Can anyone tell me a tried and tested solution to lose stubborn weight?

Question

I've been doing 20 minutes of cardio in the mornings along with cutting back on my calories. I have notice I've toned up in some places, but I've also notice I've gained 5 pounds. Is there anything someone can recommend to really get the pounds to come off, especially if your no longer in your twenties.

Answer 1

I am 38 years old and it is so hard to lose weight. I wish I would have known this in my 20's. Try cutting out any white foods you are eating. For instance, bread, sugar, rice, etc. Give it two to three weeks and you may see a difference on the scale. Good luck and keep up the good work.

Answer 2

I'm going to tell it like it is, because when we're talking weight loss and health in general, it's the only way to be. I'd like to start off by saying the human body is an incredibly adaptive machine. When you go outside in the sun, your skin gets darker to protect yourself from the sun's harmful rays, right? It's adapting to its environment. The take home message I'm trying to deliver here is that please make sure that your routine doesn't become too routine - you need to keep your body guessing, and constantly change your program to consistently see results. Now when we're talking stubborn weight, those hard last few pounds to lose around the waist, lower stomach/love handles, then I'm recommending high intensity but short duration routines. This can be anything from incorporating weights into your routines (which from the sounds of it, you're not doing) or even stuff like jumping rope. These are highly effective exercises which get your metabolism going into overdrive in a way that simply most cardio does not. Your 5 pounds of additional weight might be muscle - or, it might be fluid retention. Women especially suffer from fluid retention more than guys, so don't worry too much about a 5 pound deviation here or there. One more word of advice: make sure you're getting enough calories in your diet. Don't starve yourself, you'll need all the energy you can get for your workouts. If your caloric intake is too low, you run the risk at putting your body into a state of shock, where it will actually slow the rate at which it burns calories because it's smart enough to realize that it has to do that in order to exist as it did before.

Answer 3

You gained five lb because you a creating muscle with your cardio. Try yoga it is generally free with a donation. And it helps your breathing and gets you limber. Right at the end of the workout you feel your body release all this energy, then do your cardio and it should help burn that extra energy. When you eat have small meals and have 2 or 3 snacks between meals through out the day. (Healthy stuff for the snacks) Don't over do it with water (5 to 8 glasses a day) and stay away from soda. Don't eat big meals when u are super hungry because your body will turn it all into fat.

Answer 4

unknown to many, muscle weighs more than fat! so if you are toning up then i wouldn't worry about the weight gain. a scale is your worst enemy!! good luck

Answer 5

do more cardio, run for a bit too.

also add some light weights into ur routine

Answer 6

lift weights.
it burns more calories all day and you look better
also, note that muscle weighs more than fat