Hi everyone, I have been seeing other forums but still am not getting anywhere. I went over to calorie count to see if they could help and they are all at a loss.
I feel like I am beating this to death but I am STILL not losing!
I am eating healthy. Eating more fruits and veggies. Nothing refined or sugary.
Here is yet another run down of what I have been trying:
I am 27, 5'9'' and weigh 180. I get 1881 on calorie count as a sedentary state and exercise 6 days a week with Power 90. They estimate the calories burned at 300 according to the Beachbody BB post here. I started exercising on 2/27 (note that this is after starting to calorie count).
Started calorie counting with my spreadsheet on 1/27 but started low calories on or before 1/25.
1/27 - 2/8 I average 1184 calories a day.
2/9 - 3/3 I averaged 1322.
Still not losing I decided to take others advice and up the calories but just a little.
3/4 to 3/12 I averaged 1577.
STILL not losing I am now calorie cycling at 1500 and 1800 and this is day 13 of that.
By all means I should have lost something like 14 lbs by now. I have lost a whopping 5 (and that is giving room since really I started at about 183-185 but was on tom so its hard to say with the bloat). and mind you those 5 was in the fist week and a half.
I also have already had my thyroid checked.
My tsh was: .799 (range .25 - 5) normal and .96 the next.
t4:12.7 (range 4.5 - 12) HIGH
Free T4: 1.1 (range .8 - 1.8) normal
I am at my WITS END. I am by no means giving up EVER but it sure would be nice to see some results. And yes I am measuring waist and hips. NOTHING is changing!! (not to mention I measure to the gram on my food!!)
Am I to low still on calories? The workouts are pretty intense but not very long. Just today I went up to the next level which is alot harder with more calories burned. The maker of the product estimates 300 for the lower level and 400 for the higher, but like I said this is only the first day at the higher one for me.
I have tried atkins before and I didnt lose. My body is SERIOUSLY resisting me. And the weird thing is I can EAT more and still not lose or gain. For example last week we went out to chinese for the first time in ages. My stomach DID not like that and cramped for like an hour (I have an aversion to throwing up but if I didnt I probably would have). Nothing. Not one ounce more, not one ounce less.
Anyway there is my long whiny complaint!!