Im so confused! Weight gain??! pls help :(
californiastylin
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So years back while i was single, working on my feet all day and exercising 6 days per week for 60 minutes resulted in drastic weight loss. I lost over 100 pounds at one point. After getting pregnant 8 years ago and being put on bed rest, i gained 70 pounds. Since then i held steady at 233. Since then ive had 2 more kids.I am a stay at home mom these days. I will mention i nursed my kids and am currently nursing my youngest. A year ago, without diet or activity change, i gained 10 pounds over 2 ish months when i began riding my stationary bike daily. I quit because of the gain. I even questioned having cushing disease because if it. The scare of seeing my weight increase so much so fast was terrifying. I have since been trying to take the weight back off. Im very aware of what i eat. All organic, all home made, no chips or junk... I only drink water all beit not enough as everyone says i should. Occasionally i eat a small treat when i make them for my kids but i try to avoid having anything in the house that may cause me to eat more than i should. If anything, i eat too little. I am to consume1800 calories per day but thats a struggle for me as by dinner time, i tend to have 1000calories or less in and dinners i make are typically light on calories. My calories burned daily according to my fitbit are around 3000. I have been aiming for 1000 deficit. Exercise has been difficult because of the littles and i realize im not a hairstylist rushing around all day 5 days a week anymore so that doesnt help.
My point is, since Christmas, i have been going to they gym. I go 6 days a week for 60 plus minutes. I have been using my fit bit and tracking everything i consume. My average "steps" with exercise has been about 13,000. ( before then it was 5000 on a good day)
At the gym I use the tred mill for 30-50 minutes, a speed of 3mph and i alternate the incline from 0-10 at various intervals. I dont run. Then i use the elliptical or arc trainer for 20 minutes or longer if i feel physically able to do so. a few days a week i will use their weight machines as well.
My weight has not budged, my clothing still fits the same. The only change i see is my stamina increasing slightly.
I weighed 241 pounds a week or so ago and today the scale read 244 pounds. I could cry. It was so easy to drop the weight years ago and over the years all that has changes is my activity level.. my diet has remained the same from day one, way back when i learned what healthy eating was about. At one point someone said i was consuming too little so i was in starvation mode.. i dont believe that. My ob said i needed 2200 calories in just for my body to live so i should eat less than that which is why im not loosing.. i dont understand that either. This was never so complicated!
Any advice? Please,,, and Thank you!
My point is, since Christmas, i have been going to they gym. I go 6 days a week for 60 plus minutes. I have been using my fit bit and tracking everything i consume. My average "steps" with exercise has been about 13,000. ( before then it was 5000 on a good day)
At the gym I use the tred mill for 30-50 minutes, a speed of 3mph and i alternate the incline from 0-10 at various intervals. I dont run. Then i use the elliptical or arc trainer for 20 minutes or longer if i feel physically able to do so. a few days a week i will use their weight machines as well.
My weight has not budged, my clothing still fits the same. The only change i see is my stamina increasing slightly.
I weighed 241 pounds a week or so ago and today the scale read 244 pounds. I could cry. It was so easy to drop the weight years ago and over the years all that has changes is my activity level.. my diet has remained the same from day one, way back when i learned what healthy eating was about. At one point someone said i was consuming too little so i was in starvation mode.. i dont believe that. My ob said i needed 2200 calories in just for my body to live so i should eat less than that which is why im not loosing.. i dont understand that either. This was never so complicated!
Any advice? Please,,, and Thank you!
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can you open up your dairy here? settings>dairy>radio button that says public
are you weighing and logging EVERYTHING0 -
it seems to me that as we age we need less calories so it is easier to lose when we are young and more active . i dont think its age per say its just that we dont use as many calories ,, for example when i was young i had to fix my own car ,, now i can afford to pay someone else to work on it .
That being said , i try and track all my calories and normally can look at my log and see why im not losing .. i tried to eat GOOD once and that just didnt work for me ,, i have to track calories .. I just set up MFP with my numbers and try to eat those calories . I cant out exercise my food intake so i have to control what i eat .
