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    6months of gym and im not shredded :/

    Posts: 48
    edited January 7 in Fitness and Exercise
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    • Posts: 2,923 Member
      welcome to life.....anything worth having takes time
    • Posts: 1,562 Member
      It's a long and slow process. I wish it happened over night.
    • Posts: 66 Member
      I spent a full year going to the gym 2-3 times a week and the results weren't that great. I had slightly larger arms and chest, but since I wasn't eating that well that was just about all I had to show for it.
    • Posts: 1,238 Member
      Wait wait wait, so Jillian Michaels was lying?!?!! Dahfaq?!?! Well no one saw that coming
    • Posts: 644 Member
      well we cant see your journal, can you open it? We can help you then. How many cals are you eating? How frequently are you exercising? what exactly are you doing for exercise? Are you eating good foods or junk?
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    • Posts: 2,923 Member
      It's a long and slow process. I wish it happened over night.

      i thought I'd be jacked after like 3 months or so. (thank you fitness magazines)

      2 years later, I realize I'll spend the rest of my life chasing goals.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      6 whole months, eh? I'm pretty sure the OP is making a joke, but people really are being misled about how long results take. The fitness marketing packs the misinformation right in the titles. 30 day shred. P90x. 6 Week 6 Pack. Insanity (60 day program even tho the time is not in the title)
    • Posts: 1,298 Member
      6 months is barely scratching the surface. Anything worth having takes time and dedication and education and work ethic. And maybe some shakeolody and beachbody for good measure.
    • Posts: 354 Member
      The question is, what do you do at the gym? What are you lifting?
    • Posts: 2,820 Member
      NUtrition is probably 70% of the battle.
    • Posts: 406 Member
      Yeah, just going to the gym isn't going to do much. It's what you do WHEN you're there that matters....so the questions are this:
      How is your diet? You can't outexercise a bad diet.
      Are you lifting weights that are heavier than your grocery bags? You need to actually lift WEIGHT to get somewhere. Not just lift litle pink cute weights up and down 500 times.
    • Posts: 2,544 Member
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      i thought I'd be jacked after like 3 months or so. (thank you fitness magazines)

      2 years later, I realize I'll spend the rest of my life chasing goals.

      ^This. I think the best response to one of these type of questions I've seen in a while. Goals change, your definition of "jacked" changes, etc. And yes, fitness magazines suck.
    • Posts: 2,656 Member
      It would be nice if it was a easy 6 month process and everyone in the world were fit and beautiful....
      but then what would be the satisfaction in that.
    • Posts: 222 Member
      The fitness media/advertising is lying to us???
      Who would have guessed, and making a tidy profit as well.
      Stick with it, and it will come, not easy not fast, but nothing great is easy, it isn't supposed to be..

      Try enjoying your weightloss/gain/health/fitness journey, not just wondering when it will end, otherwise you might be missing all the important lessons that will change your life once you "get there"
    • Posts: 76 Member
      Patience. Patience. Patience. Did I mention Patience?
    • Posts: 46

      Are you lifting weights that are heavier than your grocery bags? You need to actually lift WEIGHT to get somewhere. Not just lift litle pink cute weights up and down 500 times.

      Sometimes people who are beginning can only life those cute pink weights. And I can't lift them 500 times at that.
    • Posts: 406 Member
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      Sometimes people who are beginning can only life those cute pink weights. And I can't lift them 500 times at that.
      Who carries in your groceries for you? Do you have a child? If so, who picks them up/picked them up for you? Who pours your milk for you? If you are doing these things yourself, you CAN pick up more than those "cute little pink weights". Woman are capable of lifting a LOT more than they give themselves credit for. Think about what you pick up in a day! Don' sell yourself so short! If you're not challenging your muscles you WON'T see progress! Bottom line!
    • Posts: 49,167 Member
      I'm in the shape I'm in not because of just 6 months of training, but basically 30 years worth of it. It won't take 30 years, but I promise you that even a year's worth of training is just the beginning.

      A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
      IDEA Fitness member
      Kickboxing Certified Instructor
      Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    • Posts: 483 Member
      It's all about the diet.
    • Posts: 3,614 Member
      Obtain adequate nutrition.and recovery
      Train hard and effectively
      Watch your stress levels
      Obtain results
    • Posts: 7,334 Member
      took me three years of busting my *kitten*.... the first year I barely saw any progress.
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      In addition to a good exercise routine, you need to get your diet in check in order to be shredded. You can't out-exercise a bad diet.
    • Posts: 2,923 Member
      You can't out-exercise a bad diet.

      I've tried my best this year to do just that. Hasn't worked too well for me, but I continue to try.

      I call it perserverance :D
    • Posts: 17,121 Member
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    • Posts: 1,837 Member
      I know for me sometimes I go through the motions without really pushing myself. As long as I'm pushing, I enjoy results.
      Keep a workout journal. Like a food journal, it keeps you honest.
    • Posts: 409 Member
      Takes way longer than that, Just keep giving it your all and you'll get there! :)
    • Posts: 2,545 Member
      i should really complain. It's been a full year for me.

      but i feel a lot stronger and so i continue onward!
    • Posts: 2,545 Member
      took me three years of busting my *kitten*.... the first year I barely saw any progress.

      I appreciate this post more than you can imagine.

      I know for myself, I need to clean up the eating and push harder in the gym. That's the only thing I can do better. And not quit. EVER.
    • Posts: 2,673 Member
      Its easy to get fairly cut in 6 months.. but from the get go you'll barely have muscle to show so it doesn't really look that impressive.
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