bit low because it's getting very hard now. I eat 1400 calories a couple days a week, then eat back my exercise calories, and then eat like 2500 calories one day a week which gets me an average daily net calories of between 1550-1650 daily...Sad thing is, now that I'm 133, I won't lose .5 lbs a week at 1650 anymore
You won't lose at 1650? Like, you basically have to lower it again to lose at that rate again? 133 is awesome!!! I sware I'll be so stoked to pass 135 Id be doing the happy dance!0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?
I'm 133 now. When I hit 139 I was eating about 1400 calories, then I upped to 1650, now I'm back down a bit low because it's getting very hard now. I eat 1400 calories a couple days a week, then eat back my exercise calories, and then eat like 2500 calories one day a week which gets me an average daily net calories of between 1550-1650 daily...Sad thing is, now that I'm 133, I won't lose .5 lbs a week at 1650 anymore
You won't lose at 1650? Like, you basically have to lower it again to lose at that rate again? 133 is awesome!!! I sware I'll be so stoked to pass 135 Id be doing the happy dance!
Now that I'm 133, my .5 lb pound weekly weight loss would be 1590 per day.
Honestly, 139 to 135 was the hardest part of my weight loss. Very strange period. Lots of adjustments. Plus I lift heavy and I remember being super hungry.0 -
HumerusFitness on Youtube just posted a video about why people can plateau from eating too few calories that might explain it all better to you and not make it seem so scary. I do think that the tape measurer and weighing your food is a good idea as well though.
I'm trying to find it on there. Do you know the name of it?0 -
HumerusFitness on Youtube just posted a video about why people can plateau from eating too few calories that might explain it all better to you and not make it seem so scary. I do think that the tape measurer and weighing your food is a good idea as well though.
I'm trying to find it on there. Do you know the name of it?
The name of the video is Break Your Fat Loss Plateau! and the channel is HumerusFitness0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?arditarose wrote: »5'4" as well. When I hit 139 I think I had to officially drop my goal to .5 lbs per week. It's slow, really slow. But it'll come.
Really? Ok, I could try that. It'll give me some more calories ... What are you at now?
I'm 133 now. When I hit 139 I was eating about 1400 calories, then I upped to 1650, now I'm back down a bit low because it's getting very hard now. I eat 1400 calories a couple days a week, then eat back my exercise calories, and then eat like 2500 calories one day a week which gets me an average daily net calories of between 1550-1650 daily...Sad thing is, now that I'm 133, I won't lose .5 lbs a week at 1650 anymore
You won't lose at 1650? Like, you basically have to lower it again to lose at that rate again? 133 is awesome!!! I sware I'll be so stoked to pass 135 Id be doing the happy dance!
Now that I'm 133, my .5 lb pound weekly weight loss would be 1590 per day.
Honestly, 139 to 135 was the hardest part of my weight loss. Very strange period. Lots of adjustments. Plus I lift heavy and I remember being super hungry.
Thank you for all this. You've made me feel more normal! I started lifting about 2 weeks ago... And yes, I'm hungry . ALOT. I changed my goal to .5lb/week and MFP upped me to 13800 -
HumerusFitness on Youtube just posted a video about why people can plateau from eating too few calories that might explain it all better to you and not make it seem so scary. I do think that the tape measurer and weighing your food is a good idea as well though.
I'm trying to find it on there. Do you know the name of it?
The name of the video is Break Your Fat Loss Plateau! and the channel is HumerusFitness
Perfect!!! Thank you
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HumerusFitness on Youtube just posted a video about why people can plateau from eating too few calories that might explain it all better to you and not make it seem so scary. I do think that the tape measurer and weighing your food is a good idea as well though.
I'm trying to find it on there. Do you know the name of it?
The name of the video is Break Your Fat Loss Plateau! and the channel is HumerusFitness
Perfect!!! Thank you
No problem! I hope the way he explains everything helps. Sometimes its easier to hear someone talking than to try to read/explain it by typing it all out
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