I go to the gym everyday and I eat "better" than I did. The first couple of months I lost about 20lbs. each month and now it is going up again. Can you help me with a good healthy diet?
2007-03-07 02:02:45 · 14 answers · asked by Michelle 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
You should try switching up your exercise routine. Try doing different settings on the cardio machines that you use. Or it may help to take a week off of working out (if you haven't already).
I joined weight watchers and that is helping me so much. They teach you how to control portion sizes and the weekly support is awesome.
Good Luck and keep up the great work!
2007-03-07 02:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few comments... First, it's not your weight you should track, but your overall fitness. Weight is one measure, but strength and endurance are also measurements. You can actually gain weight while becoming healthier, as muscle weighs more than fat. Do you look better each month, or are you gaining inches in the wrong places?
Next, are your trips to the gym effective? Are you there for a long time (more than half an hour)? Do you work up a good sweat? Are you tired when you're done? If you said "no" to any of those questions, then you probably aren't working out hard enough.
You may want to consider purchasing a heart rate monitor. Find out what your target heart rate is for weight loss, then use the monitor to help you pick exercises that keep your heart rate within the target range for weight loss. If you are too low, you're wasting your time. If you're too high, you're improving cardio-vascular system (which is important, too), but not really burning fat the way you may want.
2007-03-07 10:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by jplrvflyer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you watch your calorie intake? Many people don't realize that this is extremely important. Watching what you eat is great, but I didn't start to lose those last few pesky pounds until I started to really look at how many calroies I was eating per day. Things I would snack on before like crackers seemed healthy, but when I looked at the calories, I almost had a heart attack.
The general rule of thumb is that if you're looking to lose a healthy 1-2 pounds per week (which is recommended) you should only be eating about 1500-2000 calories a day. If you google calorie calculator, you'll be able to find many Web sites that show you how many calories you should be eating depending on how much you excercise and what you want to lose in pounds.
If you are watching your calories already, sometimes you just a hit a slump in weight loss because your body is gaining more muscle. It make take a few more weeks for the weight loss to kick in again. It's always those last few pounds that are hardest to lose.
Just keep at it, watch your calories, and good luck!
2007-03-07 10:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by SChi25 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is completely normal for your body to plateau and even gain after a couple months of dieting. This is the point when you need to push through and stay confident and motivated. As soon as you see those pounds going back on it's very easy to get discouraged, but try to remember that this will pass. If you stay consistent with exercise and a healthy diet - you will continue to lose weight. Try mixing up your exercise routine and counting calories in a journal - this may help you track your weight loss to see what works best for you. Also, measure - sometimes just counting pounds can be deceiving. If you're working out you may be gaining muscle to replace the fat which may cause an increase in actual weight, but decrease in size. Best of luck to you!!!
2007-03-07 10:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-07 17:27:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep eating healthy. Thats the start. But you are 20 lbs. lighter now. Its like lifting weights. You are now moving with less weights on you. Meaning, you have to do more in the gym.
2007-03-07 10:11:19 · answer #6 · answered by wilthompson8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop cheating. Also at the Gym you have to increase your intensity. If you normally do 30 min on the treadmill at 5mph do 30 min at 5.3, and increase every week.
Stop Cheating. Cut out the fat in your diet. only eat natural fats and in moderations.
Losing weight is simple math. Burn more calories than you take in.
www.fitday.com is a free online food/calorie journal.
2007-03-07 10:08:23 · answer #7 · answered by Gyasi M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vary your workout which might help and some people just reach a plateu for weight loss.....you said you better then you did before not completely healthy so try eating even more better then before
2007-03-07 10:05:50 · answer #8 · answered by Love always, Kortnei 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i started eating a yogurt for breakfast and lunch then a small healthy meal for dinner and that seems to be working plus 1 glass of 2% milk and they say if you eat 1tsp. of cinnamon on something that, that helps loose weight. i don't know if the cinnamon thing works though.
2007-03-07 10:07:37 · answer #9 · answered by mmh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know its hard! I just lost 19. I count calories, up to 1000. You can try that. Cut meals in half if you can, will help too. Good luck.
2007-03-07 10:10:56 · answer #10 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