How does it work?

Beats me! Are you sure that whoever told you their weight wasn't "fibbing"?! :noway:

i agree. it's body composition. my sister is only a few pounds heavier than me but she wears a size 16 and i wear a 12. but i work out 7 days a week and she doesn't. so i have less fat and more muscle. she'll get there :bigsmile: but that's just reality.

Yes, body composition...............

My sister-in-law has always been in fierce competition with me..................

She used to get mad because I always weighed 30-40 pounds more than she did and I wear a smaller clothing size....................

I have a lot more muscle than she does, so I appear to look smaller even though I weigh a LOT more.

No she wasn't fibbing - we were weighing in and measuring at the same time. She looks heavier than me too. must be a muscle/fat thing. I used to joke that my bones were iron-loaded, that is why I weighed more than what I looked like.

I think it's the muscle thing. I've rarely looked as heavy as I weigh because I'm just naturally pretty muscular.

Think about it this way. If you weigh more because of muscle, you can lose more with less effort because muscle burns more calories so feel sorry for the poor girl and do a happy dance for you!

Think about it this way. If you weigh more because of muscle, you can lose more with less effort because muscle burns more calories so feel sorry for the poor girl and do a happy dance for you!

Oh I wish it was that easy!! I've been at this since November, managed to lose some weight, but been stuck at the same weight since February!:mad: :explode: :grumble:

That stinks! It must be really frustrating.
What have you tried to break the platau? I've heard that calorie rotating/zig-zaging works pretty well. At the bottom of my post is a link to a calories calculator. If you calculate your calories then select "7-day calorie cycle", it will calculate it for you.


http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm#

I've tried increasing my intensity, lowering my calorie intake (right now anywhere from 1200-1400/daily) upping my cardio, hiring a personal trainer that has already cost me almost 3K$... Now this site - it seems I've been protein loading, so I am trying sooooo hard to stay in my alloted 45g/day..
Next is a physical to see if there is a health issue.

Those calories seem pretty low if you weigh 190lb. When I calculated it, depending on your height, your calories should be 1520-1564 for 1lb/week without exercise. Higher if you are exercising. You may actually want to increase your calories and start zig-zagging them. I think that would really help.

Where did you get that protein number number from?

here on MFP...

I don't think I can eat more than those calories without adding more protein to my diet!

You should add more protein. The current recommendation for distibution of calories (according to dietitian.com) is 50%carbs, 20% protein, 30%fat. I've even seen some weight training articles recommending 40/30/30. I believe MPF has it automatically sets it to 55/15/30 either way when you increase your calories, your protein will also increase.

Another weigh is to calculate you protein by weight. The calculation is your weight in pounds divided by 2.2 (conversion to kilograms). Take your weight in kilograms and multiply it by .8. Then take your weight in kilograms and multiply in by 1.2. These numbers are the range (in grams) of protein you should have a day. If you change your ratio to 50/20/30, the number of grams will probably fall into that range.

there is a MFP member who posted a picture of her and a close friend. They are the same weight (she weighed with her) and in the picture one looked fat while the other looked fit.

It was simply amazing to me, but makes sense. I am almost 140 and wearing an 8..........and can squeeze into a 6. But 10 years ago at this weight I was a size 10-12..............of course I wasnt working out 6 days a week and lifting weights.

you seem to be blessed with good genes...........go hug your mom and dad!!:laugh: :laugh:

Dam, your really giving it a good work out every day then.:flowerforyou:
You must be burning 300+ calories every day.

If your eating clean, then only thing other than health issue is you should be eating according to this site and eating exercise calories, at minimum 1500 calories daily (1200 +300 burned).

I definately agree with ttthumper. You should really increase your calories.

I agree you should up your calories.
Alot of people on here have gotten off their plateaus by upping it 200 cals per day.

I am using a 40/30/30 ratio and I have approx 55g of protein daily.

Plus we realized that you have more muscle than your friend.

Pump them up and feed them with protein, they will burn more fat.
Strength training burns more fat than Cardio. (According to Mens fitness)

Try to get a resistance or strength workout in every 2 days.

You may want to recheck your settings. By calculations, if you have it set to 40/30/30 and are only getting 55g of protein, than your daily calorie intake would only be about 735 calories. If you have it set to 55/30/15 and are get 55g of protein, than your daily calorie intake would be about 1467calories.

Sorry, Thanks I was looking at the wrong column 55g of Fat and 125grams of protein.
That's today with 405 exercise calories added on for daily of 1675 calories.

I'm at least well above 300/day
My health testing will also be done after the holiday. A lot of my friends think I may have a sluggish thyroid.
If anyone is interested I did post a picture of myself at my current weight (the one in grey).

It never hurts to check. I just had everything tested and it came back fine. I hope your does too! :flowerforyou: