Guest guest Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 What are your current stats? What happened with regard to inches and percentage of body fat?? It's kind of hard to troubleshoot without knowing more details about your menus and stats. If you have 20 pounds of fat to lose and it's not going anywhere, it means you're not creating enough of a calorie deficit. Even if you've cut back on processed carbs and you're eating the right foods, you need to take a hard look at portion sizes, free day, exercise intensity, overall activity level, and any possible slip-ups, because for some reason you're breaking even instead of consistently dropping. It's good to take one week off of heavy weights after a 12 week challenge. Taking 2 weeks won't necessarily do anything to help your fat burning, and losing muscle really won't do anything to help your fat burning or your size. Muscle loss = big and mushy. Remember the weird conversation about the pot roast and the flank steak? Lifting challenging weights won't compromise your fat loss or make you bigger. Your muscles will just become more compact and dense. They'll start to look like lean, mean little flank steaks as opposed to big soft well-marbled pot roasts. :-) Lifting weights burns calories. Working the big muscles of your chest, back, and legs really burns calories. http://www.buffmother.com/Download1.html You may find that you need to increase your overall calorie expenditure by moving more throughout the day or adding more sessions of moderate cardio. You may need to control your calories or food choices more closely. You may need to shake up your training split, your cardio routine, or your nutrition ratio. I know that's a lot of options, but maybe by looking at all of them you can start to narrow it down to your best course of action. On 6/11/05, Lammail <lammail2003@...> wrote: > > Week twelve is Monday. The scale moved 2 lbs in these 12 weeks. > > After the first two weeks of the program I tweaked portion control on > fitday.com <http://fitday.com/> for about 6 weeks. > > Week 9 family came in, back was hurting so splurging with family dinners > (white rice and regular bread is what I considered splurging) that week but > week 10 I caught up on " all " workouts and did not take a free day to > compensate. > > Week 11 getting workouts in but just frustrated that the scale hasn't > moved. I don't have a thyroid problem, I have lost weight fine in the past. > I have a doctors appointment soon I supposed I could have the thyroid > checked, I get in all my water. > > I'm stuck. > > What would you recommend after the 12th week? I want to drop at least 10 > to 20. I am thinking I should do cardio everyday and stop lifting for two > weeks then do my second challenge after the two weeks. > > I really don't care about a muscle loss as much as getting the size down > at this point. When reading about muscle loss it said after two weeks you > will begin to see this affected. So two weeks of cardio and then back on the > bandwagon with weights is what I am thinking. > > Any advice? > > PS - I eat alot of 210 cal bars as meal replacements and fat free yogurt > as carb. I quit eating oat meal and bread for breakfast ( only a couple of > weeks of that). I need some tweaking and need some help. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Discover > Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 i'm stuck too. and i think a lot of the problem is in my head. maybe i don't want it bad enough or something. i seem to want it bad enough to want to punish myself after eating " wrong " foods (chew and spit, restrict the next day, etc.) but i can't seem to avoid temptation lately. it's really hard living at home (i move out again in a few weeks, horray.) and it seems like for the last 2 weeks i've just cheated every day. a little bowl of ice cream here, extra carb portion because it's more convienient there, etc. i know that's my problem. the workouts aren't. i'm getting my workouts and MORE in, as i'm now doing my circus workouts 3 days a week on top of everything. i've been exhausted lately-no extra energy bursts here...i'm starting to wonder if there might be something wrong with my thyroid (i know, an excuse maybe, but i've never had it checked) because even when i *was* eating clean, not much was happening. my sweetheart says that i'm making progress, but he's loved me at the highest weight i'd ever been at. i guess i'm asking for tips on avoiding temptation. doing the " all out " free day was just disasterous on my image...although today was pretty free. i needed it though. i was dropping like a fly all week. first time in months i actually took a nap today. i don't know if it's stress or bordom or what that's making me overeat, but i've gotta find a way to get it under control. that part of my " lifestyle change " has been a real struggle. *~sarah stuck Week twelve is Monday. The scale moved 2 lbs in these 12 weeks. After the first two weeks of the program I tweaked portion control on fitday.com for about 6 weeks. Week 9 family came in, back was hurting so splurging with family dinners (white rice and regular bread is what I considered splurging) that week but week 10 I caught up on " all " workouts and did not take a free day to compensate. Week 11 getting workouts in but just frustrated that the scale hasn't moved. I don't have a thyroid problem, I have lost weight fine in the past. I have a doctors appointment soon I supposed I could have the thyroid checked, I get in all my water. I'm stuck. What would you recommend after the 12th week? I want to drop at least 10 to 20. I am thinking I should do cardio everyday and stop lifting for two weeks then do my second challenge after the two weeks. I really don't care about a muscle loss as much as getting the size down at this point. When reading about muscle loss it said after two weeks you will begin to see this affected. So two weeks of cardio and then back on the bandwagon with weights is what I am thinking. Any advice? PS - I eat alot of 210 cal bars as meal replacements and fat free yogurt as carb. I quit eating oat meal and bread for breakfast ( only a couple of weeks of that). I need some tweaking and need some help. Thanks, --------------------------------- Discover Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 I've been eating like an anorexic for a week and the scale hasn't even wiggled. Ok like an anorexic that eats ) I've been eating and coming in way under my max. But I really need to move more, but I've been so busy at work and I come home so tired and it's so hot (yea I know stop making excuses and get off m'arse!) I so wanted to join a gym when I got my stimulus, but of course most all of it went to pay bills and buy gas and groceries. The good news is, if I continue, the only way I can go is down so ... on I go! How is everyone else's weekend starting out? Could NOT have gotten here fast enough! *~*~*~*"You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate" -Sapphyre*~*~*~*"Giving Up Is Not An Option ..." - Sapphyre*~*~*~*Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb *~*~*~* "I will not brood about how far I have to go, but will celebrate how far I've come" - Sapphyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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