Question to the LADIES who have succeeded in weight loss!

Well, you're not going to see a lot of results in two weeks. Nobody does. Reassess in two months.

1.5 pounds a week is good, congratulations! If you're into health and possible weight lifting or competition, the magazine Oxygen is awesome. Actually it's great for non-competitive women too, and it's so positive. Good luck!

I'd give it at least 8 weeks and reassess. It sounds like you're doing everything right. With the lifting just make sure you're weights are heavy enough that you can't do more than 8-10 reps on an exercise. It will help you maintain muscle mass while you lose weight and after you get closer to your goal you can focus on switching to bulking to grow those muscles bigger

For me - "weight loss" has never been about the exercise, (the lifting, the toning, cardio, running, etc.) I do ALL of that - and firmly believe that what helped the LOSS was the calorie deficit! All of the exercise is great as well - but calorie deficit is for weight LOSS.

Perhaps you could try "weight lifting cardio" instead. Instead of doing "arm day" then "leg day". try doing a total body weight lifting routine, like barbell thrusters and burpees- google it if you're not familiar with these terms.

I noticed significant results in about a month after switching from the typical 3-4 days pure cardio and 2-3 days of alternating "arm day"/ "leg day".

An example workout that I do: 3 rounds, first set of 21 thrusters with a 65 pound barbell then 21 burpees, then 15 thrusters/15 burpees, then 9 thrusters and 9 burpees. Do it as fast as you can with NO resting whatsoever until you've finished.

Then once I'm done with that I'll jog a mile for a cool down.

Then I'll switch it up to something like this: 50 jump ropes, 50 sit ups, 40 jump ropes, 40 sit ups, etc. 50-40-30-20-10. Again, as fast as possible with no resting until you've finished your set.

Then I jog another mile for a cool down and I'm done for the day. Some days I'll stick around and work on lifting techniques like back squats or deadlifts, but not always.

Yes, people will look at you funny in the gym at first, but once they see how quickly you're getting results, they'll start looking for other reasons.

I use this 21-15-9 set for several different movements, you can really do any movement with this set. And you can do literally ANY body weight movement with 50-40-30-20-10. I wouldn't do it with heavy weights because that's asking for Rhabdo, but really, anything from push ups, pull ups, burpees, squats, lunges, sit ups, crunches, dips, legs raises, plank/side plank (hold for 50 secs, etc), jumping jacks, jump rope, high knees, star jumps, scoop push ups, spider push ups, Indian push ups (this is where you're in down dog position and do a push up without breaking form). The list goes on and on for body weight movements.

Hope this helps.

When i first started, it took me close to a year to lose 20lbs ( I had difficulty altering my habits). I saw the most effective weight loss by increasing my gym time and cutting out booze. In the last month before I reached my goal weight, I was fortunate enough to have the time and had built up the endurance, so I was running for 30-40 minutes and doing about an hour of weight machines 6 days a week. As far as cutting out the drinking, I used to be a heavy drinker, so even going out 2 nights a week would set me back significantly. Those changes in addition to a clean diet were key for me.

Once ou get that fit.. It much easier to maintain.. the work is getting there.. it is a life change most of us are not willing to do.. it takes more than months.. it takes a year or twoor more... depending on your fitness level now! (that me saying that.. but we both had families and I have a full time job.. so every extra hour was working on myself and my old school friend had her own bueaty shop; and was able to get away for a year to finish getting to her comp;etition weight and goals!) I unfortuantely had to go back to work everyday.. and honestly eventually just got out of trying as hard!