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[neonvalley]

I posted here around this time last year about starting my weight loss journey. Since then I have lost 42 lbs, and I have reworked my overall weight loss goal, and I now have another 15 lbs to go (i reached my original goal 5 lbs ago, but wasn't completely happy with my body)! I've learned a lot about health over the course of this year, and I've

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[purelystephanie]

If you've come to a standstill on weight loss, trying upping or lowering your calories for a week. Sometimes, your body gets used to the amount of exercise and caloric intake you've been giving it for so long and needs a little jump start. What you're doing for exercise sounds really good, and the yoga will really improve your flexibility and build lean muscle.

Also, when speaking of sets and reps, you would be doing six sets of 20 reps (repetitions of a movement). Hope that helps!

[neonvalley]

I usually eat 1200-1400 cals a day, but in the last 3 days I've been eating up to my limit (1600). It hasn't really been intentional, but I'm not beating myself up over it because as you said, my body probably appreciates the change in pace. Thank you for the advice!

Thanks for clearing up the terminology for me! I'm going to make a note of it, lol.

[mystery_spell]

I'm not a health professional, but I think it would make sense if you continued doing what you're doing right now. Cardio and strength training paired with a healthy diet, sounds like you're on the right track to me!

[hadespuppy]

Pretty much this.

If you find you have plateaued, that may be your body telling you that this is the weight it wants to be at. I know for me, at my most healthy (taekwondo five days a week, walking everywhere, and wilderness canoeing in the summers) I was 150. I am the same height as you, and that is just where my body was happy. I don't know what your frame is like, so your mielage may vary.

[crazyprotein]

at this point it's all about diet, your workout routine is fantastic, keep going!

it will make you fit and it will help weight loss, BUT
now it's all tweaking your diet, I would assume you eat healthy already, so it's not like stop eating fast food for you.

I recommend reading about healthy variations of high protein diet, like carb rotation, slow carb diet by Tim Ferris and such.
not Atkins! that stuff is old school and dangerous.

eating a lot of fiber and lean protein will definitely help to build more muscle. If you work out that way for a year now, your muscles already look good under an absolutely healthy layer of body fat. Decreasing the % of body fat by tweaking your diet in a safe way will just make them look more prominent, your belly will be flatter, waist smaller and such.
it all works together.

[jajikimbap]

Lifting weights/having a caloric deficit is enough to "tone" the body (which I assume means losing body fat while having slight muscle definition). To increase the deficit, you can do yoga or cardio.

Also, make sure to track your measurements and fat loss as well. If you're starting to strength train, the scale may not budge (or go up) but your body fat may go down. Obviously that means you're making good progress and getting lean, though it may not show up on the scale.

You can make minor noob muscle gains, but generally you can't really gain significant muscle on a deficit. You can if you eat in a caloric surplus though.

Have you checked out New Rules of Lifting for Women btw...

Well done now lift some more iron

[larmer]

Congratulations on your huge success. That is very impressive and you should be very proud