please help!

mtringali13
mtringali13 Posts: 41 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
hi everyone so I really need some help. this summer has been really hard for me speaking in terms of weight loss. I was very healthy right before summer started, and I was very happy with my body and almost finished the entire insanity workout. however, I started eating unhealthily again and got off the workout. then throughout two weeks in July I was undereating extremely unhealthily. I lost almost 13 pounds. however, i started eating so badly these last few weeks. I gained all of the weight back and am back to the weight I started at before any of this. I just started swim practice today and we practice three hours in the morning and two at night. how can I lose weight healthily, build muscle, and not starve myself so that I can still do well at practice?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    What are your stats?
  • mtringali13
    mtringali13 Posts: 41 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    What are your stats?

    5'8 and 138 lbs
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Stop dieting and learn a lifestyle change.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    You are 20 years old, 5'8", and need to lose eight pounds? You're not going to get much sympathy from here.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Set your goal to half a pound a week. Eat that number plus half your exercise calories. Don't qualify foods as "good" or "bad"...eat more nutritious foods first and foremost, then work treats in within your calories/macros. You won't be able to build much muscle in a calorie deficit, but once you reach goal weight you can move on to body recomposition.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    mtringali13 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    What are your stats?

    5'8 and 138 lbs

    Sounds about perfect to me. I'm 5"8 and 140lbs is my cut off weight.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    You are 20 years old, 5'8", and need to lose eight pounds? You're not going to get much sympathy from here.

    Ouch. Try to be more sympathetic to first-world problems.

    OP - discipline, moderation, and strength training. For the latter, pick a good program - Stronglifts, NROLFW, or a personal trainer's plan. Post an update in 6 months. :+1:
  • pstegman888
    pstegman888 Posts: 286 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    You are 20 years old, 5'8", and need to lose eight pounds? You're not going to get much sympathy from here.

    OP is apparently a competitive swimmer, so yeah, those 8 pounds are important.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    You swim... A LOT! I'm guessing competitively.

    Summer gets weird but as long as you are still on the swim team your body should level out pretty quick now that you are back at it. I'd eat at maintenance cals if I were you. After two weeks if you don't see the scale starting to go back to normal slowly, or your body starting to feel back to its regular fat to muscle status, check back here for suggestions of links to get a more fine tuned handle on your cal goals.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    You can't build muscle eating at a deficit. Eat at maintenance calories, not a deficit. Check out the MFP Maintenance forum and the body recomposition threads.

    Good luck!
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