Not losing

Kelbelle30
Kelbelle30 Posts: 32 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all
So my weight's fluctuating between 182 and 186lbs and despite eating all the vegetables, protein, big workouts; I'm not losing and I'm hungry seemingly all the time!
I've upped my cycling to several shorter sessions a week rather than 2-3 long long sessions to see if that makes a difference.
Certainly, my muscles have changed shape, I'm more toned, but I'm just not shifting the flab on top of the muscles!
Can anyone help?
Kel

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    How long has this been going on?
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    What is your height and goal weight?

    How many calories do you consume each day?

    Do you log all meals, snacks, bites, tastes, beverages, etc.? Every day even on weekends and 'cheat' days?

    How long has it been since you've been stalled in the 182-186 range?
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    edited July 2015
    Your diary is open. What I see: some days of not logging or partial logging. Many days eating over your goal. Exercise calorie burns that seem a little too good to be true. I looked back about 10 days.

    If you've been stalled at your current weight for more than a month: then firm up your logging. Be more accurate (use a food scale rather than relying on a medium apple, cup of recipe, etc.) and actually stick to your calorie goal. And consider your exercise calories to only be good for about 50-75%. Standing on the bank fishing is NOT going to burn almost 5 cals per minute. Walking briskly will, standing and occasionally moving your arms wouldn't rate more than general activity I think. As for the biking - if you're road/mountain biking then 10 cals per minute may be reasonable but for an exercise bike probably not.
  • Kelbelle30
    Kelbelle30 Posts: 32 Member
    Hi, thanks for replies!
    I use 'fishing' for events where I'm standing all day (marching in a protest for 6 hours, for example). What would be a better alternative?
    I am actually out on the bike road cycling and that fast, for that long. I'm training for an event.
    I've been stalled since May, but appreciate my logging isn't as rigorous as it should be. So I should stick to it vigilantly and weigh everything?
    How do I deal with the hunger?!
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    If you've been stalled since May, most likely you're eating too much.

    Better logging would help narrow down the problems.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    You may need to decide for now which is more important: training or weight loss. Eating at a deficit could hamper your training.

    What is your goal set to now? .5 pounds, 1 pound, 2 pounds per week? One way to go about it would be to aim for a slight deficit (250 per day or .5 pounds per week) but aim for extreme accuracy. That might allow you to focus both on training and still work in some weight loss. By extreme accuracy I mean food intake as well as calorie burn. What method do you use for determining biking calories burned? If you don't have a heart rate monitor it might be a good investment. Because with a 250/day deficit, if you overestimate your burn and eat back all your exercise calories you'll be at maintenance.

    For marching in a protest, the safest way to handle that might just be to factor it into your activity level. If you're normally on your feed for a good part of the day, you should not be sedentary. You may need to decide if lightly active or active is a better fit. You could also consider getting an activity tracker - something like a Fitbit. (Though if you're going to go that route you might want to research what device would be useful for all day activity AND good for biking burn as well, if you can find a device perfect for you it would avoid multiple devices.)

    As to the hunger... You can try changing up what you're eating at meals. Without going back thru your diary but just based on my own experience: certain meal combos are very filling for very low calories. I tend to eat/snack alot between breakfast/lunch and then aim for a smaller meal for dinner. But still need to feel 'full'. So some meal go-to's for me would be lean meat (like chicken breast or wild salmon which is lower fat than farm raised salmon) and veggies like baked zucchini and/or asparagus or a spinach salad w/ light dressing. I can do things like that for a large, filling meal for under 300 calories easily. Note: I don't avoid carbs, tend to have plenty of them during the day so my dinners are often protein + veggies.
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