Is my weight loss still progressing?

**blackKnight60** · 04-26-2005, 07:24 PM

Well here's the story I been on a 2000 calorie diet trying to get down to 215 by the beginning of december. It's been Just about a month and 1 week and my weight loss has semmed to slow down. Every day I keep under my 2000 calories.
My starting weight, acording to my doctors physical was 289lbs. I know weigh 272.5. It has been almost a week and pounds seem to stop coming off. Im almost done with an 8 week cycle of creatine and I workout dailly. Is this all normal weight loss. I'm aiming for about 10lbs. a month, will this weight loss continue if I stick with my diet?

**Sh8kin** · 04-26-2005, 07:48 PM

You're not eating enough for your size. Your body is in starvation mode. A good rule of thumb is AT LEAST 10cals per lbs of weight. List everything you eat in a day.

**blackKnight60** · 04-26-2005, 07:49 PM

My nutritionist told me to follow this even with my size.

**blackKnight60** · 04-26-2005, 07:50 PM

My nutritionist told me to follow this even with my size+wont eating 3 medium meals w/small snacks keep my metabolism going?

**Sh8kin** · 04-26-2005, 07:50 PM

Give us an idea of your usual daily eating routine.

Be sure to also give this a read:

Guide to Cutting, Bulking & Maintenance

**XcelKrush** · 04-26-2005, 07:54 PM

Many nutritionists will recommend that you eat too low of calories. Severeal people I know are eating way to little food due to what their nutritionist said.

**blackKnight60** · 04-26-2005, 07:55 PM

Breakfast= WHole wheat english muffin w/ pineapple pres and light spread w/ creatine shake.
lunch= 3oz. turkey sandwitch on whole wheat w/ mustard and alpine lace low salt low fat swiss. Medium piece of fruit or vegi's
Snack1= protein bar or animal crackers+ creatine shake when I get home
Dinner=Meat w/ double serving of vegi's and piece of bread.
Snack 2= piece of fruit or other nutritionist sug. snacks.
What paintball team do u play on?

**KentDog** · 04-26-2005, 09:59 PM

Are you sure that's even 2000 calories? It kind of sounds low. Also, for 270+ pounds, I can't even imagine you thinking about eating less than 2000 calories per day, you need more for sure. And how much creatine are you taking per day and how much working out do you do?

**Kracin** · 04-26-2005, 10:20 PM

thats an "old fashioned" nutritionist id say, if he said 3 medium/small meals a day, thats a good way for someone to not lose weight. when you see him again, ask him why 6 small meals a day adding up to around 2800 calories would be bad for you, and ask him to give scientific proof that the 3 meals and lower calories is better, because a lot of people here can give plenty of proven facts that show the plan he gave you wont help as much as the things you can learn from here will.

**Emma-Leigh** · 04-26-2005, 11:08 PM

Guys - you can not just tell him to increase his calorie intake by that much!!!

Total weight means jack all - it is LEAN MASS that you should base your calorie requirements on (in addition to activity level, genetic factors, hormonal factors etc etc)... At 270 pounds he could have a lean mass of 170 pounds - which means that the calorie intake he is on is perfectly acceptable for him!

Blacknight - do you know how high your bodyfat is? Or can you give an estimate (that is - do you OBVIOUSLY need to lose a lot of weight? Or are you just looking to drop a little bit of weight?)....

What are your ultimate goals?

What type of workouts are you doing?

Do you have any other problems?

All these will effect what you require.

**Kracin** · 04-26-2005, 11:29 PM

wasnt trying to tell him to increaes the calories, just the meal ratio throughout the day, more than 3 lol

**blackKnight60** · 04-27-2005, 01:06 PM

My total goal when I'm done is 205lbs. I'm following a Bigger, Faster, Stronger workout with cardio before and after.
Estimate #1 based on height and weight
Your "Ponderal Index" is 10.41 which gives an estimated body fat of 65.8% (179.4 pounds of fat)

Estimate #2 based on waist size and weight
Estimated body fat of 16.6% (45.2 pounds of fat)

**crazy_enough** · 04-27-2005, 01:13 PM

[QUOTE=blackKnight60]My total goal when I'm done is 205lbs. I'm following a Bigger, Faster, Stronger workout with cardio before and after.
[QUOTE]

Well, this may be part of ur problem right there...Definitely not enough food in you to keep your body fueld for such lifting and so much cardio!!!! Warming up with very light cardio prior to lifting is kewl, but keep the fat burning intensity for post lifting...

**Emma-Leigh** · 04-27-2005, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by blackKnight60

My total goal when I'm done is 205lbs. I'm following a Bigger, Faster, Stronger workout with cardio before and after.
Estimate #1 based on height and weight
Your "Ponderal Index" is 10.41 which gives an estimated body fat of 65.8% (179.4 pounds of fat)

Estimate #2 based on waist size and weight
Estimated body fat of 16.6% (45.2 pounds of fat)

Ok - Try this website:
www.mybodycomp.com

With one result of 65% and another of 16% there is no way you can accurately tell which is which.

**crazy_enough** · 04-27-2005, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

Ok - Try this website:
www.mybodycomp.com

With one result of 65% and another of 16% there is no way you can accurately tell which is which.

WOW, thanx for the link Emma, this thing is as accurate as they get!

Has me at 15.11%, right on the money!

**squanto** · 04-27-2005, 11:53 PM

wow, 15 pounds in 5 weeks is quite a bit. How often do you weigh yourself? In my opinion it's really not worth weighing yourself more than once or twice a week, because your weight may fluctuate throughout the day or from day to day a little bit. If you are still losing one or 2 pounds a week, that is still quite good progress. It just may not seem like you are losing weight...

However, if your progress has stopped completely there are things you can do. Keeping dairy, sugars or fruit our of my diet helped me. Limiting breads to morning or after a workout seemed to help me when my weight loss slowed. I tried making more meals with sweet potatoes or red potatoes. Try slower burning carbohydrates if possible. Maybe try turning those snacks into small meals with a little protein, if you feel you aren't getting enough calories.

You seem to already eating 5 small meals in a day, which is ideal... But your calories do seem to be quite low. I am unsure as to what the Bigger Stronger Faster routine is, but if you are doing cardio before and after it, it sounds be pretty intense. That is part of the reason I think you may be consuming too few calories. The goal is to get your calories just below the point where you would be maintaining your bodyweight. If your calorie intake is too low your body slows its metabolism because it gets scared from lack of food. This will also make you feel like crap, cuz you have no energy... not to say this is happening to you, it's just a possibility.

Since you aren't eating many carbs, maybe your body needs a refeed? I don't personally do refeeds but a search on this forum would reveal that many people recommend them.

Just some ideas to consider, hope this helps.

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