Wasted Ink
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I usually work out seven days a week. The workout usually consists of stuff like skipping, stair exercise, some fast-paced walking + lunges, squats and leg lifts. My workout is moderate-intense. My HR tends to peak at about 170 BPM during a session and averages around 150.
I tend to work out for an hour and a half around 3/7 days, two hours 2/7 days, an hour for 1/7 day and 1/2 an hour 1/7. It depends how I feel. I do try and be consistent.
Anyway, I've desperately tried to work out how many calories I need in order for a good, consistent loss of 2-3lb a week in combination with this work out. Usually I eat 1500-1600 calories a day, but my weight loss is really inconsistent. For example it’ll be like:
Week 1 – 2lb
Week 2 – 1lb
Week 3 + 1lb
Week 4 STS
Week 5 – 1.5 lb
Week 6 + 0.5 lb
Week 7 - STS
That kind of thing; it’s never the consistent 1-2lb loss every week. Given the huge amount of exercise I do every single day, this seems very unfair. I sometimes wonder whether I’m not eating enough for my workout. I did trial this one week – I cut my exercise to 40 minutes a day and ate 1700-1800 calories, but I only lost 1lb, so I figured it didn’t work. But I’m wondering whether my inability to lose consistent weight may be caused by not getting the correct calorie/exercise balance. I’ve tried countless online calculators, but just can’t figure out the right balance for me. Given that I am quite overweight, I would expect to have had a slightly greater loss than I have so far (11lb since the beginning of January.)
I’ve also questioned whether I may be eating the wrong kind of calories. Overall, I think my diet is decent. I often eat porridge with fruit for breakfast, lots of vegetables during the day. However, I do have things that aren’t all that great on a few occasions – I have a pack of crisps almost every day, a Panini or piece of cake 1-2 a week. I have some “ready meals” – although they’re often the WW ones (which I have even though I’m not on WW.) I have wondered whether I should replace my “ready meals” (which I have around four times a week,) with something like fish and boiled veg, or meat and boiled veg. I don't know whether the kind of calories should affect weightloss if it's the calories in vs calories out mantra we go by.
[FONT="]Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm getting frustrated with the inconsistent weight loss!
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I tend to work out for an hour and a half around 3/7 days, two hours 2/7 days, an hour for 1/7 day and 1/2 an hour 1/7. It depends how I feel. I do try and be consistent.
Anyway, I've desperately tried to work out how many calories I need in order for a good, consistent loss of 2-3lb a week in combination with this work out. Usually I eat 1500-1600 calories a day, but my weight loss is really inconsistent. For example it’ll be like:
Week 1 – 2lb
Week 2 – 1lb
Week 3 + 1lb
Week 4 STS
Week 5 – 1.5 lb
Week 6 + 0.5 lb
Week 7 - STS
That kind of thing; it’s never the consistent 1-2lb loss every week. Given the huge amount of exercise I do every single day, this seems very unfair. I sometimes wonder whether I’m not eating enough for my workout. I did trial this one week – I cut my exercise to 40 minutes a day and ate 1700-1800 calories, but I only lost 1lb, so I figured it didn’t work. But I’m wondering whether my inability to lose consistent weight may be caused by not getting the correct calorie/exercise balance. I’ve tried countless online calculators, but just can’t figure out the right balance for me. Given that I am quite overweight, I would expect to have had a slightly greater loss than I have so far (11lb since the beginning of January.)
I’ve also questioned whether I may be eating the wrong kind of calories. Overall, I think my diet is decent. I often eat porridge with fruit for breakfast, lots of vegetables during the day. However, I do have things that aren’t all that great on a few occasions – I have a pack of crisps almost every day, a Panini or piece of cake 1-2 a week. I have some “ready meals” – although they’re often the WW ones (which I have even though I’m not on WW.) I have wondered whether I should replace my “ready meals” (which I have around four times a week,) with something like fish and boiled veg, or meat and boiled veg. I don't know whether the kind of calories should affect weightloss if it's the calories in vs calories out mantra we go by.
[FONT="]Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm getting frustrated with the inconsistent weight loss!
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