Advice please
- Mix up your work out routine, change things up a bit
- Are you getting enough decaf fluids?
- Are you writing down everything you are eating?
- How is your carb/protein consumption?
- Can you look for additional opportunities to get cardio in? Parking your car in the farthest spot from the door, walking during lunch, etc.
I agree that logging your intake is a good first move as it will give you a more realistic picture of what your numbers actually are. The key to this is that you have to be 100% honest in what you log.
Switching up the exercise may help but also the intensity of your exercise will play a large role in what you are burning. walking 2mph isn't going to burn the same calories as say 5mph. Or add some incline if you are unable to add speed.
The real thing is what you already know, the snacking. Until you get that under control then you are simply preventing or slowing additional gain. Solid exercise controlling the snacking, healthy food choices and solid workouts will probably start you in the right direction.
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It sounds like you are doing a good job exercising. I would think the stubborn pounds won't budge because of the extra snacking calories. Depending on how often and what you eat it could add up to a lot of calories. Especially if it's candy bars and chips...that can be an extra 500-800 calories a day. If snacking is your regualr habit...it may be in your best interest to change what you are snacking and not stop snacking all together. Because it is my belief that snacking isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you snack on nuts and fruits it's ok. I'm not a snacker but I eat a before workout snack of apple slices and peanut butter and it's a yummy treat for me. I look forward to this treat. I also track my food on an iphone app. I love it because no matter where I am I can look up the calories for something. This stopped me from having a pina coloda...when I found out it's 500 calories for one damn drink...I just ordered a glass of wine after that. The app does help me curb bad behavior.
As far as the workout goes, I agree with everyone. Change up your routine. I change up my routine every other day. So I never do the exact workout two days in a row. I also am partial to intervals. It's perfect for those of us that have a fitness level where we can run in spurts but not continuously. I run about 10 minutes and walk for 4, then run for 10. Sometimes I weight train before my cardio and sometimes I do it afterwards. I am hoping this will keep my weight moving downward. But every so often I hit a plateau and have to shake things up again...
Good luck and I hope the scale Gods are good to you.
I'll just chime in with, it's the eating!!!!!!!!!!!
If you changed nothing but how much/what you eat, the lbs will start to come off. You can't try to exercise off a bad snacking habit. You could spend 5 min eating 200 calories in chips, but it'll take 15-20 of HARD exercise to work that off, in addition to what you normally do.
In its simplest form, weight loss will always be calories in vs calories out.
Good Luck
Brian
