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MsSecondGuesser
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Hello,
I'm currently in what many would call a "weight plateau". About a year ago, I weight about 196 lbs. Today, I'm 147 lbs. I've been ranging between 145-155 lbs. in the past few months. I know what I did to lose that weight (significantly less calories, drinking green tea, and walking for about 1-2 hours a day), and it seems to not work as well as it used to (for obvious reasons). About 3 days ago, I started working out a gym (using a treadmill at 3.5mph pace and an incline of 2 (?, whatever that means) and trying out classes (wake up workout, zumba, yoga, pilates) that they offer.
I am 5' 2", and I want to get to about 130-135 lbs range. Do you have any helpful tips to help me lose the extra weight?
I'm currently in what many would call a "weight plateau". About a year ago, I weight about 196 lbs. Today, I'm 147 lbs. I've been ranging between 145-155 lbs. in the past few months. I know what I did to lose that weight (significantly less calories, drinking green tea, and walking for about 1-2 hours a day), and it seems to not work as well as it used to (for obvious reasons). About 3 days ago, I started working out a gym (using a treadmill at 3.5mph pace and an incline of 2 (?, whatever that means) and trying out classes (wake up workout, zumba, yoga, pilates) that they offer.
I am 5' 2", and I want to get to about 130-135 lbs range. Do you have any helpful tips to help me lose the extra weight?
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There aren't really any tips to lose weight. Eat in a caloric deficit and it will happen. That's all.
And green tea does nothing.0 -
Are you using a food scale?
Are you logging accurately? (see thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1)0 -
I really suggest trying to build more muscle.... So classes that elevate your core strength like TRX, barre and power yoga.... That way muscle = more metabolic tissue. Also I have significantly decrease my grain and dairy intake. So I feast on all the veggies I want and eat a moderate amount of meat.... And use nut dairy instead. I am so close 9 lbs away from goal AND 20 weeks post baby body.0
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Lol, I've been using it a lot since I started (2-4x a day). I'm not sure what effect it gave for my weight loss, but I don't know if I'd be ready to give it up.
To add to the above post: I plan on working out 6x/week about 2 (or 2 and a half) hours a day. I'm also really self conscious about extra belly fat hanging around - are there any ab exercise that you guys know of that works and is doable (my stomach area ached after doing pilates - so there are still muscles under there (ha!).0 -
I also intermittently fast for about 24-36 hours a week. That's should kickstart your weight loss0
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I stared using the myfitnesspal (again) today! So hopefully I'll remember to log my food intake as much as I can.0
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Lots of things go into what someone weighs As you have dropped fat you may have also built muscle. What other bench marks are you using? How do you feel? When you walked 1-2 hours a day how much more ground did you cover then when you started? And last What clothing size are you. Inches off your waist mean more then what the scale says.0
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MsSecondGuesser wrote: »Hello,
I'm currently in what many would call a "weight plateau". About a year ago, I weight about 196 lbs. Today, I'm 147 lbs. I've been ranging between 145-155 lbs. in the past few months. I know what I did to lose that weight (significantly less calories, drinking green tea, and walking for about 1-2 hours a day), and it seems to not work as well as it used to (for obvious reasons). About 3 days ago, I started working out a gym (using a treadmill at 3.5mph pace and an incline of 2 (?, whatever that means) and trying out classes (wake up workout, zumba, yoga, pilates) that they offer.
I am 5' 2", and I want to get to about 130-135 lbs range. Do you have any helpful tips to help me lose the extra weight?
What are the obvious reasons?
As you lose weight your deficit gets smaller. If you stay at the same calorie level you will lose at a slower rate. It sounds as if you are eating at or close to the maintenance level of your current weight.
Solution would be...either eat less or move more or a combination of the two.
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MsSecondGuesser wrote: »Lol, I've been using it a lot since I started (2-4x a day). I'm not sure what effect it gave for my weight loss, but I don't know if I'd be ready to give it up.
