Please help me with this ......

[slenamond]

I can not lose some weight I have managed to acquire over the past year. 6-9 pounds to be exact. I have done the math but the weight is not budging. I eat pretty clean.

I had my metabolism tested I burn 1250 cal doing nothing. I sit all day at a desk so I add 375 to that = 1625/day x 7 days= 11375 per week.

So, I add my calories up for the week then for example last week I consumed 10090 cal therefore I had a deficit of 1285cal. Then I add my workout calories to that deficit = 3085 was the total cal I was lacking therefore I should have lost 1/2 pound.

Does this make sense? If so, why am I not losing when I clearly take in less calories than I consume?

Please help, I am so frustrated.

 

[trevor]

Well I doubt you are burning exactly 1250 cals per day every day. It has to fluctuate some I imagine. And your workout cals fluctuate as well. And it could be wildly innaccurate depending on how you are measuring it.
Getting beyond all that I just said, I'd forget scale weight and just gauge how your clothes fit and how you look. Scale weight is skewed if you are gaining muscle.
T.

 

[40something]

Without getting too personal and asking your age...you will lose muscle and gain fat as you get older. Believe me I am struggling with this phenomena as we speak! If you are eating balanced meals and minimal sweets, eating proper meal proportion's, then you should be able to maintain a healthy weight with regular exercise. Now, what I have found works for me is I need more weight training and 'less' cardio as I am moving into the middle ages. That doesn't mean I slack off on cardio, I'm just not doing cardio 5-6 days a week like I used to years ago. Unless you are a marathoner then throw my suggestion out the window!

But my point is, you are sedentary most of the day sitting at a desk so your muscles are not being used/worked. Try going for a walk on your lunch break if you have the time. Go for a vigorous walk after work. Every workout doesn't have to be an intense Cathe step video. Walking is very good for you both physically and mentally. And don't forget Yoga.

 

[cjbate]

Metabolisms seem to be tricky things.

If I worked out and didn't eat "enough", I didn't lose weight. At times, if I ate too little...I lost more weight by NOT working out and having a calorie deficit. It is possible the calcs are off...how did they test your metabolism? Or did you use the usual math formulas? I have heard it can vary WIDELY.

I am reading "Lean Bodies" that I got out of the library. It is good reading. You might make sure you are eating 5x a day rather than 3, not getting hungry,and make sure your proteins are lean and get one with each meal...plus make sure your carbs are complex (oatmeal not cereal...etc).

HTH
Jen

 

[slenamond]

I did the blow machine thingie.

I wonder if I should try the more weights and less cardio approach. I hit every body part once and do cardio 5 times a week.

 

[ColleenM]

Are you using something other than scale weight to gauge your progress? I am following BFL, am back on track now after about a 4-6 month layoff. I'm in week 9 I think. I'm only down a total of 2.5 lbs BUUTTTTT...I am down 2" from hips to waist, I'm down one pants size and everything fits better.

Colleen

 

[elsie3]

HI! I feel your frustration--I'm right there with you. But I have had success where I've never had it before with calorie staggering. I picked up the idea on this forum. You might want to do a search. There was a web-site that had recommendations for the mathmatical calculations and how to go about it. To date, I have lost 12 lbs (in 4 weeks). And I've NEVER been able to get this weight off--no matter how or what I tried!!! And believe me, I've tried just about everything that wasn't pure quackery.

Thanks to everyone who passed the idea along--I am so grateful! Every body is different, but this is working for me.

Good Luck!

Carol F

 

[slenamond]

WOW!! that is great. I will look at the archeives here.