Please. I need some help.

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ashorama

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I'm a 5 foot 8, 35-year-old man. A couple of years ago I weighed in at about 230 pounds. I started on an exercise routine and over the next six months I got down to 195 pounds, then plataued for several months. I visited a dietician and to make a long story short, my eating only 1000 calories a day for six months had my metabolism shut down. She put me on a 1500-calorie a day diet and I lost another five pounds over the next couple of weeks and then nothing.

Since then I've yo-yoed a little, but recently I've been doing a strict, low-fat 1500 calories a day and right now I weigh 195.5. I work out six days a week for 45 minutes. I either lift weights, walk three miles, and recently I've started doing aerobics, but still no weight loss. I've consulted various calorie calculators, and they have me needing to take in around 2500 calories a day, but that just seems like crazy talk.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
Keep it up! You've got the right idea and a good start. Continue with what you're doing, read up on the site, and it will pay off :)
 
Congratulations on losing nearly 40 pounds! That is a GREAT accomplishment!

I would add some more vigorous exercise in your routine. Besides walking, add jogging, biking (stationary is great), basketball, soccer, etc. Whatever can make you sweat really hard. Take advantage of the summer season and do some exercise outside. Heavy sweating can give some quick results and keep you more motivated.

Cheers,

Terry
 
OH i think so. One thing i learned was, if im not losing weight, and im eating as healthy as i can, instead of lowering my calories, i gotta up my calories. I find that it gives my body more of a confidence...cuz if i go down to 1200 or below, it seems my body thinks that somethin is wrong n is on high alert n wont let me lose weight. Plus the way you're working out, it seems youre losing maybe 500-600 calories a day, or even more, so going to 2500 isnt bad at all..subtracting ur calories burnt a day from your 2500 intake, your body is left with about 2000 calories, which is still great.Way to get back into things again.
 
it can be really infuriating when you seem to be doing all the right things and not seeing the results anymore can't it? anyone looking at your exercise and calorie intake would think that you MUST be losing weight, but it seems like our bodies adapt to whatever situation we put them in over time. The things I have seen work for people is making a change in diet and/or exercise.

Things to try:

- alter your carb/protein/fat ratios - cut down on carbs and up your protein

- increase your calories by a hundred or 2

- increase your calories by a few hundred on one or two days a week

- try a different exercise - perhaps begin to introduce some higher intensity workouts into your routine? instead of walking for 45 minutes you could walk then run a bit, walk then run a bit etc. it doesn't matter if you can only run for 15 seconds when you first start. do that, then walk a little then run another 15 seconds after 2 minutes walking. don't overdo it tho. listen to you body. if you keep doing it this way, that 15 seconds or whatever you can manage can be increased as you get fitter ie your heart muscle gets stronger.

Also, when you say you are on a low fat diet - what do you mean? Are you getting enough of the good fats? I've seen people up their EFA intake and start losing more weight.

Good luck :)
 
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