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tonezak
tonezak Posts: 7 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I started my current regiment back in January. I use the bowflex max 6 days a week and three days a week i do push ups and use my ab coaster. I'm 6'4 and have been an athlete most of my life so i have an athletic build. I went from 268 when starting down to 251. I weigh myself every friday morning and for the past 3 weeks i was 251,252 and 254. I am doing nothing different with my routine or eating. Are there any recommendations to get back on the losing weight track? I've read and considered everything from adding protein to my diet to taking a supplement like hydroxicut. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

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  • jandsstevenson887
    jandsstevenson887 Posts: 296 Member
    Are you logging your food? It is easy to think you are eating about the same but a few more calorie rich meals a week can ruin all the work you are doing working out.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    without seeing a food diary it's hard to say.

    But it's not a plateau they are 4-6 weeks without losing...

    could be as simple as excess sodium.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
  • Jcl81
    Jcl81 Posts: 154 Member
    edited April 2016
    All you're going to get is your logging your food wrong. It's the typical answer. I made a post for a friend, come to find out the MFP TDEE is wrong and the food was right. TDEE is like exercise and is often over or underestimated. Reality, most people overestimate the exercise deficit and how active they really aren't or not. Also, as weight changes they don't update the change.
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
    I had a similar problem and i got the same answers, i must not be logging correctly... this past month i ranged from 140-145 pounds, i gained and lost that 5 pounds for a WHOLE MONTH. Guess what happened when i got on the scale last week? I was down 7 pounds (from 145 pounds). I don't know when i lost it, how i lost, or if it was simply just not showing on the scale... But one week i was 145 pounds and it seemed the next i was down to 138 pounds.

    Try to be extra cautious about what you eat? And see if it budges at all. Are you losing any inches (i was)?
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
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  • tonezak
    tonezak Posts: 7 Member
    n1cholee93 wrote: »
    I had a similar problem and i got the same answers, i must not be logging correctly... this past month i ranged from 140-145 pounds, i gained and lost that 5 pounds for a WHOLE MONTH. Guess what happened when i got on the scale last week? I was down 7 pounds (from 145 pounds). I don't know when i lost it, how i lost, or if it was simply just not showing on the scale... But one week i was 145 pounds and it seemed the next i was down to 138 pounds.

    Try to be extra cautious about what you eat? And see if it budges at all. Are you losing any inches (i was)?

    I haven't been measuring inches. When i look in the mirror i believe i'm noticing more toning in areas. Its just frustrating to have the success and not change anything and level out. I'm considering adding a protein drink to my days as i was reading that an increase of protein can help.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    tonezak wrote: »
    n1cholee93 wrote: »
    I had a similar problem and i got the same answers, i must not be logging correctly... this past month i ranged from 140-145 pounds, i gained and lost that 5 pounds for a WHOLE MONTH. Guess what happened when i got on the scale last week? I was down 7 pounds (from 145 pounds). I don't know when i lost it, how i lost, or if it was simply just not showing on the scale... But one week i was 145 pounds and it seemed the next i was down to 138 pounds.

    Try to be extra cautious about what you eat? And see if it budges at all. Are you losing any inches (i was)?

    I haven't been measuring inches. When i look in the mirror i believe i'm noticing more toning in areas. Its just frustrating to have the success and not change anything and level out. I'm considering adding a protein drink to my days as i was reading that an increase of protein can help.

    no extra protein will help you stay feeling fuller longer but it doesn't magically help with weight loss.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html
    Here is a good article are "whoosh" events.
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
    Be cautious about adding protein. It can add a lot of extra calories, and if it happens to be an issue in your calories deficit it will only make things worse.

    I would first take extreme caution with food. Measure everything out. Maybe even buy a food scale. First see if it's actually your calories. You could very well be eating more. Maybe even eat less in your calories. What are your calories at right now? If you're eating, say 1,600, maybe drop down to 1,500 and see if that helps. As we lose we sometimes need to tweak our calories. And i would take a measurement. I lost an inch almost every week while not moving a pound on the scale.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    n1cholee93 wrote: »
    Be cautious about adding protein. It can add a lot of extra calories, and if it happens to be an issue in your calories deficit it will only make things worse.

    I would first take extreme caution with food. Measure everything out. Maybe even buy a food scale. First see if it's actually your calories. You could very well be eating more. Maybe even eat less in your calories. What are your calories at right now? If you're eating, say 1,600, maybe drop down to 1,500 and see if that helps. As we lose we sometimes need to tweak our calories. And i would take a measurement. I lost an inch almost every week while not moving a pound on the scale.

    protein has 4 calories per gram...so not so much.

    again it helps keep you feeling fuller longer....
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
    edited April 2016
    @SezxyStef
    I'm meaning if there is something wrong in OP's calories deficit and then they add in more calories, no matter how small. They will only make it worse. And that's if they only drink protein powder in water... Say you add a banana or put in milk. Well there you go, adding a lot of extra calories. I guess i should of been more specific. I'm just advising OP to be cautious of adding extra calories before seeing if the issue is just eating more than they originally thought.

    "adding it in" i assumed meant adding it in as an extra. Not "i'll take out this and replace with a protein drink"
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,352 Member
    Not a plateau as that would be 6 weeks or more of no weight movement WHILE being totally consistent with diet and exercise. Any "break" in the time wouldn't make it a plateau.
    You're in a stall and it's not uncommon with weight loss. First thing I tell clients to do is increase the intensity of their workouts. Usually just adding more resistance helps. Other ways is to add more sets/or reps. The idea here is to get the body out of homestasis.

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