hey guys, ive been doing VERY good on my weight loss, so i decided to amp it up and see if i could loose more than 2 pounds per. week. so far, i have lost 31 pounds. i am noticing changes in pictures, but not in the mirror. it sucks, but i know i won't change over night. anyway,

i amped up my exercising from an hour, to 2 hours a day. i started walking 3 miles a day, and i started that on saturday. well, on monday, i was 186. woohoo! this morning, i jumped up to 190. i always have weight flucuations, but they are usually no more than 2 pounds. i was very excited to see a 18something on the scale instead of 19something.

any ideas?

Working out more equals more strain on your body equals retaining more water. There is such a thing as working out too much. So make sure you are accounting for the extra exercise- specially if your calorie deficit is getting very large. I find it my deficit got too high my body wouldn't budge. It seemed to be anythime it was over 750-800 calories.

i stay between 1,000-1,200 cal diet a day. i work out for 70 minutes a day. too much?

Yes it could be water retention from the increase in exercise, your muscles need to heal. you could be building more muscle. one hour to two hours a day is a big jump. you could try cycling your calories, not chaning how much you are eating but what you are eating while still keeping it healthy, that sometimes will jog weight loss.

IMO I think that's a lot of exercise when you are eating so low. Remember eating less calories does not mean you are just going to burn more. Your body will not be happy at a certain point.

With your workout I wouldn't go below 1400 calories. In fact assuming you burn 500 calories in your workout, then your body needs 1900 calories to maintain at 190 lbs, so that's 2400 calories your bodies needs a day to maintain with your workout. You are eating 1000-1200 calories, making a deficit of 1200-1400 calories a day for your body, and IMO some bodies can't handle that. Mine for sure can't. Once I hit under 200 lbs I had to rethink things. I literally lost and gained the same 5 lbs for months it was so frustrating!

I burn 2000 calories a day with exercise and everything and I eat 1300-1400 calories a day. That's 700-800 deficit, of course I've had a lot of trial and error but right now that seems to be working for me and I'm finally back in onederland.

So in your case I suggest eating at least 1400-1500 calories a day with your workout schedule for 2 weeks. If you still don't lose move up to 1500-1600 calories a day. Or lower the intensity of the workouts.

Also remember that muscle weighs more than fat. So you could be burning fat and gaining muscle. Take some measurements also and see if there is any change in that. ^_^