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Have you ruled out medical issues through a doctor? If so the sad truth is that you are likely eating more than you think. It happens. You can gain weight eating all homemade organic food if you eat more than you expend. Do you use a digital food scale to weigh your portions? Accounting for cooking oils, condiments, cream in your coffee? It all adds up. Most of us have been there.1
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I dont have anything logged there yet. I am new here. i have been logging everything on my fit bit app. I have been logging everything, even down to a single cracker stolen from my kids leftover lunch
My diet is pretty much the same every day. 2 eggs and 1 whole wheat toast for breakfast along with some sort of vegetable like carrots or sweet bell pepper. A snack mid morning of a 70 calorie fresh motzerella cheese pack. lunch is normally a turkey sandwich and a serving of veggie straws or a low calorie freezer meal. Dinner is chicken of some sort with 2 forms of canned vegetables ( i dont eat the whole can of veg of course) Occasionally a potato. If i snack any other times its a yogurt or what ever fruit i have in the house. I may drink 4 glasses of water a day. I never feel hungry until i get home from the guy around dinner time. 0 -
My dear you are not logging. Start there. Use a food scale and weigh everything that goes in your mouth.5
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Have you had your thyroid and vit d checked? My thyroid was messed up after 4 kids and nursing them all. My Vitamin D was REALLY low. I ached all the time, like I had the flu..only I didn't. Anyway, getting that regulated helped some. For me, calorie counting, does not work, my body reacts to sugar and bread, so I had to lower them considerably to begin any weight loss. I am a runner, and it helps a bit, but the nurtrition was my issue. I LOVE junk food, but I had to make that change. I still eat simple carbs, but at a minimum, eat lots of meat, and good fats and vegetables and fruit, basically paleo -ish type diet. I have lost 12 pounds in January and working on my next 10 pounds...one month at a time. I feel amazing. It took two days to kind of detox, and then I felt better. I am not very hungry anymore, etc. Oh, and I had my gall bladder out in the summer and got to my highest weight, because simple carbs and I just did not get along. I realized I HAD to lower them. Veggies, fruit, meats, cheeses, eggs, coconut oil, avacado oil, real butter...all made the difference. I will use low carb tortillas every now and then, stuff like that, but not every day. I eat nuts and berries, I drink coffee, lots of water and carbonated waters like La Croix in the flavors for a "coke" type drink. I order burgers with no buns, sonic chili dog with no bun, grilled chicken breast and green beans at KFC, etc. If this gives you an idea or helps. (Maybe too much info) Everyone is different, but this is the ONLY way I have been able to drop any weight, even with running.0
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log everything - do this for like a month and then adjust based on what you are seeing/weighing - gained weight adjust calories down - but you won't get a good idea of changes that need to be made unless you are logging3
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Log your calories in accurately and honestly for 4-6 weeks. Accurately means use a food scale for solids, account for condiments, cooking oils, etc. Food scale for everything, including the slices of bread, pieces of fruit, etc. You need a passage of time (and that's why I suggested 4-6 weeks) to be able to see a trend form. You don't lose weight in a day, or necessarily in a week. But eating at a deficit over a longer period of time should result in weight loss.
Starting a new exercise routine, or increasing your workout intensity, leads to temporary water weight gain which is most likely the reason for the +3 after you started going to the gym.2 -
I've just started 2 weeks ago logging all my food etc staying under 1300 cal per day I'm 180 lbs and 5.2" so
I really. Need to lose I walk 20 min daily. 4 days per week...I feel like I've lost a little around stomach stopped drinking coke. Eating healthier
What else can I do to get to At least 140 lbs?0 -
You are missing the "calories in" part of the equation. Healthy, whole food still adds up to 2000 calories very quickly. Weight and measure every bite - I think you might be surprised to find how many calories you are consuming. I would also track exercise at 1/2 value to start and adjust after that, once you have your eating logged and you see how that's working for you. Measure, weigh, log, eat. No guessing.1
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•Start using myfitnesspal to track food, not your fit bit.
•Input your stats and a reasonable weight loss rate goal (0.5 or 1 pound per week loss rate) to get your calorie goal
•get a digital food scale and weigh everything for logging accuracy.
•stop doing so much cardio, do more weights/resistance training
•make sure you reach your protein goal each day, think of this and your fiber as minimums not limits. You can find this in "nutrition" -> "nutrients"
•try to drink at least 2 liters of water a day- 4 cups is not adequate.
