am i eating enough to be losing weight?

Question

first off ive been trying to lose weight ive lost a bit over the course of 4 months now i seem to have hit a wall havent lost any for 2 weeks and havent really changed a thing.
well here goes for breakfast i have 2 peices of sultana bread a little low fat margarine.
mid morn i have 3 rice/corn cakes and a peice of fruit.
for lunch i have a sandwich multigrain a slice of low fat cheese a slice of lean deli ham with salad and low fat mayo.
afternoon snack rice/corn cakes and a peice of fruit.
dinner well that varies but i try to keep to portion control ie 100g-120g meat i usually have some form of carb like rice ect lots of vegies 2 cups this usually includes corn,broccoli,peas,carrots maybe calliflower.
well thats about it for the day i have the occasional bit of chocolate is that ok is this stop[ping me from losing weight.
i am a women 24yrs 75 kgs or 165 pounds need to lose 15 pounds more i am also breastfeeding my 5 month old baby they say this burns atleast 500 cals a day

all my meals are rougly 3 to 3.5 hours apart i drink up to 3 litres of water a day.
oh yeah and most importantly i do cardio for about 90 mins a day 6 days a week this involves jogging on the treadmill at 6.2 kmh on a 7 incline over three sessions a day total 90 mins all together.
i do minimal weight training about 40 mins a week if that thanks all sorry its so long.

Answer 1

If you are trying to lose weight there are literally hundreds of ideas out there. In my opinion, the best way, which has been proven time and time again, is a two part method: Eat right and exercise. First, exercise is a no-brainer. You have to burn more calories than you take in for exercise to be considered exercise. How you do it is worth another answer all to itself. So, that brings us to the Eating Right part. If you understand how your body works, you've got a head start on the world. Food is fuel for the body. Once you've accepted that concept as more important than the idea that food is entertainment, then the rest will be relatively easy. If you are American, and I assume you are, the Nutrition Facts label that you find on all foods bought in the U.S. are the next thing you need to understand. Go grab something from your kitchen (i.e. jar of peanut butter or a bag of chips...anything with a nutrition label). OK, yeah you need vitamins and minerals and all that. But focus on these three items: FAT, PROTEIN, and CARBOHYDRATES.
Let's take these one at a time:

FAT is basically divided into good fats and bad fats. The body needs good fats (mono- and poly-unsaturateds). You'll find these in stuff like olives and avocados where the bad fat is minimal if not nonexistent. The bad fats are your saturated and trans fats that you'll find in meats and oils. If you are trying to lose weight, keep these to an absolute minimum. My suggestion (based on a 1500-2000 calorie diet) is to limit yourself to no more than 15g of saturated fat per day. This is hard to do if you're used to eating fast food. It's also hard to do if you drink whole milk, eat cheese (even the 2% variety), and eat fried foods. All of these are high in bad fats. The good news is that you can substitute your diet to eat the very things you like to eat but with better ingredients. If you eat cheese, buy fat free. If you drink milk, buy skim. Slowly take yourself down from whole milk or 2% to 1% before going skim/fat free if the transition is too radical to do all at once. If you eat a lot of ground beef, use the extra lean variety (96% fat free/4% fat), or substitute lean ground turkey instead. Do whatever you have to do to get the bad fat grams down to less than 15 per day.

PROTEIN: The building block of nutrition (aside from your vitamins and minerals) is protein. You need it strengthen your muscles and it will be essential with your exercise routine. Without protein, you can't build muscle tone or lean body mass. And guess what? Just having lean body mass (muscles) allows your body to burn more calories even when you are sleeping. Therefore, you are able to lose weight (bad weight, that is) just by sleeping. But, you have to exercise!! Don't forget that. You can find foods that are high in protein but also high in saturated fat, so be careful. Stick to poultry (chicken, turkey), fish (tuna is a great source), and beans. Don't fry your meats because if you do, you just added a bunch of bad fat to your otherwise healthy protein filled meal. Instead, grill, broil, or bake. You can do this! Don't forget to exercise to exponentially reap the rewards of consuming protein.

