I began my diet and exercise program Dec 07; 189lbs. As of today; I'm at 160 lbs, 40% body fat; need to be @ 36%. I've been exercising and watching what I eat and has been stuck at 160 for 1 month. Have not gained or lost any weight; have lost 1 inch off hips; my problem area. Hips was 47 inches; now 46 inches; I increased my run time 10 minutes. Any advise.....
Help...Stuck
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LandonsBaby
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why are you aiming for 36% bf? thats still high.
Some tips for weight loss plateaus
Try these things:
Make sure you are staying continuously hydrated (gradually work up to drinking 1/2 your weight of water in ounces). If the body can't flush out toxins, they build up, they are stored in fat cells to protect you.
Your liver could be clogged. It's very easy for this to happen in today's society. When your liver is clogged, you can retain water and body fat isn't burned making any dieting efforts a waste of time. Try a colon/liver cleanse, try to avoid liver-taxing things like OTC drugs (tylenol/advil).
Also, be sure to chew your food slowly ... to the point of liquid. This will improve digestion, the use of nutrients, and insure that undigested food doesn't get lodged in your intestines. It will also likely cause you to eat less food (you'll be full sooner if you eat slower).
My last thought is try proper food combining. I lost 5 pounds in 3-4 days when I did this. Don't eat proteins and carbs/starches in the same meal. Always eat fruit separately. Eat protein & veggies or starch & veggies for your meals.
Hope that helps!
Try these things:
Make sure you are staying continuously hydrated (gradually work up to drinking 1/2 your weight of water in ounces). If the body can't flush out toxins, they build up, they are stored in fat cells to protect you.
Your liver could be clogged. It's very easy for this to happen in today's society. When your liver is clogged, you can retain water and body fat isn't burned making any dieting efforts a waste of time. Try a colon/liver cleanse, try to avoid liver-taxing things like OTC drugs (tylenol/advil).
Also, be sure to chew your food slowly ... to the point of liquid. This will improve digestion, the use of nutrients, and insure that undigested food doesn't get lodged in your intestines. It will also likely cause you to eat less food (you'll be full sooner if you eat slower).
My last thought is try proper food combining. I lost 5 pounds in 3-4 days when I did this. Don't eat proteins and carbs/starches in the same meal. Always eat fruit separately. Eat protein & veggies or starch & veggies for your meals.
Hope that helps!
Agreed - share with us your typical day of diet and exercise so that we can really delve down and see what's going on.
Duh Mal, you have so much to learn.
why yes, I do...
so I'm willing to bet that all my years of boozing in college and the few years after made my liver really clogged -so Ii'm not fat - I just am dirty on the inside andneed to be cleansed
OH wow
Advice? don't obsess over the scale...
you've lost an inch and your fitness has improved... both are positives... what's the problem...
Clogged Liver & Food Combining
Mal - Clogged Liver = toxic liver = overloaded liver. When your liver is overloaded, it stores fat instead of processing it. There are many reasons for this.
The moderator deleted my signature block in my initial post ... but I offer a free newsletter that explains all the details of why we get fat and why we develop chronic illnesses. I believe the approach to weight loss is not "dieting" in the traditional sense. It's detoxifying, proper nutrition, and lifestyle changes.
Although I do offer product suggestions in my newsletter, there is a lot of free value in it that can benefit people even if they never buy a thing. I can't paste the content of all my emails here, but if you are interested and if this doesn't get deleted, you can contact me at deb@MakeYourBodyLast.com to find out how to sign up.
I also talk a lot about food combining in my newsletter. When you eat foods in their proper combination, digestion is much more efficient and food isn't left undigested which is then lodged in the walls of your intestines, left to rot or ferment. This adds weight to your body and causes organs to function inefficiently. As a result, you are then tired, lack energy and the last thing you want to do is exercise because you are tired and you want a Coke or candy bar to give you energy... all counterproductive!
Losing weight is not just about the calories. There is so much more to it, but the marketing wants you to believe that so you buy into more of their weight loss systems.
Mal - Clogged Liver = toxic liver = overloaded liver. When your liver is overloaded, it stores fat instead of processing it. There are many reasons for this.
The moderator deleted my signature block in my initial post ... but I offer a free newsletter that explains all the details of why we get fat and why we develop chronic illnesses. I believe the approach to weight loss is not "dieting" in the traditional sense. It's detoxifying, proper nutrition, and lifestyle changes.
Although I do offer product suggestions in my newsletter, there is a lot of free value in it that can benefit people even if they never buy a thing. I can't paste the content of all my emails here, but if you are interested and if this doesn't get deleted, you can contact me at deb@MakeYourBodyLast.com to find out how to sign up.
I also talk a lot about food combining in my newsletter. When you eat foods in their proper combination, digestion is much more efficient and food isn't left undigested which is then lodged in the walls of your intestines, left to rot or ferment. This adds weight to your body and causes organs to function inefficiently. As a result, you are then tired, lack energy and the last thing you want to do is exercise because you are tired and you want a Coke or candy bar to give you energy... all counterproductive!
Losing weight is not just about the calories. There is so much more to it, but the marketing wants you to believe that so you buy into more of their weight loss systems.
madness1
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I know a lot of folks big on the food combining thing so I did some research on it awhile back. To my knowledge, the only peer-reviewed study of the diet showed no difference in weight loss compared to a regular restricted calorie diet.