•try to sleep 8 hours per night
•if you drink, quit alcohol for the time being
FYI I used to exercise a ton and eat all organic and clean and I maintained being overweight and even gained weight doing that because my portion sizes were too large and my little treats and snacks were more calorie dense and often than I realized. But once I started tracking and using myfitnesspal I immediately started losing weight. You probably gained weight that time you were using the stationary bike because cardio stimulates appetite so you were probably inadvertently eating more. That used to happen to me when I first started exercising and was doing a lot of hiking. Take heart, I used to feel like you do- like I used to be able to lose weight so easily but now it seems impossible... it's not. Just count those calories and be patient, it WILL work.2 -
Here, take a look at this- it proves I know your pain... from the left pictures to the middle pictures was 9 months of clean organic eating, healthy diet, lots of regular exercise, but no calorie counting. Not much change huh? From the middle pictures to the right pictures was 4 months with the same exercise except less cardio, the same foods but a little less strict, but WITH calorie counting. See? Big change right?! Keeping the calories in check and using myfitnesspal made all the difference!! You can do it too!!
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blondierunner2015 wrote: »Have you had your thyroid and vit d checked? My thyroid was messed up after 4 kids and nursing them all. My Vitamin D was REALLY low. I ached all the time, like I had the flu..only I didn't. Anyway, getting that regulated helped some. For me, calorie counting, does not work, my body reacts to sugar and bread, so I had to lower them considerably to begin any weight loss. I am a runner, and it helps a bit, but the nurtrition was my issue. I LOVE junk food, but I had to make that change. I still eat simple carbs, but at a minimum, eat lots of meat, and good fats and vegetables and fruit, basically paleo -ish type diet. I have lost 12 pounds in January and working on my next 10 pounds...one month at a time. I feel amazing. It took two days to kind of detox, and then I felt better. I am not very hungry anymore, etc. Oh, and I had my gall bladder out in the summer and got to my highest weight, because simple carbs and I just did not get along. I realized I HAD to lower them. Veggies, fruit, meats, cheeses, eggs, coconut oil, avacado oil, real butter...all made the difference. I will use low carb tortillas every now and then, stuff like that, but not every day. I eat nuts and berries, I drink coffee, lots of water and carbonated waters like La Croix in the flavors for a "coke" type drink. I order burgers with no buns, sonic chili dog with no bun, grilled chicken breast and green beans at KFC, etc. If this gives you an idea or helps. (Maybe too much info) Everyone is different, but this is the ONLY way I have been able to drop any weight, even with running.
I have not seen a dr specifically for my weight but i ask them about it when ever im there. My dr said the same thing, i may be underestimating so i started weighing everything and logging it all. I asked about wether a health issue could be the cause and he said no. I asked about Cushings and both drs i asked kinda laughed and said no. My family dr did just check My thyroid about 4 months ago due to palpations. It was normal. My vit d was checked about a year ago and although in the good range it was not as high as the drs said it should be. i think the number was 40.. and i take 5000 mg of vit d daily.. calcium and mag. too. My ob said my calories are too low and breastfeeding can make weight loss difficult. The cardiologist i saw for the palaptations said to drink more water.
I have tried paleo in the past. according to my old facebook posts it did cause a little weight loss but my dr advised against it because they said it would cause vit. difficencies like vit a.
I do log EVERYTHING including my coffee and the 2 tbs of sugar/flavoring that i put into it. I dont use condiments any more.. i dont like to snack but if i do, i include that too. If theres a food that i need to weigh to get the right portion size then yes, i do that. What i eat is generally easy to count up.. 1/2 cup of cereal, 1 cup of milk... 1 egg boiled, etc. 1 cracker is tough though but i still count it. i may be over estimating but im certain im not under estimating my calories in. Im not trying to make excuses.. im doing everything i know to do except increase my fluide and track my fat, protein etc.. i only count the calories.. apparently my fit bit doesnt do that.0 -
unfortunately we can't give you any advice on your diary because its blank here - since you use your FITBIT
1/2 cup of cereal - how much does that 1/2 cup weigh? how does that compare to the g size listed for the serving
i.e. my evening bowl of cereal is 3/4 a cup or 29g...but when I measured 3/4 of a cup - I got closer to 45g of cereal...which makes it easy for calories to add up2 -
courtneyfabulous wrote: »•Start using myfitnesspal to track food, not your fit bit.
•Input your stats and a reasonable weight loss rate goal (0.5 or 1 pound per week loss rate) to get your calorie goal
•get a digital food scale and weigh everything for logging accuracy.
