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Question: I need help losing weight!!!?
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I have been going to the gym for the past month 5 days a week for about 80 minutes each time (30 min. on the cross trainer, 15 min. on the treadmill at full incline, 15 min. on the bike & 20 min. lifting using various nautilus machines) I thought this would eventually work but I haven't really been showing much progress since I first started working out. I eat everything I am supposed to with a restricted 1200 calorie/day diet and I'm just trying to figure out the problem because I have been consistent for so long but have only lost about 2 or 3 pounds. If anybody could help me figure out what my problem is that would be great! Thanks.
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Answer#1: You could try asking the nutrition guy that I used to help me shift the last 15 pounds I just could not move. I was eating really healthy and working out more than you are. he recommended some products for me and I lost the 15 pounds in eight weeks. Try www.myhealthabc.com, there is a number so you can ask his advice for free. I did learn from him that even though I was only having 1200 calories per day that this can be enough to maintain your weight and so nothing comes off, or if it does then its really slow. I hope this helps.
Answer#2: first of all you are undereating which makes you lose water weight and muscle and slows down metabolism. you need to do weight training maybe 3 days a week instead of 5 and a little less cardio.find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day8 glasses of waterhave complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energyhave lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs musclecardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight trainingdont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
Answer#3: I don't know how much you weigh and how active you are outside the gym but it is very possible you aren't eating enough. I know it seems counter intuitive to think you might have to eat more to loose weight but if your body is going into starvation mode it will hang on to every last calorie of fat it can. Perhapes try going up to 1400 or 1500 calories a day for a week or two and see if that helps.
Answer#4: This sounds like me 6 years ago. ( : First, more does not mean instant weight loss and counting calories is useless if they are empty.It is O.K. to change machines if you get bored easily, I do that too, but are you working up a sweat in the first 5 minutes and are you out of breath while exercising or are you comfortable. If you are not dripping with sweat and out of breath in the first 5 minutes, you are not pushing yourself hard enough. Walking up a hill briskly will not burn nearly as much fat as running it will. I'm not saying you have to kill yourself, just push yourself a little more every 5 minutes until you get to that speed or position that makes you sweat.When oing weights, do 3 sets of 10 and if you can do them without maintaing the sweat and tiredness, increase the weights. Rest for 1 minute in between sets so your muscles have time to register what you have done. I know it sounds crazy, but it works. I was struggling with the same thing. I first went to weight watchers and they taught me how to eat and I lost 39 pounds in 6 months. Then I went to the gym to lose the rest and struggled beacuse I was not pushing myself or lifting properly. Proper exercise helped me lose the last 30.Here's what I did: M,W,F: Cardio 1 hour what ever is fun and you like to do. Mix it up like you already do. 12 minutes of crunches, first on your back with you knees up, switch to legs in air and pulse up using pelvic only, same position, pelvic and head up towards ceiling, side crunches, leg lifts with legs straight and togeather, hands under but, lift up and down never toching ground end with bycicle move. Evenly divide up the time. If you have an IPOD, create a 2 minute energizing playlist to keep you moving.Tues, Th ans Sat: Weights: 1 hour first half arms and upper body, second half legs. # sets of ten resting for 1 minute between sets.Good luck!
Answer#5: I know it's frustrating when you are trying so hard but don't see super quick results. It really makes you want to give up. Hang in there, though. When I start exercising, I ALWAYS either gain or stop losing for about six week. I'm talking about scale weight, though. The inches fall off, as I'm sure they are with you. The reason that you are not seeing the results on the scale yet is that you are gaining muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. You ARE losing fat...and lots of it. It will take a few more weeks to show up on the scale, though, because of the muscle weight gain. The good news is that the muscle you are gaining is causing you to burn tons of calories 24 hours a day, not just while you are exercising. You might even want to increase your calories to 1400 or even 1600 calories a day in an effort to "trick" your body into thinking that you are no longer on your diet. It's good to vary your calorie intake so your body does not shut down in and effort to conserve your fat reserves. Just make sure that you eat healthy foods that are a part of your diet program when you up your calories.I was a weight-loss manager for the Diet Center for many years. I promise you that if you continue what you are doing and try not to get discouraged, you will see a huge change over the next month. Congratulations!!!
Answer#6: Losing weight is a simple equation: if you burn more calories than you eat, the weight will come off. Start off by estimating how many calories you burn each day using the calorie calculator http://straighthealth.com/pages/tools/caloriecalclb.html This will give you an idea of how many calories to eat. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds per week. To lose 1 pound per week you need to create a calorie deficit (burn more than you eat) of 500 calories per day. To lose 2 pounds a week, you have to double the deficit to 1000 calories per day. You can achieve this by eating less, exercising more or a combination of both.Guide to Dieting - http://straighthealth.com/pages/guides/dieting.htmlThe 9 Week Straight Diet - http://straightdiet.comHealth, Exercise and Diets - http://straighthealth.com
Answer#7: There is absolutely no problem with what is "taking so long". You aren't taking so long at all! You have lost 2-3 pounds in 5 days. Most people have to lose 1-2 pounds by a full week (7 days). You should be fortunate you are losing this much weight so fastly! Good for you! And keep up the good work. Hope I helped. =)
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