What's wrong with me??

Question

I can't seem to lose any weight! It's been a week since I started a new diet (about 1000 calories per day; I need 1500), I've done my aerobics every day (45 minutes), but the only thing I have noticed is that I lost 3 cm around my waist. My weight, however, is still the same. Why is it? And more important, what should I do about it?

Answer 1

If you've lost 3 cm around the waist, that means everything is going normally...
You shouldn't measure your weight in pounds or things like that, because muscle actually weighs more than fat...
So it could be that you're gaining muscle as your losing fat (because of the aerobics you've been doing), and therefore, your weight isn't changing, but you are getting skinnier and losing the fat.
Don't measure your weight in pounds. It doesn't mean much. It depends on how you look.
Body builders are actually VERY heavy ^_^

And there's nothing you need to do about it... You ARE losing the fat, just keep doing what you've been doing...
And it's only been a week after all... you'll see a bigger difference later on, this is only the beginning.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Relax.

First, I think low caloric diet is not really good for you. If you want to keep your weight down, find a way of eating that you can stick to for the rest of your life.
Second, a week is a very short period of time to determine the efficacy of a diet. Try again in three months, or a year, or five years, it's then that the effects are real, and those are the goals you should be facing, not "next week".
Third, if you are doing aerobics, and you are losing waist circumference, that means you are getting muscles. They take up less space, but they weigh a lot more than fat. So you are not losing weight, but are getting fit, which is very good. Just don't prolong the low-calorie diet. That can ruin your health.

Answer 3

First of all.... there is nothing wrong with you. Also, you have only been on your diet for a week....

You need to take more time into. You dont want to looooooose so much in little time. Thta is not good for you. You want to loose your weight gradually.

The best diet I can give is eat healthily, drink healthily, and get some exercise into you.Remember, you wont wake up looking like a new girl... it takes time and dedication.

With the exercises, i am not refering to lifting those heavy weights, etc. I am talking about decent exercises you could do anywhere. For example.... check out

http://chinese-holistic-health-exercises.com/

Work your way from there with decent, healthy meals.

Good luck

Answer 4

There's nothing wrong with you! Don't say that about yourself. Come on, be more confident.

Look, you probably are making progress, you prolly just put on some muscle weight. Stick to your diet, try to eat natural foods instead of processes. No cheating either. When you do exercise, make sure you are really feeling the burn, try to avoid breaks until you are done.

Remember, no pain, no gain. You have to deal with some discomfort to drop that weight, but you will be rewarded.

Good luck to you.

Answer 5

EAT MORE FREQUENTLY
Make no mistake about it, one of the best dieting tips to lose weight more efficiently is to eat more frequently. While it's imperative to lower caloric intake, divide the remaining calories over more meals. For example, say you've lowered your caloric intake from 2400 calories to 1800 calories. Divide the 1800 calories into 6 meals consisting of 300 calories each. Smaller, more frequent meals help you control insulin spikes that are associated with fat storage. Controlling insulin also helps you control sugar cravings.

PROTEIN DIETING TIPS FOR RESULTS
Protein is thermic. The body expends more calories digesting protein than either fat or carbs (the body burns approximately 20% of the calories you take in as protein, compared to 8% for carbs and 3% for fat). Plus, protein helps you feel full longer. So replace some of the sugars in your diet with protein. Try to eat some protein with every meal. Protein (and fat) can actually lower the glycemic index of a carb, which in turn, can reduce insulin release in response to a carb meal.

FIBER IS FRUITFUL
When it comes to dieting, fiber is vital. Not only does fiber help reduce cholesterol and promote regularity, it can also block fat absorption and even delay carb digestion.



HIT THE WEIGHTS
Lean mass is metabolically "expensive." In other words, muscle requires more calories to sustain, which means that having more of it burns. Therefore, incorporate a weight training program into your regimen. Muscle is your body's metabolic engine.

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
One gram of carbohydrate binds with 4 grams of water in the body. Therefore, a diet higher in protein and lower in carbs helps your body hold less water. Drink at least a gallon of water per day and cut out coffee and soda.

WATCH CARBS & SUGAR
Carbs are vital. Excessive carbs, on the other hand, especially those with high glycemic index scores, can be bad. While steamed white rice may sound good, its glycemic index score is as high as sugar. Ice cream, on the other hand, has an extremely low GI score (thanks in part to its fat content).

Answer 6

when your body is so tired of losing weight all the time from a diet. It will stop burning fat, and start burning sugars instead. the best way to solve this problem is to shock your body. go have a pizza, and a large milkshake, and binge from your diet one day. You may gain a few pounds, but you will shock your body and the weight will start coming off again.

Answer 7

Keep doing what you are doing. Give yourself 3 months of this and say to yourself, "if I've not lost any weight in 3 mo, I will stop this weight loss program. I guarantee, that in 3 mo, you will notice a huge difference. Good luck.

Answer 8

Well you may be gaining muscle and thats why it hasnt shown a loss of weight but maybe a loss of fat
and continue dieting and excersising itll take more than a week

Answer 9

You're building muscle; it's twice the weight of fat. But that's cool, look at *all* of the world's super models, they all do a lot of working out. I love it, I'd haveaa fitgirl if she was chubby, or skinny, all I weant is fit. Like that's what floats my boat, what I admit in public may differ a little.

Answer 10

nothing is wrong stay with your diet -----you are building muscle right now so your weight will not change drastically at the moment as you build muscle it will start to burn fat & calories then you will notice weight start to come off-------- keep you diet at 1000 to1200 calories for now you go girl
good luck
fat old geezer