I eat healthy and workout, but not losing weight?

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I work out at least half an hour a day if not more and eat healthy, always less than 1700 calories a day, but I'm not losing anything. What am I doing wrong and what can I do to lose weight faster?

ATPPC · Accepted Answer

1) Make sure you are weighing yourself properly. E. g. water weight, food you've ate, crap you've yet to expel, can seriously mess up your measurements.

2) Any training schedule you will hardly notice ANY results until at least 3 weeks because your body needs to adjust.

3) Have a proper workout plan. For weight loss your only effective option is cardio. Running burns more than 4 times the calories of strength training. Cycling actually comes very close to running in calories burned. 1km of running = 70ish calories

4) Know how to workout. Letting the momentum carry your legs on a cycling machine with resistance set to 0 is not the same as REAL cycling. Same as doing some sort of pathetic half-jog half-walk for 30 seconds.

5) Your BMR lowers when you starve yourself so you burn less calories than usual everyday

6) May want to check if your diet is actually healthy and that your calorie count is correct. I'll take your word for it though.

7) 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories so yes it is not easy.

ConsultantIsBack · Accepted Answer

Well it's a science that works 100% of the time, so you need to be honest with yourself with what's going on. But the top 3 mistakes are:
1. Overestimating physical activity, cardio, working out etc. And underestimating calorie intake.
2. Impatient, eating right and working out for a few weeks and expecting a year worth of results. It takes time to get sexy, just like it takes time to become fat.
3. Lack of self-education on nutrition. Most people don't know what glycemic index is or that "enriched" flour carbs are pure shit (pancakes, white pasta, pizza, breads, etc.) or that too much fruit or smoothies are shit too (fructose), I could go on and on. But you gotta read up!

Good luck!

CocoC321 · Accepted Answer

hmm... sometimes it's not so much the amount of calories as it is what combinations of food and at what point in the day. don't eat anything at least 2 hours before you go to sleep. make sure you're sleeping at a regular and healthy time. also, drink LOTS of water.

what kind of workout are you doing?

rsstanford · Accepted Answer

You could try joining a boxing class or Pilates something where the routine is constantly changing. Seems that your body might have gotten use to the same exercises. Make sure your not consuming a lot of sugar and sodium intake. You could always join a sports team as well and just eat healthy.

JSmuve · Answer

Based on your measurements I'd say you're fine and don't need to lose weight. But if you want to cut down on any fat you need to increase your cardio output. Try to get 2 hours of mid-high level cardio in daily. Walk everywhere you reasonably can. Drop you're caloric intake replacing any fats with vegetables and other polysaccharides. Remember though, less calories doesn't equal healthier diet.

broadshoulders · Answer

Losing weight by working out takes time.
And its all about diet. You want to lose, you need less carbs and good amount of protein. Less carbs means your body burns fat to provide energy.
You can try cardio to lose weight as its really effective. Try cycling, running, swimming. All of these are really effective to lose weight and tone body.

Sara413 · Answer

What weight are you at now and what I your goal weight? By "eat healthy" what do you mean? Give us some typical examples of what you eat on a daily basis. And what kind of exercise do you do / how much?

coachTanthony · Answer

I started drinking a gallon of water a day and that was my missing piece.

Josht11 · Answer

How long have you been doing this for because if it's months then I'm stumped maybe not doing right excercises and enough cardio if anything your not having enough calories so could be genetic maybe I'm no expert so maybe ask doctor or something.

missmeowmeow · Answer

I would suggest to workout out for an 1 or 1.5hr. Reduce your calories. I basically ate a plant base diet and didn't eat that much carbs. I lost around 18 pounds. I do not eat 1700 calories.. that is healthy. I guess you are really big, but way less than that.

Remonster · Answer

What are your weight/length stats post it in an update. The less you need to lose the more difficult /slower it gets.

Mesonfielde · Answer

Calories don't matter, what matters is what you ACTUALLY eat. In terms of Food and Drink. In terms of what it's consisted of.

Intraluminal · Answer

1700 calories is a pretty fair amount of calories depending on how big you are. Caloric intake is MUCH more important in weight loss than exercise. Something everyone likes to pretend isn't true.

Anonymous · Answer

You might not need to lose any and your body is saying " no no no ", You might not be eating enough ( which can slow down weight loss as your metabolism get's messed up ) or you aren't tracking your calories properly.

BlackSatanicDeath · Answer

Drop to 1000 calories a day, try 30 mins of cardio before your 30 min routine. Squats, situps, pushups, and drop the carbs.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Well how long have you been working out and eating right? because it takes months to lose a lot of weight not days or weeks.

MoonlitSonata · Answer

Losing weight slowly is better for your body. Half an hour isn't enough of work out to burn any fat. Also depends on what you are doing during the time.

Triestohelppeople · Answer

Where are you at now? What is your body fat % and total weight and height?  If you are already at a good weight, your body may simply not want to lose more.

BarbaraP · Answer

1700 calories? Age and height?

Walls_and_Doors · Answer

How long have you been at this rigorous program?

chintita · Answer

easy: eat less

Anonymous · Answer

you need to eat less then you burn

iFarted · Answer

Try weight lifting.

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