Help!!!!!

Nicole_tucker42
Nicole_tucker42 Posts: 2 Member
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I been on a diet and exercise change for the past 5 months I lost 30 pounds so far I fell off track due to family and birthday well gained weight back but lost it again now lost 35 pounds all together well I'm stuck I worked out for 11 days straight 3 days a week I do cardiovascular and then the rest of the days a I do strength and cardiovascular but not lost a single pound and I been eating less plz help my wedding Oct 22 and I need to lose 10 more pounds before then

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  • 2MuchTyme
    2MuchTyme Posts: 129 Member
    Ots more about the sixee not the weight. If you are weight training you are gaining muscle which weighs more than fat.....look at the measurements not the scale
  • edup1975
    edup1975 Posts: 486 Member
    Continue to monitor carb and calorie intake. Calorie deficit and exercise will help you greatly. Add if you like
  • adohiwaya
    adohiwaya Posts: 9 Member
    You have to be careful to eat enough...3 small healthy meals plus 2 healthy snacks will help, keeping the calorie count below 1800....if you aren't eating enough...your body will enter "storage" mode and store up everything....plenty of water....plenty of fiber and protein....and of course, exercise....carbs will give you quick energy but may be stored as fat...you have to eat fats, GOOD FATS, in order to burn fat for energy....i.e; coconut oil, eggs, avocado, fish.....

    I am 62 and after my younger days as a competitive body builder and power lifter, I broke my neck and back, twice, in my 30's.....being a pastor for 15 years now, my lifestyle has been largely sedentary, I started at 310 pounds......on the advice of my weight loss physician, neurologist, orthopedic physicians, and bariactric surgeon i went on a 1700 calorie eating plan......I haven't been hungry and some days I have to force myself to eat so I do not slip back into "Storage" mode.

    Smoothies (fruit AND vegetable combined) with protein powder (Vega One), Branch chain amino acid powder, fish oil. plenty of fiber (Metamucil), berries (Blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc)avocados, fish oil, coconut oil, low or nonfat yogurt serve as breakfast many days.....eggs, turkey sausage, whole grain oats, etc for other days....

    So far I've lots 15 pounds, haven't been hungry, and it been about 3 weeks......looking forward to the remainder of the journey and lifestyle changes I will make to get back to contest shape...

    Good website..... http://www.muscleforlife.com/how-to-break-through-weight-loss-plateaus/
    Blessings,
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,409 Member
    adohiwaya wrote: »
    You have to be careful to eat enough...3 small healthy meals plus 2 healthy snacks will help, keeping the calorie count below 1800....if you aren't eating enough...your body will enter "storage" mode and store up everything....plenty of water....plenty of fiber and protein....and of course, exercise....carbs will give you quick energy but may be stored as fat...you have to eat fats, GOOD FATS, in order to burn fat for energy....i.e; coconut oil, eggs, avocado, fish.....

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    Good website..... http://www.muscleforlife.com/how-to-break-through-weight-loss-plateaus/
    Blessings,

    That first paragraph? No. Your body doesn't "store" when you undereat. That whole starvation mode thing has been debunked years ago. It just doesn't happen like that. Also 3 meals and 2 healthy snacks might work for you, but it just makes me obsess about food. I eat two largish meals a day, in an eight hour window. I've been maintaining on this for nine years. . .on less than 1700 calories. Not everyone needs the same number of calories. It helps to personalize advice.

    And then a link to a commercial supplement site? Are you on the payroll?

  • peterbuller8
    peterbuller8 Posts: 155 Member
    As said above with the strength training you may well be gaining muscle that's the problem i had for a while .
    Either measure and see if you are smaller or for me i stopped the strength training for a bit until i started losing again then slowly stepped it back up.
    This worked for me so it may help you as well .

    good luck
  • Nicole_tucker42
    Nicole_tucker42 Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for the tips I actually stop working out (too a rest week) and lost 3 pounds.but back working hard again only 16 more to lose before my wedding
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    peterbuller8 wrote: »
    As said above with the strength training you may well be gaining muscle that's the problem i had for a while .
    Either measure and see if you are smaller or for me i stopped the strength training for a bit until i started losing again then slowly stepped it back up.
    This worked for me so it may help you as well .

    good luck

    No

    If she's eating at a deficit, she's not gaining any appreciable amount of muscle. If she has sore muscles.....she may be retaining water.

    Strength training while dieting does help you hang onto EXISTING lean muscle. Strength training helps you shape the end result.

    OP - weight loss won't be linear. Water weight fluctuates for many reasons: sore muscles, high sodium, time of month. When you are close to goal weight loss is very slow. A smaller you requires fewer calories to maintain.

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