I don't think it's a good idea to complicate weight loss with things like this. "Eat less, move more" really is the best way to get things going. I realize that things need to be shaken up a bit when you are close to reaching goal weight, but at 40%bf, I think that plain ol' calorie deficit is going to do the trick.
I don't think it's a good idea to complicate weight loss with things like this. "Eat less, move more" really is the best way to get things going. I realize that things need to be shaken up a bit when you are close to reaching goal weight, but at 40%bf, I think that plain ol' calorie deficit is going to do the trick.
Chubbylamb
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Weight Loss Plateau
it sounds to me like you have hit a weight loss plateau. this has happened to me a number of times. i was exercising and restricting my calories but i couldn't get past a certain weight.
what helped me was reading this article: . basically, what happens is your body has adjusted its metabolism to the exercises and calories you've been giving it. to get yourself past this plateau i would suggest the following:
i hope that this helps you. i think that hitting these plateaus happens to many of us. just keep at it and don't give up
it sounds to me like you have hit a weight loss plateau. this has happened to me a number of times. i was exercising and restricting my calories but i couldn't get past a certain weight.
what helped me was reading this article: . basically, what happens is your body has adjusted its metabolism to the exercises and calories you've been giving it. to get yourself past this plateau i would suggest the following:
- Add variation to your workout routine - Start mixing in different types of aerobic exercises, such as biking, swimming, jogging, running intervals. Also, at this stage it is important to increase the intensity of your workout so that your body has to work harder and will burn calories faster.
- Include anaerobic exercise - Anaerobic exercise helps to build and tone muscle. The two biggest benefits of building and toning muscle is that you will not lose muscle mass when dieting and having more muscle will raise your metabolic rate.
- Monitor calories closely - Calories can add up easily. During a plateau it is particularly important to keep track of the number of calories you are eating every day. Make sure you are eating enough calories to give your body energy for exercise.
i hope that this helps you. i think that hitting these plateaus happens to many of us. just keep at it and don't give up
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If you want the scientific rational behind it, I found this very interesting, but I like the biology-type stuff: "Food Combining Made Easy" by Herbert M. Shelton
Other books I've read that support food combining:
"The Food Combining 2-Day Detox: Rid your body of cellulite & toxins; Beat Weight Gain and protect your health" by Kathryn Marsden. She also wrote "The Complete Book of Food Combining: A New, Easy-to-Use Guide to the Most Successful Diet Ever."
Dr Timothy Brantley talks about it in his book "The Cure: The 12 Week Plan to prevent and reverse cancer, heart disease, obesity, and more" He is big on detox and has many cases throughout his book ... a very good book.
Ann Louise Gittleman (master's in nutrition) talks about it in her book "The Fat Flush" ... a great book that focuses on the toxic liver and detoxing the body to lose weight.
"The Liver Cleansing Diet" by Dr. Sandra Cabot focuses on cleansing the liver to lose weight and restore health. Here's a quote from her book (pg 77) "My Liver Cleansing Diet (LCD) will enable you to lose weight and feel more energetic even if all other diets have let you down and your life has been one long "yo-yo" journey to ever-increasing weight."
I highly recommend the two books above for weight loss.
Here are some other books I found on Amazon that focus food combining with weight loss, but have not read them:
"Food Combining Bible: Your Complete Guide to Using the Hay Diet for Digestive Health and a Balanced Approach to Weight Loss" by Jan Dries
"Food Combining: The High-Energy Weight Loss Plan" by Jeffrey Mannix
"Food Combining for Weight Loss and Health: Kitchen Doctor Series" by The Southwater Editors
Just try it for a couple days. You'll see for yourself how much better you feel especially if you have digestive issues as well.
I agree, Steve. As an MD I can say there is no "liver clogging". Moreover, books can get published easily but research go through strict peer-review if they are to be published in a high IF (Impact Factor) journal.
To each his/her beliefs. You know, if it works for X then great.
To each his/her beliefs. You know, if it works for X then great.
Food combining and liver cleansing
I'll leave you all to your calorie counting, diet deprivation struggles. It doesn't sound like anyone wants to be open-minded as to how the body actually functions or doesn't when we don't treat it properly.
The medical community doesn't promote research studies that don't involve drugs because it doesn't benefit them. They want you to be fat and on prescription drugs for your high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes because it makes them money. You keep coming to see them and they get bonuses for prescribing (selling) lots of drugs.
The diet industry brainwashes you into thinking you can buy their food and go to their support groups and you will lose 40 pounds like Marie Osmond. And the fine print says "results not typical."
If you are not open-minded enough to try something as simple and no cost as food combining before dismissing it, then I don't see the point in discussing the benefits with this forum anymore.
I'll leave you to figure out how to overcome your weight loss plateau.
Best of luck.
I'll leave you all to your calorie counting, diet deprivation struggles. It doesn't sound like anyone wants to be open-minded as to how the body actually functions or doesn't when we don't treat it properly.
The medical community doesn't promote research studies that don't involve drugs because it doesn't benefit them. They want you to be fat and on prescription drugs for your high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes because it makes them money. You keep coming to see them and they get bonuses for prescribing (selling) lots of drugs.
The diet industry brainwashes you into thinking you can buy their food and go to their support groups and you will lose 40 pounds like Marie Osmond. And the fine print says "results not typical."
If you are not open-minded enough to try something as simple and no cost as food combining before dismissing it, then I don't see the point in discussing the benefits with this forum anymore.
I'll leave you to figure out how to overcome your weight loss plateau.
Best of luck.