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Am I doing enough?

XOXOSeraphim
XOXOSeraphim Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been working out for exactly a month on Thursday. I do 3-4 days a week strength training and cardio. Usually 10 min warmup on treadmill 45 minutes of weights, ab excersises, and 30 minutes on the elliptical. I've noticed a huge change in my muscle tone, a little change in my body shape, and no change on the scale. In fact, I've gained about 2 pounds, but i'm hoping that's just related to my muscles? I know everyones body types are different and I'm used to being very sedentary so I know my body is trYing to catch up. I was just hoping I'd see more of a change on the scale or in my jeans by now. I just want to know I'm doing enough and It'LL eventually pay off. I'm not in a rush to make big changes, I just want to know that in a month from now i'LL start seeing some movement on the scale or maybe my jeans will feel a little bigger :). Any advice or criticisms would be great.

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  • dterpsy
    dterpsy Posts: 27 Member
    I can tell you that when I was losing weight, my coaches told me you need to train for a minimum of 5 hours per week if you want to lose. I'm sure other people will say that's not necessary. It's what I aimed for and it worked.

    Also, you haven't mentioned your eating habits. The other thing my coaches were big on was, "You can't out-train a bad diet." Are you tracking what you eat? I'm sure someone will chime in very soon to remind you that weight loss is a matter of calories in being less than calories out.

    I hope that helps a little.
  • jenncornelsen
    jenncornelsen Posts: 969 Member
    weight loss is like 75% diet. u dont mention that at all. ur workouts are fine. any working out is great. i walk/jog twice a week and strength train twice a week. each workout is 20-30 min. ive lost 60lb. what is your calorie goal? are u eating back exercise calories? how much do u have to lose? if u are already close to goal it can be slow... but after a month u probably should have seen something
  • XOXOSeraphim
    XOXOSeraphim Posts: 2
    I didn't mention my diet because before I started working out I changed my eating habits and actually saw results. When I added the working out in I stopped seeing changes. I thought it could be from not eating enough, but I eat 5 times a day. I eat around 1400 on the days I don't workout and closer to 1900 on the days I do. Lots of grilled chicken, veggies, yogurt, no fruits after 2 pm no red meat after 5. I just try to eat when I'm hungry and drink water or tea the rest of the time. The fact that I haven't seen any results besides muscle gain makes me concerned.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    One month and you've gained 2lbs? You're probably eating right around maintenance and recomping. Especially if you gained the 2lbs early on.
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