About to give up...and i hate giving up.
nopmobiel
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Two years ago i lost about 10 kgs in six months. I started running and biking at moderate speeds. I didn't adjust my eating habits. Just by sporting with my heart rate sensor and sports watch, i ran and cycled about 600 kcals every day, with one day rest.
Last summer i quit running and i gained 7kgs. Last september i started running again, even more intense. I run and cycle about 600 kcal/day. My life style is sedentary (office job) and my goal is to lose 0.8kgs. But i didn't lose a gram... Weight and belly are the same. Only the muscles in my legs are a bit bigger. Does anyone have a clue? Thanks so much.
Last summer i quit running and i gained 7kgs. Last september i started running again, even more intense. I run and cycle about 600 kcal/day. My life style is sedentary (office job) and my goal is to lose 0.8kgs. But i didn't lose a gram... Weight and belly are the same. Only the muscles in my legs are a bit bigger. Does anyone have a clue? Thanks so much.
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What we eat tends to have much more importance than our physical activity in determining our weight. Have you considered trying logging your calories?0
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Don't give up! You've done really well, you have probably just hit a plateau. Have you measured yourself you've probably lost cms. Sometimes the scales don't show progress but a combination of measuring and the scales you may find that helps keep you motivated. I've found that logging my food every day helps keep me on track, and now we have the mobile app I never miss a meal. I hope this helps.0
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Exercise by itself rarely leads to sustained weight loss, because it also makes you hungry, and unless you count calories, you're likely to eat more than if you were sedentary. The way to lose weight is to ensure that you burn more calories than you ingest, and the easiest way to do that is to count them.0
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Exercise by itself rarely leads to sustained weight loss, because it also makes you hungry, and unless you count calories, you're likely to eat more than if you were sedentary. The way to lose weight is to ensure that you burn more calories than you ingest, and the easiest way to do that is to count them.
^^^ this!
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Two years ago i lost about 10 kgs in six months. I started running and biking at moderate speeds. I didn't adjust my eating habits. Just by sporting with my heart rate sensor and sports watch, i ran and cycled about 600 kcals every day, with one day rest.
Last summer i quit running and i gained 7kgs. Last september i started running again, even more intense. I run and cycle about 600 kcal/day. My life style is sedentary (office job) and my goal is to lose 0.8kgs. But i didn't lose a gram... Weight and belly are the same. Only the muscles in my legs are a bit bigger. Does anyone have a clue? Thanks so much.
The bold part...that's most likely the issue.0 -
If your goal is to lose weight and keep it off then my suggestion would be to stop with the running and biking. The only reason I say this is because it doens't sound like something you plan on doing forever. So my suggestion is don't make it part of the reason that you lose weight. Before it sounds like you lost weight because you took up a pretty active lifestyle but then during the summer went back to your sedentary ways. So if you want to lose weight then do it just by your diet alone. That way its easier to maintain when you finnally get to your goal.0
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Don't give up. You've been given some solid advice here.
Don't give up. The end result is too 'worth it' to give up based on temporary set-backs.0 -
If your goal is to lose weight and keep it off then my suggestion would be to stop with the running and biking. The only reason I say this is because it doens't sound like something you plan on doing forever. So my suggestion is don't make it part of the reason that you lose weight. Before it sounds like you lost weight because you took up a pretty active lifestyle but then during the summer went back to your sedentary ways. So if you want to lose weight then do it just by your diet alone. That way its easier to maintain when you finnally get to your goal.
I would never encourage anyone to be sedentary. If you've done running and biking, find a way to keep on doing them.
Apart from that, examine your eating habits, and make and stick to a plan.
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Establish a daily calorie goal appropriate for your height, age, gender, and activity level. Count calories. Weigh your food with a food scale. Watch the weight fall away. If it doesn't fall - adjust the calories lower till you start losing.0
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You have not said how you feel about it, but if you are worried that counting calories takes too much time and effort - it really doesn't. I put myself off counting calories for years because I was convinced I would not lead a normal life if I did.
I was wrong. It is easy, it is quick (and gets quicker as you build up your personal data base) and it works.
Such peace of mind, rather than exercising and exercising and hoping that you are doing enough. Let the exercise just be a bonus - let it be for health, not because you are trying to undo your eating of the day.0 -
Decrease your foods. You can do that.0
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Keep running and biking, especially if you like it. MFP can help with the calorie counting.0
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Thanks everyone.
I really like being active. I cycle to work 4 days/week (22kms/day) and i try to run two days a week. Sometimes (especially in winter) that's a little bit hard to maintain.
I always count the calories, and have been analyzing the last two months. I ate more than my target (0.8kg/wk). An average of 200 or 300kcals/a day too much. My problem is snacking in the evening. Now i try to substitute with tea and water. That works.
I think i will lower the target to 0.5kg/wk and try to find alternatives for my eating habits at night. maybe i was expecting to much..
Thanks again for all your support. I will not give up
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Can you open your diary?0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »Can you open your diary?
This will get you a lot more specific advice, if that's what you're after OP.0 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »Thanks everyone.
I really like being active. I cycle to work 4 days/week (22kms/day) and i try to run two days a week. Sometimes (especially in winter) that's a little bit hard to maintain.
I always count the calories, and have been analyzing the last two months. I ate more than my target (0.8kg/wk). An average of 200 or 300kcals/a day too much. My problem is snacking in the evening. Now i try to substitute with tea and water. That works.
I think i will lower the target to 0.5kg/wk and try to find alternatives for my eating habits at night. maybe i was expecting to much..
Thanks again for all your support. I will not give up
If evening snacking is an issue, you can pre-log a snack for the evening. That way you'll know you've saved enough calories for it.
Ya, I budget 200-300 calories for a pre-bed snack.0 -
I'd work on portion control. Make your meals a bit smaller. Same stuff, just a little less.0
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LMAO bless you for posting this.
But yeah - don't give up! PLEASE!! As others mentioned, if I were you I would definitely maybe pay closer attention to what you are eating, because that plays a much larger role in weight loss than working out. I KNOW you can do it - don't give up on yoruself, and stay strong!!0 -
If you do one thing, don't ever let that be giving up. The fact that you are building leg muscles should tell you that something good is happening with your body. Keep trying!0
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you lose weight in the kitchen, and gain fitness in the gym (or bike or whatever)
you want to lose weight... you're going to have to take it to the kitchen.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0
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