Eating less and excercising 7 days a week.. gaining weight?!?!
Question: I have been working with a trainer strength training 4 days a week and I do 45-60 min of cardio everyday(on treadmill)I am also eating only around 1200-1400 calories a day..I am 100 pounds overweight and have lost nothing!! Is this normal? Do I need to do more or less? I can't eat much less and keep up with the workouts?!?!
Answers: I have been working with a trainer strength training 4 days a week and I do 45-60 min of cardio everyday(on treadmill)I am also eating only around 1200-1400 calories a day..I am 100 pounds overweight and have lost nothing!! Is this normal? Do I need to do more or less? I can't eat much less and keep up with the workouts?!?!
If you have a quality trainer, they will ensure you are not working out too often. It is perfectly normal, when beginning an exercise program, to gain weight. The reason for this is that you are gaining muscle mass. Muscle weighs more than fat. Muscle also burns more calories at rest, to be sustained. Because of this, after the initial weight gain due to increased muscle, you should start seeing the pounds drop off. Keep up the good work and good luck!
You need to take at least one day off per week to let your body relax and recover. You could be doing more damage by not giving it the proper time to rebuild itself. Also, if you are strength training, you are likely to put on weight in new muscle, which may be replacing the fat you have been losing. How long have you been following this routine? Try resting a day or two, and give it at least a week+, then you should definitely be seeing results.
Keep up the good work, you will start to see results soon. Also remember muscle weighs more than fat! You should only weigh yourself once a week according to Oprah's trainer. Maybe you could take some measurements of yourself and than you will be happy when you start to see the inches melt off.
you're building muscle which is great! Muscle weighs more that fat!!! that's why your not losing. Stop looking at the scale and start looking in the mirror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This happened to me in 200. I was the strongest heavy woman u could meet. My Dr. advised me to stop excerciseing until I lost 30 percent of desired weight loss goal. Then start with cardio workouts only...no resistive excercise until 30 pounds to goal weight.
Remember muscle weighs more than fat.
this may sound odd, but sometimes when i stay up too late and don't get enough sleep, i don't lose weight even though i eat well and work out (weights & cardio) 6 days per week. i remember reading something not to long ago about the connection between sleep and weight loss- don't remember where, though.
also,you could get a body fat scale- it's more accurate than just looking at your weight to see what changes are taking place.
Eat more!
Aim for 7 cups or more of leafy green or cabbage family veggies per day. Eat raw or lightly sauteed. Your body will be nourished enough to allow the weight to melt off.
Eat a small amount(2-3 oz) of lean, healthy or non fat protein at each meal(3 main meals and 2 snacks)(examples:plain nonfat yogurt, walnuts, antibiotic free chicken, wild salmon)
And gauge by how you look and feel, not by what the scale says. Muscle weighs more but it takes up less space.