Hi everyone,
Just wanted to rant a little and get some advice/encouragement if anyone has any. I feel like I’m doing everything right, but not seeing the scales shift as much as I thought they would.
For context, I am 190.5cm tall and about got down to 187kg at my lowest (6'3" and 412lbs), down from about 196.5kg. I'm just entering the sixth week of my journey, and it's looked like this:
- Cutting my calories down to about 1700kcal a day, on average, over a week (some days are more, some days are less).
- Macros are pretty consistently 50% carbs, 30% fat and 20% protein.
- I've been playing rugby once a week for 30-minutes (moderate to high intensity).
- I've been trying to hit the gym about four times a week (a little cardio, mostly resistance, for about an hour each time).
- I’ve been making myself drink about 2L of water a day, and my diet normally consists of stuff like apples, rice and chicken, steak, smoked salmon and bagels, lots of vegetables whenever I can.
I’ve been seeing progress in the gym (I can walk a lot further now, and a at a faster pace/steeper incline, and I’ve increased the weight across all machines), but my body weight has been hovering around the 190kg mark for about 3-4 weeks now, which is bothering me as I feel like I’m working so hard and not really seeing my weight move.
What am I doing wrong? Do I need to give myself more rest from the gym? (I tend to exercise in 2-3 day blocks). I know my macros could be better but after the initial 7.5kg loss I felt I had it all worked out, and now to not lose for nearly a month is really confusing.
TLDR - feel like I’m doing all the right things; not seeing weight drop.
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