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midwestj · 10-16-2010, 08:45 PM

Michael I'm curious how many calories you are eating?

I have been through a couple of periods of slowed weight loss. Everytime the solution was to reduce the calories.

Since July I started at 2400 then 2300 then 2200 to 2000 and now I'm at 1800.

I have lost 27 pounds over that time and my average loss is between 1.5-2 lbs per week. Now that may not sound like a lot but it was roughly 10% of my body fat and well over 10% of my bodyweight.

Sorry to say but I don't believe you are building any muscle walking, preserving it maybe but building no. I believe you would benefit a lot if you started lifting weights.

If you make a link to your fitday log in this thread or in your signature I would be happy to help you out.

Actually just last week I had been stuck at 200 for nearly 2 weeks, I was getting pretty frustrated, and then this week when I reduced my calories my weight jumped down to 197 lbs and my average loss was right on schedule. Its easy to get wrapped up in the moment.

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midwestj FitDay Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 232	Michael I'm curious how many calories you are eating? I have been through a couple of periods of slowed weight loss. Everytime the solution was to reduce the calories. Since July I started at 2400 then 2300 then 2200 to 2000 and now I'm at 1800. I have lost 27 pounds over that time and my average loss is between 1.5-2 lbs per week. Now that may not sound like a lot but it was roughly 10% of my body fat and well over 10% of my bodyweight. Sorry to say but I don't believe you are building any muscle walking, preserving it maybe but building no. I believe you would benefit a lot if you started lifting weights. If you make a link to your fitday log in this thread or in your signature I would be happy to help you out. Actually just last week I had been stuck at 200 for nearly 2 weeks, I was getting pretty frustrated, and then this week when I reduced my calories my weight jumped down to 197 lbs and my average loss was right on schedule. Its easy to get wrapped up in the moment. __________________ Jason It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. ~Muhammad Ali You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~Charles C. Noble July 6th 2010: 225 lbs, 24% body fat Nov 30th 2010: 181 lbs, 12% body fat Dec 28th 2010: 177 lbs, 11% bf Total weight loss 48 lbs.