WEIGHT LOSS HELP PLEASE HELP :(

Change up your exercise routine. If you've been doing the same routine, your body has gotten used to it. Also change the foods you eat, you may be under the calorie intake but check the fat in the food, sodium and sugars.

It took me 6 months to lose 17 lbs, and that was with a 2 month period of next to no exercise. I want to lose a total of 32 lbs. I plateaued at 10 lbs down and now again at 17 lbs down. The plateau lasted about 3 weeks for me then things started to move again. Hoping I am almost through with this stall!!!
Best of luck in your journey! Good luck with your surgery as well!!

You are gonig to be told to make sure you are eating back your workout cals. Good advice. Butyou also need to remember that all cals are not created equal. If we could see your food diary it would help. The advice to change up your type of workout is also good advice. It really helped me get a kick start to eat 6 small "meals" a day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. 2-3 hours a part. not always easy but helped me not pig out on one meal and overload myself.

Hi!

I was having the same issue. Then I read the book Eat To Live by Dr. Joel Furhman. It was kind of difficult at first, but I realized that it was the actual foods I was choosing to eat that was keeping the weight on.

Some thing to watch out for...

~Check your salt intake. Is it high? (More than 500 mg a day?) if so, you may be retaining water. Keep your sodium count low.

~Check meat, cheese, oil, sugar and dairy intake. More calories/oz than any other food you can possibly consume If you cut out oils, meats and cheese, you may be able to dramatically reduce the amount of calories you are taking in per day.

Weight loss is 70% diet, 30% exercise. Focus on changing your diet to include more high fiber, live foods (leafy green, fruits, nuts and seeds) and you will see some pretty remarkable results.

I lost 15 lbs in 1 month with very little exercise changing my diet alone. I have much more energy now to exercise. The cool thing is that you won't necessarily need to exercise for 60 minutes like you're doing now if focus on not only the quantity of food you are eating but the nutritious QUALITY of the food you eat.

If you need a buddy, send me a message! And read the book, it makes sense.

I've lost quite a lot of inches around waist and legs, and i can pretty much measure everyday and notice slight change.

thanks eve xxo

This is exactly what I thought, thanks for adding me btw, and i know why it seems that you are not losing weight, as a matter of fact you are not doing anything wrong, by losing inches on your waist and legs you are also gaining muscle (I saw your exercise routines you do burn more calories than me, that's impresive), which is why it seems like you are not losing lbs, so don't get discourage you are doing amazing, all you need is patience and you will start seeing those numbers go down, remember a good diet is not about starving, but eating right, don't deprive yourself from anything (sugars/some fat) since our body needs a bit of it. Keep it up

Breakfast suggestions...

I love fruit smoothies with soy milk OR coconut water. I cut out Milk because I found that the Lactose (the natural sugar found in Milk) was making me very hungry after only a few hours. Add some ground Flax Seeds for Omega 3 fats. I use the Magic Bullet to make them. Here are some fun breakfast combos:

Frozen Mango, Strawberry, Blueberry and Soy Milk (or Coconut Water)
Strawberry, Blueberry, Banana, Ice & Soy Milk (or Coconut Water)
Strawberry, Banana, Raspberry & Soy Milk (or Coconut Water)
Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry & Soy Milk (Coconut Water)
Hershey's Cocoa Powder, one very ripe Banana, a handful of Strawberries & Soy Milk.

Delish!

An 8oz smoothie without milk or added sugar should net out to around 300 calories. Plus you get all the antioxidants and nutrients from the fruit!

Hope this helps!

xo
jill

I've read a LOT of stuff in the last several months on both nutrition and exercise that I have incorporated into my lifestyle, and I am highlighting a few things here that have worked for me:

1. drink water. there are a LOT of benefits to drinking water, but the most important one is that drinking enough water frees up your liver to metabolize food and burn fat (rather than help the kidneys do their function). drink 1 liter for every 50 pounds of bodyweight each day. I see better results, and feel better, when I drink sufficient water.

2. eat foods that take longer to digest...i.e., have a low glycemic index number. longer to digest = less hunger between meals/snacks. the glycemic index, unfortunately, is not used often enough. some folks believe its only use is for those with diabetes...but it really helps folks who want to control their hunger throughout the day.

3. eliminate or reduce grains...and this includes whole wheat, cereals, etc. sprouted break (i.e., ezekial) is the only exception.

4. dietary fat is good for you and will help you burn body fat. only oils you should use are coconut oil and EVOO. you can use butter, but pass on margarine and other butter substitutes (the body doesn't really know what to do with these substances).

5. you asked about breakfast. I rotate between eating 3 eggs one morning and natural peanut butter on celery the other morning. both of these meals have the necessary protein/fat mix to keep you satisfied for a while. you can add a grapefruit with either meal if you like.

6. you did not indicate what type of exercise you are doing. I have read that doing slow, boring cardio will NOT burn fat. it will burn sugar. If you want to burn fat both during the workout and for 1-2 days after the workout, do high intensity interval training (HIIT). HIIT can take various forms, but it generally involves a period of high intensity exercise followed by a longer period of moderate exercise, and then repeat the interval. You can get an effective HIIT work-out in 15-30 minutes. I do 3 types of HIIT...(a) jog for a minute, sprint for 10-15 seconds, repeat as often as you can for up to 20 intervals; (b) sprint for 10-15 seconds, walk back to starting point, repeat; (c) sprint for 10-20 seconds, do a multi-joint bodyweight exercise, rest 20-30 seconds, repeat with a different bodyweight exercise (I've done various youtube searches to learn a variety of bodyweight exercises and I usually do 10-12 intervals of this). Do not do high intensity intervals on consecutive days...and sometimes you'll need an extra day of rest as well. Take it. Make sure you warm up before sprinting...particularly your hamstrings, calves and hips. A good bit of my butt disappeared, and my body is tighening up, since I started doing HIIT 2 months ago.

7. resistance training is also good. resistance training includes weights, machines, or bodyweight exercises. I have a resistance training circuit that I do which includes 1 set of 15-20 exercises with minimal rest between the exercises. adding muscle fiber will help you burn more calories while resting.