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Eating too much or too little?

zgcp
zgcp Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been trying to slim down for the past few months and seem to be getting no where. While I would like to lose ~10lbs I mostly concerned about firming up and losing fat. I am female, 32, 6 ft tall, 165 and have stubborn fat around my waist that I cannot get rid of. I am eating 1500-1700 calories a day and try to work out 4-5 days a week (bar method 2x/week, HIIT 2x/week and weights 2x/week). While I am not perfect with my diet I eat pretty clean. I feel like I get different recommendations from everyone on what to eat, how much to eat, etc. and I cannot tell if I am eating too little, too much or need a better workout schedule, but something is not working for me. Any recommendations? Anyone else been through this and figured it out?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    edited April 2016
    At your height that sounds like a great weight for recomping. I would eat around maintenance and up the lifting to 3x/wk.
  • gnatseyelashes
    gnatseyelashes Posts: 16 Member
    edited July 2017
    I didn't notice any change in measurements until I increased Bar Method to 4x/week
    REALLY kept calories at MFP reccomendations (ate all exercise calories - so food is often 1700+
    I'm 5'8".) You may not be eating enough?

    Do the thing that increases your muscle mass.
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