Why aren't I losing weight? Harsh truth needed.

Since EmilyMarie hasnt posted anything on this forum since Feb 2007 it isnt really likely that she still visits.
 
Interesting discussion . . . even if 1 pound of muscle weighs the same as 1 pound of fat (meaning the scale reads the same), the 1 pound of muscle that replacs the 1 pound of fat after working out for awhile, would make you look smaller/better. Wouldn't it? i.e. you weigh the same, but have turned a lot of your fat into muscle!
 
the routine is awesome actually.

You can try this out: whatever you do, do it earlier in the day and at a really high speed.

And combine it with a ketogenic diet for a month, revert to me with results.

And yes, add an HIIT (google it) session after the workout.
 
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Hi, Jaquelen here. I used to be health care student so I know much about this. Well, training hard isn't always the key to loss weight. There's people out there who trains really hard but not getting results.

Imagine a triangle. On one side it's written eat, on the other exercise and the third side sleep. What I mean is it's really important to eat regularly. Don't skip the meet, it's good if you want to be in shape, cause of the proteins. Don't miss one dish and eat an apple or something between the dishes if you can. If you haven't tried then try to run, that's really good exercise. And the sleeping part is really, really important. I know that you've heard it before, but that's the truth. In your sleep your body reduces fat. Well if you want to know more and if you want some advice mail me.
 
One can loose 15 lb in a month but that is the unhealthy way. Thebest way is to loose 1lbto 2lb per week doing so will help you not gain the weight back and also if you want to loose weight a mixture of cardio and weight traning can do the trick and remember to also give your body a rest
 
hector1207 said:
One can loose 15 lb in a month but that is the unhealthy way. Thebest way is to loose 1lbto 2lb per week doing so will help you not gain the weight back and also if you want to loose weight a mixture of cardio and weight traning can do the trick and remember to also give your body a rest
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It is not always unhealthy to lose 15 pounds in a month. It really depends on how big you are. This is better thought of as 1% per week.

There are plenty of people on the forum who weigh over 300 pounds and it would be perfectly healthy for them to lose 15 pounds over the course of the average month.

The notion of 1 to 2 pounds per week only came about because quite a lot of people weigh between 100 and 200 pounds.
 
Oh and another thing one does not turn fat in to muscle. The muscle is hidden under the fat untill it is burned off compleatly then you can see the muscle. To get the muscle more riped or bigger one must of course rip the muscle tissue by doing weights push ups nd tuff like that then you need to rest your body. While your body is resting your riped muscle will repair its self with a new set of muscles that's why one feels sore after a work out exuse my typing and speeling I'm on my phone
 
Omega said:
It is not always unhealthy to lose 15 pounds in a month. It really depends on how big you are. This is better thought of as 1% per week.

There are plenty of people on the forum who weigh over 300 pounds and it would be perfectly healthy for them to lose 15 pounds over the course of the average month.

The notion of 1 to 2 pounds per week only came about because quite a lot of people weigh between 100 and 200 pounds.
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Well omega I respect your opinion a person that is 300 pounds can loose the 15lbs in one month the healthy way but only with a doctor supervision the doctor will put him or her in the proper diet the proper excerise routine ect. I advise everyone before doing anything toconsult with your doctor because sometimes it may be more then just being obese it can do with your thyrode or other problems.
 
snowJT said:
this is a dumb argument.. I mean, obviously a pound fat is a pound of muscle.. but when everyone says that muscle weighs more than fat, it's implied that the the same volume of fat weighs less than the equivalent volume of muscle.

Any genius would of course know that 1 lb = 1 lb. But if you were to look at it they way you guys are, everything weighs just as much as anything else!

This is dumb, I'm don't care to read what the responses to this are.
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i concur 100%
 
hector1207 said:
Well omega I respect your opinion a person that is 300 pounds can loose the 15lbs in one month the healthy way but only with a doctor supervision the doctor will put him or her in the proper diet the proper excerise routine ect. I advise everyone before doing anything toconsult with your doctor because sometimes it may be more then just being obese it can do with your thyrode or other problems.
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Most GPs have no idea of what constitutes a healthy calorie level for a seriously morbidly obese person.

