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veenie

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Hi all,

Firstly, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone on this forum. I've been a member for a few months now. Started off at 205lbs, and almost 6 months later, i'm currently at 158lbs. The forums great, i've learned so much and the support is fantastic.

My question at this point is, after all this weight over the past few months, my weight loss is slowing down drastically. Over the past two months, i've lost about maybe 7-8lbs. Whereas earlier I was losing weight at a rate of almost 7-8lbs per month. I just wanted to know with my height being 5'8, am I almost reaching my most stable weight? That is, at 158lbs, am I losing weight this slow because my body has realized that the time to stop losing weight is almost there?

Some have said that I really dont have much more to lose but I feel that my goal of 150lbs is still far.

Are there any techniques suggestions anyone can recommend to maybe get down to 150lbs. I'm currently eating around 1500-1700 calories a day. I try to get in exercise at least 3 times a week but with midterms and final exams for school coming up its extra hard. Exercise refers to both weight training and cardio.

Should I cut back on some calories? increase my the number of days I'm working out?

Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly!
Thanks!
 
Those are still fast fat loss numbers, especially at that size and nearing your goal. The closer you get or more so smaller, the harder it comes by.

You might also want to look at your body comp itself. If you are not liking how you are leaning out perhaps you need to work on gaining some muscle/focusing on resistance work more. Losing weight at a faster rate sometime comes with muscle and water loss along with that fat.

If you want to throw up your training/nutrition program for us to look at in more detail it would help us to help you more.
 
A typical day consists of this:
Breakfast:
Bran cereal, 1% milk, fruit or almonds (depending on what's available)

Snack:
Granola Bar

Lunch:
Chicken breast on whole wheat bread
Fruit

Snack:
Fruit/Granola Bar/Yogourt

2nd Snack (as I arrive home from school late):
Yogourt

Dinner (around 7pm):
Some type of meat (fish, turkey, chicken) with vegetables

Beverages: Almost always water but sometimes in the morning or late night studying can lead to having some black coffee

Every now and then I do have a treat (sometimes pizza, or a cookie) usually these are on weekends.

Calories should be around 1400-1500. Is this suitable for my height and weight (5'8 male 159lbs)?

Typical workout at the gym would be:

Mon:
Shoulders, triceps, chest, abs + 30 minutes of cardio (usually elliptical but sometimes I run on the treadmill)

Wed:
Back, biceps, abs +30 minutes of cardio

Fri:
1 hour of cardio

Please let me know what I can do to adjust this in order to get rid of these last 10 pounds.
 
Vennie here is the problem as I see it with your program and the frame of mind you have on your plan of attack. Now this is just opinion and you can take it or leave it of course.

You are too focused on the numbers. At your height and weight if you had a solid muscle foundation you should be caring a prettying nice body. It is highly likely that you have cut into some muscle and didn't lose pure fat during you fat loss and are left with a "floppy fat skinny" look. With those low of calories, outdated Bodybuilding style routine and little to know protein it leave for yes, fat loss, but not a great body comp.

It doesn't take much planning to just get "skinny". It takes a solid nutrition and training program to get the right body comp.

My point being if you want to keep losing "weight" then just keep up what you are doing, it will come slowly, but it will come.

If you want to make changed in your body comp then focus on putting on some lean muscle mass, higher protein, higher calories, and a more focus lifting and cardio program.
 
Hi htere,

Congratulations on your hard work and dedication to your weight loss goals so far! You can be very proud of what you've done.

Those last few pounds can sometimes be quite challenging to take off, but they don't need to be.

Your nutrition plan looks healthy and balanced.

In terms of your workout, I would change it up a bit. In terms of your body and exercising, is it overall fat loss that you are after or is there something more specific you'd like to accomplish? For example, would you like to run a 10K or perform better in a particular sport? OR are you more interested in just being healthy and fit overall?

In order to give your workouts a boost, I would suggest incorporating some interval training into your routine. You would still workout 3 times a week (or 4 if you could) but rather than doing straight weights, then cardio, or just straight cardio, keep your heart rate up during your whole workout by doing intervals of strength training with cardio. I can give you more details if you're interested.

Debbie
 
Hey Debbie,

At this point in time, I'm basically after a healthy body and trying to get lean. I understand my workout routine is somewhat outdated hence the reason why i'm not really getting the results in terms of muscle building.

I'd appreciate it if you could help me out on this one, interval training is something i'd be more than happy to try out.

Thanks again
 
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