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Eating right, Working out but NOT losing weight
I was wondering if ANYONE has any advice for me. I have been trying to lose about 5-10lbs over the last year. I am 31 years old , 4'8" and weigh 101 lbs. I used to weight between 89 and 94lbs at the most!
I am pretty atheltic. I ran a marathon a few years ago and shortly after that is when I gained the weight. I have been training for half marathons (I ran one in April 2006) so I have been keeping the cardio up with running 3-4 days during the week and then 5-10 miles on the weekends.
Recently I got so frustrated that I went to a dietitican. She claimed that I needed to rev up my workouts by doing interval training and then eating more protein and more times of the day.
For the last two months, I have been eating 5 times a day (about 1000-1200 calories) Each meal has protein and carbs and I get my 5 a day fruits and veggies.
I do cardio 5 days a week (3 days are interval training for 45 min--60 seconds at 65% target heart rate and 60 second 85% target heeart rate) The other 2 days of cardio are a 45 minute dance class and then a weekend long distance run that lasts between 1-2 hours. I also weight train 3 days a week. 1 days lower body and two days upper body.
My body fat has increased and my pants size has increased. Why can't I lose the weight or at least the body fat? Does anyone have advice for me?
I am pretty atheltic. I ran a marathon a few years ago and shortly after that is when I gained the weight. I have been training for half marathons (I ran one in April 2006) so I have been keeping the cardio up with running 3-4 days during the week and then 5-10 miles on the weekends.
Recently I got so frustrated that I went to a dietitican. She claimed that I needed to rev up my workouts by doing interval training and then eating more protein and more times of the day.
For the last two months, I have been eating 5 times a day (about 1000-1200 calories) Each meal has protein and carbs and I get my 5 a day fruits and veggies.
I do cardio 5 days a week (3 days are interval training for 45 min--60 seconds at 65% target heart rate and 60 second 85% target heeart rate) The other 2 days of cardio are a 45 minute dance class and then a weekend long distance run that lasts between 1-2 hours. I also weight train 3 days a week. 1 days lower body and two days upper body.
My body fat has increased and my pants size has increased. Why can't I lose the weight or at least the body fat? Does anyone have advice for me?
YES!!!
Yes!! Finally someone is talking sense! You have to eat to lose people!
Yes!! Finally someone is talking sense! You have to eat to lose people!
Hi every one,
I just wanted to share my story,
I am 23 female with a height of 169cm / 5'6 and my starting weight was 78.5kg / 173 pounds in April 2011 when I joined a gym because I enjoyed Zumba and wanted to lose weight.
First 2 months I was not watching what I was eating and excercising 3 times a week and weighted 76.6kg / 168 pounds in June thats when I decided to start watching what I ate and upped my hour classes to 4-5 a week.
Two months of this I weighed 74.0 kg / 163 pounds and was a bit frustrated ( I think the problem was that I was not eating enough at breakfast and lunch with no snacks then a big meal at the end of the day). I started on a calorie counting diet of 1200 with 3 meals and 3 snacks a day.
The next 2 months went well with my weight being 68.0 kg / 149 pounds in October however the next two months did not continue with the weight loss even though I upped my classes to 6 times a week. In November December my weight went between 68 kg / 149 pounds and 67 kg / 147 pounds.
New years resolution was to change up my classes and increase my diet to 1500 cal with 2 days off a week to eat healthy-ish, now I do an hour weights class Monday, carido Tuesday, yoga Wednesday light weights/high rep Thursday cardio Friday and weights Saturday plus I will normall do a warm up walk for about 30mins before MWTF classes.
I am now maintaning 65 kg / 143 pounds with 2 days off the diet a week to go drink beer at the pub or have a large BBQ dinner... generally enjoy life. In an ideal world I would lose to another 3 kg / 6 pounds but I really love my days off the diet.
