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Hit a wall

kylewilmott343
kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I have dropped 13 pounds in 25ish days i havnt lost anymore in over a week any suggestions or explanations...

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited December 2017
    You dropped a lot of water weight in the first couple of weeks.

    Its completely normal, weight loss isn't linear
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    Ok thanks..
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    Any othet ideas i workout abou 90 a day mon - fri... cardio and weights
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    What she said above is it. Be patient. If you just began working out you could be retaining water from that.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,659 Member
    Set reasonable goals. 2lbs a week, which you're exceeding, is usually suited to a morbidly obese person or, more generally, to a person with a high TDEE and a significant amount of fat available to lose. Most non obese people would do much better by limiting their daily deficits to no more than 20% of TDEE (25% of TDEE while having available fat levels normally associated with being obese).

  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    I have been between 1200 to 1500 calories a day .. is that enough for the amount of workouts im doing ?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    1500 plus exercise calories MINIMUM, if not the goal MFP gave you. What are your stats?
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    Stats?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Age, height, weight, goal weight
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    kylewilmott343 wrote: »
    I have been between 1200 to 1500 calories a day .. is that enough for the amount of workouts im doing ?

    Why so little?
  • alteredsteve175
    alteredsteve175 Posts: 2,732 Member
    kylewilmott343 wrote: »
    Stats?

    Height? Weight? Activity level?
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    Oh.. 280 5ft 8in 2 lbs a week would be nice...
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    33 yr old
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    The good news is you can afford to lose 2 pounds a week right now. Set that as your goal, eat that much plus at least a portion of your exercise calories. If you continue at the rate you're eating at without medical supervision you'll lose muscle and cause a host of other health issues.
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    1200 to 1500is just were i average.... i have started eating alot of veg and protein and very little starches... its just around were i end up im not hungry and feel full all day
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    kylewilmott343 wrote: »
    1200 to 1500is just were i average.... i have started eating alot of veg and protein and very little starches... its just around were i end up im not hungry and feel full all day

    Add more fat. It's more calorie dense for little volumn
  • kylewilmott343
    kylewilmott343 Posts: 14 Member
    Ok thank you for the advice
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