Hi all, I've been working on being more consistent losing weight since last June. I was focused on only the eating and bounced up and down but I did manage to lose 5lbs from June to December. After my birthday in December I decided to take it more seriously and started lifting at the gym 3-4 times a week. I've been loving lifting and progressing on my lifts, and went down a size, so now I have a waist! But unfortunately while my measurements are moving, I've only lost a little over 3lbs since December which is really slow.
I use a tdee tracker and despite me keeping to 1600-1700 calories during the week, I almost always end up overeating on weekends for a net deficit of 200-300 calories a day which is giving me that slow progress. Part of the problem is that I workout in the mornings before work so during the workday I eat breakfast and lunch while fasting past dinner. But on weekends almost all family dinners and social gatherings are at night so I'm famished around lunchtime and the urge to eat is strong! Then I end up eating a lot during lunchtime and dinner. Plus weekends are when all the good food happens.
I've been tracking and dieting for the past 13 weeks and took a break this week from meal prep and exercise. The upside is that I've gained only 1lbs despite eating whatever I wanted and ordering delivery so often. Back to exercise tomorrow but I'm wondering how long do you diet at a time for? I'm also thinking of whether I should continue or go for a more aggressive deficit like fasting 48hrs a week to cut one day's worth of calories for an overall calorie deficit. Or do 12 weeks strict daily cico and then 2 weeks tdee maintenance... hmm
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