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Need Some Good Advice

AshleyMarrie
AshleyMarrie Posts: 9 Member
edited February 20 in Health and Weight Loss
:smile: My Name is Ashley Im 20 Years and im 5'1 and weight 215 old i've been trying to lose some weight for about 4months now, I Changed my diet eat fewer calories and limiting sweets and I used to be a heavy soda drinker but I stopped drinking it completely. ive been going to the gym about 3-4times a week for 30-60min I have yet to even lose a pound please help :flowerforyou:

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  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
    Hi Ashley!

    This is a really good place to start :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Hi Ashley. Unfortunately all those things you listed really don't have much of anything to do with weight loss.

    Weight loss occurs when you eat less calorically than your body requires to maintain its weight. It doesn't matter what you eat really so eliminating sweets or soda isn't really necessary (although of course it can help drop your calories) nor is going to the gym (although that can help with your fitness).

    All that matters is you eat under your maintenance level. To know if you are doing this you have to just know two things.

    1). How many calories are you eating in a day?
    2) How many calories do you need to maintain your current weight?

    Once you know those two numbers you will know what you need to do.
  • AshleyMarrie
    AshleyMarrie Posts: 9 Member
    Thank you I will definitely read this though :)
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    Hi Ashley,

    Check out this blog a friend of mine wrote.

    http://tdnation.com/why-cant-i-lose-weight/

    Allan
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