im a 22, female that does cardio everyday and i cant seem to lose weight. all i feel is bloated. help?

Answer 1

Are you doing cardio for at least 30 minutes? Are you giving yourself a good workout? If so, you might want to reduce your daily calorie intake.

Answer 2

People over-estimate the benefits of cardio when it comes to weight loss/fat reduction. It's certainly not enough by itself to make you lose significant weight. The most important thing to fix would be your diet. Slowly consume less calories per week. Eat small meals about every 3 hours. Minimize junk food; focus on fruits & vegetables, lean means, fat free dairy, and whole grains. Also, it's important to eat good fats that come from fish, olive oil, and nuts. The second thing to do is to add a weight lifting program. Keep it simple and use free weights. Here's what I'd suggest. Do the following for 4 sets of 6 reps with a weight that makes you struggle by your last sets: (1) barbell full squat (2) dumbbell flat bench chest press (3) romanian (aka stiff-legged) deadlifts (4) bent over dumbbell rows. You can find instructions on exrx.net. This lifting plan basically hits all of your body's major muscles. Finally, you might wanna tweak your cardio. Try sprints or some other kind of interval training. Whatever it is, just challenge yourself and don't be afraid to sweat. I see too many people at the gym just relaxing and reading on the cardio. Then they probably go home and reward themselves by drinking a can of Coke. *sigh*

Answer 3

Cut out all extra salt from your diet and be mindful of how much sodium you consume. Salt makes you retain water which could contribute to your bloated feeling. Also, how much cardio are you doing? You should be doing at least 30 minutes, 40 is better, and be sure to calculate your target heartrate and keep your pulse at or slightly above the target for the cardio to be useful.
Also, you don't need to to do it every day. Your body needs time off to recuperate and build muscle. 3days on, 1 day off is a good routine if you can get into it. Check out this website, too. It's full of great, truthful information about losing weight.
http://phifoundation.org/

Good Luck!

PS. Drink as much water as you can stand

Answer 4

DO NOT TAKE STACKER'S BAD BAD BAD. Muscle weighs more than fat. I don't know what size you are, but keep it up if it is not raising your heart rate too much. If you are large check inches not so much weight. It may take a while for either to happen. Do not get discouraged. You will lose inches first than you will lose weight. The most important thing is too not do too much that your heart can not handle it. Back to the stacker's they raise your heart rate. I personally have taken them. They will curve your appetite. Take only one after a meal or they could make you sick. The side effects even after a meal for me are jittery, effect vision, and after I come down I feel horrible. They do effect everyone I know the same. Same thing with Yellow Jackets or Yellow Swarms. If you have ever done ephedrine it is almost the same effect. Get ready for a crash. The bloated feeling maybe too much WATER maybe a water pill may work. Makes you urinate alot but might work. Most importantly talk to a doctor or nutritionist they will help you not hurt yourself for free.

Answer 5

You need to pay close attention to what you eat.

e.g. cut out the caffeine, white flour, sugar, soda and any junk food ( these may as well be called bloat foods). Also, do a cleanse, colonic, use pills or betonine and psyllium. This will cut your cravings for the bad foods and help your intestinal tract efficiently absorb nutrients and dispose of bloat causing wastes.

Lean meat and a veggie will do the trick. Mucho water.

Sadly we can't just eat anything even if we exercise like fiends cause then we come to a stalemate or plateau in weight.

Answer 6

just like the other persons who said to put weights into your routine will help, your diet to is something to consider, if youre doing cardio for 30 minutes and going home and eating a pint of ice cream, you just blew your whole workout! Changing your routine should also help, after 12 times of doing any excercise, cardio etc, your body will adjust to it and your workout wont do anything, thats why the weights help, just remember do them BEFORE your cardio. If thats not possible, why not buy ankle and wrist weights while doing cardio to change it up, or maybe use resistance bands? hope this helps, good luck

Answer 7

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*1) Burn more calories then you're consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity. Get a fitness calculator that you can put on your cell phone and computer. This will allow you to easily calculate this formula, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.

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*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities.

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Answer 8

cardio will only be effective for so long, then your body gets used to it and stops developing. What you need to do is incorporate weight training along with your cardio to make sure your continually using different muscles and growing more muscle so that you can burn off more fat when you do your cardio. Never get stuck in a routine because like I said your body will stop developing if you do.

Answer 9

Eat less calories. Talk to a dietitian to see how many calories you body should take. Also, try lifting weights along with your cardio, it is the best way to burn calories. And last, but not least, make sure you stay active all day and not sit all day. Staying moving burns more calories than you think.

Answer 10

The key to weight loss is burning more calories than you're taking in. You need to start looking at your caloric intake to determine why you're not losing weight.

Remember: anything worth having is worth working for. Don't look for an easy out (i.e. diet pills, surgery, etc.). Work hard for what you're trying to gain (or lose, in this case ;) and you'll feel better about it in the end. Your results are also more likely to be long-term than not if you actually work for it.