Help. I am a 41 yr old male, 6,2" 219 lbs. I have been working for and thre!
Question:
Help. I am a 41 yr old male, 6,2" 219 lbs. I have been working for and three weeks now!?
And I have not lost any weight, I do cardio for 20 minute then I lift weight for 45 minutes 5 times a week. I know I have put some muscle on but I didn't understand why I am not losing any weight. I am eating VERY little carbs, and only 1500 to1800 calories per day. I should be losing weight like crazy, I think! I am get very frustrated.
Answers:
First off, NEVER measure your weight loss progress by weight.
Weight is not what you need to be going by, you need to be going off bodyfat %. This is a VERY common mistake for people trying to lose weight. Get a good skinfold test from a local YMCA or trainer at a gym.
I would not be suprised if your overtraining. You can't just say you lift weights 45 minutes 5 times a day. You need to break out what you acutally do for those 45 minutes. If your telling me your hitting every bodypart in those 45 minutes, you not doing it right.
Wow, your cutting out a lot of calories...what is your protien uptake like? You need a quality high protien, low fat intake to build up muscle and increase your metabolism.
Your also an older lifter. Your test level are not going to be at the levels of a 20 year old. You make want to consider natural herbal test boosters like Fenugreek.
The Fenugreek herb is native to southern Europe, the Mediterranean region and western Asia.
It has numerous health benefits, including increased libido, elevated testosterone and increased insulin release.