losing weight?

Question

I have been excercising for the past 4 months or so and have been losing weight steadily..(although not as fast as I would like)...I walk for 30 min and run for 20 min, and I finish off with a little bit of yoga. I have also been eating a lot of fruites and vegies and hardly any sweets. I started off with 133 pounds and reached 122 pounds after first 2 months, but the problem is that for the next 2 months after that I haven't lost ANYTHING. My weight just stopped at around 122~120 and isn't going any lower no matter what I do. My goal is to reach 110 pounds...any advice?? what could I be doing wrong?

Answer 1

i found this artical called "50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People
How to get Started:Decide how much you want to loose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end.Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises you need to achieve your goal.
Slash 250 cal.s a day to lose about 25 lbs. in a year, Slash 500 cal.s to loose 50 pounds.
This is based on a 150-pound person: you may need to cut more/ fewer calories depending on ur weight, age & gender. It also assumes your normal calorie intake essentially stays the same and your weight is stable.
* I'm only going to give you the ones that are most helpful and burn calories. If you want more then email me*
1.Wake-up Workout - When your eyes open, sit up slwoly w/out using ur hands. W/ legs straight out, lean forward until u feel a gentle stretch in ur back & hamstrings. Hold. Then, Using ur abs, lower urself flat. Rest & repeat 2 more times. BURNS 10
2. Balance Booster - While u brush ur teeth, alternate standing on 1 leg as u switch mouth quadrants(every 30 seconds). BURNS 10
3.Be a Ballerina - As ur coffee drips, stand sideways, put 1 hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straigh out in front of u, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few sec.s and move it to the side: hold and extend it behind u. Do 5x on each leg. BURNS 10
4. Talk It UP - Every time u grab the phone, stand up & pace around. BURNS 50
5. Carry Some Weight - When ur grocery Shopping/ running erands, wear a backpack with 5-10 lbs bag of sugar inside to increase resistance & burn more calories. Add purchases to ur load as it becomes easier. BURNS 20 (FOR AN HOUR OF ERRANDS)
6.Pump at the Pump - While ur getting gas, With 1 hand on ur car, Stand on the balls of ur feet & slowly rise up & down for as long as it takes to fill ur tank. BURNS 10
7. Shop till the Pounds Drop - at the mall try on at least 10 outfits- pants and shirts.BURNS 60
8. Jog for Junk Mail - For every piece of junk mail u get each day, do 1 lap around ur house/ building, / up & down a flight of stairs. BURNS 35-140
9. Play Footsie - After Dinner, while u are sitting at the table, extend your right leg out & slowly bend it up & down, squeezing & holding in the up position for at least 5 sec.s. Repeat 5x for each leg. BURNS 10
10.Ease into Evening - sitting with feet uncrossed, grab ur wrists & raise ur hands above ur head to lengthen the spine. Take a deep breath in as u reach & hold the position, breathing slowly in & out for 20 sec.s, taking longer on the exhale. BURNS 5
11. Sing a Song - Spend sunday morning belting it out in the church choir. BURNS 70 PER SERVICE
12. Catch This! -
Spend 30 min tossing a ball or a frisbee with ur kid/dog BURNS 90
13. Make Whoopee - Instead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse. BURNS 300

Good Luck!!

Answer 2

Sometimes, when you're losing weight your body isn't used to it so your metabolism tends to slow down when it thinks it's "had enough". My suggestion is to keep with your diet but make sure that you ALWAYS eat breakfast and lots of ice water. Also, the type of exercise you do may not be enough for you now that you've started to drop some pounds. Kick up the intensity of your workout. Pick up a more fast paced work out video like Tae Bo or Yoga Booty Ballet (my fave) and alternate between something more intense one day, and something a little less intense the next day. If it's you're diet that you're concerned about, diet pills such as Zantrex 3 are good ways to kick up the metabolism as long as you're using them safely. Also, keep in mind that you can only lose 2 lbs of fat per week and that you may actually be gaining more weight due to toning your muscles. Muscle weighs more than fat. So instead of going by the scale, go by measurements (take a tape measurer and measure your waist, hips, thighs, etc. to see the difference).

Answer 3

My guess is that you may have plateaued in terms of what your body is burning and what your food intake is, calorie-wise. While the food you're eating may be good for you, you might have to actually consume lesser portions.

You may already be doing it, but in addition to excercise, it helps to keep a steady eating schedule of 6 small meals per day. For example, breakfast at 6:00, small healthy snack at 9:00, lunch at 12:00, PM snack at 3:00, then finally dinner at 6:00. Keep in mind portions while you stick to this schedule.

Additionally, running and cardio does burn calories only while you're doing it. You may also want to try weight training to add some muscle because weight training actually burns calories during, AND after your workout.

I also read somewhere that the best time to run is in the morning on an empty stomach. That way, your body goes straight to the fat in terms of finding fuel. Try that and see if that makes any difference. Best of luck to you.

Answer 4

Another possibility - you're focusing on weight and not fat. At this point in your training, between running and yoga, you are likely adding muscle and bone mass. Muscle and bone are much more dense than fat, and so you are likely getting thinner but weighing the same.

Of course there is more to be done - it's probably time for you to increase the length or frequency of your training sessions, focusing on more running, if you haven't already.

Good luck.

Answer 5

Hardly any sweets? Try none. Also, make sure you are drinking lots of water...and only water. No soda and if you drink fruit juice, mix it half and half with sparkling water.You need to increase your cardio as it sounds like your body has adjusted to your current routine. Also, don't necessarily judge your fitness by lost pounds. You may have just added muscle, which weighs more than fat;)
Try http://www.sparkpeople.com to set up a diet and exercise plan...it works very well and is free.

Answer 6

You're at a plateau. You probably need to add more protein - it sounds odd but increase your protein, cut the carbs just by 1 a day and add 10 additional minutes of running! It'll drop off! Then when it plateaus again, increase the activity a little more.

Answer 7

My idea is that maybe your body is now used to you doing the same exercise so much that maybe your body sees it as regular basis now, so maybe you're ready to move on to a more advanced class of exercises, for example, you could keep the time that you walk to warm up and then add 10 minutes to your running time every week, and move on to more advanced yoga moves!!! Good Luck!!!

Answer 8

This is how the body works, you do cardio it burns fat for the period you are doing cadio exercise, but if you do strength training your body burns fat fo 18 hours, that is one reason you hurt after strength training. On the other hand your diet and cardio exercise is really good, all you need to do is add strendth training to it. Use dumbells on every other days combined with cardio.

Answer 9

believe it or not im a chef and you need to stay the course of what your doing maybe include some seaweed into your diet and always eat three meals a day at the same time it works you have to eat steadly so your body feels comfortable enough to lose its fat and toxins.

Answer 10

you've plateaued, it happens to everyone. Just increase the intensity of your exercise or better yet change the type of exercise you are doing for a few weeks. Try swimming or biking instead of walking.