I've hit my plateau!!! Help me please :(

It seems I have hit my plateau with the exercising I am doing. And slowly I am noticing all my efforts into workout out are paying off less and less.

I work during the day 8am to 5pm . I am also a fitness instructor. I run Zumba classes 7 times a week and toning classes twice a week. I do these classes during my lunch breaks and after work. So as it is at the moment, I don't have much time to do other workouts...and my body is now used to all the workouts I do. I usually stay behind after my evening classes to do my own toning where I increase the intensity and weights etc...but I am finding I get too tired very quickly because of the days activity I had already done.

What can I do to see results again without having to spend even more time in the gym after my classes? Should I try a different type of work out completely like swimming/cycling/running? Or should I just be more strict with my diet?

Feeling quite demotivated***

what type of results are you looking for?

Fat loss and toning my legs and bum in particular.

what are your stats? and what does your diet look like?

BREAKFAST

Coffee, no sugar and with low fat milk
Oats, no sugar, about 3TBS low fat milk

SNACK

Nuts/half a banana and half a grapefruit or orange/tuna on crackerbread

LUNCH

Brown rice with chicken/tuna and veggies (broccoli/peppers)

SNACK

Same at previous snack
Green Tea

DINNER

Fish/Chicken/Steak with veggies

Tea, no sugar, low fat milk before bed

STATS

25 Years old
165cm
58kgs
+- 20% BF

cut all the fruit.
have some protein with breakfast (egg whites)
have some fats and protein with your snack, so no crackerbread.
what time do you train? id move carbs to post workout.
do you have a cheat day once a week?

oh and if you want a nicer bum, then squat

I do my Zumba and toning classes during my lunch break, and then another zumba class in the evening, so i usually have my carbs after my first workout so i have enough energy for my evening class. then i dont have carbs for dinner.

i have a cheat day on the weekend.

And thanks hahaha I do squat, with my 10kg weight, but results are taking long.

ok that sounds about right.

to be honest at 20% you're pretty lean, to get the results you're looking for you'd need a proper diet, you're obviously quite active so that isn't the problem.

you need to workout calories taken in, and make sure you're at a caloric deficit. a decent diet should have food weighed in grams, not portions. you'd also need to break down the macro nutrients. once all that is done its very easy to tweak it as you go along

a fatburner like clen, or FFF would also help your cause

I'm not sure what macro nutrients are but I will google everything you have mentioned.

Thank you for your advice!

Ive never heard of those fat burners...where would I find those? Also, do they have a reputation for causing nausea and light headedness? Because I have struggled with those symptoms of fat burners before.

the 3 primary macronutrients are proteins, fats and carbs. so basically a breakdown of each

Use the link and see if they can maybe head you in the right direction

www.anabolicsteroids.co.za/contact-us/3-enquiries

Riddin wrote: Ive never heard of those fat burners...where would I find those? Also, do they have a reputation for causing nausea and light headedness? Because I have struggled with those symptoms of fat burners before.

These fat burners MrFeathers is suggesting is not at all like the fat burners you get on the shelf of Dischem. Also not as legal either. They do come with quite a list of potential side effects but everyone reacts differently and the side effects are manageable.