Help please I'm stuck at a plateau
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Also, remember, your doctor is not a nutritionist and does not know as much as one. See one if you can. & a random thought, but if you work out a lot, your metabolism should be higher and you will burn more throughout the day, in general.0
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shortthiing wrote: »I have polycystic ovarian syndrome my Dr kind of treats me as he would a diabetic patient. I have to watch my carb intake. Now this app has me at 1200 calories but I try to do 1000. I can't eat that much. Only nothing is changing. I have been doing insanity for 5 weeks and before that I did cize for 4 weeks and before that I did hop hop abs for 4 weeks. In the beginning I lost like 4 lbs. Since then nothing No inches either. I'm a bit frustrated. I know the pcos makes it harder but any advice? Also looking for a low carb protien powder but the ones I found taste horrible.
I suggest you get a food scale and weigh all your food. Even with a medical issue, if you were really eating 1,000 calories you would be losing weight.
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Verity1111 wrote: »shortthiing wrote: »I have polycystic ovarian syndrome my Dr kind of treats me as he would a diabetic patient. I have to watch my carb intake. Now this app has me at 1200 calories but I try to do 1000. I can't eat that much. Only nothing is changing. I have been doing insanity for 5 weeks and before that I did cize for 4 weeks and before that I did hop hop abs for 4 weeks. In the beginning I lost like 4 lbs. Since then nothing No inches either. I'm a bit frustrated. I know the pcos makes it harder but any advice? Also looking for a low carb protien powder but the ones I found taste horrible.
Try zig zagging? http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm I don't think you're eating enough at 1000, at all. You should eat 1200 at least, net. Eat back exercise calories too. Sometimes if you eat too little, you may gain or plateau, from my personal experience. Eating more for a week, then going back down, or zig zagging/calorie cycling can help. This basically means you'd eat like this:
Sunday 1050
Monday 1300
Tuesday 1200
Wednesday 1050
Thursday 1100
Friday 1300
Saturday 1400
Still averaging 1200 calories per day.
Zig zagging calories is a dietary method based on personal preference only.
You never gain weight if you are not eating enough, it just doesn't work that way.- If you eat too many calories, you gain weight.
- If you eat too few calories, you lose weight.
- If you eat just the right amount of calories, you maintain weight.
100 percent bet that she is underestimating food intake and/or overestimating exercise calories.0 -
Ok you're gonna hate my answer, but you are absolutely NOT eating enough. I have been educating myself bc i was in a similar situation- i was working out 6 days a week 60 minutes or more at max heart rate for the majority of the workout- 4 days of those were HIIT- I know you know what that is-what i learned was when you work out hard, your body will need a snack after- 30 minutes max- of the workout- It can be up to half the cals you burned or as low as 150 cals, but if you skip, your body panics and then hours later it will crave a quick carb or quick sugar fix which is always bad news for our diet and mental health, this is true for both men and women. So instead of eating more, i decided to use a heart rate monitor ( not perfect but works great for me) and drop my workouts to 40 - 45 minutes max- 6 times a week max heart rate at 150-164 and doubled my water- 2 liters minimum a day- this past week i lost 2.6 after being stuck for weeks- i weigh and measure everything. Oh and drop strength training just for a bit-to once a week max- bc the lactic acid buildup will impact your water retention, and jack the scale, which will mess with your mind, and cause you to make unnecessary changes- by dropping to 1 day it will remove that as a possible reason for your plateau. Last resort- print your entries from the MFP and go to a nutritionist with them in hand the first visit- she can analyze them and help you tweak safely. Hope this helps!
This is highly inaccurate information.0 -
Do you understand that nothing special happens when you complete your food log for the day? You can go on to the next day without completing it. There's no need to put in fake calories.
Sorry if I missed it, but how tall are you?
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What type of cardiovascular exercise are you doing, and what is the duration of that type exercise each day?
Also, what percent of your carb intake and what type of carbohydrates are you providing yourself daily?
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modernwarpaint wrote: »What type of cardiovascular exercise are you doing, and what is the duration of that type exercise each day?
Also, what percent of your carb intake and what type of carbohydrates are you providing yourself daily?
