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Trouble Losing Weight
Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:00 am
Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:00 am
I’m a 27 year old Male, 5’11” and 215 lbs. Definitely the heaviest I’ve ever been. I’ve been going to the gym 3-4 times a week for the last month and burning anywhere from 750-1000 calories each time. I know that I’m allotted 1800 calories a day to burn approximately 1lb a week, but I’m having so much trouble doing this
I don’t eat breakfast, just a cup of black coffee each morning, eat lunch at 11, dinner at 6, and don’t snack. I definitely am under the 1800 calories between what I consume and burn. Any suggestions?
I don’t eat breakfast, just a cup of black coffee each morning, eat lunch at 11, dinner at 6, and don’t snack. I definitely am under the 1800 calories between what I consume and burn. Any suggestions?
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Posted on 1/11/23 at 5:20 am to Tiger328
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burning anywhere from 750-1000 calories
There is probably not true. I don't know where you are getting that figure. But you would have to be doing a lot to burn that much. Probably closer to 400-500 if you are working out for an hour plus. Are you using this as an offset?
Posted on 1/11/23 at 6:12 am to Tiger328
Are you undereating?
Track everything for a week and see what’s really up. Make sure your weekends aren’t sabotaging you.
Track everything for a week and see what’s really up. Make sure your weekends aren’t sabotaging you.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 6:18 am to LSUfan20005
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Trouble Losing Weight by LSUfan20005Are you undereating?
Sounds like it
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:10 am to brmark70816
I got this figure from my Fitbit. Our gym at work has a basketball court so I run around for quite some time on top of lifting weights and my heart rate doesn’t fall below 115 BPM during the entire 1.5 hours I’m there
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:14 am to Tiger328
How long have you been eating <1800 cal? I wouldn’t be surprised if you need to reverse diet and focus on heavier strength training. Skip the cardio or whatever you’re doing to burn 750 calories in an hour - that’s not helping you like you think it is.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:16 am to Tiger328
Bruh don’t lie you’re only 5’11 on your tiptoes
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:23 am to Tiger328
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Definitely the heaviest I’ve ever been. I’ve been going to the gym 3-4 times a week for the last month and burning anywhere from 750-1000 calories each time.
no you are not
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I don’t eat breakfast, just a cup of black coffee each morning, eat lunch at 11, dinner at 6, and don’t snack. I definitely am under the 1800 calories between what I consume and burn.
you are eating more than 1800 calories and not enough protien
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I’m a 27 year old Male, 5’11” and 215 lbs
the 1800 calories is fine but you need to be getting 200+ grams protien if possible
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:44 am to lsu777
Is it true that if you don’t eat protein you won’t lose weight
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:44 am to Tiger328
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I know that I’m allotted 1800 calories a day to burn approximately 1lb a week,
Do you mean eating 1800 cal/day? You should lose much more than that if so.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:47 am to Tiger328
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my heart rate doesn’t fall below 115 BPM during the entire 1.5 hours I’m there
What is your resting heart rate? Mine goes to 90 between heavy deadlift sets. I don’t think it should be staying 115 the whole time lifting.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:55 am to el Gaucho
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Is it true that if you don’t eat protein you won’t lose weight
can still lose weight, but wont be very effecient and wont be mostly fat either
Posted on 1/11/23 at 7:56 am to OysterPoBoy
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Do you mean eating 1800 cal/day? You should lose much more than that if so.
He is trying to be in a 500 calorie deficit. I just keyed his info into the calculator and it was in-between 2300-2400. So he is right or pretty close.
I believe he is using his activity as an off set and a way to eat more. But his activity numbers are inflated. So he's eating right at his baseline and he's not going to lose anything.
He needs to throw out exercise and not figure it in at all. Still do it and try to be more active, but just consider it a bonus. Figure out a 1900 or so diet and stick to it for a month. Then see how it works.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:09 am to Tiger328
If you are spending an hour at the gym, I'd figure you are spending probably 350-450 Calories. At 215, depending on your muscle, you probably spend around 1800 - 1900 Calories a day just to live. Depending on how active you are outside of the gym, I'd say you spend probably 2500 Calories a day. Anything you eat less than that is a deficit and will help you lose weight. Get a scale from Amazon and Macro Factors. If you can't lose weight, you are lying to the app.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:10 am to brmark70816
You're right. I misread this part:
I thought he was eating under 1800.
