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raiders34
raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Lost over 25 lbs from 217 to 185. Stuck at 185 even when running 6 miles

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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,589 MFP Moderator
    Welcome. @raiders34 I am going to move this to the general help board so hopefully some of our members can help you sort out whats causing you to stall.

    How long has is been since you saw any loss? Are you tracking calories? And how are you estimating your exercise burns?
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Six miles? Is that a day or week?
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Usually Friday Saturday and Sunday. I will do 4 miles twice a week during work week and lift every day I run for about 30-45 minutes
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    It’s been about 3 weeks I get to about 183 but go back up to 187 daily. I believe it’s because I’m eating a lot of protein and also lifting in order not to get as flabby. I’m still trying to cut but I don’t want to get that loose body skin. I have notice that my body is changing and I’m gaining muscle. I’m getting more definition and toned but not dropping the weight as fast. Maybe I just need to realize it’s a slow process from here on out. I just started counting calories when I got this app a few days ago. I have a long work week and day. I average 3 to 4 hours of sleep a day. Commuting, and single dad along with overtime and I also train kids in boxing and I’m heavily involved in my sons life. I’m probably not eating enough so I just started tracking all my food intake and using protein shakes and bars to replace skipped meals.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited March 2018
    raiders34 wrote: »
    It’s been about 3 weeks I get to about 183 but go back up to 187 daily. I believe it’s because I’m eating a lot of protein and also lifting in order not to get as flabby. I’m still trying to cut but I don’t want to get that loose body skin. I have notice that my body is changing and I’m gaining muscle. I’m getting more definition and toned but not dropping the weight as fast. Maybe I just need to realize it’s a slow process from here on out. I just started counting calories when I got this app a few days ago. I have a long work week and day. I average 3 to 4 hours of sleep a day. Commuting, and single dad along with overtime and I also train kids in boxing and I’m heavily involved in my sons life. I’m probably not eating enough so I just started tracking all my food intake and using protein shakes and bars to replace skipped meals.

    Not dropping as fast? Does this mean you are losing slower now????? What rate of loss did you setup MFP to lose each week?

    You sound very busy and active. Log your calories here in the app for a week or two. Being so busy I can only presume weighing food using a food scale may use up time, but if/when you have exhausted all efforts for weight loss, this will be a tool to invest in to help with better accuracy of your intake.

    You mention not eating enough, then logging here will definitely help. As with sleep issues, working out like you do and as active as you are, eating enough to lose weight is a real thing.
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks for your input, I have been prepping my meals during weekends for my son and I using a scale. As far as weight loss not sure how much I was losing at first it just seems that I hit a bit of a road block during the let 3-4 weeks.
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Yes it seems that I’m losing slower now but I do have the stubborn belly fat which I have read that it’s the hardest to lose
  • Lesscookies12
    Lesscookies12 Posts: 140 Member
    edited March 2018
    How long have you been stuck at 185? Do you use a food scale to track your intake?

    -- just read that you're losing slower how much are you losing?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    How tall are you and what's your goal weight?
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    The faster initial weight loss is apt to be mostly fluid (water weight). Typical weight gain for When you first start a food and excercise plan.

    Hard to say what is going on diet wise without seeing your diary. Could you open your food diary and share your typical daily food intake log (food choices and amounts (in terms of calories).

    Are you eating a balanced intake of nourishing foods (including complex carbs like grains, fruits, veggies) or are you following a restrictive diet not meeting your needs?

    Since you run, are you getting some carbs in for your runs. Electrolyte balance is also important.

    Are you drinking enough fluid to stay hydrated throughout your day?

    As for sleep, your body needs that as rest is important after workouts. Your mind needs more sleep.

    You do workout like an athlete so you need to find a way to ensure at least an adequate nutritional intake to support all that you do throughout your day and stay healthy doing it.

    If you accurately record in your food diary, the answers to you questions can likely be found by closer examination.

  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    I will open my food log need to figure out how to do this. I’m new just figuring things out
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    raiders34 wrote: »
    I will open my food log need to figure out how to do this. I’m new just figuring things out

    Settings > Diary Settings > Public
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,336 Member
    edited March 2018
    How tall are you? What's your age? How long ago did you start eating like this and how long has it taken you to move from 217 to 185?
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Another issue i have is when my days start and end. I work grave so I’m up all night and don’t sleep till about 9am to 2 pm that’s all the sleep I get. When I work overtime I get home at 1pm work out for an hour till 2 pick my son up at 2:20pm and I have him till 7pm in which we do boxing, jujitsu homework and eat dinner. I sleep from 7:30 to about 945 pm and I head out to work at 10:20 pm start work at 11:30 pm. And the cycle continues till Friday. Everyone ask how I do it but I have no choice. I dot it for the love of my son and I won’t quit on him.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I went back about two months in your diary. It looks like you've only been logging for a few days? If that's the case, I'd get your logging as tight as possible and stay the course for a few weeks. With two or three weeks of really good data you'll know better what needs or doesn't need to change.
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    And in summer I have my son from 9am to 7pm. I have to work overtime single dad and bills need to be paid and I won’t stay broke. I need that money to enjoy my life with my son and not be trapped in a cycle being a bad father.
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    I’m 5’7 40years old. Honestly I started getting serious around December. Started small runs in September and have just been getting better and more dedicated

  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    I dot have a goal weight just want to lose and build muscle. I more trying to achieve a better looking body lean and muscular. Not sure on my weight goal. I know I need to cut more weight based on how I look now.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,336 Member
    edited March 2018
    Have you been athletic or lifted/exercised in the past, or a couch potato. trying to figure out if 185 is close to being no longer overweight fat levels for you or not.

    Actually, this link might help. It explains how to measure your waist to height ratio which is good indicator of your level of abdominal fat: https://www.dietdoctor.com/simple-waist-height-ratio-powerful-health-measurement

  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    I have always been active but not as serious and active as now. Last time at this weight was high school. Thanks for info I will look into it
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,336 Member
    Basically trying to figure out why such low calories with so much activity when only a little bit of weight needs to be lost and especially since you're not getting enough sleep!
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    Just not a huge eater or I don’t eat 3 times a day. I usually just eat two meals a day with protein shakes in between. Sometimes I only eat once day with my son and I fry to catch up on sleep instead of eating. I believe with my days being so busy I just don’t pay attention to much on eating healthy
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,336 Member
    Are your protein shakes the banana smoothies? if not... they haven't made it into your log?

    If you log religiously the log can become a tool that you can review and make changes based on what you see there.

    If you decide not to log very accurately, then you can only go by scale results and adjust "a little bit less" / "a little bit more" based on your scale results.

    Plug your weight changes into libra for android, happy scale for iphone or use weightgrapher.com or trendweight.com on the web. You should back enter older weight ins if you have them recorded somewhere.

    This should give you a baseline.

    Your current food intake does not appear to be sufficient to fuel your current activity level, much less so to have taken you to over 200lbs! So you must have been eating more/differently in the past :smiley:
  • raiders34
    raiders34 Posts: 42 Member
    In the past I was eating a lot more fast food and soda due to my busy schedule. The biggest change now is preparing healthy meals and sticking to my workouts. Also in the past I would just eat once a day but a very unhealthy meal along with a lot of coffee, redbulls and Starbucks. I cut all that out completely. I would also hit the vending machines at work every once in a while
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