Neither of these things is relevant to weight loss.0 -
Although I agree with the others that you could be more accurate in your logging, I can't see that you should be off so much that you aren't losing weight. It seems like you have been at it for 2 months and did lose 4 lbs initially. Those may not be the results you want, but you are doing the right things. I suggest keep at but tighten up your logging a little.0
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You're going to have to tighten up the logging a bit. Use USDA entries for your whole foods whenever possible and make sure you're inputting everything, including sauces, marinades, and condiments.
Also, you should be netting no less than 1200 calories on a daily basis. Please don't eat 850-900 for extended periods of time. It's dangerous.
I plugged your stats (5'0", 155lbs, female, 31) into the scooby calculalator (http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/) and it gave me a sedentary (desk job with little exercise) TDEE of ~1750. With a couple hours per week of light exercise, you should be able to eat around 1500-1600 calories a day and still lose at a decent clip.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »You're going to have to tighten up the logging a bit. Use USDA entries for your whole foods whenever possible and make sure you're inputting everything, including sauces, marinades, and condiments.
Also, you should be netting no less than 1200 calories on a daily basis. Please don't eat 850-900 for extended periods of time. It's dangerous.
I plugged your stats (5'0", 155lbs, female, 31) into the scooby calculalator (http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/) and it gave me a sedentary (desk job with little exercise) TDEE of ~1750. With a couple hours per week of light exercise, you should be able to eat around 1500-1600 calories a day and still lose at a decent clip.
I obsessively check everyone of these websites when any of you link them. I don't know if I am secretly hoping one of them will tell me to eat 4000 calories of chocolate a day, or what
It is interesting to me how much they vary though. 0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »You're going to have to tighten up the logging a bit. Use USDA entries for your whole foods whenever possible and make sure you're inputting everything, including sauces, marinades, and condiments.
Also, you should be netting no less than 1200 calories on a daily basis. Please don't eat 850-900 for extended periods of time. It's dangerous.
I plugged your stats (5'0", 155lbs, female, 31) into the scooby calculalator (http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/) and it gave me a sedentary (desk job with little exercise) TDEE of ~1750. With a couple hours per week of light exercise, you should be able to eat around 1500-1600 calories a day and still lose at a decent clip.
Hmm OK so Def tighten up on logging. I know I go out to eat and usually stick with steak or chicken hard to log but I do my best. I am a care taker always on my feet I don't have much time to think about lunch breaks lol. But thank u for looking at this for me this info has helped. Btw I'm 31 to who ever asked0 -
Verity1111 wrote: »shortthiing wrote: »I have polycystic ovarian syndrome my Dr kind of treats me as he would a diabetic patient. I have to watch my carb intake. Now this app has me at 1200 calories but I try to do 1000. I can't eat that much. Only nothing is changing. I have been doing insanity for 5 weeks and before that I did cize for 4 weeks and before that I did hop hop abs for 4 weeks. In the beginning I lost like 4 lbs. Since then nothing No inches either. I'm a bit frustrated. I know the pcos makes it harder but any advice? Also looking for a low carb protien powder but the ones I found taste horrible.
Try zig zagging? http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm I don't think you're eating enough at 1000, at all. You should eat 1200 at least, net. Eat back exercise calories too. Sometimes if you eat too little, you may gain or plateau, from my personal experience. Eating more for a week, then going back down, or zig zagging/calorie cycling can help. This basically means you'd eat like this:
Sunday 1050
Monday 1300
Tuesday 1200
Wednesday 1050
Thursday 1100
Friday 1300
Saturday 1400
Still averaging 1200 calories per day.
Zig zagging calories is a dietary method based on personal preference only.
You never gain weight if you are not eating enough, it just doesn't work that way.- If you eat too many calories, you gain weight.
- If you eat too few calories, you lose weight.
- If you eat just the right amount of calories, you maintain weight.
100 percent bet that she is underestimating food intake and/or overestimating exercise calories.
