Needing some advice.

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DWJ

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I've been stuck at 154 lbs for about 3 weeks and can't seem to lose anymore. I weighed 184 back around November of 2010 and we started a weight loss thing at work and that really got me motivated to loss this weight I have packed on since 2003 when I blew my knee out. I've always been active but from 2003-2006 having a torn acl kept me from doing a lot! (ACL Repaired in late 2006) Anyway in November (2010) I got me bike (bmx) and I rode it almost every day for about 4 to 5 miles and when I weighed in on the due date of our office little competition I had lost 10lbs! That got me even more motivated to get back down to 165 witch I weighed in high school. Then It got COLD! lol Had some ups and downs with the holidays. So I really got into working out in March (2011) at 176. It started out pretty slow because I was so badly out of shape but I kept going. I would work out may arms and chest that was pretty much it. After researching weight loss tips and knowing I needed to step my cardio up drastically, I started jump roping! That started off small to. But for the past 10 weeks every Monday, Wednesday, Friday I do 60 jump ropes,Curl 25 lbs for 10 reps, Jump another 60 then Bench 85 lbs 10 reps and I do that a total of 15 times for each workout. My eating habits have been pretty good this whole time I'm not eating over 1600 or less than 1000 cals a day. I drink water or green tea and sometimes o.j in the mornings. I've slipped and had some ice cream or some M&M's here and there but I never let it discourage me! I just feel like now I'm stuck! I'd like to reach my goal of 147 by August 4th! Do I need to step it up or what ?? I'm active on the weekends as well. I'm 26 years old and 5'9. And here is a simple run down of what I'm eating.

Breakfast:

2 Thin Slices of 100 cal Whole wheat bread with a small amount of Nutella. Or a bowl Cinnamon Oat mill.

Snack:

Large Orange.

Lunch:
Two Pre Packs of Tuna sandwich meat.Or A Sandwich with turkey and spinach with cottage cheese and tomato .

Snack:
If I'm really hungry when I come home I might have a spoon full of peanut butter.

Dinner:

Egg Sandwiches with turkey bacon. Or
Brown rice and grilled chicken. Or
Omelet with avocado. Or
a sandwich like at Lunch.

Late Snack.

Celery with peanut butter.

(sounds like I'm eating a lot of bread.)

Like I said I just kinda feel stuck and need some advice on what I should be doing. Sorry for such a long post! For the Love Of God I Hope I Posted it in the right section! lol Believe me I'm thankful for what I've lost! I can't ever remember weighing in the 150's and I look way better I just wanna meet that 147 goal!!!

Thanks
 
It sounds like your workouts have gotten stale. You're getting stronger and your cardio doesn't have to work as hard to do the same thing it did on day 1. So you're not burning as many calories as you did before and your weight loss has halted.

To combat this there are two options.

You either stick with what you're doing but you have to push yourself harder. You're going to make sure that you're getting your heart rate up for a prolonged period of time. This will have you burning calories again like you did when you first began.

An easier option, in my opinion, is to switch how you're working out. If you're only doing jump rope, then you're missing a lot of muscle groups. I don't know what your body can handle but if you can try running, biking, rowing, basically just something different that you can work your cardio.

Hope this helps!
 
Thanks for the response! I'm going to starting running I guess. I've got a tack not far away from me! I don't think I could push my regular workouts any harder.
 
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