Breaking weight loss plateau

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  • Hammad142
    Hammad142 Posts: 19 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    So I want my weight to be around 68-70kg.

    At 6" tall :huh: That is a very low weight for your gender and height.

    well I wanna experience what being underweight feels like
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    So I want my weight to be around 68-70kg.

    At 6" tall :huh: That is a very low weight for your gender and height.

    well I wanna experience what being underweight feels like

    This sums up the entire thread, rapid weight loss, eating a very low calorie diet, wanting little to none body fat and wanting to be underweight... Your issues are far above needing to break weight stall.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    So I've understood what you all are trying to say and it's that I should bring my body back to the normal calorie count and do strength training instead of cardio. The doctors in the house don't know what I'm doing since they aren't here everyday. I'm still concerned that if I amp my calories then my body might gain weight but I'll go with the public opinion and start eating food to bring back my metabolism to normal which should end the plateau hopefully. Thanks everyone for pointing out the stupid mistake in my diet and someone asked what weight I'm trying to reach? Well I just want no prominent fat in my body, not even chubbiness anywhere in my body. I've grown to hate fat a lot over the years. So I want my weight to be around 68-70kg.

    I think you might be making the classic mistake of associating your goal BODY with a goal WEIGHT. That happens a lot. Your current weight sounds pretty good for your height, and people are correct about you needing more calories to maintain your muscle mass - otherwise you just end up at a lower weight and still look flabby, which doesn't sound like the look you want.

    Have you ever heard of recomping? It sounds like it might be more what you are looking for in terms of your goal. It does involve the strength training that others recommended, and it would get you to your goal of reduced body fat.
  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    Healthy minimum calorie target for a male is 1,500 calories plus extra calories earnt from running, your only eating 600 calories. If, as you say, you are weighing and logging food/drink accurately, then this is extremely dangerous and bad for your health. You need to make changes before you become seriously unwell. You may die "die" but you will serious affect your health, ie lose muscle mass, your hair and nails will fall out, plus many other things. If you don't make changes now, you may leave it to late. Plus a loss of 3lb a week, for months before hitting this plateau, was to fast to be healthy. If you were really looking for advice, you should heed these warnings.
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  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    Wendyanneroberts wrote: »
    Healthy minimum calorie target for a male is 1,500 calories plus extra calories earnt from running, your only eating 600 calories. If, as you say, you are weighing and logging food/drink accurately, then this is extremely dangerous and bad for your health. You need to make changes before you become seriously unwell. You may die "die" but you will serious affect your health, ie lose muscle mass, your hair and nails will fall out, plus many other things. If you don't make changes now, you may leave it to late. Plus a loss of 3lb a week, for months before hitting this plateau, was to fast to be healthy. If you were really looking for advice, you should heed these warnings.
    G

    Edited; meant to say may not "die"
    I you are living with doctors, you should ask them about the dangers of such a low calorie diet.
  • batorkin
    batorkin Posts: 281 Member
    edited December 2017
    He's 79kg... That's about 175 pounds as a 6' male. No wonder why you are struggling to lose more.. you are near your ideal weight.

    OP should start lifting/exercising, eating lots of protein, and eating at maintenance if he wants better results. This basically has become a case of anorexia at 600 calories/day.
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    So I want my weight to be around 68-70kg.

    At 6" tall :huh: That is a very low weight for your gender and height.

    well I wanna experience what being underweight feels like

    Case and point. This is not a plateau, this is anorexia which will make you far less healthy than being fat. OP should see a doctor and get help before it becomes a major problem.
  • Hammad142
    Hammad142 Posts: 19 Member
    I understand what you're saying and I've started increasing my calorie intake gradually and have started strength training instead of focusing on cardio. Also it wasn't 3lbs a week it was 4. I know it was unhealthy and I shouldn't have brought such intense changes to my diet and my activity level but I did and now I'm just trying to finish it by taking off last few pounds and reach my ideal weight and BMI.
  • jasondjulian
    jasondjulian Posts: 182 Member
    Hammad142 wrote: »
    I understand what you're saying and I've started increasing my calorie intake gradually and have started strength training instead of focusing on cardio. Also it wasn't 3lbs a week it was 4. I know it was unhealthy and I shouldn't have brought such intense changes to my diet and my activity level but I did and now I'm just trying to finish it by taking off last few pounds and reach my ideal weight and BMI.

    The weight that's ideal in your mind and what is ideal for you physically and medically are apparently not the same.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    Any stall/plateau I've ever had has come down to

    1) poor logging/estimating
    2) not being patient enough
    3) a combination of #1 and #2

    So in most cases, people should
    - make sure their goals/targets are reasonable
    - make sure their logging is complete, accurate, and consistent
    - make sure their expectations are reasonable
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