Hey all,
as my title suggests, i dont often post asking for help.. I have a complete and thorough understanding of fat loss, calorie deficits, counting, weighing, hormones, training, you name it...
I gained a bunch of weight back, over time. Ive been trying to lose since last June. I am exactly where i started at, with no significant gains or losses throughout this window to speak of... daily ups and downs, but all within that 6 or 7 pound range.
Im approx 150. goal is 135, which ive been, and maintained at for a couple years with minimal effort.
The problem is that fat loss (or scale loss is just not happening. my clothes are no looser, im not any more defined. weight stays the same.
A few weeks ago i started a fall fitness/weightloss challenge at work, and tried to dive in pretty hard. I started hitting 1000 to 1100 cals per day. Pretty much immediately my body said "screw this!" and my period waved bye bye.
So i know im in a deficit, or my period would not have up and left, but still, no scale weight change. I was eating over the summer, around 1300 or 1400 cals per day (no real loss) With fits and bits of binging. Now, since starting this new challenge about a month ago, i have not binged even once. Ive had a couple occasions where i over ate compared to what i planned to eat, but definitely not more than maintenance cals (whatever those are)
.Im a slow loser, and have always had to go pretty low to lose but its never been like this before. I also didnt lose on more than this over the summer. I am entirely 100% sure of my intake (at least, as sure as any one can be) as i weigh all my food on a digi scale. I eat lower carb, so im getting plenty of protein, i eat "enough" fat to get by, but really, 1000 cals a day doesnt leave much wiggle room for added fat cals.
Because my deficit is so harsh, i have backed off of any intense training. No Intervals, supersets or METCon workouts... just real basic steady state cardio and maintenance lifting a couple few times a week.
Ive seen a doc (too many, actually) theres nothing wrong with my thyroid or even reproductive system, despite its tendency to shut down when stressed.
I am at my wits end. I cant possibly eat less. Eating more doesn't make a difference. Ive done diet/training breaks multiple times over the last 4-5 months.
Do i have sever water retention issues that are masking fat loss? Even if thats the case, after a few months the scale STILL should have gone down. I SHOULD have seen some movement by now. I am not on any medications.
Im not even going to go into how desperate, depressed, shut in, and frustrated i am.
Anyone?
Thanks for taking the time
Meghan