Why am I not losing weight?

[Anonymous]

I'm a normal weight, but I want to tone up and lose 10 pounds. I eat around 1200-2000 calories a day and I work out everyday for 1-2hrs a day. My workouts usually burn between 500-1200 calories a day. I've been doing this for 6 weeks and I've lost NO weight.

I've toned up a little bit and my physical strength is MUCH better than it was when I first started working out, but if I'm running 3-5 miles a day, spending 45 min. on an elliptical, AND biking...how can I not be losing weight?

[madmisskelly]

I would try to first up your water intake.

Then, I would narrow your calorie deficit and consume more like 1200-1500 calories per day, with a balance of carbs, fat and protein.

You could have just lost inches and not necessarily weight. That can happen more when you don't have lots of weight to lose.

I would change your routine. Cardio is great but add in some weight lifting and I think you will notice the difference.

day 1- shoulders, triceps, and chest, abs, cardio

day 2- legs, abs, cardio

day 3- back and bicep, cardio, abs

You can either add a 4th day of whatever you want, or start the cyle over. Or, you can do work at the track and run stairs and what not.

Adding in weights will help you burn calories later on, and overall, will help you lose bulk and you will become more toned.

[Asker]

I was eating 1200 calories religiously for almost 2 months straight and I didn't lose a pound. So 6 weeks ago I decided that exercising would really kickstart my weight loss. On most days I eat around 1200-1600 calories and the days I reach 2000 are typically an exception. What I don't get is how I wasn't losing even on a low calorie diet. I'm recovering from an eating disorder and I'm just wondering if my metabolism isn't jacked up.

[isdbafjdnmvjsn]

Maybe because you're gaining muscle? So technically you're not losing weight and the # on the scale doesn't go down because muscle weighs more than fat. But you are still burning the fat :)

[rahulrishi215]

it is very simple to lose weight its depend on you . First you wear one no. small cloth in upper part of body . And take meal five to six time in a day but amount of meal is very low . takes snacks in respect to breakfast . Always keep in mind you are lossing weight if wants to make muscles then your weight is never lose . You take dalia in dinner . And in morning you walk fast only 30 min and skeeping 30 min of 4 set and watch your cloth become loss or not dosnt weight daily

[Belgie]

A couple of likely possibilities.

If you can't track your calorie intake better than 1200-2000, (that's actually a whopping great gap) then you're probably not good at counting calories, and thus are eating more than you realise.

Second is that you may have lost some fat weight, but it's been replaced by muscle weight. Have your measurements gone down, even if your weight stays the same? Muscle is denser than fat.

[Asker]

I'm not saying I'm guessing that my calorie intake is between 1200-2000...I was saying that some days my calorie intake is 1200 and that others days I may have 1500, ect.

I always know how many calories I'm consuming...I was just saying the number varies from day to day.

[SophieaWoods11]

your eating too much,if you wanna lose weight fast go google the ABC diet or ana boot camp it's a fabalous plan to lose weight fast

[Asker]

I'm a recovering anorexic/bulimic...and I now have to attend therapy on a weekly basis. So thanks for that advice because that's obviously what I really needed to hear...

[SophieaWoods11]

sorry! well that's what all my friends recomended to me so and it worked when I needed to get back into my 0 jeans.

[Asker]

Well it's extremely unhealthy and dangerous as I'm sure you're already aware.

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

measure yourself because you could be gaining muscle.