•stop doing so much cardio, do more weights/resistance training
•make sure you reach your protein goal each day, think of this and your fiber as minimums not limits. You can find this in "nutrition" -> "nutrients"
•try to drink at least 2 liters of water a day- 4 cups is not adequate.
•try to sleep 8 hours per night
•if you drink, quit alcohol for the time being
FYI I used to exercise a ton and eat all organic and clean and I maintained being overweight and even gained weight doing that because my portion sizes were too large and my little treats and snacks were more calorie dense and often than I realized. But once I started tracking and using myfitnesspal I immediately started losing weight. You probably gained weight that time you were using the stationary bike because cardio stimulates appetite so you were probably inadvertently eating more. That used to happen to me when I first started exercising and was doing a lot of hiking. Take heart, I used to feel like you do- like I used to be able to lose weight so easily but now it seems impossible... it's not. Just count those calories and be patient, it WILL work.
--Less cardio is a scary thought as its been ingrained into my being that cardio is a must to burn calories. I know weight training builds muscle which then burns fat and increases metabolism.. etc. But to ease up on the cardio is scary. I hate the cardio and would much rather do weight training but still.. scary. I dont drink, dont smoke.. I sleep well at night but do wake up because of the kids. no problems going back to sleep. i consume little food, including not nearly enough fruits or veg.
Any chance not getting enough food, fiber and water, alond with breast feeding could in fact cause my body to store all i take in, especially now that im doing cardio this often? I cant grasp this concept myself but since its been suggested im wondering if it could.0 -
californiastylin wrote: »courtneyfabulous wrote: »•Start using myfitnesspal to track food, not your fit bit.
•Input your stats and a reasonable weight loss rate goal (0.5 or 1 pound per week loss rate) to get your calorie goal
•get a digital food scale and weigh everything for logging accuracy.
•stop doing so much cardio, do more weights/resistance training
•make sure you reach your protein goal each day, think of this and your fiber as minimums not limits. You can find this in "nutrition" -> "nutrients"
•try to drink at least 2 liters of water a day- 4 cups is not adequate.
•try to sleep 8 hours per night
•if you drink, quit alcohol for the time being
FYI I used to exercise a ton and eat all organic and clean and I maintained being overweight and even gained weight doing that because my portion sizes were too large and my little treats and snacks were more calorie dense and often than I realized. But once I started tracking and using myfitnesspal I immediately started losing weight. You probably gained weight that time you were using the stationary bike because cardio stimulates appetite so you were probably inadvertently eating more. That used to happen to me when I first started exercising and was doing a lot of hiking. Take heart, I used to feel like you do- like I used to be able to lose weight so easily but now it seems impossible... it's not. Just count those calories and be patient, it WILL work.
--Less cardio is a scary thought as its been ingrained into my being that cardio is a must to burn calories. I know weight training builds muscle which then burns fat and increases metabolism.. etc. But to ease up on the cardio is scary. I hate the cardio and would much rather do weight training but still.. scary. I dont drink, dont smoke.. I sleep well at night but do wake up because of the kids. no problems going back to sleep. i consume little food, including not nearly enough fruits or veg.
Any chance not getting enough food, fiber and water, alond with breast feeding could in fact cause my body to store all i take in, especially now that im doing cardio this often? I cant grasp this concept myself but since its been suggested im wondering if it could.
No. There is no way your body can store all that you take in. Our bodies require energy to run -- there would never be a situation where your body could run on nothing at all.2 -
californiastylin wrote: »courtneyfabulous wrote: »•Start using myfitnesspal to track food, not your fit bit.
•Input your stats and a reasonable weight loss rate goal (0.5 or 1 pound per week loss rate) to get your calorie goal
•get a digital food scale and weigh everything for logging accuracy.
•stop doing so much cardio, do more weights/resistance training
•make sure you reach your protein goal each day, think of this and your fiber as minimums not limits. You can find this in "nutrition" -> "nutrients"
•try to drink at least 2 liters of water a day- 4 cups is not adequate.
•try to sleep 8 hours per night
•if you drink, quit alcohol for the time being
FYI I used to exercise a ton and eat all organic and clean and I maintained being overweight and even gained weight doing that because my portion sizes were too large and my little treats and snacks were more calorie dense and often than I realized. But once I started tracking and using myfitnesspal I immediately started losing weight. You probably gained weight that time you were using the stationary bike because cardio stimulates appetite so you were probably inadvertently eating more. That used to happen to me when I first started exercising and was doing a lot of hiking. Take heart, I used to feel like you do- like I used to be able to lose weight so easily but now it seems impossible... it's not. Just count those calories and be patient, it WILL work.