You would not believe the amount of people still being told by their doctors that 1000 to 1200 calories were an appropriate level for weight loss.

A GP only told me this morning that he had never met anyone who had lost as much weight as myself - and he has been a registered doctor since 1986. We have to remember that the G in GP stands for "general" and they do not have specific expertise and should not be expected to have this in any subject.

Most such people would be far better off if they researched the subject for themselves.
 
I totally agree with Omega on the doctor thing.
Yes, some people should check things over with their doctor.
But generally, you learn so much more just looking things up yourself! Maybe that's just me, but I haven't had the best experiences with GP's who simply give me a prescription before even fully listening to my symptoms and who shoo me away before I can ask questions.
Also, for TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) they require you get a goal weight from your doctor. It must be written on a piece of paper and signed.
The doctors just use the BMI to figure this out!!! I've looked at the BMI and I know what range I can be within, it's not that hard to use. I also know that with such a huge range I will stop at a weight I am happy with and healthy at.
Does anyone else find it odd that we use the BMI to determine weight?
I guess it's fine when used as a guideline.

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BMI isn't always the best tool.. maybe if you're just starting out and are over weight.. but in the end you should use body fat % to determine your goal weight.
 
My BMI is odd because of all the loose skin that I carry. That all adds to the weight part of the equation but will never get lost through natural means. The only way that will go down at this stage is by surgery. I am actually slimmer than my BMI would imply.

My keep fit teacher told me that her BMI puts her in the "overweight" category - and I can tell you that she certainly does not carry any extra fat on her...

In all honesty - eating a proper balanced diet which hits all nutritional targets, recording this fact using a tool like fitday and doing an appropriate level of exercise for your size would be good advice for anyone. If you have problems losing weight using this method - then most people would be scurrying to their GP in order to investigate the possibility of a medical issue being involved. The above methods having been tried would only aid in any investigation.

A lot of people that do have medical issues coming into play are not given appropriate dietary advice by their GP. They often discover it by their own research.

I am a PCOS lady and was never told to watch my starchy carbs (compared to a normal person) by my GP. I discovered it in my own research. Only last week I was in contact with a PCOS lady on another forum who was amazed when I passed on the information. She had been having no success - but she had been on a calorie counted sandwich diet where she was eating sandwiches all of the time...
 
Perhaps you are lack of cardiovascular exercise, it is vital to lose your body weight. What have you done now should be AFTER you are success in your weight loss program.

I assume that your body type is endomorph type (not easy to lose fat), therefore you have to plan well for your diet plan and your exercise plan. Do not always too concern about calories actually, it may reduce your confident in your weight loss plan.

Good luck!
 
snowJT said:
Are you sure? Everyone here says that muscle weighs more.

sources:
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A pound of muscle is a pound... same as a pound of fat, the difference is a pound of muscle takes up like 4x less space then a pound of fat, so while both do weigh the same the muscle takes up a lot less room.
 
Hi!. I am new in this forum. I would like to ask if anyone have the experience of going to the gym regularly and gain more weight than before he didn't go. This is the case for the last 5 months and i feel a lot of disappointment. As for the diet now i usually eat something until the noon although before i didn't regularly eat in the morning. I don't usually eat after 10.00 in the evening. But i think that the last 5 months i had a lot more stress than before for some things and this impacts a lot to weight gain. I don't think that my daily calorie intake is more than 1400 pounds although the last five months i gained 13 pounds.
 
You need to get an eating schedule in check. Breakfast starts the metabolism. It's THE most important meal of the day. Also, stress does affect weight loss. I forgot how the chemicals all deter from fat loss, but yes. Try taking yoga or tai chi classes for a bit =D.

While you don't "think" you eat more than 1400 calories a day, I think the best bet is to get a scale and make sure you don't eat more than x calories a day. It will definitely help in the long run.

As for gaining weight from the gym. During my first year of college, I gained about 25 pounds of lean muscle and 5 pounds of fat from the gym. X.X............
 
make a plan that you are willing to work on. include in your plan the foods you have to eat which is less in fats and carbo and include exercise in your daily schedule.
 
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