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Losing It

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Hello! I'm Amy, 32yr old mom to 4 great kids. I just had baby #4 in June of this year and I began my final weight loss journey in August. Since then I've lost about 20lbs, but I've been dancing around right at or around 200lbs for the past 4wks! I can't seem to get below and stay below for some reason and it's driving me batty.

I work out with a personal trainer 2x a week for an hour at a time. We do mainly strength training with some cardio. I also go to the gym on my own another 2 days a week and I do WATP or another vid 1x a week at home. I feel like I'm working out ALL the time, yet the weight isn't coming off. I've been doing Weight Watchers this entire time and I'm eating well within my point values (26) and not eating empty calories. I drink an average of a gallon of water a day, so I know I'm getting my water.

In reality, I've lost over 40lbs since giving birth because I was in the cardiac unit 10 days after delivery and lost 22lbs there over 5days on lasix & other meds. Is it possible that my body is stopping any weight loss because it's afraid I'm in starvation mode? I've worked really hard for 9wks to get those 20lbs off and I don't want it to stop. I haven't lessened my workouts or upped my eating at all, if anything I'm doing more and eating less now.

Any thoughts would be appreciated! Glad I found this forum. :)
Amy
 
Hi Amy, it sounds to me like your body has simply gotten used to being at this level. I've lost and gained like a yoyo, so I've had experience of this too. I believe whats happening is this:

When we work out, the body has to produce far much more energy for you to do the work that if you were doing nothing. Ever notice how your adrenaline gets pumping if you just suddenly start running for no real reason? I think your body has gotten used to the times and days and kinds of exercise you do. The body always wants to stay as it is currently, as it has to do more work to change (burn fat or build muscle) so you might have to trick it into continuing the change.

You can do this simply by doing a fast/slow burst approach in your running instead of a consistent jog, or maybe switch exercise altother and go for rowing. Maybe you could reschedule your trainer for different days, or at a different time.

After allocating and preparing energy for a specific time for so long, it might be a bit surprised when you start doing something different when you'd normally be vegging out :)

This is all just my opinion, but it has worked for me once in the past.

Hope this helps,

Arron
 
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