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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
If she's not losing weight, its because she's eating too much and also probably needs to tweak the types of foods she's eating.
First and foremost, its about calories in vs. calories out.
5'5"/122#'s - just set a target daily caloric intake of say 1400.
40% from carbs
40% from protein
20% from fat.
track everything, count everything.
do that for a period of time - like 4 weeks. be diligent. if she doesn't lose 3-4 pounds, look at dialing back calories a little bit more and keep dialing it in.
1 pound = 3500 calories
you need to have a 3500 calorie deficit to lose 1 pound of fat
at the end of the day, its no more complicated than that... but tracking it and dialing things in and getting results, often requires a great deal of diligence.
Even when it seems someone isn't "really eating that much" - they are still getting the calories to maintain their weight, otherwise they would be losing weight.
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I used to think it was as simple as calories in vs calories out. I've seen females with almost non existent levels of their 3 major hormones produce huge calorie deficits, and actually gain weight. As soon as they got their hormones back in the normal range, its amazing how fast the metabolism comes back.
My first inclination after reading about his wife is that she's eating way too little and her body is holding onto what fat she has. He said she's only eating one major meal a day, I highly doubt she's over 1400 calories. If she's really working out that much and eating that little over an extended period of time with no weight loss, then I'd recommend a full panel by an endocrinologist/internist who might be able to better tell her what is going on.
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