Hit plateau…Please help!?
I have posted here before and still still having a hard time with losing the last 10 lb.s and finding the right answer. I am 36 yo. always been active, I workout 4-5x a week, I am currently 130lbs. Had a baby almost 3 years ago, but I lost almost all the baby weight by now except the last 10lbs. And for the past 2 YEARS I can’t seem to lose those last 10 pounds. I have read up on nutrition and I am guessing I hit a plateau or starvation mode. I eat my 3 small meals a day, 3 snacks, workout, etc. And for the past 2 years the scale is stuck on 130lbs. I have talked to trainers, nutritionist about it, they tell me I am not eating enough. How much MORE do I have to eat??? For crying out loud, that was my reason why I was gaining weight before, is because I ate MORE. I am confused about calorie counting, how much should I eat, how much should I burn with exercise, it’s all very confusing. I also downloaded meal plans and unless I have nothing better to do than to cook all day long in the kitchen, I have no patience to follow most of these meal plans they suggest with weight loss. I feel like I am losing my mind constantly looking at labels on the food. I am a working mom and I don’t have the patience to always count calories or follow a meal plan, when I am at work and it’s hard to figure out what to eat each and every day. I try to variate my workout routine as well every 4 weeks, but NOTHING is working. Then I have people tell me that this is the weight I will have for the rest of my life and nothing will make me lose it. That’s a lousy answer and I won’t accept that. Then some tell me it’s my “ideal” weight and why I wanna lose more. I look in the mirror and I see a BULGE in my tummy. If someone tells me that’s “normal” than they are blind. I do crunches for ab 3x a week, but I will have to lose the weight first, because no way I can turn fat into muscle. I really don’t know what to do anymore!??? I have friends who swear by losing weight by skipping meals and I have seen their results. I am beginning to think that’s what I am gonna do, because this 3x meal + 3x snack a day is not doing anything for me in the past 2 YEARS!!!
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I’ve had a weight problem all my life, and it’s been so discouraging. After the kids leave for school, I exercise for about a half an hour. I walk a few blocks to the post office, instead of driving. When I’m at a strip mall, I walk to a store at the other end, instead of driving, and then walk back to my car. I swim quite a bit, too.
My kids keep me pretty active, also, as you can imagine. I go up and down the stairs all day long at home, and that’s good exercise.
I’ve tried exercise programs, diet programs, diet patches, everything you can think of, but I just can’t seem to lose weight. I am really frustrated.
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Skipping meals is NOT the answer. Don’t go for anything drastic like diet pills, drinks or skipping meals. Do not attempt anything you cannot keep up every day for the rest of your life because you’ll put back on the ten pounds and more once you go back to eating properly. Just keep doing your exercise and eating healthily. Try cutting back a little on portions and try changing your exercise as your body may be used to what you’re doing now.