I am a noob trying to lose weight.

Last year I got myself into good eating habits and went from 250lb to 220lb just by eating right and trying to be more active in general.

2017's goal is to drop below 200. So, continuing with 2016 diet, I added a cardio routine. Overall, I am happy with difficulty of the routine. (T25 for those curious)

It's been 7 weeks and it would seem I'm stuck at 210lb. Now I'm not expecting huge lose overnight but I seem to be holding at 210lb.

I am under the impression you don't gain muscle when at a deficit. Is that correct? Was I just so weak before that I am gaining some muscle? Or am I just doing it wrong.

I know some will suggest to lift heavy or go to the gym but due to personal reasons I'm stuck home doing workouts infront of a television

Thoughts?
Thanks in advanced.

This post was edited by ROM on Feb 16 2017 10:23am

If your target goal is weight loss, than drop your calories more.. You need less calories to maintain 210 pounds than you do to maintain 250.

IE, you're not in a deficit anymore, you're eating your maintenance calories.

up cardio or lower calories
your body is plateauing

Change rep scheme

dude just go from nothing to maximum. You can lose 16 lbs in a month easily. 16 lbs in 2-3 months is healthy.

I can gain 10-15lbs in a month easily and then lose it all in 3 weeks like it's nothing. You just have to get used to it. I'm not special. I just wrestled for a few years.

If you actually enjoy losing weight slowly.....then that's fine. It's better for your health that way.

If i were you i'd just get on it and do it and get it over with.

Losing weight is one of the easiest things, and if you lift weights and eat a LITTLE under your calories needed to maintain......you can use cardio to burn off fats.

So what you have to do is eat 5-7 meals a day and basically never go more then 3-4 hours without food or snacks. Which helps maintain your muscles. Which helps burns more fats/calories later on.

So lets say you need 3000 calories a day to maintain weight. You can go ahead and eat that 3000 but USE cardio to burn 700 calories instead of eating 700 less calories.

Why? so you can maintain your muscles AND gain more muscle at the same time.

I know way too many people who are fat and end up losing all their muscle and fat. That's the slow way. You need muscle to burn more calories.

I mean something as simple as a cold cold shower for 1 minute will take 50-100 calories to warm your body back up.

Drink ice cold water is not only zero calories but it takes energy to warm that water up and your body will increase its heart rate to warm up your body.

Just do it man lol.

A 7 hour hike in cold weather can burn up to 4000 calories. The best is the end of that hike while your body is trying to recover but you're still hiking. The amount of fat burned while you're just walking at that point is unreal. It's not like you an run 7+ hours can you?

Just figure out smart ways to burn calories.

Other then that....eating less will always work....

You can go ham fuck and eat perfect, and train hard. Cardio AND heavy weights. Then ice baths after every single day for 5-10 minutes.

I can see you getting to 200 lbs within 3-4 weeks EASYYYYYYYYYY.

Ice baths man. Ice baths.

Do not listen to a word this man says (srs)

Personal progress pics are good because they help you see the changes over time that you may not notice on a day to day basis. The difference between looking at yourself every day vs every month etc. can be inspirational and help to hold yourself accountable, especially if you're a fatty working hard to become lean.

Another thing you may want to consider is getting your bodyfat % tested on a biweekly or monthly basis so you know precisely what direction your current routine is taking you. There are some reliable and some less reliable methods out there, so do your homework if you decide to go through with it.

This post was edited by Decarnate on Feb 18 2017 09:19am

yeah turtol hard to agree with you but I do

I'd start lifting if you want to just have better lifestyle in long run. I lost alot of weight just cardio and diet. Now I'm trying to just gain some muscle and then cut down. I do a push pull legs which works for me. Should try it out.

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