Not loosing weight, what to do.

[ishti1983]

Hi Friends,

I need help with weight loss progress. Let me tell you my routine first -

I eat around 1200 calories a day (I use an app to calculate). I do eat around a cup of rice everyday. And lots of veg and salads, etc.

I work out 5 days a week : 750-900 cal on a cross trainer (65-80 revs/min) and 30-45 mins of weight training. Heart rate goes up to 160 bpm while resting is 52 bpm.

I have worked out before and my weight was around 77kg. Then I gained weight and was around 91kg. This time I started in November and got down to 84kg by beginning of February. But for last 2 months I am just stuck, don't know what to do.

Although I feel that my body is shaping up, but scale is showing 27% body fat. But when I compare with pictures available online, I look more like 20% fat. Anyways my goal is 76kg and 13% fat. Any advise what I am doing wrong?

[ShoppersRow]

If you're not losing weight at 1200 calories a day, you're counting wrong. Read the stickies on this forum on how to count properly.

[DiannaPrince]

1. You're not eating enough. Calculate your macros and calories here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=133163973
2. Don't believe the calories your cardio machines tell you you burn; they overestimate. A lot.
3. Don't pay attention to your scale. And don't pay attention to that magical "BF%" number; it is rarely 100% accurate.
4. Measure your progress in your lifts, your endurance, measurements, the mirror, and how your clothes fit.

Eating "around" a number is not going to get you anywhere. The previous poster is right; if you truly were eating 1200 calories a day, you would be losing weight. It sounds like you need to track more carefully. Good job on your progress so far. Remember this is a marathon, not a race.

[th3pwn3r]

1. You're not eating enough.

Lol, NO. The rest of your points are good though. Imagine if we really could just stop losing mass, people wouldn't starve to death, that would be good and bad.

[DiannaPrince]

Lol, NO. The rest of your points are good though. Imagine if we really could just stop losing mass, people wouldn't starve to death, that would be good and bad.

Yes, he is not eating enough. His BMR is around 1700. 1200 cannot be maintained, will lower his metabolism, damage muscle growth, and make him feel like chit because he's not eating enough.

[halfflash]

4. Measure your progress in your lifts, your endurance, measurements, the mirror, and how your clothes fit.

^^This. I needed that reminder today. Thanks

[th3pwn3r]

Yes, he is not eating enough. His BMR is around 1700. 1200 cannot be maintained, will lower his metabolism, damage muscle growth, and make him feel like chit because he's not eating enough.

So you think this individual is defying the laws of thermodynamics? The last time I checked a caloric deficit would in fact result in a loss of mass. Eating very little will produce said deficit. I got my negs ready to go.

[DiannaPrince]

So you think this individual is defying the laws of thermodynamics? The last time I checked a caloric deficit would in fact result in a loss of mass. Eating very little will produce said deficit. I got my negs ready to go.

Then fire your negs at the Harris-Benedict Formula, the Katch-McArdle Formula, and the Mifflin-St Jeor formula; all of these state the OP's BMR is around 1700. So yeah, he'll lose weight with 1200. He'll lose fat and he'll lose muscle. At his stats, I imagine he wants to conserve as much muscle mass as he can. Is it worth it to lose 8 kg in six weeks if 50% of that weight is muscle?

Edit: I think we agree the OP isn't tracking correctly and isn't eating 1200 calories.

[krete77]

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[biggoron]

My pants are loose because i'm losing weight.

[th3pwn3r]

Then fire your negs at the Harris-Benedict Formula, the Katch-McArdle Formula, and the Mifflin-St Jeor formula; all of these state the OP's BMR is around 1700. So yeah, he'll lose weight with 1200. He'll lose fat and he'll lose muscle. At his stats, I imagine he wants to conserve as much muscle mass as he can. Is it worth it to lose 8 kg in six weeks if 50% of that weight is muscle?

Edit: I think we agree the OP isn't tracking correctly and isn't eating 1200 calories.

Well since we agree that the OP hasn't entered into a miraculous/mythical/imaginary starvation I won't neg you. I don't care about calculators myself, I'm too extreme for those silly things and I find them unnecessary.

By the way, you might want to read about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment.

This works too-

http://fitnessblackbook.com/main/sta...orry-about-it/

I have given the extreme example of losing 50% muscle mass while in a deficit myself before, I just find it highly unlikely. Even Lyle Mcdonald has somewhat dismissed the idea that fat can provide 31 calories per pound of fat per day idea as far as I know. What it more than likely is the problem that people believe they have far more muscle mass than they actually do so when they discover how light and small they have to be to be lean they make excuses.

[JLay87]

Too loosen the weight you need to do curls in the squat rack.

[matman1813]

I use two methods to loosen my fat:

Fat loosening #1

Fat loosening #2

[camdensdaddy]

i use two methods to loosen my fat:

fat loosening #1

fat loosening #2

lmao

[mediumraw]

You're eating too much.

