This morning was a bummer. I weighted myself and I was still 340 lbs. No weight loss for the week, yet. I knew a plateau was inevitable. Here are the most likely culprits for the stagnation.
1. I am not eating enough. my metabolism is slowing down.
2. I am eating too much.
3. I am not exercising enough. maybe not enough cardio and weightlifting?
4. I am working out too much. My muscles are not burning fat, my body is
burning muscle which causes me to burn less calories.
5. My body has adjusted to my current meals and workouts.
6 A combination of the above.
Monday through Friday I do 45 min to 60 minutes of cardio in the morning before work. Monday through Thursday I weight lift after work for 30-45 minutes. I also add 15 minutes of cardio as a warm-up at least 2 of the 4 days before weights.
I am exploring some new workout routines to try with the weight lifting. I have been doing what I have been doing for years without diet changes and got nowhere. I have changed my diet now to something very reasonable and made it a lifestyle change. I have exercises that I never used to do to get more body parts working. I am at a plateau. I know it will not last and the scale will start moving again. I also know this is the perfect time to change my weight workout. I either need to scrap what I am doing completely of add some new lifts and delete some others. I have begun seeking advice from others that have walked in my shoes.
Today was a regular day except I was hungrier than I have been in the past. My morning breakfast and lunch were slightly under 600 calories each and my morning break was a little over 500 calories. My afternoon break meal was a salad with black olives and low fat feta cheese. My caloric intake ran 37 calories over my limit. Not huge but over is still over. I use My Plate on livestrong.com to track food intake. I like how it does a lot of the things you would need to look up individually and then calculate all automatically for you. Not having to do math while keeping track of your food and exercise is great! Plus it saves time.
I expect to do some more research into my workout routine as well as enjoy some outdoor activities this weekend. Here is to having a better tomorrow than the day I had today.
