Scale won't move due to increased exercise!!
Hi there! Long time lurker, first time poster. Sorry for the long post.
So I've been overweight all my life and have tried to lose many times, but this time I've actually changed my life around and stuck with something for more than a few months. I started getting serious about weightloss December 2020 and have to this day lost 10,7 kg (23,5 lbs). I'm 25 years old, 157 cm tall or 5'2" and my goal weight is about 60kg (132 lbs) or so. This is still on the high side of a healthy bmi for me but I'll see how I feel when I get there.
So why I'm posting is that I would like to ask you lovely people for some advice. When I started losing weight in December 2020 I started at the recommended budget of 1200 cals, that was supposed to be enough for short people like me. I was able to stick to this budget by using intermittent fasting and only eating lunch and dinner. That lasted until the end of February or so when I realized I really needed to add a snack otherwise I would be a raging bitch come dinner time. So I upped my calories to 1300.
Around March/April I started adding in exercise (first 2x a week to up to 4x in a good week). I did Ringfit and Just Dance as cardio, here and there some weights and started taking walks a few times a week. I also changed up my intermittent fasting eating window so that I would be able to have breakfast after my workout otherwise I would be miserable the whole morning (can only workout in the morning due to schedule).
Then when my summer break started at the beginning of July I started the couch to 5k program. I'm still currently doing this as I've had to restart a few times due to moving and just life. So as of right now I am running 3 times a week and doing some other form of exercise (Ringfit, hiking, long walks, weights) about 1-2 times a week.
I've really fallen in love with exercise (never thought I'd say that) but the increased amount has also led to increased hunger. I've recently (sinds July) been eating 1400-1500 cals per day (less on days I don't exercise) otherwise I get irritable and hangry. But here's the thing, the increased amount of cals has caused the scale to stop moving..... It has literally only been moving up or down with 100 grams per week for the last 2 months.
My TDEE is 1751 at little to no exercise and my Whitings watch with Health Mate App (kind of like a fitbit but more accurate imo) shows I burn around 280 cals on my runs, 160 cals when I do weights and around 300 cals when I do an hour of Ringfit. So even with eating back some of those calories I should still come out at a deficit right? But why isn't the scale moving?
I really don't want to give up exercise so that I can eat less calories, but without those extra calories feel too weak to exercise or can't function the rest of the day. Has anyone had this happen to them? Does anyone have any advice?
Just to add: I've also recently had bloodwork done to see if theres something else going on but I'm a healthy young woman.
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