2 weeks out!!

[skclark12]

Ok, I am 2 weeks out from my first npc bikini competition in 9 years!! Here is the problem. My weight and fat loss has been minimal the past 6 weeks. Last week I was at 14%. I’m 5’8” and I weigh 160. My numbers are ridiculous I know. My coach just keeps saying do what you’re doing only better. I sttength train 6 days a week, 90 minutes of cardio 7 days a week and sprints 3 days a week. I should be dropping like crazy because I stick to my meal plan like crazy. So, since I’m not I did some figuring. I don’t ever eat over 1000 calories a day on my meal plan. I haven’t eaten over that for a very long time. Somedays are around 800 calories. Had my body gone into starvation mode?? What can I do!?!?

[rhadam]

You're going to need to post up more info. Firstly, do you have a progress pic of you at 2 weeks out? You probably aren't 14% bodyfat being 5'8" 160lbs for your first competition in 9 years. Not to mention your plan, everything about it, is ridiculous. 90 minutes of cardio 7 days a week? No. Strength train 6 days per week? No. 1000 calories a day? No.

Your trainer, if this is what he or she recommended, is doing you a disservice and should be fired.

[spradish]

Ok, I am 2 weeks out from my first npc bikini competition in 9 years!! Here is the problem. My weight and fat loss has been minimal the past 6 weeks. Last week I was at 14%. I’m 5’8” and I weigh 160. My numbers are ridiculous I know. My coach just keeps saying do what you’re doing only better. I sttength train 6 days a week, 90 minutes of cardio 7 days a week and sprints 3 days a week. I should be dropping like crazy because I stick to my meal plan like crazy. So, since I’m not I did some figuring. I don’t ever eat over 1000 calories a day on my meal plan. I haven’t eaten over that for a very long time. Somedays are around 800 calories. Had my body gone into starvation mode?? What can I do!?!?

Those numbers don't make sense to me. I would expect a woman who could be 14% at 160 to be competing in a class other than bikini. As rhadam said, it all does sound ridiculous.

[xsquid99]

I'm with the others, your numbers don't jive, any of them.

5'8" and 160 and 14% are not bikini numbers.

1000 calories a day a not losing weight? Another number that doesn't make sense.

And no, at 160 lbs you're not in "starvation mode".

[skclark12]

Ok. Well that is what the numbers were on Sunday. He measures with calipers, so I guess he could be doing it wrong? I don’t have a pic, but I can try to take one. I am supposed to have a check in Friday. He can’t ever make sense of my numbers either. He says they just don’t add up.

[kimm4]

If nothing has happened in the last 6 weeks it's because you're eating way more than you think. If you were truly only living on 800-1000 calories the weight would be falling off of you. Get a food scale and learn how to your intake properly.

[skclark12]

I do use a food scale and I weigh and measure everything.

[kimm4]

I do use a food scale and I weigh and measure everything.

Well you're making errors somewhere and your lack of progress proves it. I've been coaching for decades and I know how this works inside and out.

[spradish]

You would not be able to maintain that kind of activity level on 1000 calories.

How can you not have any pictures? I guess I've always thought you'd take some along the way when competing so you could gauge progress or practice posing.

[xsquid99]

Seriously, 2 weeks out and no photos of your progress or from posing practice??? Please fire your coach.

[skclark12]

Well it looks like I have just been making mistakes everywhere. I haven’t taken pics... I am not happy with the way I look and pics just make it worse. I feel like I’m working harder than ever, and I’m just very frustrated. Thank you all for the input. Looks like this Comp is a wash... 😔

[gbullock32]

Well it looks like I have just been making mistakes everywhere. I haven’t taken pics... I am not happy with the way I look and pics just make it worse. I feel like I’m working harder than ever, and I’m just very frustrated. Thank you all for the input. Looks like this Comp is a wash... ������

It seems like your coach is the one making mistakes and you were just doing what you thought was right based on their advice; you should fire them and get a refund if possible. You could still do the comp for the experience if nothing else.

[EjnarKolinkar]

Well it looks like I have just been making mistakes everywhere. I haven’t taken pics... I am not happy with the way I look and pics just make it worse. I feel like I’m working harder than ever, and I’m just very frustrated. Thank you all for the input. Looks like this Comp is a wash... 😔

Perhaps chalk it up to education? I'm sure you made some progress and learned something along the way. Most folks aren't wildly successful instantly. It take time, and often making some mistakes.

I do use a food scale and I weigh and measure everything.

You may believe that. However there are clearly significant problems with your tracking methods or your expectations of what "a long time" really is. Why not use this time to revisit what you are doing and look for problems? Stay optimistic about long term progress OP.