Need advice 5"5 weight/ calories.

kdk805
kdk805 Posts: 9 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am aiming for my ideal weight for my height 5"5 which is 135 lbs . I am stuck at 155 for 3 weeks now .

My maintenance (BEE) is 1600 and with sedentary activity it should be 1900 per day. I am doubting if its accurate , I have been eating about 1500 per day and not seeing progress .

My exercise routine includes cardio 3-4x/week burning 300 cal each time , some days 600 calories. Lifting weights 2-3x/week.

Could this be from muscle gain, or is my body more efficient in doing exercise ?
I am now trying to cut down my calories to 1300 .

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Whats BEE?
  • kdk805
    kdk805 Posts: 9 Member
    BMR / BEE : Basal metabolic rate / Basal energy expenditure
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited September 2017
    Tighten up your food logging.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    edited September 2017
    I am close to your stats (5'5, 160lbs). First off, 3 weeks isn't really being stuck, I can easily go that long without seeing scale movement.

    Your intake sounds absolutely fine for your activity level, it's again pretty similar to mine. You are not gaining muscle (you can't "gain" anything without an excess of calories).

    If you don't have a whoosh in a couple of weeks then you need to look at your logging.

    BMR/BEE isn't maintenance, it doesn't account for any activity whatsoever, it's what you need in a coma. 1900 is your sedentary TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) to maintain weight without accounting for exercise or steps over 2500 per day. My actual maintenance is around 2200. It's very unlikely you are such an outlier that 1500 is maintenance for you.

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    connah2802 wrote: »
    I'm male 5ft4 and weighing 165lbs after a good 6 month bulk. I have started a slow cut down to 150lbs, I consume 1800 calories on non training days and 2000 calories on days I workout. I keep the protein and fats the same and manipulate carbs to drop the calories. So far I'm losing around 0.75-1.00 lbs per week. I feel you could be under eating, which switches the body into survival mode and keeps hold of what it can until it's fed.

    if that were true, no one would ever starve to death....
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