Arg....

I would start eating 100 calories more per week until you see the scale move. And I would also start doing more heavy weight lifting to max out reps and less cardio. Build muscle to burn fat, more protein in your diet and one protein shake or something after you work out to repair the muscle. You are probably burning way more overall calories than you think and aren't eating enough to cover your burn.

If you haven;t lost weight in months then you are most likely not eating enough. I had to eat what I wanted for two motnhs (around 2200ish cals per day) with little to no working out..and then start reducing calories nominally and finally I am back to losing weight. I think I messed up my body eating too little for too long and then overtraining and not eating enough. Increase those cals!

If you are burning 1,000 cals a day, you must be doing A LOT of cardio work.

I'll echo a few of the other posters. Start lifting heavy. Lift heavy 3 days a week. I'd suggest you read 'The New Rules of Lifting for Women - Lift like a man, look like a Goddess'.

Thanks everyone. I do mostly do a lot of cardio and I've been trying to incorporate more strength lately but I think I'll be kicking it up even more. I work out the way I do because I honestly just really enjoy doing it this way! I LOVE going to the gym for 1 1/2 - 2 hours and just sweating out my frustrations or whatever the case may be. Which is why my calorie burns are so high. I can't really bring myself to change that. It already feels like I'm eating a crazy amount but I guess it's just not enough. I'm going to be playing around with it for the next few weeks until I get this thing figured out.

Thanks again for all of your advice!

That's great that you have found something that you enjoy doing! That's usually the hardest thing. You could try taking one day off from your normal routine and doing something else instead of changing the whole deal. I run most days but on the weekends I like to through in some mountain biking as well.

In talking with a Dr about a similar situation for myself, I was told our "bodies get used to routines" then we stop losing, so we must always "fool" our bodies, shake up your routine, or our bodies come to think its "simply brushing teeth."

Also, you might change what you eat as well, perhaps try 2-3 servings of white fish for a week, along with lots and lots of water to flush away the toxins and fat cells. Again, our bodies become accustomed to routines.

I agree, I feel really engergetic after sweating like a pig after a hard workout.

Good luck!

Thanks everyone. I do mostly do a lot of cardio and I've been trying to incorporate more strength lately but I think I'll be kicking it up even more. I work out the way I do because I honestly just really enjoy doing it this way! I LOVE going to the gym for 1 1/2 - 2 hours and just sweating out my frustrations or whatever the case may be. Which is why my calorie burns are so high. I can't really bring myself to change that. It already feels like I'm eating a crazy amount but I guess it's just not enough. I'm going to be playing around with it for the next few weeks until I get this thing figured out.

Thanks again for all of your advice!

I'm with ya on sweating out frustrations, but that 1 1/2-2 hrs of cardio has to get boring.

Lift heavy and you'll be sweating like none other.. plus you'll look amazing.

Plus I find weight lifting better for stress... Don't know what it is, but when I'm stressed that is the first thing I go do.

Yes I'm doing cardio and strength. Primarily cardio. Do you think I should be eating more than? With my work outs the way they are, I have to eat around 2300 cals just to get my net cals close to 1200! It already makes me parnoid because I feel like I'm eating a ton!

I'll open up my diary to public right now.

Okay you may not want to here this, but I can assure you I've done it with many "runners" and it worked. So here goes..................reduce your cardio. Yep you heard it right. It's obvious at this point what you're doing isn't working, so a different approach is needed.
If you were my client, I'd reduce the cardio to just 15 minutes of HIIT, then concentrate more on your strength program. You would be working compound lifts with heavy weights.
Sounds crazy, but it will attack the body differently than what you're doing now.






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I have been experiencing close to the same problem only I don't exercise nearly as much! I talked to a nutritionist recently who said that hitting a plateau for up to 6 months is normal (not what I wanted to hear!) and she suggested I start getting my body fat measured to see if my body composition is changing. I do lift weights 3 times a week and I have noticed that when I work out hard - like after a 5k or something - I typically show a gain because my muscles are retaining water. Usually when I'm super sore and think I'm going to see a huge loss I show a little gain instead . I've heard some good advice in previous posts and I'm definitely going to give a few things a try.....