Before i found this site... I had already lost about 10 pounds. After finding Calorie Count, I have done a pretty good job at losing even more. I started here at 185 (I am 5'5") on Jan. 17 and am currently at 168. That's about 1.4 pounds per week. Not bad.... however. I have now reassessed and am not losing... or it's even slower, one of the two. My goal is 160 (I know, I could shoot lower but I'm taking it in increments) and I'm close, but nothing seems to be happening. according to CC I am at the absolute limit for calories - 1,200 per day. I have a desk job, and just started with dumb bell lifting and pilates again after being sick. I'm getting frustrated!!! Arrgh! Guess I'm just venting, really.
How old are you? 1200 calories may be too little and your body is acting adversely to it...
Personally I don't think you're eating enough.
I'd also recommend more exercise.
I am 48, soon to be 49. I do a half hour of weight workout every other day... and on off days I do pilates because I love the stretch it gives me. I'm NOT big into heavy duty cardio.... but now that nicer weather is here plan on walking daily for about half an hour.
I was crazy enough to try Herbal Magic...(don't do it) CRAZY expensive, bogus supplements u can buy at Walmart..... over a grand for a year of "support"... but anyways, the reason people lose weight on it is that the diet is between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. 2000 calories for someone my height and weight is only going to maintain my height and weight. Even my doctor has told me that if you want to actively lose weight stay at about 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and hit the gym, hard, if you're not sweating, you're not losing. You can eat massive amounts of low-cal stuff... like apples, can you imagine trying to eat a 1000 calories in apples.... it's a crazy thought, but that's why isometics works too, low calorie stuff, but lots of it.I'm frustrated too, eating 1200 calories a day, working out hard..... gained 4 lbs. awesome
Hi efe!
I'm back for more now, but I know that when I went through this process before, I had the SAME problem. (I'm 5'5'', and was 150+, lost down to 120... now back around 130.) When I got to about 135, I couldn't lose a pound and I was dieting and working out like a crazy person. What I kept hearing and eventually gave in to trying, was that I needed to cycle my calories.
Your body is incredibly efficient. If you ask it to run a lot, it starts to strengthen the muscles needed for that, so that it can do it more efficiently. If you ask it to subsist on 1200cal/day, it does the same thing - it learns to subsist on that amount more efficiently (aka, plateau...) So the thing I found that worked for me and helped me break through was to eat 1500 on the weekends (this is all net of workouts, of course) and 1200 during the week. The little boost told my body not to get too efficient and that it doesn't have to constantly subsist on 1200cal.
I know its counter-intuitive, but it really did a lot toward helping me through that time. You need to have some maintenance-days occasionally where you consume what you burn, just so that your body knows you're not starving it - that's how you break through the plateau! :)
(Also, if you're exercising, try to do some cardio too and good job switching it up with the weight training!) Good luck!
You need to eat more. 1200 is minumum for someone small and sedentary, which you are not. I am losing on 1500-1800, working out 4-5 times a week, weights X 3, and cardio X 1-2. Try eating at maintenence for a bit then drop back down a reasonable amount and you should see progress again.
Since Jan of 2010 I have lost over 80 lbs and have never had to drop my cals that low to do it.
Original Post by geckogirl71:
Even my doctor has told me that if you want to actively lose weight stay at about 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and hit the gym, hard, if you're not sweating, you're not losing.
Your Dr. is an idiot.
Original Post by stargazer1:
Original Post by geckogirl71:
Even my doctor has told me that if you want to actively lose weight stay at about 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and hit the gym, hard, if you're not sweating, you're not losing.
Your Dr. is an idiot.
I wonder if they meant a real doctor or a nutritionist "doctor". Any real doctor who says something like that should have their practice license removed.
Original Post by armandounc:
Original Post by stargazer1:
Original Post by geckogirl71:
Even my doctor has told me that if you want to actively lose weight stay at about 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and hit the gym, hard, if you're not sweating, you're not losing.
Your Dr. is an idiot.
I wonder if they meant a real doctor or a nutritionist "doctor". Any real doctor who says something like that should have their practice license removed.
Either way, they should not be practicing.
Even my Dr. told me to eat 1600 to lose, and I'm 5'3! And, for the most part I still lose on 1600 if I sit on my ass all day.
Original Post by geckogirl71:
I was crazy enough to try Herbal Magic...(don't do it) CRAZY expensive, bogus supplements u can buy at Walmart..... over a grand for a year of "support"... but anyways, the reason people lose weight on it is that the diet is between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. 2000 calories for someone my height and weight is only going to maintain my height and weight. Even my doctor has told me that if you want to actively lose weight stay at about 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and hit the gym, hard, if you're not sweating, you're not losing. You can eat massive amounts of low-cal stuff... like apples, can you imagine trying to eat a 1000 calories in apples.... it's a crazy thought, but that's why isometics works too, low calorie stuff, but lots of it.I'm frustrated too, eating 1200 calories a day, working out hard..... gained 4 lbs. awesome
So, it would be safe to say you're undereating isn't working, yes?
a slim, fit, idiot.
No need for name calling. 1200 is still under eating if your slim.
unreal.
I didn't name call. Someone called my doctor an idiot, if you recall. read back.
Original Post by geckogirl71:
I didn't name call. Someone called my doctor an idiot, if you recall. read back.
Yeah... That was me.
And he/she is an idiot.
1200 cals for your stats is horrible advice.
If you go to Wikipedia, the food and drug administration advises a 1200-1500 calorie diet for effective weight loss, with seriously obese people possibly needing to cut calories down to 500-800. and, that maintenance of weight occurs with 2000 cals per day. I tried to cut and paste the article but it didnt work. if you go to wikipedia, under weight loss, you will see this.
Original Post by geckogirl71:
If you go to Wikipedia, the food and drug administration advises a 1200-1500 calorie diet for effective weight loss, with seriously obese people possibly needing to cut calories down to 500-800. and, that maintenance of weight occurs with 2000 cals per day. I tried to cut and paste the article but it didnt work. if you go to wikipedia, under weight loss, you will see this.
o.O
I think I'll trust a registered dietician over the advice of the publically-edited online encyclopedia.
And you said yourself earlier that you're not losing weight while undereating. So, that seems, by inference, to mean it's not working.
I think trusting my doctor of 20 years and the food and drug administration is probably a pretty GOOD idea.
Original Post by geckogirl71:
If you go to Wikipedia, the food and drug administration advises a 1200-1500 calorie diet for effective weight loss, with seriously obese people possibly needing to cut calories down to 500-800. and, that maintenance of weight occurs with 2000 cals per day. I tried to cut and paste the article but it didnt work. if you go to wikipedia, under weight loss, you will see this.
If you actually read the article correctly...it says a MINIMUM of 1200 for women and a MINIMUM of 1500 for men. Which means it's the amount a small, old, sedentary woman/man can lose weight on.
And it's just kind of stupid to think that everyone in the world maintains on the same amount of calories.
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