Why havent I lost weight?

Question

For over a month i have been doing a self control thing with my diet, Im a vegetarian, i dont eat artificial sugars or have caffine. I havent lost any weight at all which is what i would have liked, why not? I dont even eat that much.

Answer 1

have you been eating extra of other stuff?

are you actually over weight, if you are at you normal weight, it will be hard to go below this without depriving your body of vital energy.

It is the total energy intake that matters. Calories etc..

Answer 2

I do not know your full situation but if you are skipping meals that will kill your progress. You should have 6 small but balanced meals per day.

Also, I have noticed that many vegetarian foods have a high oil content to make them taste more like meat. Contrary to popular low carb diets, the most fattening nutrients are fats because they have more than double the caloric density as carbs. I would recommend checking the labels of what you are eating.

If you drink, that is also a progress killer because alcohol has about 7 calories per gram (only fats are higher). Since the body has no use for alcohol, 100% of consumed alcohol becomes empty calories. In addition, alcohol disrupts the Krebs cycle and slows your metabolism.

I hope this helps. Here are some links with some info on fat loss.

Answer 3

We are what we eat, but we are even more what we don't do. Most people think they can loose weight without getting off the couch. You can but it is much more difficult because the body switches to starvation mode and we use up less and less calories/day the less calories we eat!

You need to take 30-40 minutes of vigorous exercise 4-5 days a week. This will kick start your weight loss in conjunction with a sensible diet.

Answer 4

It is not matter what you eat is meat or vegetable. The concern is whether it is acidic or alkaline. Fruits are mainly acidic. Let me explain.

Fats are nothing more than stored acid. If you continue to take acidic food, even with exercise you cannot get rid of fats. Therefore you must solve the weight problem at the source : eating acidic food. By taking alkaline food, you prevent the intake of acid to create more fats. Besides doing exercise, you must eat only alkaline food.
Read the book "pH miracle for weight loss". See photos of people losing weight at ease. If you want to loose weight super fast, there is an alkaline liquid diet. According the book, people are loosing 10 pounds or more within the first 8 days. Go to the website below to see which food (and even fruits) that are acidic.

Answer 5

It is true that the conservation of energy applies to peoples weight, so what goes in must come out etc.
If you have not been unknowingly eating just as much consider the following options:
1. Muscle is denser than fat, so if you are exercising you might be replacing one with the other and therefore remaining the same weight.
2. It is possible that previously you were not absorbing all of the calories that you were taking in. As you have reduced the calorie intake your guts may have stepped up the efficiency with which they digest what you put in them.
This second point is more logic than knowledge.

Answer 6

You need exercise and to follow a proper diet.
Vegetarianism can help you lose weight due to the lack of saturated fats in the diet, but you must make up the other areas you may be lacking such as in nuts and seeds to gain your necessary fats.
Fried food should be avoided.
On a veggie diet try to eat as close to raw as possible and supplement also with B vitamins and a multivitamin/mineral daily supplement.
There are other tricks to losing weight as a veggie, you could always try to contact the web site for more info.

Answer 7

I've been to a dozen dieticians and they all agree on one thing.You need to trick your body into thinking that you're eating more to shock your metanolism i.e. have 5 small meals a day of foods which are low fat but high in energy like fruit and vegetables but you also need protein and fibres.Eat just enough so as not to feel hungry(don't overdo it)And don't eat after 7pm.Drink at least 2 litres of water and it will do the trick.
Let me know how it went and good luck

Answer 8

sometimes u need to alternate wot u r eating, u might only eat a little each day but ur body will work harder if u r doing it right say eating three proper meals a day breakfast lunch and dinner will help u loose wait faster than eating a little bit here and there. Your body needs a good breakfast to get u ready for the day if you have no ENERGY INTAKE then your body has NO ENERGY to loose the weigth in the first place!!!

Also excersice will help you drop the pounds faster but as with food you need to alternate excersise if one day you do pilates then the next day MAKE SURE you do something different like yoga or areobics alternating your excersise routine will make your body work harder!

Answer 9

woah missy.
you are going totally the wrong way. I mean entirely the wrong way.
self control is good, and vegeterian is good, but the mistake is that you dont eat much. BIG PROBLEM.

you see when you dont eat much, your body signals your fat loss hormones to store more fat than burn them. this is an unfortunate advantage.. very unfortunate..

you need to eat atleast 6 meals a day of 350 to 400 calories with lean protein in every meal. and since you are a vegetarian i dunno any example of lean protein in veges, but i suggest you have a glass of protein shake in every meal. protein will help burn fat like crazy.

and you need exercises.
I promise you by doing this properly you can get excellent results.

And not slow boring exercises you do at the gym, you need less than 30 minutes. visit the site below to get a video of the workout and better details for your problem..

Answer 10

make sure you do lots of excersize to burn off the calories your body is taking in and also drink lots of water as this will help flush out all the bad things in your body and make you go to the toilet more which will make you lose weight. Also drinking water helps you feel fuller so you won't need to eat as much. Hope that helps and good luck losing the weight!