Wedding in 7 weeks! help!

itsnota400
itsnota400 Posts: 10 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Start weight was 11 stone 4. My bmr is around 1600 calories a day. i eat 1200 daily and log everything for past 4 weeks. week 1 was diet. week 2 diet and 3.5 mile walk daily. week 3 cross trainer 10k daily. week 4 15k cross trainer daily in my heart rate fat burning zone. i've only lost 4 pounds so far! i did this last year and lost 1 stone in 6 weeks. what am i doing wrong this team? i only have 7 weeks to lose 10 pounds to fit into my wedding dress. (was 10 stone 5 when i got it) Any tips please. putting in a lot of effort and it's coming off too slow compared to last time.

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  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Oh and for wedding dress has seamstress let it out a little.
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    Eat your calories, try not to overdo it. That will only wear you out and maybe cause a rebound after the wedding.

    A pound a week is fabulous and healthy.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Get some good foundation garments - like spanx if your dress still won't fit and you can't get it taken out more. They really work wonders.
  • itsnota400
    itsnota400 Posts: 10 Member
    thanks guys. Just seems strange this time as my last weight lose diary it would have been 1 pound in 2 days, nothing for a week and then drop 3. Ill keep at it. i've started free weight regime as well. dress fits in hips and waist but it's my back and chest that's got bigger. Is it possible my body has got used to the cross trainer already? cardiac is cardio and i'm definitely burning more than what i eat.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    You have continuously upped your exercise over the past few weeks. This will cause a certain amount of water retention, hiding some of the weight you have lost.

    Keep up with it, and the free weights that you have just mentioned, but back off 5-7 days before the wedding. This will help you shed the extra water weight you are carrying before the wedding.
    You will probably have a day when you can't stop peeing (I do) that is why you need that last week with less exercise, the day can't be predicted.

    Oh, and keep your cals at 1lbs a week, max. You really don't want to look exhausted and drained on the big day.

    Enjoying the day is more important than a few pounds.
    Cheers, h.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Why would you buy a dress that is too small?
  • hello8642
    hello8642 Posts: 19 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Why would you buy a dress that is too small?

    She didn't. She was smaller when she bought it, as she says in her post.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    If your bmr is 1600 and you're eating 1200, you should be losing without exercising. (I wouldn't recommend eating under your bmr though...). Do you mean your tdee is 1600?
  • itsnota400
    itsnota400 Posts: 10 Member
    i think so. use my calculated bmr along with jawbone up and it ain't that far off.
  • itsnota400
    itsnota400 Posts: 10 Member
    oh and another .6 lb. i'm getting there! i'm into the 10 13 range now. need to get down to 10 5 (which far my height is still too much and where i plateaued last year)
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited July 2017
    4 lbs in 4 weeks is a great loss.
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