I'm A Girl With An Endomorphic Body, How Can I Lose Weight?

[EllieLexis513]

I'm having the worst time losing weight. I could lose 5 pounds in a couple of weeks but if I so much as look at a slice of pizza, it'll all be piled back on in one day. I go to the gym, but I feel like my body is intent on being 178lbs (I'm 5'3 by the way.). I changed my diet to low carb, high protein being mostly chicken and fish, but what else can I do? I'm really frustated. I did 45 minutes of cardio yesterday and weighted myself after and the scale said I put on 3 pounds. This isn't making any sense anymore.

[kaylaS91]

A high protein diet isn't the way to go if you wish to lose weight.
Unless you're working out insane amounts, excess protein that you consume will be stored as fat. Also, the more muscle you put on, the more your mass will increase seeing as how muscle weighs twice as much as fat. You'll get leaner with certain workouts, but gauging your progress by using a scale is not the best way to do so.

Also, one day of cardio is not nearly enough to lose weight. You need to work out regularly, at least 3-4/week, pairing that with a high-fiber, low-carb diet.

[EllieLexis513]

I never said I only did cardio once a week.. I said I did it yesterday. I do cardio 2-3 times a week and work out 6 times a week.

[kaylaS91]

yeah I know but in your question write-up, you only mentioned having done 45 minutes of cardio yesterday and that you found the fact that you hadn't shed any weight immediately after, to not make any sense.

[EllieLexis513]

It wasn't that I hadn't lost weight? It was that I put on weight that I found confusing and it's like 2 or 3 pounds. Just thought it was weird the amount input on in 45 minutes.

[kaylaS91]

ah okay, I see. That can occur after intense workouts due to increased retention of water, among many other things, that the body needs to hold on to for muscle repair. :)

[EllieLexis513]

OK, so it's normal then?

[kaylaS91]

yup.

[TripleAce]

Dont look at the scale unless you've done at least 2 weeks of 1 hour workouts, 5 days a week and have been eating under your daily calorie requirement

It takes 3500 calories burnt to lose a pound of body fat which generally takes anywhere from 1-2 weeks

[worldscolide]

Cut the carbs. This is how i lost 32 pounds in the last 6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

You need to start working out, jogging and eating less greasy food.

[John_Doesnt]

Contact the autobots for a Transformed body.

[Jooker]

you shoud porsuit a diet and workout, that's it!