--Less cardio is a scary thought as its been ingrained into my being that cardio is a must to burn calories. I know weight training builds muscle which then burns fat and increases metabolism.. etc. But to ease up on the cardio is scary. I hate the cardio and would much rather do weight training but still.. scary. I dont drink, dont smoke.. I sleep well at night but do wake up because of the kids. no problems going back to sleep. i consume little food, including not nearly enough fruits or veg.
Any chance not getting enough food, fiber and water, alond with breast feeding could in fact cause my body to store all i take in, especially now that im doing cardio this often? I cant grasp this concept myself but since its been suggested im wondering if it could.
find a balance between cardio and strength...if you want to keep up the cardio - do it, but add in 2-3 days of strength training a week (it doesn't have to be a lot - I do 30-45min as part of my triathlon training in addition to my swim/bike/run)0 -
What kid of weight training should i do? Im a pear shape.. the bulk of my weight is my upper legs, thighs, butt and lower abdomen.0
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I agree that it's likely due to you eating more than you think and exercising less than you think. 99.9% of the time, this is the issue.
However you are breastfeeding. This should make it easier to lose weight. But it does have a hormonal effect too which might be part of the problem (though I doubt it's the whole problem).1 -
deannalfisher wrote: »unfortunately we can't give you any advice on your diary because its blank here - since you use your FITBIT
1/2 cup of cereal - how much does that 1/2 cup weigh? how does that compare to the g size listed for the serving
i.e. my evening bowl of cereal is 3/4 a cup or 29g...but when I measured 3/4 of a cup - I got closer to 45g of cereal...which makes it easy for calories to add up
Oh, i see what your saying here... so serving size stating half cup for example but also a weight, may not result in the same serving size..? Well, thats food for thought.
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find a balance between cardio and strength...if you want to keep up the cardio - do it, but add in 2-3 days of strength training a week (it doesn't have to be a lot - I do 30-45min as part of my triathlon training in addition to my swim/bike/run)[/quote]
Would i do both cardio and weight training the same day?
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californiastylin wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »unfortunately we can't give you any advice on your diary because its blank here - since you use your FITBIT
1/2 cup of cereal - how much does that 1/2 cup weigh? how does that compare to the g size listed for the serving
i.e. my evening bowl of cereal is 3/4 a cup or 29g...but when I measured 3/4 of a cup - I got closer to 45g of cereal...which makes it easy for calories to add up
Oh, i see what your saying here... so serving size stating half cup for example but also a weight, may not result in the same serving size..? Well, thats food for thought.
This even applies to things like a slice of bread. When you weigh that slice it almost always weighs more than the stated serving size! Even little discrepancies add up over time! How old is the baby?2 -
californiastylin wrote: »
find a balance between cardio and strength...if you want to keep up the cardio - do it, but add in 2-3 days of strength training a week (it doesn't have to be a lot - I do 30-45min as part of my triathlon training in addition to my swim/bike/run)
Would i do both cardio and weight training the same day?
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because you can?
i'll often do my weight training and then knock out a short swim (about 30min) - but I have to do double days in order to get all my workouts in0 -
wow.. ive always assumed this was accurate!
my youngest just turned 2.
This even applies to things like a slice of bread. When you weigh that slice it almost always weighs more than the stated serving size! Even little discrepancies add up over time! How old is the baby? [/quote]
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in other words, I shouldnt abstain from doing cardio on a day i do weight training then..? Just less cardio then the weight training or the same cardio plus weight training?
Would i do both cardio and weight training the same day?
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because you can?
i'll often do my weight training and then knock out a short swim (about 30min) - but I have to do double days in order to get all my workouts in[/quote]
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I find bread deviates less than other stuff - but if your goal is really close and you don't have a lot of flex in your calories yes it can add up1
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californiastylin wrote: »--Less cardio is a scary thought as its been ingrained into my being that cardio is a must to burn calories. I know weight training builds muscle which then burns fat and increases metabolism.. etc. But to ease up on the cardio is scary. I hate the cardio and would much rather do weight training but still.. scary. I dont drink, dont smoke.. I sleep well at night but do wake up because of the kids. no problems going back to sleep. i consume little food, including not nearly enough fruits or veg.
