Phase 1 80 Day Obsession - Disappointing

I would suggest using a good TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) calculator and following its advice. And while working out and eating properly are indeed important you also need to sleep enough for your body to recover and drink a holy crap-ton of water every day or you wont see results. I would suggest almost a gallon of water a day. I didn't lose a pound until I slept more even though I worked out and ate properly.

For a good TDEE calculator go to mytdee.com
That ones pretty good

quiksylver296 wrote: »

How many calories were you eating per day?

Same question...

molldoll36 wrote: »

Thanks all. I consume between 1200 to 1500 and burn around 2200 a day. I also follow a high protein low carb diet for the most part.

How much water do you drink per day as well? How many hours of sleep do you get per night on average?

The calculators are based on averages. You can’t know what you’re burning outside of a lab.

Pay attention to your best feedback tool- your body. Beware the strict diet, it can come back and bite you.

What not to do- quit. If you are trying for a high level of fitness with weightloss, expect the scale to move slowly. Just so it moves down. If you are unhappy, adjust. Start with what you learned and make modest changes. You don’t need to scrap everything.

Also this. There are lots of posts here about high level workouts and skimpy scale losses. Depending on your WI timing, it could be water retention. Stressed muscles retain water. Look it up. It’s also true that the gym is overrated as a weightloss tool.

And don’t mess yourself up like I did years ago fixated on the scale when what I needed was fitness. I understand you worked hard, but one month does not make a lifestyle. Keep going.

molldoll36 wrote: »

I am not great about water consumption. I take in about 80 ounces per day, half of my weight. I did, however, give up my Diet Coke obsession at the start of this program. As for “strict”, no I did not weigh all of my food, but I relied on MFP and what it told me for nutritional values.

Get a food scale. Experiment for 2 weeks by weighing and logging all your food. See if that is where the problem is.

The MFP database is user created. So what you were using may or may not have been accurate, and even less-so if you were doing any eyeballing of portions, using measuring cups, or relying on package labels. The only way to be sure is to weigh and measure everything, and then verify entries for accuracy. Spend a few weeks weighing and measuring with the calorie goal MFP gives you, and re-evaluate from there.

I have nothing against exercise but if it is making things hard enough that you want to quit, then it being applied at a counterproductive level.

Are you planning on exercising like this for the next 5 to 10 years? Why don't you try something that you can keep at long term in terms of exercise or activity? And then build up to more vigorous exercise.

To lose weight you don't need to "exercise away" what you eat. Your body burns calories just by existing.
You also don't need supplements. Or gimicks.

Scout's honour: you're eating more than 1500 Cal and you're exercising at a level that for you is counterproductive at this point of time.

BTW: I do see results even if you don't! I can't comment on the effort involved.

I'm curious. How do you know you are consuming 1200 to 1500 per day and burning 2200. How are you measuring that? I agree that your weight loss seems too low for those levels.

I agree with one of the posters above that your torso/abdomen looks significantly different to me.

I've been doing the 80 Day Obsession workouts and I really like them, but my goal is more personal fitness related and not weight loss related as I've been in maintenance for quite some time. I'm on week 3. It's my first time doing any kind of Beachbody thing. I'm not using Shakeology (expensive garbage in my opinion - I like to eat my food) or following the nutrition plan with the colored containers. Just looking at the nutrition plan, and after losing weight and being in maintenance for a few years now, I can say fairly certainly that, at least for me, unless I was using only the lowest calorie options for each of the containers during the day, I'd be eating too many calories to lose weight and maybe too many even for maintenance. Also the workouts, though typically 3-4 out of the 6 of them are nearly an hour a day, don't burn a huge amount of calories.

If your goal is to lose weight, you'd be better off investing in a food scale and tracking your food more precisely. Weight loss mostly happens in the kitchen. Keep doing the workouts if you like them - I find them challenging and like them but if you don't like them, there are plenty of other exercise options.