Critique my menu for the day.. Stall help..
S: 1 oz cheddar cheese, 1 oz deli ham
L: Corn tortilla with a slice of pepperjack cheese and 1.5 oz grilled chicken
S: Salad with low fat ranch
D: Salsa chicken (chicken slow cooked with salsa and taco seasoning) on a bed of lettuce, tomato, onion and 1 tbsp light sour cream
S: Protein shake
96g protein, 39g carbs, around 850 calories
Water - trying for 64 oz
Exercise - 25 minutes on the elliptical
I am STUCK - have been for a few weeks. Do you see anything I should be changing about my menu? This pretty much how I eat daily - exercise every other day. I am getting really frustrated.
Started at 267 - surgery in April - now 191. I know I have done well, but this stall is soooo long..
Any tips?
~Angie~
Starting weight: 267
Goal weight: 140
MY OPINION only... I'm sure some of the longer vets will pipe in
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5'6" / HW 375 / SW 355 / CW 150 / Maintaining 155-159 - Goal Reached! 225 Pounds Lost
BUT.... change up your work out. I'd definitely recommend adding weight training to your routine. It'll kick up your metabolism and get your muscles out of a routine funk.
So do eliptical M,W,F and weights T, Th.
The one thing I would add, get absolutely as much water as you can. Water drives all of the processes that our body uses to break down fat. You really can't have too much - unless you're drowning.
You can up your exercise. Sometimes when I would stall it would seem any shake-up to my routines would break me out of it. Its possible that is just magic thinking on my part. There really is no magic cure for stalls except time - as sucky as that sounds.
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160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.
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Your stats look good. Like the other posters I would ditch the tortilla and sub GY for sour cream. The other thing I would do (I'm not a doctor--I just play one on TV!! LOL) is drop your calories by about 100. I find if I stay in the 700 range, keeping carbs as close to 20 as possible (and that's certainly not always possible) and protein around 90-100/day, I lose.
What are the stats on your protein shake? You could maybe cut cals/carbs depending on what you are adding to it. For example, I use Unjury unflavored protein (90 calories, 0 carbs, 21 gm protein/scoop). I mix it with unsweetened iced tea so that I don't add any additional carbs/calories. I drink 2 of these/day for 180 calories/0 carbs/42 gm protein.
Your exercise looks great.
Good luck!!
Marie
Age: 50 Ht: 5' 3.5" SW: 261 BMI: 45.5 CW: 119.4 BMI: 20.8 Goal in 9.5 months (23.6 lbs below goal) Total lost: 141.6 lbs Inches lost: 84.25"
Month one: 22.2 lbs; Month 2: 17.4 lbs; Month 3: 11 lbs; Month 4: 13 lbs; Month 5: 11.4
lbs; Month 6: 9.2 lbs; Month 7: 13.2 lbs;
Month 8: 9 lbs; Month 9: 10.2 lbs; Month 10: 3.6 lbs: Month 11: 7.6 lbs Month 12: 5.8 lbs 
140 cal, 6 carb, 23 protein
with
Unsweetened Almond Milk
30 cal, 1 carb, 1 protein
Total = 170 cal, 7 carb, 24 protein
Seems to be the only one I can stomach. :)
I really do appreciate the input. I have gotten into a rut with the corn tortilla at lunch. I use the Mission extra thin - 40 cal, 8 carb, 1 protein - but I guess that 8 carbs could be omitted and couldn't hurt, right.
I am going to push to do 30 minutes tonight instead of my 25 - maybe that will help. I told my husband to dust off the weights in the garage so I can use them. LOL
~Angie~
Starting weight: 267
Goal weight: 140
Age: 50 Ht: 5' 3.5" SW: 261 BMI: 45.5 CW: 119.4 BMI: 20.8 Goal in 9.5 months (23.6 lbs below goal) Total lost: 141.6 lbs Inches lost: 84.25"
Month one: 22.2 lbs; Month 2: 17.4 lbs; Month 3: 11 lbs; Month 4: 13 lbs; Month 5: 11.4 lbs; Month 6: 9.2 lbs; Month 7: 13.2 lbs; Month 8: 9 lbs; Month 9: 10.2 lbs; Month 10: 3.6 lbs: Month 11: 7.6 lbs Month 12: 5.8 lbs