To rectify this, you need to eat less.

[Swoolbro]

Try going on a Paleo Diet. I'm not sure what you are doing but sometime you need to switch things up a bit to find out what will work.

Check out marksdailyapple.com

[matman1813]

Try going on a Paleo Diet. I'm not sure what you are doing but sometime you need to switch things up a bit to find out what will work.

Check out marksdailyapple.com

Sticking to an arbitrary list of foods wont change a thing. He needs to eat less calories because he definitely isn't eating 1200.

[ishti1983]

Thanks for all ur replies. I guess u guys had a good laugh from my spelling mistake. LOL. Fair enough.

I spoke to my gym instructor and what he suggested is exactly what DiannaPrince suggested. So I guess I am going to follow her advise.

The problem could be from a number of things, most probably I messed up my metabolism somehow. And since I sit at a desk all day long and do the same exercise again and again, somehow my body adapted to what I am doing so I am not getting results fast enough. But my clothes are getting “loose”, which means I am progressing.

He suggested following things :

1. Change what I eat. Not eat less but eat different. Eat between meals. Eat more fibers. Not worry about numbers.
2. Put away my scale for a month.
3. Change my exercise routine. So I am going to join an intermediate level boot camp from next week.

Lets see what happens.

At my current BMR, even if I eat 2000 calories a day, I should lose weight. I don’t know how I can survive with eating less than what I eat now. I tried it a few days and I feel dizzy next day. Not worth it. Better exercise more. After all its all about feeling better.

I have attached few pictures. As you can see I tried eating a lot less but didn’t work out.

[ademyster]

Well since we agree that the OP hasn't entered into a miraculous/mythical/imaginary starvation I won't neg you. I don't care about calculators myself, I'm too extreme for those silly things and I find them unnecessary.

By the way, you might want to read about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment.

This works too-

http://fitnessblackbook.com/main/sta...orry-about-it/

I have given the extreme example of losing 50% muscle mass while in a deficit myself before, I just find it highly unlikely. Even Lyle Mcdonald has somewhat dismissed the idea that fat can provide 31 calories per pound of fat per day idea as far as I know. What it more than likely is the problem that people believe they have far more muscle mass than they actually do so when they discover how light and small they have to be to be lean they make excuses.

^^^ that is all

[transformerchad]

Yes, he is not eating enough. His BMR is around 1700. 1200 cannot be maintained, will lower his metabolism, damage muscle growth, and make him feel like chit because he's not eating enough.

This... who ever thinks otherwise is unfortunately a retard .

[th3pwn3r]

This... who ever thinks otherwise is unfortunately a retard .

Actually, if you think under-eating will cause a complete stop to losses in mass you should move to a different part of Africa.

[badrfatloss]

Drinking too much water can lead to weight gain, damage your kidneys, disturb your sleep, confusion, psychotic symptoms and even death. How much water you need to drink each day depends on who your are, what you do and where you live. The recommendation is that you only drink additional water when you are thirsty.

[ishti1983]

Just an update, Its been 10 days since I stopped counting calories. I now eat almost double. Started working out differently. Today my scale shows I have lost 2.5 lb in last 10 days. BFP is also lower. Good enough. I guess eating right amount is best.

[StephanieIngram]

If you wish for to lose weight, there's one thing you must do…stop exercising. And that's not some trick way of saying do more weights than cardio.

[ishti1983]

If you wish for to lose weight, there's one thing you must do…stop exercising. And that's not some trick way of saying do more weights than cardio.

why do you think stop working out will help?

[bluejay83]

So you think this individual is defying the laws of thermodynamics? The last time I checked a caloric deficit would in fact result in a loss of mass. Eating very little will produce said deficit. I got my negs ready to go.

Your body eats itself & stores fat simultaneously as a survival mechanism

It happened to me. I also ate 1400-1700 calories & didnt lose anything some weeks. I losy all my muscle & still had a squishy stomach

[LowcarbGod]

Or it might be his thyroid. If people are not losing weight under a very low calorie diet, they should get a thyroid test to see if they have hypothyroidism

If you're not losing weight at 1200 calories a day, you're counting wrong. Read the stickies on this forum on how to count properly.

[diesel_3]

Looked at pictures.
Saw Indian Food in MFP.
It's late and I can't get Indian Food.
Negged.





jkjkjkjk

[ishti1983]

Your body eats itself & stores fat simultaneously as a survival mechanism

It happened to me. I also ate 1400-1700 calories & didnt lose anything some weeks. I losy all my muscle & still had a squishy stomach

I think you are right. Despite all my efforts, I stayed on exactly 84 kg for 2 months. Everybody said eat less, I ate more. My weight-loss plateau is over thats what matters. 3kg more, then I need to focus on muscle .