Long post so I apologize in advance.
Little about me: 5'3", 22F. SW: 149 | CW: 141 | GW: 125
12 weeks ago, I started eating at a calorie deficit (~1300-1400 compared to a maintenance of 1600) and going to the gym. I initially did a lot of cardio but started doing weight training (nothing crazy, only 10-30 pounds of dumbbells). I started off at 148-149, my lightest days being 146 lbs and my heaviest being 151 lbs around that time. I rapidly lost 5-8 pounds in the first couple of weeks and became about 141. Since then, I have not been able to drop below 140 and it's been pretty disappointing. I feel like I'm doing everything right in terms of the same calorie deficit (even tweaked it for the weight loss despite it being small) and continued with exercise and progressive overloading. What can I do to improve/continue my weight loss? I have seen a small difference in my body and am grateful for the possible fat loss/muscle gain, but it feels very minimal for 12 weeks especially since most of it happened during the first 3-4 weeks and hasn't changed.
I did have two to three binge sessions/cheat days during the 12 week and at most I'd see myself go up to 145-148 but (sometimes after a week) come back down to 140-142. So I've been staying consistent, but I'd like to stop this plateau.
I just started trying to drink a gallon of water a day this week since I'm usually dehydrated. Should I further decrease my calories, or should I be upping my frequency or intensity of exercise? I was doing 5-6 days/week of workouts in the beginning but with recent storms it's dropped to 2-4 but I planned on jumping back in anyway. I've also noticed that the cardio that used to send my HR to the 180s is now something that's easier for me and only around the 160s, but I also trimmed my cardio from 45-90 minutes to 10-20 minutes to focus on weights.
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