I would love your input, Cathe! Please :-)

[millalyte86]

Cathe,
I've been doing you videos for years and love them! You are my inspiration and have been since I first did a class with you at the gym (the old one down the road ). But I'm feeling very discouraged. I workout about 5 or 6 days a week and eat about 85% clean and track my calories. I just can't seem to change my body to how I would like it to be. I am 5'7 165 lbs. with broad shoulders and a large frame. I'm strong and have a lot of muscle. I would like to get down to 150 lbs. while maintaining my muscle but just losing the fat thats on top. I have tried a lot of things and my body seems to always start to respond at first but then plateaus completely. I was doing a rotation like this for a while...
Sun-total body (Muscle Endurance)
Mon- Cardio (running or Imax III)
Tues- Leg workout (Legs and Glutes)
Wed- Cardio (a mix of the high intensity cardio from KPC and the combos followed by the blast challenge from KM)
Thurs- OFF
Fri- Total Body (MIS)
Sat- Cardio (running)

After the first week I could start seeing results but then I quickly stopped and I stopped progressing. I don't know why. I have also tried rotations with more strength and less cardio and the same happened with those as well. Do you have any suggestions of type of rotations or rotations you have already created that would be beneficial for me? Thank you so much!

Lauren

(ps if anyone else has suggestions as well I'd love to hear)

 

[RapidBreath]

just a random thought

How about this, you said it takes about a week to see results? Right? So change it every week? Maybe? Completely, keep your body guessing.

 

[millalyte86]

How about this, you said it takes about a week to see results? Right? So change it every week? Maybe? Completely, keep your body guessing.

I was thinking that too! But how should I do that? Like high cardio with more endurance weight training one week then the next lighter cardio and heavier lifting? Then go back to week one again and so on? I think I'll give it a shot. Someone before mentioned training like that would be counter productive and that I should stick to one plan or the other for at least a month but that hasn't been working. Thanks for you input!

 

[workoutaholic]

Hi there, I have a few things to mention that might help.

1) Can you post what you eat in a typical day? For some people, macronutrient ratios can make a big difference. Maybe you can play around with that, say eating at 20%fat/50%carbs/30%protein for a while and see how that goes. If it doesn't work, try changing it around.

2) Also, how many calories are you eating per day, and are you measuring/weighing your food? Calorie zig-zagging can work well, where you eat at a calorie deficit for 3 days, then eat at your maintenance level for one day, and then repeat. Many believe that doing this can help to stave off your body's starvation response, which can make you hold on to bodyfat.

3) Are you eating several small meals a day (like each with the same amount of calories or close)?

 

[millalyte86]

Hi there, I have a few things to mention that might help.

1) Can you post what you eat in a typical day? For some people, macronutrient ratios can make a big difference. Maybe you can play around with that, say eating at 20%fat/50%carbs/30%protein for a while and see how that goes. If it doesn't work, try changing it around.

2) Also, how many calories are you eating per day, and are you measuring/weighing your food? Calorie zig-zagging can work well, where you eat at a calorie deficit for 3 days, then eat at your maintenance level for one day, and then repeat. Many believe that doing this can help to stave off your body's starvation response, which can make you hold on to bodyfat.

3) Are you eating several small meals a day (like each with the same amount of calories or close)?

I track my calories in caloriecount.com. I usually eat 30% fat, 30% carbs, and 40% protein. And I try to get my calories up to atleast 1500-1600 a day. Which is actually low for my height and body type and amount of exercise I get paired with working 2 jobs where I'm on my feet all day. I think it says to lose weight I should eat around 1800 calories but I feel whenever i eat that much I start to put on weight..