Please explain to me why I am stuck at 133lbs....
*EDIT I actually typed this one out and it still looks ridiculous. Not sure how to fix the format.
Here are the averages:
&nb sp; Calories & nbsp; Fat Grams &nbs p; Carbs Protein
8/20 1,119 28 & nbsp; &nbs p; 110 31
8/21 1,048 20 & nbsp; &nbs p; 169 53
8/22 972 17 & nbsp; &nbs p; 201 42
8/23 1,032 &nbs p; 35 & nbsp; &nbs p; 130&nbs p; & nbsp; 57
(fast forward, it's all pretty similar)
9/3 1,074 & nbsp; 21 & nbsp; &nbs p; 1 43 & nbsp; 91
9/4 1,114 & nbsp; 18 & nbsp; &nbs p; 151 75
I know you said to eat more, but I am so scared that if I do I will gain.
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huh? Don't copy and paste you food log, it's unreadable.
Just give us your averages (type, don't copy/paste). Average calories eaten per day, average calories burned including excercise, and your average percentages of fat/carbs/protein. That way someone can give you an intelligent answer.
From what little I can figure out though, you only averaging 1100 calories eaten per day, so you're not eating enough.
if you have been maintaining the exact or close to amount of calories every single day your body will learn to use what it's got available and not use you fat to fuel your energy needs. read the book "You On a Diet". it's called a plateau. everyone has thier own ideas on how to get off one, but your best bet and i learned this from reading the book is to never eat the same exact calories everyday. never go below your set number of calories. for me it's 1250 a day that's recommended. when i first started my diet i stuck to that like white on rice and within two weeks i had plateued. some days i know eat 1300, so a little more then back down to 1250. i still lose weight and guess what? it keeps coming off. plus, i exercise. i walk and ride a bike cause that's what i love to do. you have to fool your body.
Plus, if you're not eating enough your body will be hanging onto every scrap and not 'allowing' you to lose any more weight. If you've been eating too little for a long time then you'll have gone into starvation mode and will most likely gain a little while trying to come out of it by upping your cals to allow your body to function properly.
It's tough to read the chart but it looks like you are averaging under 1200 calories per day. You say you are afraid to eat more becuase you might gain but we all know you need a minimum of 1200. You body doesnt want to give up any weight right now becuase you are not eating enough. Add a few calories per day to your diet to get up to 1200. deedee1 gave some great advice too!
good luck!
I have a question..........
How tall are you?
I'm 5 even, and I eat around 1600-1800 calories on my workout days, and 1400-1600 on my non workout days, and I've lost weight. I must say.. I did start my diet at 1200 calories, and my body just didn't let anymore weight go after 45 pounds of weight loss. Once I joined CC again.. It had me at 1801 calories to lose weight, and I try to stay in both ranges... One is my off day range 1400-1600 and then I have my workout range, and it's 1600-1800. I normally hit my 1800 and I'm always under on the days that I don't workout. I lose about a half pound to a pound per week. Avg. lost around 3 to 4 pounds per month now, and it's hard to keep and maintain the lost. You have to eat more, and if you just can't do it.. Drink a protein shake or have a hand full of almonds. That really does help you get the amount of calories you need. I was so stuck on eating 1200 calories it took time to add more, and having the shake and the almonds really helped with that. Now I can eat more, but it was a good start for me to get the calories I was lacking in. Getting in more calories and changing your workout program can shake that number loose.
You are not eating enough and often enough, you need to eat all day long. When you restrict your diet to 3 meal a day your body goes into shut down mode. You need to train your metabolism to run all day. Three meal and 3 snacks is good. No more than 12 ounces of lean protein (white ) chicken turkey and fish. Fresh veges, and fruit. NO added SUGAR, NO SALT, (salt can stop weight loss instantly) and NO Fat. I know it sound hard, but I have been doing this for a year and have lost 70 pounds with out a plateau. Do you exercise ? you need to keep your metabolism going. I am 5 feet tall in a wheelchair and I lose at 1350 kal. Hope this helps
I'm 5'3", medium(ish) build. I think I've developed a complex about eating more and eating more often -- I also need to eat less salt. One of my biggest problems is that I am a new college grad living in NYC and a lot of foods that are cheap are also high in sodium, ugh why is eating healthy so expensive??? I eat a ton of veggies and a substantial amount of fruit and usually get about 10-15 grams of fat per day (which according to everything I've looked at is pretty good). And I do exercise. I have some physical limitations but I walk very briskly between 4-6 miles a day and sometimes do workout dvds, depending on the weather etc. Sigh. I have only been doing this for a month and I'm afraid I've become obsessed with the overall number of calories rather than the big picture. If anyone is still reading, has anyone ever experienced this before?
No, no, no. 10-15 grams of fat per day is not enough. You need more than that. Fat is what helps your body pull all of the vitamins and minerals from the food you are eating. The norm for someone who is your age, sex, etc is somewhere around 30-35 grams per day. Now don't freak out. Eating fat is not what makes people fat. Eating too many calories is what does that.
Here's the straight up low down: I know you are afraid of gaining weight. But you know you need to get your calories up. What is more important to you? Your short term weight loss or your long term weight loss and health? If you raise your calories you MIGHT gain a little bit of weight. But once you give your body time to get used to the new intake, it will settle down and the weight gain will stop. After that happens, then you can focus on losing weight in a healthy way..a way that will last, and a way that is healthy.
Jenn, Peaches is so right. You need to eat more fat. I was once like you.. Stuck at trying to eat under 25grams of fat perday, and that started to hurt me. I think it was G.I. Jane who told me I needed to eat more fat and more calories on this sight, and I did what she said. I started to eat more fat.. Bring that to 30 to 40 grams of fat perday, and I've been losing great since I've upped that fat intake number, and I feel so good about the add. I thought.. The less fat I ate the more fat I would lose. Well news for you.. It worked for a while, because I was starving my body with the less amount of fat I was eating, and my metabolism was shot to hell and back. You got to up those fat grams. REALLY you do... I was shocked to see the amounts of fat Denise Austin was taking in, and I weight train, and my diet does need fats and good fats.. That's what you really want to watch, "bad fats".. You don't want the carb over load and fats.. Like a bag of chips.. Carb over load and fat equal weight gain.. Sodium holds water weight gain.... It's hard to lose weight when you don't understand your intake amounts.. Like Carbs, Protein, Sugar, and Sodium. I didn't understand these numbers and I still don't understand them now. But I try to.
Here is one of Denise Austins Ending day report
Total calories 1,534
Total fat 45.7 grams (27% of total calories)
Calcium 597mg
Total Fiber 30.6 grams
You hear this and you read that, and it can get confusing sometimes. Everyone is giving you some good advice, and Peaches is right. You need to up your fat gram intake.
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