To add to the above post: I plan on working out 6x/week about 2 (or 2 and a half) hours a day. I'm also really self conscious about extra belly fat hanging around - are there any ab exercise that you guys know of that works and is doable (my stomach area ached after doing pilates - so there are still muscles under there (ha!).
Read this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
Two hours a day of exercise everyday sounds a bit excessive to me. Not to be discouraging, but you may be setting yourself up for a burn out, or just inadequate recovery time in between sessions. Since you're trying to lose weight I imagine you would be eating at a deficit, so you may or may not consume enough to properly fuel these workouts (unless we're just talking gentle walks). Just be careful!
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Many of you might start saying how unhealthy it was to have lost the weight that I started with, and I would agree. I lost about 35 lbs in 2 months by just significantly decreasing how much calories I took in - so there are some extra skin from the weight loss that I plan on toning up.
The obvious reasons for me would be: there is less fat to lose, hence previous weight loss practices that I did won't be as effective.
As for sizes:
My pants are now size 8, when they used to be 14.
My shirt sizes are now a M, when they used to be XL or 1X.
(USA sizes)
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MsSecondGuesser wrote: »I stared using the myfitnesspal (again) today! So hopefully I'll remember to log my food intake as much as I can.
So you haven't been tracking? This could be one of the obvious reasons you spoke of.
There are ways of losing weight without tracking. However...while you might think that it is easier than tracking...it isn't necessarily...you have to be really good at estimations. I stopped weighing everything for a while...I actually ended up not eating enough. So I went back to tracking for a while.
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staticsplit wrote: »
I agree with this. I do go to a nursing school, and I've learned that fasting and not eating enough calories can cause the belly to blow up (not literally, but the decrease in needed nutrients can cause a lot of bloating -> which will not help the self-esteem/how the belly look when trying to lose weight).0 -
You can't "tone" skin
You have to give it time ...up to 2 years to spring back as much as possible
You should lift heavy and progressively to preserve what LBM you have
And eat at a defecit for your current weight
D not try to log, log everything..by weight0 -
MsSecondGuesser wrote: »Lol, I've been using it a lot since I started (2-4x a day). I'm not sure what effect it gave for my weight loss, but I don't know if I'd be ready to give it up.
To add to the above post: I plan on working out 6x/week about 2 (or 2 and a half) hours a day. I'm also really self conscious about extra belly fat hanging around - are there any ab exercise that you guys know of that works and is doable (my stomach area ached after doing pilates - so there are still muscles under there (ha!).
Read this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
Two hours a day of exercise everyday sounds a bit excessive to me. Not to be discouraging, but you may be setting yourself up for a burn out, or just inadequate recovery time in between sessions. Since you're trying to lose weight I imagine you would be eating at a deficit, so you may or may not consume enough to properly fuel these workouts (unless we're just talking gentle walks). Just be careful!
To be honest, I feel like the treadmill pace is okay. I don't think it's pretty excessive? 2 miles in about 40 minutes is not too bad - it's enough to get my cardio up. As for the classes, many of the members are older folks (I live in a community where most of the population are the elderly), so most of the exercises aren't too excessive that they wouldn't be able to keep up.0 -
MsSecondGuesser wrote: »I stared using the myfitnesspal (again) today! So hopefully I'll remember to log my food intake as much as I can.
So you haven't been tracking? This could be one of the obvious reasons you spoke of.
There are ways of losing weight without tracking. However...while you might think that it is easier than tracking...it isn't necessarily...you have to be really good at estimations. I stopped weighing everything for a while...I actually ended up not eating enough. So I went back to tracking for a while.
I haven't been excessively focused on losing weight during the school months - after all of the papers, clinical, and tests every other day, there haven't been a lot of time to really work out. Now that it's summer, I feel more inclined to lose the extra weight.
And I might have said the toning skin wrong. Yes, it would take time, as the body adjusts?0
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