OP, you infidelity are not burning as much as you think. I have to run 10 miles to burn 1000 calories and usually only burn about 300-400 during an intense workout (and that may be an overestimation by my apple watch).
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I definitely am under the 1800 calories between what I consume and burn
I thought he was eating under 1800.
OP, you infidelity are not burning as much as you think. I have to run 10 miles to burn 1000 calories and usually only burn about 300-400 during an intense workout (and that may be an overestimation by my apple watch).
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:14 am to Tiger328
What others are saying. You are not burning anywhere near that many calories in the gym. All trackers are very inaccurate and always grossly over estimate. There are studies on this showing their inaccuracy.
Eat the calories you are supposed to eat under your maintenance and consider working out just extra. Coming from someone who lost ~140 lbs or so
Eat the calories you are supposed to eat under your maintenance and consider working out just extra. Coming from someone who lost ~140 lbs or so
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:25 am to Hand of Justice
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You are not burning anywhere near that many calories in the gym.
When I use the treadmill, I usually walk at 3.8 or so mph (at a 2ish incline). It states that burns around 400ish calories an hour. If I go to 3.9 it jumps to over 600. It's just not accurate at all. Same with all the wearable readers.
I saw this British scientist that talked about calories and how far off the listed quantities are now. He stated they allowed a 20-30% liency from what's listed (LINK ). So it really depends on what he is eating and if he is calculating the volumes correctly. It's easy to undercount portions..
Posted on 1/11/23 at 9:30 am to brmark70816
There was one study that showed every reader they tested was roughly 30-40% off. Basically just ignore them. Their only relevance is subjective to the individual person. If every workout you normally see it say you burned ~300 calories and then one day it says you burned ~400 then you know you did more. You have ZERO clue what the actual number is…only that you did more than you normally do.
Just eat under your maintenance with consumed calories in whatever form. Consider exercise just a bonus. Exercise is horrible for losing weight on the scale, it is great for overall cardiovascular health.
Just eat under your maintenance with consumed calories in whatever form. Consider exercise just a bonus. Exercise is horrible for losing weight on the scale, it is great for overall cardiovascular health.
This post was edited on 1/11/23 at 9:31 am
Posted on 1/11/23 at 10:00 am to Tiger328
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I don’t eat breakfast
Why not? What do you do at the gym? Cardio is fine but squats and deadlifts, even low weight high rep, absolutely slay me and burn lots of calories. Are you drinking calories (like fruit juice and soda?)? If so stop and start eating a healthy breakfast every morning. Also, i would try early morning exercise w/ a breakfast.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 10:32 am to Tiger328
OP - I am 5'8", 160lb and I eat a maintenance of ~2800 calories. I run 4ish times a week and lift 3-4 times a week, but I also have spent a lot of time reverse dieting to slowly build my metabolism up.
Right now, due to not being able to run a bunch or lift a lot, I am eating ~2500 calories and have lost 2lbs in the last ~10 days.
You should take some time to build yourself up before jumping to a drastic caloric deficit. I always see people preaching to cut calories, and that's true... but you don't want to have to cut to 1600 calories to lose weight - because you're on your way to needing to do that. Build your metabolism to 3000+ calories so you can cut to 2400-2500 calories and lose weight. I would put money on it that when you reverse diet, you start to lean out. Your body is probably craving it.
Right now, due to not being able to run a bunch or lift a lot, I am eating ~2500 calories and have lost 2lbs in the last ~10 days.
You should take some time to build yourself up before jumping to a drastic caloric deficit. I always see people preaching to cut calories, and that's true... but you don't want to have to cut to 1600 calories to lose weight - because you're on your way to needing to do that. Build your metabolism to 3000+ calories so you can cut to 2400-2500 calories and lose weight. I would put money on it that when you reverse diet, you start to lean out. Your body is probably craving it.
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