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Can't seem to lose weight?
Hey all. I'm trying to strike the right balance here. I train jiu-jitsu and recently had a tournament. I needed to be within a certain weight (below 220 with a gi) and worked out extra hard to make sure I would be under. My weight has been stubborn over the years. I track my meals with Myfitnesspal and use a fitbit to track activity. I work nights so in the morning I'd eat two pieces of wheat bread with Jiff Naturals peanut butter and honey, go workout, drink a muscle milk and some baked lays, go to sleep and then wake up and do anther workout and 3 mile run before going to work. For two weeks my weight bounced up and down never getting below 215 until the week before when I just cut out the solid food mostly and stuck to protein shakes and the occasional yam or wheat bread with peanut butter and honey. The weight came off in that last week. The only thing I could think of was the fact that the I buy the Three Bridges Spinach & Bell Pepper Egg White Bites and perhaps it was the sodium making me retrain water but with would so little sodium really do that? I was eating less than 2000 calories and working out twice a day with cardio.
As for my workouts:
Monday: Morning - 1hr. Circuit training, then 3 miles treadmill. 1hr. 30min. Brazilian jiu-jitsu class.
Tuesday: Morning - 1hr. 30min. Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Circuit training, 3 miles treadmill.
Wednesday: Morning - 1hr. 30min. Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Circuit training, 3 miles treadmill.
Thursday: 1hr. cardio kickboxing, 3 miles on the treadmill, 1hr. 30min. Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Friday: Morning - 1hr. Circuit training, 3 miles treadmill. 1hr. circuit training, 1hr. judo.
1 Answer
- MamawidsomLv 72 months ago
You're eating a lot of carbs and processed foods. You could be miscalculating your calorie consumption too. Here are some thoughts:
1. Try a keto diet for a month. No bread, chips, rice, potatoes, etc. No honey, and no peanut butter either. Instead eat some vegetables and get some good fat into your diet.
2. Drink more water3. Buy a food scale and start weighing and measuring your portions.
4. Make your own food. Use whole eggs and make your own "egg bites."
5Think about WHEN you eat. Don't eat right before you sleep.
6. Get your body fat measured. If you are very lean already, you may simply not be a person who can get below your current weight with your muscle mass.
Weight loss is 80% diet. While working out can burn more calories, it also can increase muscle mass which as weight. Even if you don't try keto, cut out the bread, chips, honey and Jiff. Eat grass-fed beef, salmon, and other nutrient-dense foods still within your calorie limit. As hard as you are working out, you really need to make sure your body is getting the essential fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals it needs. You won't get those from peanut butter.
