Confused and need advice!!!

lazergirl21

Hello all!

I'm afraid this is a fairly typical question, but I can't work out why my weight loss is so slow, and I would really appreciate some advice from you all. It's a bit of a long break down, so bare with me whilst I lay it out for you all!

Firstly my stats:

Age: 23
Height: 5' 3"

Start Weight: 17st 3lb (241lb)
Start Date: 11th March 2011

Current Weight: 13st 13lb (195lb)
Goal Weight: 9st (126lb)

I am currently loosing about 0.5lb every other week, and nothing on the other weeks, with minimal change in measurements too (I measure waist, hips, chest, thighs and arms).

I'd consider my diet to be pretty good as I eat lots of fruits and vegetables, wholegrains, lean meats and fish, skimmed milk and I drink between 3-4 litres of water a day. Additionally, I have been exercising and have gradually built up over the last few months, to between 60-90mins a day, with one or two days of rest a week depending on what I feel I need.

I have a good heart rate monitor, and during exercise I tend to burn off between 500-800 calories alternating a kettlebell or strength workout one day, and a cardio Jillian Michaels workout the next. I then try to eat most if not all back to reach a net amount of calories of 1200. A typical day consists of breakfast, lunch and dinner with three healthy snacks (such as unsalted nuts, dried fruit, yogurt, fruit etc) in between. Should I be eating less of my exercise calories, and concentrate on the food calories instead?

The only thing I have seen change in the last few months is my resting heart rate (reduced from 60 beats to 54), and I can feel myself getting stronger. Additionally, I have a pair of scales that also measures body fat percentage and that is dropping slightly, but I am not sure how accurate that is.

I am going travelling in March 2013, and I really want to be at my goal, or as close to it as possible, by that stage. According to my calculations I need to be losing a minimum of 1lb a week to get to that. I am not looking for a quick fix, and I think losing an average of 1lb a week is still healthy.

I consider everything I am doing to be right and I just feel frustrated that it is not paying off as quickly as I would hope.

So again sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give you as many facts as I could, to base your advice on! I'm sure many of you are, or have been, in the same boat as me, so if I could find out what has worked for you and increased that loss, I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks to everyone in advance!

EatClenTrenHard

Hello all!

I'm afraid this is a fairly typical question, but I can't work out why my weight loss is so slow, and I would really appreciate some advice from you all. It's a bit of a long break down, so bare with me whilst I lay it out for you all!

Firstly my stats:

Age: 23
Height: 5' 3"

Start Weight: 17st 3lb (241lb)
Start Date: 11th March 2011

Current Weight: 13st 13lb (195lb)
Goal Weight: 9st (126lb)

I am currently loosing about 0.5lb every other week, and nothing on the other weeks, with minimal change in measurements too (I measure waist, hips, chest, thighs and arms).

I'd consider my diet to be pretty good as I eat lots of fruits and vegetables, wholegrains, lean meats and fish, skimmed milk and I drink between 3-4 litres of water a day. Additionally, I have been exercising and have gradually built up over the last few months, to between 60-90mins a day, with one or two days of rest a week depending on what I feel I need.

I have a good heart rate monitor, and during exercise I tend to burn off between 500-800 calories alternating a kettlebell or strength workout one day, and a cardio Jillian Michaels workout the next. I then try to eat most if not all back to reach a net amount of calories of 1200. A typical day consists of breakfast, lunch and dinner with three healthy snacks (such as unsalted nuts, dried fruit, yogurt, fruit etc) in between. Should I be eating less of my exercise calories, and concentrate on the food calories instead?

The only thing I have seen change in the last few months is my resting heart rate (reduced from 60 beats to 54), and I can feel myself getting stronger. Additionally, I have a pair of scales that also measures body fat percentage and that is dropping slightly, but I am not sure how accurate that is.

I am going travelling in March 2013, and I really want to be at my goal, or as close to it as possible, by that stage. According to my calculations I need to be losing a minimum of 1lb a week to get to that. I am not looking for a quick fix, and I think losing an average of 1lb a week is still healthy.

I consider everything I am doing to be right and I just feel frustrated that it is not paying off as quickly as I would hope.

So again sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give you as many facts as I could, to base your advice on! I'm sure many of you are, or have been, in the same boat as me, so if I could find out what has worked for you and increased that loss, I'd be very grateful.

Many thanks to everyone in advance!

If you excercise 1hour 5mph running
Put it as 30minute 5mph
If you eat medium sized avocado, put it as large size. To avoid error.

Weightlifting will help you so much in losing weight.