Cycle of losing weight than gaining it back…

[Anonymous]

Everytime I calorie restrict I lose weight…. Then my workouts suffer because I don’t eat enough. Then I eat normally, the weight comes back.

To avoid this, am I suppose to eat normally and calorie restrict through exercise?

I sit all day, and I fill eating 1600-2000 calories seems to be my maintenance amount where I don’t gain weight.

48 yrs old. I remember clearly, losing weight was never an issue when I was 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everytime I calorie restrict I lose weight…. Then my workouts suffer because I don’t eat enough. Then I eat normally, the weight comes back.

To avoid this, am I suppose to eat normally and calorie restrict through exercise?

I sit all day, and I fill eating 1600-2000 calories seems to be my maintenance amount where I don’t gain weight.

48 yrs old. I remember clearly, losing weight was never an issue when I was 30.

Umm, yeah that’s exactly what you need to do. This isn’t rocket science.

[Anonymous]

You need to work on your body composition. The likelihood that your workouts are suffering because of what you’re not eating is effectively zero. Your perceived lack of nutrition is just a lack of fitness.

Learn to eat an appropriate amount of real food and do some stength training and an appropriate volume of cardio exercise and it’ll all work eventually.

[Anonymous]

I eat smaller portions and doubled my exercise and that’s how I lost weight and keep losing it but I also recognize everyone is different and it’s not one size fits all.

[Anonymous]

1600-2000 calories a day sounds like plenty if you are sitting all day, even including an hour of working out. Try eating more protein and avoiding processed foods. I think this is an appetite issue, not a calorie issue.

[Anonymous]

The yoyo dieting has probably reduced your muscle mass when you lose weight. Then when you gain again it's probably mostly fat. So do some strength training and eat enough protein.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to work on your body composition. The likelihood that your workouts are suffering because of what you’re not eating is effectively zero. Your perceived lack of nutrition is just a lack of fitness.

Learn to eat an appropriate amount of real food and do some stength training and an appropriate volume of cardio exercise and it’ll all work eventually.

I carry muscle and don’t want to gain anymore muscle. So maybe hit to keep what I have and double up the cardio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The yoyo dieting has probably reduced your muscle mass when you lose weight. Then when you gain again it's probably mostly fat. So do some strength training and eat enough protein.

80g according to research seems enough? I’m 180lbs and short sticky build.

[Anonymous]

That is a huge amount of calories. At your age yiu shouldn't be consuming more than 1500. Dial back the workouts. You cannot outrun the fork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everytime I calorie restrict I lose weight…. Then my workouts suffer because I don’t eat enough. Then I eat normally, the weight comes back.

To avoid this, am I suppose to eat normally and calorie restrict through exercise?

I sit all day, and I fill eating 1600-2000 calories seems to be my maintenance amount where I don’t gain weight.

48 yrs old. I remember clearly, losing weight was never an issue when I was 30.

Umm, yeah that’s exactly what you need to do. This isn’t rocket science.

Stop with the 'rocket science' comparison. Losing and keeping off weight is difficult!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a huge amount of calories. At your age yiu shouldn't be consuming more than 1500. Dial back the workouts. You cannot outrun the fork.

No. OP, if your maintenance range is 1600-2000, try limiting it to 1600-1800 and see how you feel, especially when exercising. Then revise downward. I'm the same way, I cut too many calories and after a few days, I don't want to get up off of the couch. If you look at calories expended during most workouts, it isn't as much as we think.

[Anonymous]

Drug-takers excluded, I've yet to see anyone feel completely full and lose weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a huge amount of calories. At your age yiu shouldn't be consuming more than 1500. Dial back the workouts. You cannot outrun the fork.

You can’t possibly know how many calories she needs without knowing what her BMR is and the type of workouts she’s doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is a huge amount of calories. At your age yiu shouldn't be consuming more than 1500. Dial back the workouts. You cannot outrun the fork.

You can’t possibly know how many calories she needs without knowing what her BMR is and the type of workouts she’s doing.

Well, OP is 48 years old, female, “short” and 180 pounds. 99.9% likely her body composition is poor and the amount of energy intake she needs is a lot lower than what you could possibly know - including whatever workouts that aren’t running 7 minute miles for an hour or riding a bike at 200 watts for two.

Change is hard. I personally wouldn’t advocate 1500/day, but certainly less than 2000. OP absolutely has excess fat to pull from and can gut out changing her diet around and continuing exercise. She isn’t metabolically bonking during those workouts. Just stay hydrated and it all get better over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everytime I calorie restrict I lose weight…. Then my workouts suffer because I don’t eat enough. Then I eat normally, the weight comes back.

To avoid this, am I suppose to eat normally and calorie restrict through exercise?

I sit all day, and I fill eating 1600-2000 calories seems to be my maintenance amount where I don’t gain weight.

48 yrs old. I remember clearly, losing weight was never an issue when I was 30.

Umm, yeah that’s exactly what you need to do. This isn’t rocket science.

Stop with the 'rocket science' comparison. Losing and keeping off weight is difficult!

No it’s not. Eat less. It truly is not that hard.