Ridiculously frustrated
mdubs6
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I'll just vent for a second if that's ok. I'm a personal trainer. A crossfit trainer. I should know how to lose body fat, right? I've been logging my intake without exercise to balance. So really, I'm under intake. I workout 6 days a week, often twice a day. I can back squat double my body weight. I can run a 5k in under a half hour. I get a good average of 7 hours of sleep a night. There are no pituitary or hormonal issues with me. I'm doing all the right things! Aren't I? Evidently not. My intake is less than my output or right at it.... sounds like I'm doing the right things, right?
NO. I don't fit in clothes from 2 months ago. I've GAINED 10 pounds in the past 3 months. I've been trying really hard for 7 months now to lose some weight. All I'm doing is gaining. I'm really tired of hating what I see in the mirror.
Has anyone else had a similar issue? Or is having?
NO. I don't fit in clothes from 2 months ago. I've GAINED 10 pounds in the past 3 months. I've been trying really hard for 7 months now to lose some weight. All I'm doing is gaining. I'm really tired of hating what I see in the mirror.
Has anyone else had a similar issue? Or is having?
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Um I'm not a personal and/or cross fit trainer but I can sort of relate.
I teach dance and I constantly have advice for my girls on how to work out and eat (if they ask) and just generally stay in shape.
I look in the mirror and I just hate what I see. I'm like 2 pounds away from not being overweight anymore but I still don't have that "dancer body" that I would love to have and serve as a healthy example for my students
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Have you had your liver enzymes tested? Just a thought, from personal experience.2
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Try to go back to maintenance and find what your intake should be; then cut slowly and eat back your exercise calories. It's likely that you're creating too big a deficit and unintentionally binging, if you're not logging your exercise calories (and it sounds like you work out a lot!).2
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Thanks you guys. I don't think it's binging.... it's probably timing. I eat the bulk of my calories at night. I hate it.1
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Timing won't do that to you. But eating late could make you lenient with logging (tired, hungry, let's just eyeball the portions).7
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What are your stats? Are you trying to maintain a really low bodyfat%? I agree with the above to find maintenance again (as you could be using the wrong numbers), tighten your logging, maybe even ease up on the exercise (exercise is good but too much can add stress and make weightloss that much more difficult).2
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Maybe someone could follow me or whatever on here? Double check me? I actually overshoot my portion logging because I'm pretty sure I just overeat... when I do eat.0
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I'm 49 years old and have been battling through injury, menopause and stress to get back to my fighting weight (10 lbs away). Sadly for me, I simply have to eat less than someone else might because - in part - a history of eating disorders. Since I've been tired and I'm prone to stress eating, I've been lax about implementing what I know I need to do. Nonetheless, I know what works for me at least - I learned the most about calories and macros (as well as meal timing - what matters and doesn't) from a great book called Secret Life of Fat. It's an academic but readable book about the complexity of fat in the body. Some of the info was known, but even after nearly a lifetime of fitness education and training (gyms, crossfit, dance, diet, nutritionists etc. etc.etc) there was a lot that was new too. If you are stuck, have a read (or a listen). It's the most useful health information I've come across in years. Good luck. Be Kind to yourself; your body in any form is a blessing.2
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Have you tried counting macros? I had the same problem for years with crossfit and realized I wasn't eating near enough protein and way too much fat. Give macros a try.2
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A couple thoughts, since I've been there:
- How much water are you drinking?
- Are you digesting properly (what goes in must come out...daily)? Upping your fiber helps
- How much dairy are you eating? Cheese and cream kill my progress
- Are you drinking? I definitely still drink, but I won't touch beer. Red wine is my go-to
- Are you eating sugar-free stuff? Those chemicals will make you put on weight
- Any medications to research? My doc told me some meds wouldn't make me gain, but I looked them up and there were lists of complaints from everyone and their mothers
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Yeah, I'm really frustrated at the moment too, and I've jumped back on here because I have no idea what I'm doing wrong anymore.
I thought my 2-week holiday would get me back on track 'cause I've been good with exercise and food, but no. I'm keto and I think even though I thought I've been good, at restaurants and eating out, you can't really read the labels...
Good luck in your journey, hope you nail it soon! Hopefully it's just a small adjustment that makes a difference.
With me, I've (re)started commuting and I think the issue has been that I over-pack food in fear of running out and starving on the train home (ha). Today is back at work after a holiday and I've packed a lot less, calorie counted, and we'll see how I go.
I'll be reading here for ideas from others, though, thanks guys!
My one fear is that it's hormonal/age-related for me. That would suck.0 -
yes, sounds familiar.Only want to lose a couple of KG but nothing will be budge. I count my macros using Avatar nutrition, weight train 5 days a week and do cardio 5 days including low and high intensity stuff. Im at 1460 cals at the moment and going nowhere? I definitely burn more than I eat?? Have had a history of eating disorder so maybe ive ruined my metabolism? 0
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I encourage you to use a food scale, set to grams and weight everything that you eat and log every single bite. I would do this for at least 2 weeks (preferably a month, to allow hormonal fluctuations) then, if you don't see a change, you may need to adjust your calories down. I use calories and macros from the calculator on IIFYM.com. It is more about CICO than anything else but adjusting macros does help some people in satiety and muscle preservation during weight loss. Are you eating back your exercise calories? MFP tends to over estimate exercise calories burned, this could totally be your issue, with how much your exercise! Please keep us posted on your progress!0
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If you workout twice a day and do a lot of crossfit you could be sending your cortisol in the sky. Also crossfit builds a lot of muscle mass, burns a lot of calories, but maybe you are just used to the challenge (it is not that killing hard like for non crossfit trainers) and are overestimating calories burned.
I do believe in calories and if someone does ''the right things'' and gains, he or she is eating too much. You said you don't have hormonal problems... so it is the overestimating the cals out and the underestimating cals in. And cortisol plus water retention?. Just because someone can workout twice daily or really hard or really often doesn't mean they are recovering enough. Also double check your hormones, why are you so sure you are not in some imbalance?
Aaaand last but not least, crossfit builds a lot of muscle. It could be just muscle?
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lol Since there is a Woo button, the silent haters are using it against every opinion that include a pinch of honesty. haha 0
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it could be water weight? but 10 pounds, could also be excessive amounts of carbs0
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Have you tried Intermittent Fasting?
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