Any chance not getting enough food, fiber and water, alond with breast feeding could in fact cause my body to store all i take in, especially now that im doing cardio this often? I cant grasp this concept myself but since its been suggested im wondering if it could.
Re: the cardio - calorie intake is more important than exercise to many people, since it can be difficult to create a big enough deficit using exercise alone. It's often easier to reduce your calories. You can successfully lose weight with no exercise at all, if your intake is sufficiently reduced. (Which doesn't mean starving yourself either - I've lost over 50lbs so far by eating stuff I like in reasonable portions and doing very little exercise.)
Re: the bolded comment - I honestly thought I didn't eat a lot. It seems dumb now, but I really couldn't understand how I got so heavy and thought I was eating "the wrong things" rather than too much. I stayed fat because I didn't want to give up the things I loved to eat! Now I know that I don't need to give up anything except large portions... It's hard to accept that we might be eating too much, when we think we're doing the right thing, but weighing and properly logging everything (including pre-packaged things) can really be an eye-opener - like the comment regarding your cereal above. Weigh everything!
Check out these threads, they might be helpful to you - especially the videos posted by Dianne in the first one:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10513785/food-scale
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
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californiastylin wrote: »What kid of weight training should i do? Im a pear shape.. the bulk of my weight is my upper legs, thighs, butt and lower abdomen.
Full body compound movements and things that work a large muscle group like legs, butt, back etc give you the most bang for your buck so to speak- squats, deadlifts, chest press, shoulder press, push ups, lunges, weighted step ups, assisted pull ups, horizontal row, lat pull downs, leg press, etc... But I prefer to keep it balanced by working arms as well (bicep, tricep, delts) and core (planks, v sit, bird dogs, crunches, leg lifts, core trainer, etc). I also really love using dumbbells and barbells whenever I can as opposed to machines for everything- like do chest flys with dumbells or maybe cables, not a machine, and do weighted squats with a barbell not a smith machine... This means you really learn balance and form and use more stabilization muscles. It's really import to have a structured workout plan or program to follow too, and keep track of your weights and reps to make sure you're improving over time- not just go in and do whatever.
Your schedule can be whatever works best for you. Personally I do 1 hour of strength training 3 times a week with warm up & cool down stretching before & after, and I do some walking, hiit cardio, or hiking on the days in between, with about 2 rest days a week. But if you want to do like 30 minutes of weights and 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week that could work too... just see what you like.
You honestly burn the most calories not with exercise at all but with just existing. Like you might burn 300 calories in a workout, but you burn 1500 calories just being alive. That's why weight training is more effective for fat loss than cardio because it has more of an after burn effect and having more muscle mass means having a higher BMR and therefore burning more calories all the time, not just during the 1 hour a day of exercise, the other 23 hours of the day too. Cardio is good for health and I wouldn't say stop doing it, just don't make it your main focus.
Also really get that protein in, it's important for getting that lean mass too. While in a deficit it's not likely that you will gain a whole lot of muscle, but you want to preserve what you do have with proper nutrition and resistance training. Cardio can actually be counterproductive as it is not muscle sparing (can burn muscle in addition to fat, does not sufficiently work the muscles). I know it's scary but we women have been basically lied to and brainwashed our whole lives to think cardio is good and lifting weights is bad and will make us "bulky". It's like they wanted to set us up to fail or something. Workout like a guy and you will have much better results!1 -
californiastylin wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »unfortunately we can't give you any advice on your diary because its blank here - since you use your FITBIT
1/2 cup of cereal - how much does that 1/2 cup weigh? how does that compare to the g size listed for the serving
i.e. my evening bowl of cereal is 3/4 a cup or 29g...but when I measured 3/4 of a cup - I got closer to 45g of cereal...which makes it easy for calories to add up
Oh, i see what your saying here... so serving size stating half cup for example but also a weight, may not result in the same serving size..? Well, thats food for thought.
I almost cried when I started weighing out cereal as opposed to using measuring cups. I was eating almost 100 calories more than I thought. Same with dates and with bacon. I have to take at least 3-4 grams of bacon off when I eat it because the 1 slice serving is always more than the weight one slice is supposed to be.
You can use measuring cups for liquids. Anything solid or semi-solid (yogurt) you'll want to use a scale to weigh out.2
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