Increase exercise or decrease calories?

Because you don't really burn a substantial amount of calories lifting to begin with, lifting is more about muscle growth...if you're looking to drop those last few, I'd suggest more cardio, less lifting.

Also, are you eating back your exercise calories? It could be that you are over-estimating your burn.

60 minutes of weight training isn't really explaining much. I could lift 5 lbs in a varying amout of lifts with not much work being done in that 60 minutes. Are you lifting at 75% of your 1 rep max for each lift and how many reps are you putting out as well as how long are your breaks in between? If you just started running, what cardio were you doing before? If I did the level of intensity of cardio four 60 minutes that I do for 40, I'd have a hard time walking afterwards. I do intervals of cardio where my heart rate gets up to a max of 175 and no less than 150. To me, any cardio lasting longer than around 45 minutes with high intensity will tend to start protein breakdown. It seems like you just need to up your intensity in the time you have allotted or you need to get stricter about tracking your calories. I found that the lower my body fat got, the stricter I had to get about tracking. Guesstimating weights and ignoring food additives (oils, butter, etc.) was a killer. It got to the point where I had to bake or steam everything and weight everything before and after cooking to ensure I was as accurate as possible to continue to see even the slightest change, as well as constitantly adjust my caloric goals. I don't know how professional fitness models do it. It becomes a full time job.

Really these types of questions are best answered by you when you are properly tracking some additional information.

Get a body fat caliber and take some measurements.

Weigh yourself

Get your lean body mass

Week 1. Reduce calories and maintain exercise
Check results
Week 2. Adjust off results
Check results
Week 3. Adjust off results

The scale does not tell enough information once you get closer to goal weight. You need more intense measuring.

Antd420 wrote: »

cgvet37 wrote: »

Antd420 wrote: »

DancingMoosie wrote: »

How much are you working out now?

90 min weight training and 60 min cardio 5 days a week. I don't want to lose muscle which is why I'm asking.

Any weight training over 60 minutes is pointless in my opinion. After an hour, you are not getting any real benefit. Unless you are taking long breaks.

Why aren't you getting any benefit after 60 min?

You are not going to see any results that are worth that extra 30 minutes. You can also over fatigue your muscles. It's more about quality over quantity. I can get a intense workout in 30 minutes by doing supersets or circuit training. It's all in how you approach it.