Losing weight is so hard.

[Anonymous]

Okay so I'm 5'3 and 155 pounds. I go to the gym every day and I stick to a meal plan.

Here's what I do at the gym: 20 min of running, 40 min of walking on an incline, 20 min of stairs, 100 crunches, and 20 min on this other runningish machine.

Here's what I eat: breakfast: a sandwich which consists of egg whites boiled, cabbage, tomato, onion, and 1 tablespoon of mayo.sometimes I use tuna, ham, or boiled chicken breast instead of egg whites. Or I have a bowl of kashi cereal with fat free or skim milk.

Lunch I usually just eat a banana or some sort of fruit.

Dinner I usually have one scoop of brown rice with either boiled egg white or boiled chicken

I also drink a half gallon of water a day and orange juice and milk occasionally.why am I still not Loosing much weight? Am I eating too much?

[s3tupMayne]

You might actually not be eating enough. The body goes into shock mode and starts holding onto as much weight as possible when that happens

A few things:

- You can only realistically lose between 2 pounds per week. At this rate, you gotta eat 1000 calories below your maintenance level per day (1 pound of fat = 3500 calories, so 2 pounds is 7000 calories, divide that up by 7 days). If you try to lose too much more, you risk stressing your body considerably. It is really difficult to lose weight at this rate and most people can only drop at about 1 pound per week

- One of the best ways to lose weight is to keep your insulin levels down. Insulin is responsible for producing IGH1 (insulin-like growth hormone) and consequently results in weight gain. Also, by taking in less sugar, the body starts metabolizing exclusively fat. Therefore, keeping your insulin levels down by cutting heavy carbs out of your diet will work two-fold to help you lose weight. Personally, I cut from 170 to 155 this way (that was months ago, I now weigh 170 because I've been lifting weights, it's all muscle though, I still got my six pack!)

- You should lift weights as well as do cardio. Lean body mass is what drives the metabolism. The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolism goes, and the faster you can lose weight. My personal basal metabolic rate is like 2000 calories, meaning I would burn that much while basically asleep all day, and I need to eat at least 3000 calories a day just to keep from losing weight. However, that's because I got a lot of muscle on my frame. If I were smaller, I'd burn a lot less calories per day

- Also, there are more effective exercises than cardio. HIIT (high-intensity interval training, basically sprints or other similar exercises) puts the body into ketogenesis, which is the state of fat burning, for the next 24 hours or so. Cardio doesn't do this at all, and you only burn fat for the actual amount of time which you are running. Aerobic weightlifting also burns huge amounts of calories and builds fat-burning muscle, you definitely want to do some of this

Sorry, I'm not an expert at losing weight, I'm mostly an expert at gaining weight (in the form of muscle), but I tried saying what I know!

[superuss]

You are doing a lot wrong. You need to take advantage of the net and do proper research so you don't hurt yourself. It sounds like you are starving yourself and that can cause more calories to turn to fat instead of being burned as energy.

1. plan out 6 small healthy meals every day

2. add a lot more veggies to your diet.

3. If you eat bread make sure it is 100% whole wheat never white bread.(maybe you already are)

4. add free weights to your workout (It is almost impossible for girls to become bulky)

5. Stop drinking juice. It is almost pure sugar and you need the fiber the actual fruit would give.

6. get plenty of sleep.

7. take a good multivitamin every day

8. alternate your workout to give your muscles a chance to heal (otherwise you could be doing more harm than good.) For example do upper body on day one, aerobics on day two, lower body on day three , then aerobics on day four, repeat.

9. You need to do more than just lose weight you need to learn to have a better self image. Look in the mirror and compliment yourself every day. (I know it sounds stupid, but trust me it works.)

Losing weight is not just a matter of starving your self, and torturing your body at the gym. Its about changing the way you live your life. A book that really helped me was called "Body for Life", but there are a lot of other books, as well as free sources on the net.

[Anonymous]

First off, congrats on your dedication to losing weight. That in itself should be applauded because it shows you've got the willpower to accomplish what you want in life. And that mindset will carry you through in life.

Anyway, I think you should combine your cardio. When you're doing two 20 min. sets of running, you're not maintaining your target heart rate for an extended period of time. When you break it up, you're starting from scratch. You should do at least 30 minutes of cardio in ONE sitting. Also, jump roping is a great way to get your heart rate up and cardio in.

Your diet needs work too. You're not eating nearly enough protein for your lunch. Eating fruit alone cannot sustain you and give your body the energy it needs to function AND work out religiously. Try eating a nice big salad full of vegetables like cucumbers, broccoli, hard boiled eggs and then boiled or grilled chicken with oil and vinegar dressing (really low calorie). And you need to be eating at least one snack in between meals too. I'm talking like a mozzarella cheesestick, apple, yogurt, Kashi bar, something... You can't starve yourself.

Basically, you need to eat more and up your cardio intensity.

[ncmiranda13]

you need to intake more protein in your diet. and you should do a mix of weight training and cardio workouts. for example runiing, ifting a squat bar with 20 lbs on it and do about 25 squats and then do other things. as for eating you nee to eat a lot more food durig the day a piece of fruit isn't going to do you any good.. you can make a tuna sandwich with two slices of wheat bread and an apple or banana and you have the drinking water under control. also a hint if your having a full glass of orange juice that isn't good the most someone can have being on a diet is 4 oz. and water it down it will make you full and it will still taste like orages... if that doesn't work try taking laxitives like neapolina or what ever you have. jjust make sure your doctor is okay with you talking this. because if your to young you can f*** up your insides.

[KarKingJack]

I eat about 3 fast foods a day, I drink about 5-6 sugary drinks a day and have to chug everything with sugar and salt. I can't exercise, I can't even walk for more than five minutes. And I'm actually UNDERWEIGHT. Hahahaha.

I think y'all doing it wrong.

[Asker]

Gee thanks

[KarKingJack]

LOOOOLLLL! Sorry =]

I have a serious illness though so y'know. It tides out, hahaha.

[Ezmotts]

I would say your eating too little, so your body is conserving the excess fat as a last resort of energy and it's using up your muscles and sugars first. Also, you don't need to run that much. An hour of walking is very good. In addition, it would be to your benefit to add weight training to your workout routine because muscle burns fat all the time and it'll help you burn the excess fat you have now and help you keep it off, but will also tone your body.

Hope this helps.

[peace-love-couture]

Maybe you need to stick to one form of cardio

Your diet is good,but working out may be the problem or you may have hit a plateau

[nickijordan2009]

it's not hard girl you need to work out every day ... just work your ass girl

[Anonymous]

I usually drink 1.5 gallons of water a day. Keep it up, it will pay off in time. I lost 80lbs in a year of dieting.

[Kattrain]

How much are you losing?

[Asker]

40 pounds

[Kattrain]

i mean like per month hah