The Fat Loss TroubleshootThis is your place to troubleshoot your fat loss problems from nutrition to training. This section is led by Leigh Peele, author of "The Fat Loss Troubleshoot," the ultimate fat loss manual. If your results have slowed or stalled this is the place to come for advice for all your fat loss needs.
Hi Leigh or whoever who may have some good suggestions.
I have been dieting for about 12 weeks now, and have lost about 8lbs. Ive been carb cycling and having 1-2 refeeds a week, some larger and some smaller. No diet breaks now, although I think I am due for one.
Would it hurt to postpone it? I have alot of events this summer and dont want to worry about the extra weight gain and bloated feeling I will get with the extra food when transitioning to maintanence (I know it sounds silly), so would it hurt if I pushed the limit and ran a diet break a little later?
Thanks!
How is your progress at the moment? Still losing? How long are you thinking of postponing? I mean, you say a "little later" but also sound like you'd rather wait till summer is over in 3ish months.
I don't have the answer for you, but congratulations on losing the weight. I think I remember Leigh saying somewhere that if you are going strong and not feeling like you need a break, keep going. But listen to your body and break when you need it. Not 100% sure though.
How is your progress at the moment? Still losing? How long are you thinking of postponing? I mean, you say a "little later" but also sound like you'd rather wait till summer is over in 3ish months.
Ive stalled. However, I could probably drop my calories a bit on my refeeds to help keep it moving, I am definitely not on the bottom as far as calories or on the limit as far as exercise. I can prob drop cals more and add a few more minutes of activity in my day......
By a little later I meant more like a month later, so I would be at week 16 or 17 of my diet by the time I would transition to the 2 week maintanence.
I have not been improving in strength. Ive definitely stalled in that department, and I figured that I would focus on strength and muscle after Ive lost all the weight and am ready for the maintanence diet. Would there be a better approach?
I am taking a 4 day break in 10 days since we are going on vacation. I was going to diet until then. Maybe I should just suck it up and make that entire week my diet break....just hate the idea of gaining the few pounds of water and glycogen and the bloat........
.just hate the idea of gaining the few pounds of water and glycogen and the bloat........
just remember it is not REAL weight. Like you said it is just water and glycogen so just pay no mind to the scale. I took a week long break and didn't weigh myself for 5 days after I returned and I was only up 1 lb. and my break was a real BREAK. total indulging for 5 days.
So in 10 days you're gonna have a 4 day break, you'll continue normally in refeeds, and in a month take a 2week break?
So if you're stalled and continue and still make no progress for that entire time, is that an acceptable payment for the prize of no bloat during that time?
You could also try a lesser deficit, and see if that helps straddle the line better.
I doubt you'll actually wind up with any "damage" from waiting a month, even if you stay the course, you'll just wind up with less progress.
If the refeeds are in place and you tighten up on your calories and you still lose, I don't personally see a big problem with keepin on. If you tighten up though and nothing really changes, then that should be the sign that you should say screw it and do it anyway.
Since you have a pattern and fear of falling off if you break, I say BE SMART, but ride it out IF the body allows.
If the refeeds are in place and you tighten up on your calories and you still lose, I don't personally see a big problem with keepin on. If you tighten up though and nothing really changes, then that should be the sign that you should say screw it and do it anyway.
Since you have a pattern and fear of falling off if you break, I say BE SMART, but ride it out IF the body allows.
Ok, so I have about 10 days until my vacation.....if I tighten up calories and still havent lost anything, then its time for the break. Is 10 days enough time to tell? who knows! Thanks ya'll!
If you are in a good metabolic spot, then yeah you should be able to tell if you have been trending and knowing what is going on with yourself. So yeah, if you think you know that, you should know. Did that make sense at all?
If you are in a good metabolic spot, then yeah you should be able to tell if you have been trending and knowing what is going on with yourself. So yeah, if you think you know that, you should know. Did that make sense at all?
haha, too funny. But made some sense. I have been trending my calories every week, and been taking the average. Weekly average comes out to about 1550. I can go down,and can do this by lowering my calories on the refeeds/high days. So instead of having the big 300-400g carb 2500 calorie refeed, I should probably take it down to maintanence level cals (1800) and drop my carbs to 200-250. This will automatically bring my average down. Dont think 10 days is enough time to tell though...weight loss has been very slow.
Question: If I just use my vacation as my diet break, is 4 days enough to get the hormones back up? I read that you need about 2 weeks to get that advantage. Sorry for the questions, I was doing so good and the 2 weeks seems like it would be a temp setback!
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