36 days and counting

kennyscott77377
kennyscott77377 Posts: 12 Member
edited November 24 in Getting Started
Hi guys,

I've made a determined decision this year to shift the weight that I need to lose. so on the 2nd January, i made the decision to do it.

I'm 41, 5ft 7", and my starting weight was 198lbs.

I am going to Switzerland on a 6-day mountain biking holiday, and I need to lose the weight and improve general core fitness to a reasonable level.

I started with a resting heart rate of 79 and its now down to 60.

I've also reduced my weight so far to 185.2lbs which I'm calling a 13lb lost (I'm sure nobody will grudge me the 0.2)

I've logged everything religiously and honestly, logged everything for 36 days in a row, and have no intention of stopping anytime soon.

The weight doesn't seem to be coming off so fast anymore, in fact, it doesn't seem to be coming off, and I am loathed to reduce my calorie intake any further to the 1890 calories I limited myself to every day. I've been stuck at 185 lbs for

I'm exercising 4 or 5 days per week, for a minimum of 30 mins each day, a typical week at the gym etc will look like

Monday, Wednesday, Friday
run 30 mins as part of C25K app, (I'm currently on week 5 , day 2 as of tomorrow)
cycle for 30 mins - I normally get around 8 miles done
lift weights for 15 mins normally upper body only, as the running and cycling seem to take care of leg muscles.

Sundays I go out with my friends for a cycle this will normally be a 3-5 hour session somewhere and I've been doing that for 2 years, sometimes its local short miles, sometimes its longer miles.

this also doesn't take into consideration the time I spend playing with my son and going to the swimming etc...... on a Saturday

any ideas why the weight isn't coming off, my macro intake normally sits at approx

44% carbs, 30% protein, and the rest is fat and others.

I'm open to suggestions, or is this a normal situation and the weight will start coming off again as I work more and more?

Replies

  • jashuha
    jashuha Posts: 4 Member
    Have you tried implementing HIIT training?
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,893 Member
    do you weight your food? eyeballing and even measuring can be way off.so what you think is 1890 calories could be more like 2300+
  • kennyscott77377
    kennyscott77377 Posts: 12 Member
    It’s all weighed. My trusty scales and bar code scanner
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Hold on....that's 13lbs lost in 36 days! that's freaking awesome especially as you aren't much overweight. 1 to 1.5lbs a week should be your aim for healthy loss. Use a trending weight app as weight loss isn't linear and you'll see that the overall progress is downwards. Be patient and trust the process because it works.
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