How Long Will It Take To Start Losing Weight?

Question

I am a female, 23 years old, and need to lose 70 lbs. I have been on a diet for about two and a half weeks now. I walk 3.0 miles in one hour per day on a tred mill, do leg streches, about 100 crunches, and lift five pount weights every other day 50 times per arm. I also do some pilates. I drink about 6 bottles of water a day, and limit my meals to a cup os cereal and dinner, which conists of protein foods, low startch/no carbohydrates, and only one small serving. I feel that I am more muscular (i deffinately have more muscle in my arms and legs now), but the scale is still reading the same. When will I start to lose poundage/fat?

Answer 1

You are already. You are loosing fat and gaining muscle, which is a good thing. You should skip the scale so much and use a measuring tape.
I'm doing the diet thing, but not the exercise thing, and I've lowered my calorie intake for three days and I've lost one pound; so it's working, you're just building muscle (good) which will help you burn more calories too!!! You should eat more if you're only eating two meals a day! I don't think that's enough at all.
Kudos to you!!!

Answer 2

It takes burning 3500 calories to burn a pound. You're walking sounds like you will be burning approx 400 calories, and for stretching/ crunches maybe 200 at the most. Weights don't burn many calories, just about 250 per hour. Pilate's burns about 330 per hour.

I have a similar work out schedule to MAINTAIN my weight. I do kickboxing/ tae bo 1 hour every day and burn about 944 calories. I walk back and forth to college which burns about 300 daily. I alternate Pilate's and strength training 1 hour every night. Each burn less than 400 calories. Also, I create a 300 calorie deficit in my diet, so I only eat typically 1700 calories, and if I consume more, then I do more exercise to burn it off. This diet/ exercise sequence helps me to maintain my weight. Initially I was doing kickboxing for about 2 hours everyday and swimming for about an hour. I lost approx. 40lbs.

I would suggest that you do some intensive research using the calories and information on www.caloriesperhour.com. Calculate your calorie deficit and then plug that into the "How much time to lose X amount of weight" calculator. Play around with it and see what works for you. But it sounds like you need to create a larger calorie deficit.

Answer 3

always remember that muscle ways more than fat, like when you see a football player who looks small but weighs 200+. also walking 3 miles is nothing you are only burning 300? calories I run 5 miles in 41:00 and only burn 800. I would suggest if you have a ipod nano to get the Nike ipod kit all you need is the kit not the shoe just put the sensor in your laces and it gives you a detailed distance, calories burned, and tracks you progress were you can view on Nike’s website it's only $29.99. also it's good to shock your body by running/walking more because over time you’ll get used to the same distance over and over again. good luck.

Answer 4

it sounds good to me, healthy, but if your not loosing weight by then try to find a better suiting diet, good luck hun!

Answer 5

muscle weighs more than fat if ya knew