CARBS. In my opinion, the no-carb diet is crap, because you need carbs for energy, especially because you are exercising! That's right, you can't forget you are supposed to be exercising. The trick is choosing the good carbs. You'll see on your nutrition label Total Carbohydrates and Sugars. Sugars should be kept to a minimum and should be avoided within hours of going to sleep. The calories associated with them get stored (for energy) but are not easily burned when it comes time to burn them. Therefore, it's harder to lose the weight associated with them. That's why it's not good to eat lots of candy, cookies, and ice cream that have a lot of sugar. The other kinds of carbs (complex carbohydrates) are essential. You can get these from grains and potatoes. Good stuff!!

Now that you have a brief understanding of these three nutrition components, time to get to it. Not as easy as it sounds? That's because, you're human. If you treat your body right (and I mean very right, by limiting your saturated and trans fats, limiting your sugar carbs, and eating plenty of protein), then you deserve a day when you can eat whatever you want. The body has cravings and you should be able to fulfill these cravings IF you can stand to wait until the end of the week. I call this one day of decadence your cheat day. After 12 weeks of exercising and eating right in this manner, you'll get to the point where you don't even crave the bad stuff anymore.

For more on this method, I encourage you to check out www.bodyforlife.com. The principals I wrote about are spelled out in greater detail there. Consult your doctor before drastically changing any diet or exercise routine. Good luck!

Answer 2

General rule of thumb 10 calories per pound is what your body needs to function. So if you lay in bed all day that is how many calories you will burn, add in all of your activities and you want to be -500 MAX. Remember if you are loosing more than 2 lbs a week that is TOO MUCH and unhealthy. On a separate note for your knee I would do some leg exercises, like body squats, lunges, wall sits to help strengthen it. This will build a little muscle but will help you loose weight as well by increasing your metabolism. Good Luck

Answer 3

I will try to keep it simple. Your metabolism is basically the rate at which your body burns calories to create energy. So the faster your metabolism, the faster you burn calories and the easier it is to lose unwanted weight. To boost your metabolism naturally you just need to eat the right foods.

You can sit down and literally eat a 1,000-calorie dinner and yet be absolutely starving just a few hours later and the reason is simple: Because your body didnt get what it needed in those 1,000 calories so it sends signals to your brain telling you to ingest more calories and thus, the late-night cravings. That means that the surest way to end those late-night cravings and keep your weight loss goals on track is to eat a more balanced, nutritious diet that actually gives your body what it needs.

It's VERY EASY to lose weight if you eat the right foods. Check out Dr. Charles Livingston's video here: http://www.sexyjese.com - it will blow your mind.

Answer 4

It sounds like you are not eating a lot! If you keep up this diet you will start loosing A LOT of weight very soon! The body is just readjusting. BUT BE AWARE...once you start eating more again or change your diet you will gain again! The best is to eat just normal (a balanced diet) and you will be the weight that your body was designed for being!
Good luck!

Answer 5

You're doing fine, weight loss experts say that after awhile you'll hit a plateau where you won't lose any weight for awhile :) just keep doing what you are doing and you'll start to lose more weight after a bit.

Answer 6

To loose weight you need to keep your calorie intake to 1,000 calories a day,You also need to do fat burning exercise 3 times a week,BUT you are Brest feeding so you must eat enough to keep your milk supply going so now is not the time to be an a calorie controlled diet,once your baby is off the Brest then you can try again

Answer 7

pick up a 5 or 10 pound weight at the gym and visualize that weight coming off holding the weight in your hands helps bring home just how heavy even 5 pounds of extra fat can be

Answer 8

Eat fewer calories than you burn to lose weight

Answer 9

Be a kid all over again! When eating out, order the child’s sandwich, pizza or hamburger. Then you can have the treats you're keen on, while reducing your portions and lowering your calorie intake.

Answer 10

Swap a bowl of pasta to get a bowl of vegetables. You can cut back to 200 calories by reducing the starch and adding produce.

Answer 11

don t sit ideally or sleep immediately after your dinner