How come I am not losing weight?

Question

I am 28 years old, 5 feet tall and 150 lbs. I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old and I want to lose 40 lbs. I am on a 1300 Calorie diet (religiously) and most days I eat less than that. I have been eating mostly fruits and vegetables, lean meats and very little carbs. I really am not very hungry anyway, I have never really eaten that much. I am also going to the gym and working out for 1 hour every other day. I would work out everyday, but it is hard to afford the gym childcare everyday. (it is $10 each time) I also am very active playing with them...I started taking Hydroxycut 2 weeks ago and I have read many testimonials that ppl have lost weight in the 1st few days of using it, but I have not lost a single pound! I am just grouchy now, with headaches and I can't sleep at night! I have been struggling for the past 3 months with this! I want to lose weight so bad! What else can I do?? I am sick of being fat!

Answer 1

I think you probably should lose some weight for your health. It sounds like you're eatting right. Don't forget to count beverages, soda, wine, beer, and others all have calories. I'm not sure how long you've been dieting/exercising, but it may take a few weeks for you to notice some weight drop. Also, muscle weighs considerable more than fat, but takes up a LOT less room, so you may be losing inches but not realizing it because you keep looking at the scale. Use how your clothes fit to determine how you're doing.

Don't give up! You are doing great! Even on the days you can't get to the gym, maybe try to take your kids to a park where you can run around with them, or go for a long walk with them in the stroller.

I would stop taking the hydroxycut. If people report they are losing weight in the first few days, they may not realize it, but they are only losing water weight. REAL weight (the fat part of it) takes longer to come off.

Hang in there! You will see results and feel better and healthier!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To begin... If you are grouchy and have headaches, you are probably over-stressing your body. If you are working out one hour every other day, you should be eating at least 1800-2200 calories a day. 1300 calories may put too much strain on your body.

What may be happening is that some of the fat areas are being converted to muscle which weighs slightly more than fat. I would get off the hydroxycut immediately especially with headaches and being stressed and lack of sleep.

What is most important in a diet is sticking to it for life. A diet is not just a way to temporary lose weight but a change of the way you eat. You can try switching up your exercises, jog one day and then lift light weights *with a lot of repititions* on the other days. I would also recommend eating five smaller meals a day instead of three.

One last thing (that people hate to hear) is that some fat deposits (post-pregnancy) are there to stay. Your body has adjusted by building up fatty areas that will be proportional to the rest of your body. So while you may lose weight and your stomach is nice and toned, you could still have some extra fat on your thighs and butt. Alot of this has to do with genetics.

Feel free to email me if you would life further help setting up a diet and workout schedule.

Answer 4

first of all - if diets pills worked ther would be no obese people.
second - you are undereating which slows down metabolism.
find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 5

You are putting your health at risk, based on what you've posted. Your diet sounds severely unbalanced -- in particular, I note that you're not eating any healthy fats or oils, which can lead to hair loss and some of the effects you mention. And supplements like hydroxy-whatever are NOT long-term solutions: any weight they "help" you shed comes right back after you stop taking them. Not liking the idea of paying for dangerous supplements for the rest of your life? I hope not!

I highly reccomend Weight Watchers: I've lost over 40 lbs and have kept it off for nearly a year now...without going hungry, without side-effects, without dangerous supplements. They teach you how to eat for the rest of your life -- which is the ONLY way to lose weight and KEEP it off.

I don't work for Weight Watchers and they don't pay me anything for singing their praises -- I just know they changed my life.

Answer 6

With your diet and activity you should be losing weight...and since you are not you may have an underactive thryroid which can be controlled with medication and thus also help you to lose weight. See your doctor.

Answer 7

Well, due to the fact that you don't have any appitite when yourr ill it makes you devour less, and what you do eat will certainly get thrown back up. And given that you throw up whilst you consume, it makes you now not need to devour in any respect. This implies the physique has nothing in it to turn into fat, it alternatively makes use of the fats you have already got to your physique to provide you with energy. Because your body is already utilising vigor to combat off your ailment, it has to provide you with additional vigour to keep you "powerful" sufficient to stand up and move about. So even though you are laying round doing nothing your body is making you drop some weight by turning your fat into power. Hope that helped. =]

Answer 8

Do you appear leaner or more toned? Muscle weighs more than fat and you might be turning your fat into mucsle.. it will weigh more. If not you should go to a doctor..it could be a thyroid problem or even diabetes. Honestly if you haven't lost any weight and don't think you are gaining muscle then go to a doctor soon.

Answer 9

people who eat breakfast have a better shot at losing and maintaining weight loss

Answer 10

drink lots of water