I can not seem to get under 167.
Since November 9th, I have exercised 12 of the 14 days and increased my cardio minutes from 60 to 95. My daily caloric intake was and still is 1,400 to 1,500 per day.
However, I did change the machine I use. I now complete 35 minutes on the elliptical and 60 minutes on the stairmaster. I use to do 60 on the elliptical, 2 to 4 days a week depending on my weight and upcoming events.
Elliptical:
This is my favorite machine because my knees and hips do not hurt afterward. I use to use the stationary bike but began to have knee and hip pain. I can early complete 60 minutes at a 19 level with 25 being the highest. However, for this experiment, I dropped to 35 minutes as a warmup for the Stairmaster.
Stairmaster:
This machine is a "killer". Over the past 2 weeks I have increased my time from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. I use an average intensity level of 10 with 20 being the highest level. During my use, I increase and decrease the intensity level between 8 and 12.
I wonder if this machine is creating muscle and therefore even with my clothes fitting better, my weight is not dropping as fast as anticipated.
Now to be honest, losing 4 pounds in two weeks is not bad, 172 to 168. I just figured with this much exercise and low caloric intake, I could lose 3 to 4 pounds a week. This would have put me in the 164 to 166 range, which was my goal for Thanksgiving week.
I still have today thru Wednesday to see if I can get to 165 or at least break below 167. Thanksgiving day, I will let you know my final weight.
As an aside, I weight myself the same time every morning with the same digital scale located at the same place in the hallway.
Any suggestions?
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