I do cardio for 1/2 an hour 5 times a week and power walk for an hour, hour and a half 6 times a week, I don't eat lot of carbohydrates, but for some reason ~I don't loose any weight. I always though one burns calories in every workout therefore burning the calories from the food one eats, what am I doing wrong??
I exercise and watch my diet but I don't seem to loose any weight?
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PLB
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Well, that's not a lot of information to go on, but it probably means that your calories eaten versus calories burned are not creating a caloric deficit. It's probably a combination of not burning enough calories through exercise and eating more calories than you think you're eating. How active are you during the rest of the day? What do you eat on a typical day? Just cutting back on the carbohydrates doesn't equal expected weight loss, it comes down to overall calories eaten and burned throughout the day.
Well, that's not a lot of information to go on, but it probably means that your calories eaten versus calories burned are not creating a caloric deficit. It's probably a combination of not burning enough calories through exercise and eating more calories than you think you're eating. How active are you during the rest of the day? What do you eat on a typical day? Just cutting back on the carbohydrates doesn't equal expected weight loss, it comes down to overall calories eaten and burned throughout the day.
trickytrip
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Don't eat before bed, get enough protein, and be sure you are eating enough. Our bodies will hold on to fat so getting enough protein will help burn through the fat.
trickytrip
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Well, protein takes more energy to metabolize, and protein burns hotter (body temp) than fat. That being said, the hot protein continues to burn fat longer after working out. Protein also helps build muscle and there is no room for fat when muscle takes over.
I didn't address the calories in calories burned issue, figured if a person is trying to lose weight they already know that. But, you never know.
I didn't address the calories in calories burned issue, figured if a person is trying to lose weight they already know that. But, you never know.
PLB
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OK, I can see where you were going with that, but just remember that simply eating protein does not ensure that you will have more muscle mass. You have to strength train AND eat adequate protein for that. If you continue to strength train regularly, your body will need to utilize more calories to maintain the muscle mass than it would use to maintain fat tissue. Even if a person builds muscle mass, there is always room for fat, so a person always has to be conscious of their nutrition choices.