Why have I suddenly stopped losing weight?

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Last year, In Febuary I started to work out , and have lost 50 pounds since then! I went from being 180 pounds at a height of 4'2 to 130 pounds, but still I feel I am not thin enough. Since October to January, I have remained at 130 pounds and am becoming very frustrated. I have done 30 minutes of treadmill everyday, and ate about 1800 calories and lost those 50 pounds.Now, I have increased my treadmill time to 40 minutes, but am not losing a single pound. Please, any advice? Why have I suddenly stopped losing weight, and what should I do? I am thinking of swimming 5 times a week, for an hour each day . Is this a good idea? Please someone help me, I just want to lose 30 more pounds, anyway possible.
 
Try including strength training in your exercise, building a little muscle helps burn calories and a session gives your metabolism a boost.

A different cardio exercise may also help if your body has gotten used to the treadmill.

You could also try calorie cycling (vary your calorie count by a few hundred each day but make sure it averages out)


Tourny
 
At 130 pounds you require 1560 calories to stay even. With the exercise you might have reached a plateau. I liked the strength training answer, but you simply may need to eat less.


Tom Laurie
author of The Losing Attitude for Dieters
 
I'm not so sure if eating less is the answer, it could possibly what you eat. For example some studies have shown coconut oil to help your body burn fat. Obviously there is more to it then just a calorie count. I would recommend checking this review, http://www.usfreeads.com/2979507-cls.html there are plenty of foods that can work to burn fat even while you are immobile.
 
Just monitor your weight. If you still not losing weight. You must go to your doctor for check up. Hopefully it is not a thyroid problem.
 
Everyone naturally hits plateau the main thing is to NOT give up eventually something will give. There are two main things you can do here, one is to change something about your diet, like switching out your type of protein (switch between chicken and turkey) or removing gluten. The other is to change the type of activity you are doing. The point is to shock your body again. It is really not so "Simple" as to eat less, if you do not eat enough your body could be in starvation mode. This happened to me last year, I hit a plateau and started working out more but did not increase my calories and still could not lose weight, my body had gone into starvation mode because I was undercutting my calories. If you go to a gym see if they have a nutritionist you can talk to for a minute, they might be able to help you figure out your caloric window, as we all are different and our bodies work differently. I personally eat around 1200/day when I am not working out and 1500/day when I am.


My trainer told me that a combination of strength and cardio are needed to burn fat, while years ago it was thought only cardio was needed, but the more muscle you have the more calories you can burn and the better your body is at burning the fat. I also switch my cardio between running and cycling. I found that I do one for a while then switch so my body never really gets used to what I'm doing.


I've been talking about this a lot on this forum but gluten can be a big reason why you are not losing weight. Most people are intolerant to it and don't know it. If you are consuming it and have a higher intolerance to it it can make it hard to lose weight. I cut gluten out of my diet last year when I hit my first plateau and I started losing weight again. I hit another plateau after that and switched from cycling to running. I actually just hit another plateau (man I am so sick of getting on the scale and seeing 158.8.....158.8....158.8, my scale is about to get thrown out of the window). However I have switched around my meal plan a bit and just started running again instead of cycling, which I have been doing for the last month or so.


Another thing to keep in mind is to lose a pound, you need to burn an excess of 3500 calories. So it may not just the be amount of time you are working out, but how hard you are working out and how many calories you burn. I know I can go sit on the bike for an hour or so at minimal resistance and I burn minimal calories, or I can spend an hour doing intervals alternating between high and low resistance and I burn way more calories (depending on how hard I work I burn between 300-500 calories in an hour of cardio but I have to WORK for that burn).


I hope something in here helps! Good luck!
 
Great advice man!

Originally Posted by Tourny


Try including strength training in your exercise, building a little muscle helps burn calories and a session gives your metabolism a boost.

A different cardio exercise may also help if your body has gotten used to the treadmill.

You could also try calorie cycling (vary your calorie count by a few hundred each day but make sure it averages out)



Tourny
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AEh...the gluten thing. Another fad. Calorie cycle. That seems to be where you're getting stuck. Eat 1500 for a couple of days, then 1200 for a couple, then 1500 for two more, then have an 1800 day. You need to keep your body guessing.
Also, don't stress out. Your body won't respond if you're stressed. You have the rest of your life to be thin. Work on loving yourself, and being happy with being alive! :)

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Originally Posted by imaninjadangit

Eh...the gluten thing. Another fad. Calorie cycle. That seems to be where you're getting stuck. Eat 1500 for a couple of days, then 1200 for a couple, then 1500 for two more, then have an 1800 day. You need to keep your body guessing.
Also, don't stress out. Your body won't respond if you're stressed. You have the rest of your life to be thin. Work on loving yourself, and being happy with being alive!
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Sorry but that whole 'you need to keep your body guessing.' made me laugh :)
 
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