I'm new and looking for help.

Nataliieexo

Hi i'm new to the site and was wondering if anyone had any help with weight loss or could point out if im doing anything wrong, I joined the gym 2 weeks ago starting at 12 stone 5lbs, i am currently 11 stone 13lbs i lost 5pounds in my first week and only 1lb last week, i am aiming to be at the gym 4-5days a week and burning 300 calories one day and 250 the next and back to 300 i am using the cross trainer, bike and treadmill, i.m not sure why i cant burn 300 everyday my legs just dont seem to take me the extra 50. Is this enough or do i need to be pushing for more?

My diet is pretty poor as i find it difficult to diet as i dont really like much, im a very fussy eater.
I'm eating 3 times a day i really dont get hungry more than that, i drink 2-3 cups of tea a day with 2 sugars bad i know but i've went from 5-6. The rest of the day i usually have the odd mouthful of milk and water.

On a typical day i'm eating a ham and cucumber sandwhich for lunch.
Teatime varys between, 100g rice and chicken, smoked haddock and salad, chicken breast and salad, jacket potato and salad, occasionally pasta bolanaise, since i'm a very picky eater its hard to make other meals.
After the gym i usually have 30g special K.
I dont have breakfast but i do try to squeeze in at least a cracker.

Is there more i could be doing or anything wrong with what im eating and drinking?

Also the rice i am getting is asda long grain rice, 100g = 114 calories its white rice and still dont think this is right either that or my scales are broken because it comes to a bowl full.

vorgas

Best way to get help is to open your diary. Most of us don't know off hand the calorie values of the foods you mentioned, and not really interested in typing it all in ourselves trying to figure it out

Odds are though you aren't eating enough food.

Lets say you want to get to 9.2 stone (130 lbs). Your baseline intake would be (130 * 9) = 1170 calories.
That's what you would need if you were in a coma, which you aren't.
A sedentary person (office worker, etc) needs another 20% (1170 * 1.2) = 1400 calories.
Plus the calories you exercise (1400 + 250) = 1650 calories.

Please note: this is a fast calculation. There are ways of getting more precise information, but it's a good start.

beattie1

Hi i'm new to the site and was wondering if anyone had any help with weight loss or could point out if im doing anything wrong, I joined the gym 2 weeks ago starting at 12 stone 5lbs, i am currently 11 stone 13lbs i lost 5pounds in my first week and only 1lb last week, i am aiming to be at the gym 4-5days a week and burning 300 calories one day and 250 the next and back to 300 i am using the cross trainer, bike and treadmill, i.m not sure why i cant burn 300 everyday my legs just dont seem to take me the extra 50. Is this enough or do i need to be pushing for more?

My diet is pretty poor as i find it difficult to diet as i dont really like much, im a very fussy eater.
I'm eating 3 times a day i really dont get hungry more than that, i drink 2-3 cups of tea a day with 2 sugars bad i know but i've went from 5-6. The rest of the day i usually have the odd mouthful of milk and water.

On a typical day i'm eating a ham and cucumber sandwhich for lunch.
Teatime varys between, 100g rice and chicken, smoked haddock and salad, chicken breast and salad, jacket potato and salad, occasionally pasta bolanaise, since i'm a very picky eater its hard to make other meals.
After the gym i usually have 30g special K.
I dont have breakfast but i do try to squeeze in at least a cracker.

Is there more i could be doing or anything wrong with what im eating and drinking?

Also the rice i am getting is asda long grain rice, 100g = 114 calories its white rice and still dont think this is right either that or my scales are broken because it comes to a bowl full.

You have a problem with the rice, all right! You need to understand the difference between uncooked rice and pasta and cooked. Raw, uncooked white rice contains 345 calories/100 g, raw dried pasta has around 356 cals/100g. When you chuck your 100 grams of raw pasta or rice into boiling water and cook it, it absorbs water, so when you' ve drained it the pasta (or rice) now weighs about 350 grams, depending on exactly how long you cooked it & how well it's been drained. But you see what's happened?

100g dried carbohydrate becomes 350g cooked carbohydrate and the only thing that's been added is water.
As a rule of thumb, if you weigh out 100g cooked rice or pasta that gives you about 100 calories or if you prefer to weigh it uncooked and then boil it up, a serving should be about 30g raw weight.

Hope this helps!

Edited to add, 6lbs lost in 2 weeks is magnificent progress, you don't need to do better than this. In fact, your weight loss may slow down, but that doesn't matter, just keep on keeping on!