Monday, September 17, 2007

What are your best weight loss tips? I have been working out amp; eating right for 2 months, with no loss...? -

For 2 months straight, I have eating approx. 1200-1400 calories per day (i should be able to eat approx 2000 calories and stay the same), now I am trying to make sure to get plenty of veggies/fruits included in my calories...and I have been working out atleast 4 times a week approx 35 minutes, mostly cardio but now i am starting to do light weights too. I lost 7 pounds in my first 2 weeks, since then, my weight has been going up and down...why the fluctuation? Why am I not losing weight with all of my hard-work? Any recommendations?

Yep, eat more!Your body is telling you that you are not giving it enough calories. You should always eat at least 1200 calories a day. So you are giving your body the bare minimum and it wants more. Increase to 1600 calories a day for 2 weeks and see if that helps your results.Lean protein, whole grains, fruits vegetables. Lots of water.

you know that muscle weighs more than fat, right?if you lose fat but build muscle, you re going to GAIN weight, even though you re getting in better shape.

Did the weight loss stop when you started lifting weights? If so then you re probably gaining muscle. Invest in a myotape (or other measuring tape) to take your measurements and keep a journal. Take it in the morning when you wake up every 2 weeks. Don t listen to the yoga lover, increasing lean muscle mass will help with fat loss, toned muscles won t. Do 20 minutes of cardio before lifting and look at doing compound exercises. You won t get musclebound (which is most women s fears) and the increase muscle mass will give you a higher metabolism.I also hope that you have figured out your calorie maintenance amount and not just going off the standard 2000 calorie diet, because that s not right. ESPECIALLY if you re overweight. Take a look at the links below and good luck, moving into a healthy lifestyle and losing weight is a HUGE accomplishment, and if it were easy it d take the pleasure of achieving the goal away.

Have you lost inches on your waist? Muscle weighs more than fat.Try eating small meals every 3 hours. Keep up your cardio and do more weight training. Muscles help speed up your metabolism.Good luck!

There is a product called Herbal life, it will help you to lose some weight. Why don t you try it.....I m using it right now....i think its working.

try something like pilates/yoga. This will tone you up and pull or tighten your muscles in. The weight lifting is just putting more muscle ON TOP of what you already have, its probably not tightening or doing any type of core strenghtening. Try doing something new, or increasing the time/difficulty of your workouts. You might just have grown acustom to the workout your doing. Dont stress out.

Try going on the Medifast Diet program - i ve been on it and have lost a lot of weight - it is easy and it works

It takes time, Run if you can.

Keep up with your regimen, but make sure that you absolutely do not eat 4 hours prior to going to bed. It works, trust me.

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