I eat 1600 calories a day and work out 6 days a week, why aint i losing any weight???

Question

i count my calories and all ... maybe i need to see a nutritionist

Answer 1

it depends. your suppose to take around half your max carolie intake and if u wanna loose a pound a week u gotta at least loose 500 calories a day, thats by working out. dont go over 1000 tho because its not safe.

Answer 2

No it probably won't. I went through a phase once where I restricted myself to 400 calories a day and did way too much cardio but I did lose about 20 pounds. Then I hurt my knee and could no longer work out or play basketball so I slowly started to get bored and ate a normal diet again and GAINED about 40 pounds in about 4 months time. . Believe me it was not fun at all. Five years later I've realized the key to losing weight and being healthy is from eating a well balanced diet. I eat more now than I ever have in my life and I'm the smallest I've ever been.

Answer 3

You might have reached a plateau, which isn't exactly a bad thing. If your body loses weight too rapidly, then your skin doesn't have time to shrink, and you end up with sagging skin. Plateau's help prevent this problem.

If you are already thin, you might be exactly where you need to be, and therefore aren't losing any weight.

If you have a little extra baggage, and you've done this diet for a while but haven't lost any weight at all, you could have a medical problem. I've heard people with thyroid problems have a hard time losing weight.

A friend of mine has tried to lose weight unsuccessfully for about ten years. She has recently started going to a nutritionist, and the weight has started to fall off. The diet she is following is very, very strict. This might be a consideration for you.

I hope I've helped :)

Answer 4

What kind of working out are you doing? The key is variety. If you have been doing the same thing every day, that would probably be why you are not losing weight.

Make M-W-F weight training days and T-TH-SAT cardio days. Take a day off on Sunday. Also, make sure you are eating a variety of foods. Many people don't lose weight because they stick to one thing that worked for them in the beginning and are afraid to go out of that "safe" zone.

Answer 5

Although you are working out, you are still eating more calories than you need for the amount of energy you are using. Dieting is that simple: intake has to be less than outgo in order to lose weight. What kind of work out are you doing? Do you need to vary what you are doing: alternate the gym one day with power-type walking the next. And you might consider speaking with a nutritionist.
Your diet should include meat, vegetables, fruits, grains and milk in reasonable amounts. I find that my idea of a reasonable amount has much to do with whether I like the food or not. For example, my idea of reasonable amount of chocolate is at least a pound!!! But when thinking of asparagus, zero would be more than reasonable! If you tend ot be like me with your measuring, use measuring cups, spoons and scales to make sure you are honest with yourself and your program.
You might consider having your larger meals in the morning and mid day and the smallest meal in the evening particularly if you tend to be relatively inactive in the evening. Drink plenty of water; eliminate sodas, fast foods, high fat and high fructose foods.

Answer 6

You don't indicate how tall you are or whether your a man or woman. If you're a woman and under 5'5" then 1600 calories are too much and you need to cut back to 1200 calories to lose weight.

Answer 7

People will tell you that as long as you take in less calories than you exert, you will lose weight. To some point this is true, but it is also not true. Depending on what you eat, you could be slowing weight loss. Also, if you arent eating enough, you will slow weightloss

Answer 8

muscle weighs more than fat so when you replace it, it changes. You can also hit a plateau and when you do, it looks like you don't loose any weight for awhile and then eventually you see it drop on the scale. Just continue doing what you are doing and eat sensible. Don't continually check your scale either. Check your progress by the week instead of by the day.

Answer 9

Are you making healthy choice in the 1600 calories, no fast food, fatty fried foods, pasta, junk foods.
Eat smaller meals and snacks in between meals, eat breakfast daily. Drink 8 or more glasses of water daily.(64 ounces or more)

Answer 10

that could just be you. every body's different so don't freak or get surgery. i have a friend who could eat a horse and gain about 3 pounds because that's how she is now i can eat a fair bit and only gain a bit but i don't care I look at myself and its just normal. you are just you but if you really want to go see a nutritionist.