What Is Wrong With Me? I’m Not Losing Any Weight! Help!?
Posted by admin | Under acai berry diet Saturday Dec 19, 2009I have been working out for about a month very diligently and have cut my calories down to between 1200 and 1500 a day. I work out about 5 times a week for between an hour to 1.5 hours. I do mostly cardio like the elliptical, biking, and sometimes the treadmill. I also do workouts on the rowing machine and the stair master. I also do some weight training like with 5 pound weights to tone my arms and such.
I have been eating pretty good food (a thousand times better than I did before). I eat whole grains, fruit, protein, and more vegetables than I ever have (I should probably eat more but I still eat a good amount compared to what I used to eat). I rarely have anything with sugar and if I do I make sure they are low in saturated and trans fats and that they fit into my calorie allowance.
I drink at least 8 glasses of water a day too. I also walk across my huge campus every day, so its not like I sit around all day either.
I haven’t seen the scale move at all. I lost one pound but now its back, plus one more. I don’t see any difference in my body (I know its early but still)
Am I doing something wrong? I’m about 20 to 30 lbs overweight. I’m 5′ 8″ and 175 lbs. I don’t know why the weight is coming off.
Please Help! I just want to be healthy and fit and nothing I do seems to work! I also do not want to take an diet pills or acai berries. I just want to do it naturally. Thanks
I also was tested for both a thyroid disease and diabetes so its not those either.
It doesn’t really matter what you eat (besides the obvious junk food) and when you eat it, as long as it has the nutrients your body needs and you give it to your body when it needs it. You cant forget protein, which is not only a main building block for your body but for your mind as well. I will explain.
One of the worst things you can do to your body is stop eating. Your body needs fuel just like your car needs fuel. And just like your car, the better the fuel and oil is, the better the cars performance, the better the food and liquid is that you put in your body with too make you “run” better.
If you are trying to lose fat. Try to raise your metabolism by eating smaller meals, more nutritious meals, and about five or six meals throughout the day.
Also, remember that if you are working out you are also building muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat does. So as you lose the fat and gain the muscle your weight might not adjust for a while until your muscle building reaches a plateau and your body begins to really tare away fat.
If you do not want to eat five or six small meals a day. Eat three meals a day, smaller portions, then between breakfast and lunch have a healthy snack or meal replacement shake, and another between lunch and dinner.
The idea is to teach your body to get rid of all extra fuel it doesn’t need, which are fats, carbs, and simple sugars for the most part. And once your body begins to understand that you are giving it the fuel it needs when it needs it, then your body will no longer store fat cells as a fuel reserve.
It is also a good idea to use a body cleanser, or detoxify before beginning any change in diet. Especially if you are going to begin eating healthier. The process might cause head aches or muscle cramps depending on what your body has become used to. Also diarrhea is a common side effect of most cleansing programs, but don’t worry this is a sign that your body is getting rid of the toxic substances. The cleans will help your body to easily extract the nutrients it needs from the food you intake and bypass the rest as waste.
To expedite the process it always helps to concentrate on full body workouts to keep energy storage empty. Also, drink water, water is used to clean your body inside and out. Stay away from caffeine and soda.
This will take time. But once you are able to achieve routine with your eating habits it is one of the easiest ways to keep the fat off.
So with this, your diet can be very flexible as well. You can have sweets and things but for best results I would stay away from all simple sugars, like candy.
Good luck and God bless.
Muscle weighs more then fat
Are your old clothes fitting you as they did before? put on your jeans which used to be tight and see if they’re still tight. and start measuring yourself with a santimeter tape as well as weighting to see the changes. Hmm… check your calories again. the fruit and vegatables have calories in them too and sometimes people eat too much thinking it’s nothing. if the calories are really 1200 – 1500 max… wait for one month more and if nothing happens at all check your female hormones like estrogen. you might want to visit a gynecologist about it. you should be seeing some difference by now with the diet or soon at least.