Overtraining

I would assume that you are seeing muscle gains. Muscle weighs much more than fat so you can loose overall size but keep your weight relatively stable. This happens to a lot of beginning weightlifters but later it becomes much harder to do a straight conversion from fat to muscle.

I do 4 miles on the treadmill incline/running intervals. Then hit the gym for either spin (45 mins)or a Body Pump (60 mins) class followed by 20 minutes 2-3 days a week on the stairmill then a 6.35 mile hike with my dogs! I don't think you're overtraining. LOL


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Not sure how relevant this is, but it might give you some of the info you're looking for

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cywtq

So here's what it is.. As crazy as this may sound I think I maybe the victim of this! I work out 2 x a day usually, in the morning I do fasted cardio for 30 minutes and after work I do weights eg:

Day 1: AM Cardio , PM Upperbody weights session
Day 2: AM Cardio , PM Lowerbody weights session
Day 3: AM Cardio - PM Cardio

And so on. The first 14lbs I lost pretty quickly doing this, but now my weight fluctuates and I have lost and regained the same 4 lbs for a month now. I feel stuck in rut and not sure what to do! Should I take some days off? Switch my training completely to 1 session a day??? I really need help getting out of this plateau

Try doing your cardio after your weights at the same time if you can rather than going twice a day.

I do about 60 min cardio elliptical 6x a week averaging around 500 cal per burn (on the machine based on weight/age). I don't think you can necessarily overdue it, as long as you feel good and not pushing too hard and feeling wiped out before a workout. However, just remember that working out that much means you must eat your calories to fuel your body. Eg. 1200 limit a day and burning 1000 with a net of 200 is not good for weight loss/health.

@heaven71: lol I hear ya. My bf has been a **** the last week because he overworked himself running and his calves have been messed up (I told him to stretch tsk tsk). Make sure you only push a little over your limit to feel the burn, not rip your muscles apart. >.<

I don't know about the overdoing it on the exercise because lots of people do that. I exercise one hour in the morning and around 40 minutes each day at lunch time. I do a "family" exercise on Saturday and take Sunday off. I had a time where my weight loss just stopped and with someone's advice I checked my sugar intake----WOW---when my sugar intake went up over 30, my weight loss stopped--love using the diary for help! I just checked out your diary and your carbs are very high and your sugars are very high---might want to see what happens if you lower those numbers for a week?? I've had a lot of people tell me that as soon as they took in less carbs and sugars that the weight came off....just a thought?

It won't necessary hurt you, but you're probably going beyond the point of diminishing returns. 3x/week strength and 3x/week cardio are plenty. On separate days, ideally. Rest is a crucial component of this; just as important as your nutrition and exercise program. Don't skimp on rest.

You used "diminishing returns" and used it properly.... I think you're kinda awesome!

I do 4 miles on the treadmill incline/running intervals. Then hit the gym for either spin (45 mins)or a Body Pump (60 mins) class followed by 20 minutes 2-3 days a week on the stairmill then a 6.35 mile hike with my dogs! I don't think you're overtraining. LOL


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Have you noticed a big change in your legs/butt from the stairmill? I just started using that last week and i love it!

It won't necessary hurt you, but you're probably going beyond the point of diminishing returns. 3x/week strength and 3x/week cardio are plenty. On separate days, ideally. Rest is a crucial component of this; just as important as your nutrition and exercise program. Don't skimp on rest.

I do agree with you on rest!

I had the same problem last November. I started doing different workouts and it finally started coming off again. I think if you stick to the same thing eventually your body gets used to it. I have always done the treadmill and was doing 90 min a day on it. I started doing interval training and using the incline a lot and it has had great results.

Thank you all, you're right I dont get enough protein so maybe that's a factor. Recently i've also been feeling really tired and have 0 energy when I get home.. Maybe I do need a rest and re-evaluate my diet.

They are possibly signs of being overtrained. Take a few days off and see how you feel.

BUT for everyone IMO over training (e.g. the Central Nervous System is fatigued and needs a rest) is pretty hard to achieve and mostly people don't train hard enough.

Bare in mind, Olympic lifters lift 5-6 hours a day, 6-7 days a week. Cyclists trains for a similar time period, so do many athletic athletes. I wouldn't personally worry about it UNTIL you can feel it and then back off a little and allow your body to repair for a few days/week and reconvene.

In he most part you get the best athletes when they are willing to go that extra mile, and push the body where it is not used to go and forcing muscular hypertrophy onto the body to it can face the demands you are throwing at it.