Yeah thats bs. Personal experience I have had to up my calories to lose weight after a plateau.0 -
Although I agree with the others that you could be more accurate in your logging, I can't see that you should be off so much that you aren't losing weight. It seems like you have been at it for 2 months and did lose 4 lbs initially. Those may not be the results you want, but you are doing the right things. I suggest keep at but tighten up your logging a little.
That's what I was thinking. I mean yeah logging is off but that far off? Insanity hurts like heck half my friends can't keep up yet I'm bigger and they are all twigs. One friend is a trainer has her own gym and is lost as to what my issue is. She said she won't do insanity it's too hardcore for her. Said she only does that if she will be competing soon0 -
Verity1111 wrote: »shortthiing wrote: »I have polycystic ovarian syndrome my Dr kind of treats me as he would a diabetic patient. I have to watch my carb intake. Now this app has me at 1200 calories but I try to do 1000. I can't eat that much. Only nothing is changing. I have been doing insanity for 5 weeks and before that I did cize for 4 weeks and before that I did hop hop abs for 4 weeks. In the beginning I lost like 4 lbs. Since then nothing No inches either. I'm a bit frustrated. I know the pcos makes it harder but any advice? Also looking for a low carb protien powder but the ones I found taste horrible.
Try zig zagging? http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm I don't think you're eating enough at 1000, at all. You should eat 1200 at least, net. Eat back exercise calories too. Sometimes if you eat too little, you may gain or plateau, from my personal experience. Eating more for a week, then going back down, or zig zagging/calorie cycling can help. This basically means you'd eat like this:
Sunday 1050
Monday 1300
Tuesday 1200
Wednesday 1050
Thursday 1100
Friday 1300
Saturday 1400
Still averaging 1200 calories per day.
Zig zagging calories is a dietary method based on personal preference only.
You never gain weight if you are not eating enough, it just doesn't work that way.- If you eat too many calories, you gain weight.
- If you eat too few calories, you lose weight.
- If you eat just the right amount of calories, you maintain weight.
100 percent bet that she is underestimating food intake and/or overestimating exercise calories.
Some sources and support for cycling calories
http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fit/lose-weight/break-through-weight-loss-plateau
http://breakingmuscle.com/nutrition/calorie-and-carb-cycling-breaking-through-your-diet-plateau
http://www.coachcalorie.com/break-weight-loss-plateau-first-try/
http://mikemahler.com/articles-videos/nutrition-programs/how-to-break-through-the-weight-loss-plateau
Personal experience(s)
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/193m19/i_started_eating_more_calories_to_lose_my_last/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=124397091
Personal choice or not it is a personal choice that works for MANY people to break a plateau.0 -
Verity1111 wrote: »Some sources and support for cycling calories
http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fit/lose-weight/break-through-weight-loss-plateau
From the link above: "Truth be told, I mostly think of plateaus as a myth. My philosophy on weight-loss plateaus is that someone claiming to have hit one isn’t paying enough attention to detail."
Sounds good, but then she lost me.
Later on "If you’re only trying to lose five, 10, or 15 pounds, you’re in a different place than someone who wants to drop triple digits. You’re not obese, you just want to look better — and this is what I refer to as vanity pounds.... What people in this situation often do is cut more calories or increase their time at the gym, but this method will not work. All that does is slow your metabolism down and send your body into starvation mode. The best quick fix is to give your body a little more food so it feels secure. Varying your calorie intake is my best advice for keeping your body from plateauing. For the next three days, vary your calorie intake between 1,800 and 2,400 calories. I know this may sound crazy, but trust me — I know what I'm doing. After three days, drop back down to your usual calorie allowance. "
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shortthiing wrote: »queenliz99 wrote: »How accurate is your calorie counting?. Do you use a food scale?
I have been weighing and measuring to a t. And most of the time I have to fake add calories at the end of the day because it won't let me complete without 1000 and I'm usually around 850 900. My husband is shedding weight doing this with me.
Don't starve yourself!0 -
print your entries from the MFP and go to a nutritionist with them in hand the first visit- she can analyze them and help you tweak safely. Hope this helps!
this is the only useful thing said by this poster, IMHO. A nutritionist might be able to look at your log and answer some questions about how to eat properly...
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