Can you workout too much?
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I haven't lost any weight in 4 month!BenjaminS_Fitness wrote: »How long have you not been losing weight?
If it is a week or two it might be because your body is holding more water weight which happens sometimes during longer diets. (basically your body is trying to hold on to as much weight as possible.
I don't log here on MFP. I log on another app. But starting from now on. I will log here as well. I will just come back here in 2 weeks and you can see what I am eating.
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6 days a week at 2-3 hours a day is 12-18 hours of exercise a week. And you're eating no more than 1500 calories a day? You need fuel to power those workouts, not just grind through them and expect your body to just take the abuse. I agree that you are putting way too much emphasis on gym time.
Are you weighing and logging your foods? Without an open diary, it's hard for anyone to offer anything more than general advice.
Even if she is logging and her log would say 1500 there is no way she is not losing fat on 1500 calories with that activity.0 -
BenjaminS_Fitness wrote: »6 days a week at 2-3 hours a day is 12-18 hours of exercise a week. And you're eating no more than 1500 calories a day? You need fuel to power those workouts, not just grind through them and expect your body to just take the abuse. I agree that you are putting way too much emphasis on gym time.
Are you weighing and logging your foods? Without an open diary, it's hard for anyone to offer anything more than general advice.
Even if she is logging and her log would say 1500 there is no way she is not losing fat on 1500 calories with that activity.
That is why I think my body is just done losing weight. I was 264 lbs and am now 155. I guess it had enough. Sadly I am not at my goal of 130 lbs..
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To answer your title: Yes, you can train too much, it's called over-training.
Have a re-look at your diet and exercise, sometimes changing things up slightly can make a difference. (Training less, eating less or Training more, eating more) All dependent on what you feel may be too much.
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You are eating too much. Full stop. Unless you are maybe 4'2" and 50lbs...0
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TyronnePanaino wrote: »To answer your title: Yes, you can train too much, it's called over-training.
Have a re-look at your diet and exercise, sometimes changing things up slightly can make a difference. (Training less, eating less or Training more, eating more) All dependent on what you feel may be too much.
It's possible, that's for sure. I am in great shape and train 4-5 days per week (weights) and cardio 5 days per week (30 min, sometimes more). I had been doing one hour cardio every day. Then, I added an extra weight day (glute focused) and tried to sneak in a 'light' shoulder day four days after my heavy one. I did this for exactly three months before I went in one day and just couldn't do any of it. I was beat. I could hardly get out of bed in the morning. Long story short - definitely possible, then you'll be forced to take time off later and won't be too thrilled about it (at least not if you love exercise/gym time). Still dealing with a little bit of dragging of the a**, but much better and now re-configured my sessions as well as nutritional areas.
All I can say is I would occasionally wonder - am I overdoing it? Nah. Then, it hit. I knew.0 -
I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day. I don't think it is healthy to go even lower than that... Sorry.
But if that would be the problem, I would be able to fix it, trust me!0 -
Overtraining (scientific tearm) is actually a medical condition.TyronnePanaino wrote: »To answer your title: Yes, you can train too much, it's called over-training.
Have a re-look at your diet and exercise, sometimes changing things up slightly can make a difference. (Training less, eating less or Training more, eating more) All dependent on what you feel may be too much.
what is labeled as overtraining by lifters is really short tearm overreaching.
Real overtraining is possible but to be realistic most normal people will never ever reach it.0 -
Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day.
Is that 1200-1500 cals total, or 1200-1500 + exercise cals?
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I am 5'5", 132lbs and I lost weight without doing hardly any serious cardio on 1300-1500 a day at 155lbs.0
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Tina270582 wrote: »
I haven't lost any weight in 4 month!BenjaminS_Fitness wrote: »How long have you not been losing weight?
If it is a week or two it might be because your body is holding more water weight which happens sometimes during longer diets. (basically your body is trying to hold on to as much weight as possible.
With that exercise and claiming to eat 1500 calories a day. Yup logging issues.
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Michael190lbs wrote: »I workout 10-11 hours a week bike 7 hours and weights 4 hours eat over 2000 closer to 2500 calories everyday and am losing weight
OK?
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OP, are you actually weighing all of your food?0
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Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day. I don't think it is healthy to go even lower than that... Sorry.
But if that would be the problem, I would be able to fix it, trust me!
We're at a similar point. I'm 5'5" and 153. My goal weight is 145. The weight is dropping much more slowly now than when I started at 188. I've lost 5 pounds in the last 2 months and I'm exercising 5 days a week (1 hour/cardio and weights) with a calorie goal of 1,330 calories a day.
You haven't said if you're weighing all your foods. If you aren't, that's probably part of the solution. If you are weighing your foods, log everything and you're still not losing weight, see your doctor. The amount of exercise you're doing should be creating a huge deficit at 1,500 calories. Something doesn't add up.
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Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day.
Is that 1200-1500 cals total, or 1200-1500 + exercise cals?
I eat 1500 kcal and burn between 1000 and 1300 kcal. I do not eat those back!0 -
Tina270582 wrote: »Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day.
Is that 1200-1500 cals total, or 1200-1500 + exercise cals?
I eat 1500 kcal and burn between 1000 and 1300 kcal. I do not eat those back!
So you net 500-200 calories In?
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I weight all my food.
Maybe I am still eating too many carbs? I don't eat rice, noodles, bread, potatoes, corn... but I do eat beans. I am a vegetarian, so I have to get my protein from a plant based diet.
I will go back on protein shakes. Maybe that will help?0 -
yopeeps025 wrote: »Tina270582 wrote: »Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day.
Is that 1200-1500 cals total, or 1200-1500 + exercise cals?
I eat 1500 kcal and burn between 1000 and 1300 kcal. I do not eat those back!
So you net 500-200 calories In?
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weigh your food. Like others have said, you'd be surprised at how that changes things.0
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Tina270582 wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »Tina270582 wrote: »Tina270582 wrote: »I am 5'4'' and I weigh 155 lbs. I eat between 1200 and 1500 kcal a day.
Is that 1200-1500 cals total, or 1200-1500 + exercise cals?
I eat 1500 kcal and burn between 1000 and 1300 kcal. I do not eat those back!
So you net 500-200 calories In?
yes
If true time for doctor visit. Malnutrition is what doctor should be looking for. How did you get your exercise calories? The number value?
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