I feeel pretty disappionted? What am I doing wrong diet or excersie?

[Anonymous]

Ok so, I lost 40 pounds but the only thing is that well My body hasn't change much.
My waist is 40inch and my hip are 43 inches. I use to be 200 with hip 44 and waist 45. I don't know if I am doing something wrong. I don't know what to do or what I am doing wrong. I think maybe it could be that I am eat too much white rice because it what I mostly eat because I am hispanic but I don't know. I measure everything I eat so... and I try to add spinach or green pepper or radish when I can to my plate and i try to almost always eat fruits as snack and drink only water. I jog 2 miles mostly everyday unless my legs starts hurting. I walk a whole lot and I do try to run really hard for at least a minute or a minute and a half. I feel like giving up. Please help...

[Atam7]

First of all, dieting NEVER works. As soon as you stop you gain it back. You need a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. You need to keep up with your rutine indefinitely. Secondly, it might not he entirely the white rice, but that definetly is a major problem. White rice is VERY slightly better fur you than PURE SUGAR!! (Says my deitrician with a masters degree). Replacing all of the white rice you eat with Brown rice will not only fill you up MUCH more than white rice, but provide you with A LOY of great nutrients. If you have a good meal (delicious sauce, etc.), the difference isn't tastable. If you still prefer white rice, try a 50/50 brown/white mixture
Thirdly, GREAT job on the Exercycle!! The moderate exersize of a jog will not only burn a fair bit if calories, but will skyrocket your metabolism. Also, exersize is THE best thing for your health. It will make you physically healthy, release endorphins such as dopamine, which will make you happy and boost emotional heajth, and will actually GROW brain cells, which just 10 years ago was thought to be impossible under any circumstances outside of natural developement.

In short: keep up the exersize, eat brown rice, not white, and keep these up permanently.

[Asker]

thanks. I actual want to become a dietican someday... hahah in college study about the subject currently but its like my culture to eat white rice and red meat... I will try to cook brown rice but I do enjoy oatmeal so that what I do. It kinda of sucks that no matter how long I been on this journey I see such little result.

[Asker]

And honestly its not a diet I just try not to overeat like I use to and alway never drink soda because soda and juice gives me a head ache.

[Jaden69]

Firstly, great job on the weight loss, it's a great start.

Secondly, one of the guys below said dieting never works, which is ridiculous. Your nutrition is about 60%, and 40% is your exercise.

Anyways, if you want to see better results in your body, you should start weight training at a gym. You can google workout routines for females, you'll find a lot.

[Asker]

I don't have a gym membership I don't know how I would weight train>>>

[Climber]

You lost weight, so it works. But a few remarks. You loose fat everywhere, not on dedicated places. Your chest, waist and hip size is also determined by your bone structure. If you have a bulky structure, then its normal they will not become very small. Jogging is good for loosing fat, but you need to do at low intensity to burn fat (check your fat burning heart rate for your age on the internet). Go to the gym and do weight exercises (or do at home). Muscle will tone up your body and helps burning extra fat. Don't give up. You already lost 20% of your initial weight. It takes time to do it in a healthy way.

[Anonymous]

Go on a low carb diet because your low carb diet will target your stomach more than other exercises which might not lose fat around your stomach until the very end.

[RationalLioness]

You can't expect yourself to drop weight dramatically. It takes time. Think on the bright side... at least you LOST 40 lbs. Keep trying and envision the end goal.

[Asker]

Its been almost year. I been workout for 11 month.

[RationalLioness]

Hmm. That DOES seem odd. I would think that you should limit yourself to eating only when hungry, eat within 30 minutes of waking (faster metabolism), and stop eating after 6-8 because your body is shutting down.

[Klaatu51]

hmmmmm wait... do u eat any candy?