Can't break 140lbs

I can relate!!! I started at 170 ( eek!) last September and am now right at 138 - 140. Really do want to get to 135. I am still exercising consistenly 5 to 6 days per week but have loosened up on the calories. Not gaining, but not losing. I have to decide if it's worth it to go for the extra 5 - may be too hard to maintain it

I just sighned up today, and I saw this post. The same thing is happening to me! I'm stuck btwn 137-140, my goal is 130. I started jogging about 8 mos ago at 150 lbs, so I am grateful for the loss so far...I have a feeling it has something to do with my grazing habit at work, hmm...

(ya beat me to it Banks!!!...lol)



Kaiya... are you happy in a size 8? do you look good? The 140 is a number...when someone looks at you...do they think 140? If you have kicking butt since last October, you eat and drink healthy and in healthy amounts, have you ever considered this is the weight your body aspires to via dna or bone size?
What range is your body fat # in?

If you can answer no to any of the above, perhaps you need to change your exercise routine because your body has become used to your program and that goes for your "eats" too...alter the variety of your foods...increase protein, decrease carbs..get those veggies in...then your fruits...WATER! WATER! WATER!...that's all you can do to shake it up a bit.

If you are concerned about losing baby fat...its not the weight or dress size you start at that really counts, it's the healthy food and exercise habits you live by before, during (according to what the doc says you require which in most cases is just a good healthy balanced diet & exercise is dependent on your physical shape & the trimester you are in and ALL sorts of other stuff..lol), after.

Another BIG factor is how much lean muscle mass you have built in your body...I read somewhere that one pound of lean muscle in its resting state (BMR) uses 36 cals a pound per hour...whereas fat uses 3.

Hi

I didn't loose anything this week.,..first time the scame didn't move...stuck at 136 (start weight: 155)
I feel a little defeated because I didn't cheat at all....worked out etc
BUT hopefully next week will be better
I did some clothes shopping today, so that made me feel a little better
I also still have lots of pudge in the middle and am starting to feel like the only way to get rid of this it to have is sucked out..LOL

Good luck. kim

Thanks for your responses! I definately look better! I still have a little chub around my stomach and a little on the hips. I guess I just wanted to weigh what I did when I was 21.

DianneLynn- you made a good point about the body size..... maybe this is the way my body wants me to be.

Banks- I don't know my body fat %.... how do I check that?

Oh, well there's a can of worms. There are lots of ways to measure body fat. You can ask if your gym has a person that has been certified in calipers. There are the bio-impedence scales...um I forget the rest, they all have margin for error and it can be pretty wide depending on the device. But if your consistant you should be able to tell to a relatively fine degree how much you change from one point in time to another. It may not give you a truely accurate measure (there are scans out now days that can do it with an extremely low margin for error, but I think they are a little expensive, never had one of those so I'm not sure. You can get a very rough % by doing some at home tests. Just google Body Fat %, you'll find instructions all over the place).

I understand your frustration dxeebelle ~ just go easy on yourself because prednisone isn't something anyone wants to HAVE to take...steroids are a terror. Another thing to placate yourself with...is whether you weigh 139 or you weigh 143 (pulling that out of the air) no one will notice except you and that won't probably be visual..it will be that your clothing maybe snug. I'm 5' 3-1/2" and I notice 5-6 lbs in how my clothes fit even though "they" say every 10 lbs equals a size.

You might notice that exercise and loss of inches is the way you are headed vs. the weight number.

The 140s must be a problem for most. I have been at 143 - 140 for 3 weeks now up and down but I cant seem to get to the 130s. My goal is 125 and I was at 209 so I happy at what I am at now but this is what I was in high school and could never get down below 140s. But I didnt try then either. I am hoping it is just taking its time and it will come off slower but it will happen, cross my fingers. Any suggestions????

Eh... I guess we can just stick to our calories and exercise a lot.
I don't expect to lose this last pounds too quickly so I decided to move to 1400 cal and 1600 on days when I exercise to make sure my body gets everything it needs in the long run
And I'm going to enjoy my good health and fitness instead of skinny me :smooched:

Hope we'll all succeed
Good luck! :flowerforyou:

Ups..., sorry for those messages... :embarassed:

I found a nice body fat calculator:
http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

Of course these are only estimates, but useful to track your progress