Weight Loss
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So I am a little under 5'4", female, 23 (almost 24) and currently weigh 158 pounds. I started at 180 about 6 months ago and everything was going well. I was losing slowly because I eat out a lot and took a weekends semi-off (but not over doing it). Despite this, I was happy with it because I did not have to sooo dramatically change my life.
Morning breakfast/snacks would be around 300-400 calories. (cut cal during the day a little more because i usually have a more calorie heavy dinner)
Lunch I would either get a salad with chicken (no dressing) or subway (ya know, the 6 inch 8 grams of fat or less deal)
and throughout the rest of the day i would have maybe 2 more small snacks (ex. a piece of fruit or a serving of nuts)
then i would eat a regular dinner (whatever my mom cooks)
I would go to the gym around 3-4 times a week for about an hour mostly doing cardio, some weights.
HOWEVER, i dunno how I got to where I am now...but the past few weeks (about 4) I eat less than 200 calories for breakfast, salad for lunch no dressing and an egg white or 2, my mom's dinner and I started going to the gym during my lunch hour (i started only doing weights but that transgressed into doing cardio mostly) and I go usually 4-5 times a week to the gym AFTER work as well.
well...surprise surprise, my weight loss has halted. I have only been able to lose 1 pound these past few weeks. (why did i try and fix something that wasn't broken!)
So now I am trying to get back on the same diet plan I had started with but I am really nervous I am going to gain a bunch of weight back...any advice?
Morning breakfast/snacks would be around 300-400 calories. (cut cal during the day a little more because i usually have a more calorie heavy dinner)
Lunch I would either get a salad with chicken (no dressing) or subway (ya know, the 6 inch 8 grams of fat or less deal)
and throughout the rest of the day i would have maybe 2 more small snacks (ex. a piece of fruit or a serving of nuts)
then i would eat a regular dinner (whatever my mom cooks)
I would go to the gym around 3-4 times a week for about an hour mostly doing cardio, some weights.
HOWEVER, i dunno how I got to where I am now...but the past few weeks (about 4) I eat less than 200 calories for breakfast, salad for lunch no dressing and an egg white or 2, my mom's dinner and I started going to the gym during my lunch hour (i started only doing weights but that transgressed into doing cardio mostly) and I go usually 4-5 times a week to the gym AFTER work as well.
well...surprise surprise, my weight loss has halted. I have only been able to lose 1 pound these past few weeks. (why did i try and fix something that wasn't broken!)
So now I am trying to get back on the same diet plan I had started with but I am really nervous I am going to gain a bunch of weight back...any advice?
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I don't think you are eating enough. You are working out a lot. I have this problem too because I started working out a lot and my weight loss stopped and some days I am starving on the lower amount of calories. Re-evaluate how many calories you need with your higher activity level.
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