Hello all.
My girlfriend and I are confused as to why she’s not dropping any weight. I understand that the scale is the least accurate device in terms of getting where you want to be because of muscle gain, water weight, time of the month, etc.
My opinion is that although calipers and a scale are a way of tracking a body’s changes, the main goal is to like how you LOOK in the mirror. Anyway. From January until about March she dropped from 190 lbs to 160 lbs. From March until now, she hasn’t moved, if anything goes up a few pounds every few weeks (menst. cycle i’m guessing).
She almost never eats anything considered bad…low on sugar…zero simple carbs(once in awhile post workout shake). Her carbs depend on if she’s doing HIIT or not(she takes them on HIIT day).
She uses livestrong.com and says her average is around 1,100 - 1,200 caloric intake a day(too low in my opinion). But even when boosting her calories up to +1500-1700 not much change seemed to occur, but maybe she didn’t maintain that long enough.
Her workout is as follows:
Sunday: Plate complex and 1 mile speed time (got 7 min 39 secs yesterday)
Monday: HIIT
Tuesday: Speed day(speed squats, jump squats, pushups, burpees, jump thrusts)
Wednesday: Barbell complex and Incline walk 30-40 min or OFF day depending
Thursday: Heavy day (heavy squat, heavy deadlift, heavy bench) rep range 4-8
Friday: OFF
Sat: 30 min run around town
(In the gym from 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 min )
I think that’s correct, maybe one more HIIT day in there. But, she appears to be working very hard…doesn’t necessarily up her weight when she should though.
But that ladies, I would consider a fairly intense workout regiment. We both dorm at college, and our food selection is AWFUL. This morning she had around 4 eggwhites, 3 pieces of pinapple and some red grapes. If anyone is able to help out in any way it’s much appreciated, she has her own account on T-Nation and livestrong, but I figured I had some time to make a post.
Thank you for your time!