You all sound as if you work so hard for your goals and are frustrated with the number as I have often been, as scared as I was to increase calories best thing I have done, I feel really healthy and fit, have not been sick in quite some time and still can go out with friends and family and choose the healthy options (but not all the time) and be happy with my weight even if its not the perfect number.
This may not be the most impressive weight lost story like you see on TV or on the internet, but its my real weight lost story and I hope some one stops giving themselves such a hard time I as slowly am learning!
I just wanted to share my story,
I am 23 female with a height of 169cm / 5'6 and my starting weight was 78.5kg / 173 pounds in April 2011 when I joined a gym because I enjoyed Zumba and wanted to lose weight.
First 2 months I was not watching what I was eating and excercising 3 times a week and weighted 76.6kg / 168 pounds in June thats when I decided to start watching what I ate and upped my hour classes to 4-5 a week.
Two months of this I weighed 74.0 kg / 163 pounds and was a bit frustrated ( I think the problem was that I was not eating enough at breakfast and lunch with no snacks then a big meal at the end of the day). I started on a calorie counting diet of 1200 with 3 meals and 3 snacks a day.
The next 2 months went well with my weight being 68.0 kg / 149 pounds in October however the next two months did not continue with the weight loss even though I upped my classes to 6 times a week. In November December my weight went between 68 kg / 149 pounds and 67 kg / 147 pounds.
New years resolution was to change up my classes and increase my diet to 1500 cal with 2 days off a week to eat healthy-ish, now I do an hour weights class Monday, carido Tuesday, yoga Wednesday light weights/high rep Thursday cardio Friday and weights Saturday plus I will normall do a warm up walk for about 30mins before MWTF classes.
I am now maintaning 65 kg / 143 pounds with 2 days off the diet a week to go drink beer at the pub or have a large BBQ dinner... generally enjoy life. In an ideal world I would lose to another 3 kg / 6 pounds but I really love my days off the diet.
You all sound as if you work so hard for your goals and are frustrated with the number as I have often been, as scared as I was to increase calories best thing I have done, I feel really healthy and fit, have not been sick in quite some time and still can go out with friends and family and choose the healthy options (but not all the time) and be happy with my weight even if its not the perfect number.
This may not be the most impressive weight lost story like you see on TV or on the internet, but its my real weight lost story and I hope some one stops giving themselves such a hard time I as slowly am learning!
Hi, im a personal trainer so will give you advice I think would help. Agreeing with some of the comments as that you might have to live with the weight at 30...however your weight really doesn't bad. It sounds healthy.
If you'd like to decrease your body fat, the interval training you added is great. I would personally up your caloric intake as for how much exercise you're doing, your body is feeling more starved than anything else and therefore Holds on to the fat instead of burning it...guessing that is your main problem. Your base metabolic rate (how much you burn everyday without doing anything extra) is probably around 1100-1400, plus daily activity plus your workouts, your body needs much more food for energy!!!
As far as workouts, add an extra leg day and don't be afraid of using weights...the legs have a ton of muscle that can potentially burn body fat, so getting muscle in your legs will make your overall metabolic rate greater.
Hope this helps. Email me if you need anymore advice :) kt.***@****.
If you'd like to decrease your body fat, the interval training you added is great. I would personally up your caloric intake as for how much exercise you're doing, your body is feeling more starved than anything else and therefore Holds on to the fat instead of burning it...guessing that is your main problem. Your base metabolic rate (how much you burn everyday without doing anything extra) is probably around 1100-1400, plus daily activity plus your workouts, your body needs much more food for energy!!!
As far as workouts, add an extra leg day and don't be afraid of using weights...the legs have a ton of muscle that can potentially burn body fat, so getting muscle in your legs will make your overall metabolic rate greater.
Hope this helps. Email me if you need anymore advice :) kt.***@****.
its hard to believe you cant even spell the word lose because you and some other dummies spell it loose which is something we all learn it third grade ...>>> lose loser. loose is a whole different meaning lol professor rightttttttttttttttttttttt
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