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  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member

    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.

    Lol everyone asks how I stayed entertained that long at the gym. I usually spend about 40 - 50 minutes on the elliptical with my kindle. I go through a lot of books on that and it makes the time fly!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    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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  • heather_elise85
    heather_elise85 Posts: 69 Member
    Maybe now that you have been trying something different - go back to what you were doing in the beginning - trick your body again. Also.. have you tried zig zagging your calories. It sounds nuts when you read about it but it does work!
  • skb32881
    skb32881 Posts: 105 Member
    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.....
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