BeautyMarked’s BodyBlog

I think I’ve hit a plateau.
I’m not exactly new to working out, not at all. In fact, I’ve hit the gym hard almost every summer between classes. However this year has been different since I graduated and have more time for myself.
Here is a photo of my 10-week progress. Each photo is 2 weeks later from the previous. I’ve lost about 9-10 pounds but have also built muscle so it’s hard to gauge it.

I try to work out 4-5 days a week.
First thing I do is some HIIT on the treadmill, I alternate walking and running and I do it on an incline, so everytime I run, it’s on a higher incline than the time before. I do this for about 20 mins. Then I do my weight training. If I do legs, I usually use the weight machines since I don’t know too many free weight lower body exercises. I do inner thigh, outer thigh, quads, hamstrings, butt, and the squat machine. If I am doing upper body, that takes significantly longer because I do back, shoulders and arms. I start with the machines and work my way to the free weight room. Once that’s done, I will sometimes (I should probably do this always) go back for more cardio since 20 mins is probably not enough. Then abs to finish. Some days if I don’t have a lot of time at the gym, I will just go for a run for about 30 mins if I could depending on how much time I’ve got. On Mondays I also have yoga for an hour (it feels great on the muscles) and kickboxing Tuesdays (it works different muscles but I find isn’t enough for me so I gotta still hit the gym for some more).

Now as for diet, I suck at it. I will indulge a bit when I want to and I could probably make a few better choices though I am usually pretty good. I hate hate hate calorie counting but think I should start just so I know roughly what needs to be changed. Otherwise, what kind of things can I do to stop from plateauing?
Judging from that photo it looks like the past little while I’ve remained more or less the same.

Any advice?

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