i really want to loose weight but it doesn't seem to come off at all.?

Question

I weigh 179lbs intake about 1500 calories per day in 6 small meals through the day. exercise for 30 min 5-6 times per week (would do more but with a 3 year old at home this i all i can get into my schedual.) i notice i am tired all the time exept fort the hour after my work out . i´ve been doing this for the past six weeks and only 1 inch off my waist
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I´M DOING WRONG

Answer 1

Sounds like you are motivated. Here are some aggressive but realistic ideas.


For all of the "quick and easy" weight loss diet pill suggestions, remember, if something sounds too good to be true... it probably is, particularly if you have to pay for it.


On Yahoo!Answers I find certain questions being asked repeatedly which is simply a reflection of new people participating. A couple of common questions amount to "How do I lose weight," or more specifically, "How do I lose abdominal fat?" I have gotten very positive responses from my answers when I paused to reply (and now beginning to get "It works!" emails that are very gratifying. I like helping people)... so have recently decided to put a good solid answer on my Yahoo!360 Blog (September 10) that I can point people to. These are my thoughts as a physician and athlete.

Don't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful.

There is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below.

The most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode.

Another overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.

To lose a pound of fat, you need to eliminate about 3500 calories. You can do this by burning more with exercise or by modifying your diet to reduce intake. If you do a Google search on say, "swimming calories" you will quickly find a website with tables of calories burned for a given exercise. You can use such lists to estimate how many calories you are burning up with your routine.

For diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet.

Fat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.

There is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you work them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs then too. Fail to do this and the abs will form, but bulging outward and the result is not attractive.

If you are trying to build muscle as a way to lose fat, then you may need to increase total calories and specifically your protein intake. I target about 0.8 g of protein per pound of body weight each day when actively building. That is far more protein than most people need in their diets.


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Answer 2

Honey.Just stick with it.1 inch in 6 weeks is fantastic!Just remain on your present course for a while,maybe a week or two.At that point just make changes to your diet and exercise programme.Eat less carbohydrates and more protein(protein has a much better thermic value than other foods).
Try exercising first thing in the morning on an empty stomach(lack of blood sugar will make the work outs far more effective).
If you're not nursing try having 1-2 cups of black coffee and an aspirin before your work out.This has been shown in studies to help mobilize fat to be used as fuel.If you're not doing any weight training and CAN fit it into your schedule do so.Training with weights then doing your cardio is far more effective for fat reduction than cardio alone.You'll deplete your glycogen(stored carbohydrates) and target more fat during your cardio session that way.Other than that you aren't doing a single thing wrong.Don't judge your weight by the scale.Keep using measurement or simply use the mirror.Scales can be fickle,and after all it's not weight that you're worried about.
So you're doing great(by the way the word is lose not loose).
No need to drink 8 8 ounce glasses as everyone will tell you.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
Just stay the course and add any of these thing that you can fit into your day.

Answer 3

What are you doing wrong? Being far too hard on yourself for a start!

Did you visit your doctor before embarking on your diet and fitness regime? It's really important that you do so before making any drastic changes. It would be an idea to get some blood work done to check that you don't have any deficiencies before you start, you might be low in iron, for example, which can make you feel tired. As can overloading the body with bad carbs, which give you an inititial burst of energy followed by a big energy slump. You should also rule out the possibility that you are diabetic.

You don't mention how much weight you have lost over the course of past six weeks - you should be aiming for 1-2lbs a week - anything more and you will be losing weight too quickly and be more likely to put it all back on again.

You say you have been consuming 1500 calories per day, but what exactly have you been eating? It's very easy to comsume 1500 calories worth of food but it needs to be the RIGHT food. Vary your diet, eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, complex carbs and make sure you are getting plenty of whole grains and fibre. Eat plenty of green, leafy veg, nuts and seeds, grains and pulses. It's not the calorie content that's most important, it's the quality of what you are consuming that is the key.

Drink LOTS of water, a good 2.5 litres per day and try and cut out any stimulants such as caffeine. Vary your exercise program, exercise one day and have the next day off - it gives your body time to recover. Try swimming, it's a great whole body workout and far less damaging to the body than high impact aerobic excercise.

Make sure you get plenty of sleep, people that don't get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight.

You're a busy mother of a young child, don't let your diet and fitness regime consume you - you have a little one to care for! Take them for walks and you'll be getting exercise whilst doing something with your child - combining the two takes the pressure off you trying to fit exercise into your schedule!

Good luck! xx

Answer 4

i assume it's 1500 well used calories by eating healthy. drink plenty of water. you're not doing anything wrong. you need to try lifting weights. i started doing weights and in the past couple of weeks i've lost nearly 8lbs. the site below is where i went and they did a free customized weight training plan for me that's been kicking my *** in a great way. also, if you don't think you can find the time, start using your 3 year old as weights. i've seen msn articles for moms where they play with their kids and use them as resistance. helps them tone and the kids have a blast. another thing you may want to consider is that you may have a thyroid problem. make an appt with your doctor, a simple blood test will tell.

Answer 5

patience dear, it won't happen overnight. losing weight is tough really tough, I would say congrats on shedding the one inch. Its not happening to me. But don't lose hope coz you may end up stopping your regime coz 'its not working'. Give youself a full year and then see where you will be.

hang in there!!

Answer 6

You've only been doing this for six weeks AND have taken an inch off your waist. Be patient and persevering. It takes time.

Answer 7

You need to see the doc.

That's what I did this morning for the same reason.

Answer 8

odds are you re eating too fast try holding a conversation while having a meal so you re not gulping down more than you need to feel full

Answer 9

Try yoga to lose weight

Answer 10

savory umami ingredients such as mushrooms low sodium soy asparagus and olives can help you feel full and add an earthy home y quality to your healthy dishes