Hitting plateu

[yrrej]

Been using Fitbit since Sept. 2014. Started at 245lbs. By late Nov. have lost 30lbs. Now can't seem to get below 216. any suggestions. Is it just a matter of eating less and more exercise. I'm pretty good at staying 1000 under. Sometimes there is some calorie creep, but even those weeks the total is still 5-6 thousand under.

[linnhe]

Sorry for the delay in answering. I have lost a total of 60+ pounds. The first 55 came off like butta! lol. After my post and all the responses I had my annual physical, and the doctor finally confirmed I have an underactive thyroid. She put me on the lowest dose possible to see how it goes. After 45 year of being borderline, I am on meds and have lost another 4 pounds, just by staying within in the calorie allotment for the day and walking my steps (normally 7-8 miles a day). I am 5 pounds within my goal. Nothing equals hard work and determination! Have an excellent day.

[runner13_sf]

Hi I agree with the starvation part, I think that was happens to me.I dont eat enough for all the exercises I do.I followed the biggest loser book for a couple weeks and ate more than I normal do and I lost weight.Its hard to get use to eating more but I think its the key some times.Eating to little is not good.I use water only as water my self going back from what weight watchers says on that one. It all hard 😞 keep on going though 🙂

[dancefoxtrot]

go to BMR calculator to get the minimum calories that your body needs to run it if you were lying down all day. That is the minimum they say we need. Then if we want to lose 2 lb a week make sure that you burn 500 cals more than you eat. Wise to eat healthy food not junk calories if we want to avoid disease.

Barbara 

[dancefoxtrot]

Great Linn

May sister went on 25 mcg of levothroxine and she is much less tired and feels more normal after 3 weeks. Hopefully the lbs. start leaving her as she gets moving again.

All the best,

Barbara 

[Whyrun]

Did you just suggest you could gain a pound of muscle in three to four weeks? I hope I'm misunderstanding that. Because even with the best genetics in the world that would be a huge stretch, unless your talking about jumping on some gear...

[Heybales]

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@Whyrun wrote:
Did you just suggest you could gain a pound of muscle in three to four weeks? I hope I'm misunderstanding that. Because even with the best genetics in the world that would be a huge stretch, unless your talking about jumping on some gear...

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You replied to a 1 yr old thread not active, and didn't quote the post you are referring to.

Not possible to know which one you are talking about.

And actually, men can gain a pound of muscle about every 2 weeks eating in surplus and bulking with the right program.

At maintenance about 4 weeks.

Light deficit and lots of fat to spare, maybe every 6 weeks at the start.

Women are about 2 weeks more on those estimates.

[Dominique]

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@Heybales wrote:

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And actually, men can gain a pound of muscle about every 2 weeks eating in surplus and bulking with the right program.

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Yes, this is what several authoritative people also say. I wish I could gain 12 kg of muscle in one year, but OTOH I’m a 55-year-old guy with relatively low testosterone, so the odds are stacked against me .

On the positive side, I’m still gaining strength, so all that resistance training isn’t quite pointless. 

[Whyrun]

i had like three paragraphs typed out about this subject and deleted it. I will say this I have been in the body building community since I was 13 years old and not once have I ever seen gain like this personally or on anyone lifting with me or around me unless they had jumped on some gear..

Now with that being said the normal gains I have experienced and my lifting partners have experienced are around .5 to .75 per month over a three year period and that's a average figure. I know there's lots of "bro science" on the internet but I'm speaking from the reality of being in a gym for 25 years.. Take it or leave it it just advice.

[Heybales]

For you and others with many years of experience - yes - gains won't be
that fast.

But scenario at hand was beginner, and therefore comments were to that, not
to your experience which would be true at that level of training.

The link provided bears out your comment too about experience level.
You had the benefit too of teenage hormones at that time then, though
perhaps also the detriment of teenage distractions.

[runner13_sf]

My phone died 😞 I got app back but not syncing 😞

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