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I HAVE IT ALL FINALLY FIGURED OUT!! I think, at least.
At long last, I'm breaking my plateau. In the last few months, I've been losing so, so little. I couldn't figure it out! I was tracking my calories, the same as always, and exercising 4 times a week (cardio and strength training/weights). I didn't know why I had stopped losing, and I just figured it was a plateau and all I could do is just be consistent.
Well, I realized what was happening (after reading several articles/blogs on the subject). In the last few months, I've stopped using the elliptical because it just didn't seem to give me the same sweaty, intense work out it used to, and I have started seriously running. I HATE running. But I've worked my way to 20 minutes nonstop and I've been increasing the speed to work on my distance in that time. I've also upped my weights and added new strength machines/exercises.
SO I had increased my calories burned with an intense running/jogging work out and strength training.... but I failed to increase my calorie intake, inadvertently putting my body into starvation mode. I was literally making my body hang on to my weight! So, this week, I let myself eat more calories (healthily, of course). Actual bread slices instead of sandwich thins, natural peanut butter, whole scoops of protein powder instead of half (which I did to save calories). AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
I lost 2.8 pounds this week! After weeks of losing .5 pounds per week, if anything. I'm inching further into ONEderland!
Anyway, this has been my first week experimenting with my new theory, so hopefully, this will continue. I was eating around 1250-1350 calories (tracked) per day. So, I'll start to aim for 1500-1600 and see where that takes me.
I hope everybody is having a great Monday!
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197.0 lb
Lost so far: 63.0 lb.
Still to go: 17.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 24 September 2012:
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1410 kcal
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Fat: 52.30g | Prot: 99.74g | Carb: 154.02g.
Breakfast: Light and Fit Greek Blueberry Yogurt. Lunch: Natural Smooth and Creamy Peanut Butter, Sandwich Thins - Multi-Grain, Bananas, Chocolate Whey Protein Powder, Pure Almond Milk - Unsweetened Original. Dinner: Shredded 2% Milk 4 Cheese Mexican Blend Cheese, Green Taco Sauce (Mild), Fat Free Sour Cream, Avocados, Fat Free Refried Beans, Smart & Delicious Low Carb High Fiber OriginalTortillas, Beef Outside Skirt Steak (Trimmed to 1/4" Fat). Snacks/Other: Nutri-Grain Cereal Bar - Cherry. more...
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2641 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 10 minutes, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 8 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 20 minutes, Weight Training (moderate) - 25 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 57 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 2.5 lb a week
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