Whats the point of exercise if it doesn't change your shape?

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  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    What's the point of anything?

    Run more, get faster*

    Lift more, get stronger*

    Eat less, lose weight*

    (*In the context of a well designed/tailored programme/diet.)

    Don't try to do to many of them at the same time or you'll eff them all up.
  • bumblebee
    bumblebee Posts: 53 Member
    Ok, so I've just done a check of an example week of my calories consumed and I average 1500 calories consumed. I'm 5foot 8 and 138lbs. Adding 550 calories burnt on exercise per day I guess I am undereatimg and may be in starvation mode. I feel slimmer and my clothes fit better so it's just very disconcerting that the scales haven't really gone down much since I started running 6 months ago. I guess im just looking for some incentive to keep going.
  • litsy3
    litsy3 Posts: 783 Member
    Are you really logging accurately? It seems implausible that you would burn 550 (or 750 as in your OP) cals a day running, eat 1500 gross and not be (a) losing weight and (b) very very hungry.
  • bumblebee
    bumblebee Posts: 53 Member
    550 is an average of my calories burnt per day in exercise. I haven't altered my eating habits, I am very controlled. I was eating the same amount before I started running. Maybe I should get a different set of scales a d concentrate on monitoring my body fat composition instead of worrying about weight. Also, I guess at 5ft 8 and 138lbs I don't really have much weight to lose so that could account for why my loss is slow.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    550 is an average of my calories burnt per day in exercise. I haven't altered my eating habits, I am very controlled. I was eating the same amount before I started running. Maybe I should get a different set of scales a d concentrate on monitoring my body fat composition instead of worrying about weight. Also, I guess at 5ft 8 and 138lbs I don't really have much weight to lose so that could account for why my loss is slow.

    1) Pick a goal.

    2) Organise your training schedule to work towards that goal.

    3) Be awesome.

    TL;DR: training is for being awesome. Dietary control is for weight loss.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    bumblebee wrote: »
    Ok, so I've just done a check of an example week of my calories consumed and I average 1500 calories consumed. I'm 5foot 8 and 138lbs. Adding 550 calories burnt on exercise per day I guess I am undereatimg and may be in starvation mode. I feel slimmer and my clothes fit better so it's just very disconcerting that the scales haven't really gone down much since I started running 6 months ago. I guess im just looking for some incentive to keep going.

    ....

  • EllaIsNotEnchanted
    EllaIsNotEnchanted Posts: 226 Member
    jimmmer wrote: »
    What's the point of anything?

    Run more, get faster*

    Lift more, get stronger*

    Eat less, lose weight*

    (*In the context of a well designed/tailored programme/diet.)

    Don't try to do to many of them at the same time or you'll eff them all up.

    Pretty much.
    A good point is to prove what you can do. How you can handle different things.
    Beat a lift, speed, distance, any type of record.

    As well as OP mentioned... besides the health benefits...
    well, last time I checked health benefits was awesome and a huge point to do something.
  • Mistraal1981
    Mistraal1981 Posts: 453 Member
    There was a post here that I WISH I could find.It was either in fitness or success thread about a year or so ago. It basically changed the way I thought about weight loss.

    The person posted a picture of themselves when they had reached their goal weight by diet and cardio. Body was decent, you know the kind that would look amazing in clothes. They also posted a picture of themselves two years later after doing weightlifting. The person had gained weight, but was now a body that looked smaller, more compact, the kind of body that would look amazing out of clothes! She was an older lady too.

    After seeing that I realised what I needed to do to get the body I imagined having. If anyone can find the post I mean I think it would be perfect to link here.
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  • NotGnarly
    NotGnarly Posts: 137 Member
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Most women want the results that heavy lifting will provide, they just don't know it. So, instead, they run.

    You are so right! I finally a couple of days ago realized that I need to lift weights in order to get to my goals (lose fat, build muscle). Years of low calorie diets has made me accumulate a good amount of fat and my solution has always been more cardio, which didn't do anything.
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