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Do less and lose more!
ChristineDiet
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Why is it that some people do 30 mins of a light walk, 2 or 3 times a week and eat crap (but within their calories goal - so ok!!!) Whereas others, like myself, literally bust a gut, doing a minimum of 4 hours a week of intense cardio and weights, trying to get the odd dvd at home and the odd walk in whenever I can. I eat home-made food, lots of vegetables and protein. Yet the weight comes off VERY slowly!
It can be very frustrating when you are trying so hard (and I mean over 4 months now - so it's not just a week or so), yet some don't really give much effort and seem to achieve a lot.
Ok vent over!
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It can be very frustrating when you are trying so hard (and I mean over 4 months now - so it's not just a week or so), yet some don't really give much effort and seem to achieve a lot.
Ok vent over!
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4 months, 17lbs lost - I'd say you're doing it right.0
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It really does boil down to metabolism and everyone's body being different. I grew up with a very tall brother who could (and still does) eat anything and never gains weight. I on the other hand look at something now and gain weight. It can be frustrating. Remember that you are you. This process is a journey, not a destination and it's about taking care of the one body we have. Be healthy, happy and fit. The rest will come into place.
But for today, venting is always good! Get the support here to keep on going! You can do it.0 -
I'm no expert, but this is my opinion. I workout 6 days a week, intense with cardio kickboxing. I do stregth training now once a week to failure. I think that sometime when you exercise a ton and restrict your calories you are actually eating to little. I went away for one week in January, did only one small session of the elliptical during that time. I ate out, I ate chips, I ate some cookies, and bad stuff. I came back home to find I had lost a pound. I attribute this to eating more, and cutting back on exercise. Unfortunately I've been trying to eat more now and either I'm still working out to much (which I am now addicted to it and don't want to stop), or I'm not eating enough, so it's not really working. But I still think this is the case.0
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And the funny thing about weight lifting, it never gets any easier! Don't worry. Just keep working toward your goals. Humans were meant to work. No seriously, ever read about the ancient aliens theory?0
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In my *completely unbiased* opinion, there are two different goals
1) make the scale love me
2) look hot nekkid
They can be accomplished separately. Working out hard and training with weights favors recomp and 2. Just maintaining a deficit favors 1. The degree to which they overlap is determined genetically, but in the last 2 pounds I've lost, I've gotten compliments on my legs (literally never happened before in my life. My thighs were always so big even as an infant I had trouble walking). So yeah, I am much happier having lost those two pounds than if I would have cardioed out and lost some muscle and some fat and ended up not looking as good.
If you want to try the other way, nobody is stopping you.0 -
4 months, 17lbs lost - I'd say you're doing it right.
^ I agree with this! That is an average of 4.25 pounds a month. I think that 1 pound a week is very respectable because you will most likely be able to KEEP it off that way0 -
In my *completely unbiased* opinion, there are two different goals
1) make the scale love me
2) look hot nekkid
^^^ THIS IS TRUE... and I'd rather look HOT nekkid any day.. though it does help when the scale loves me.0 -
I am exactly the same. There are definitely some lucky people who have faster metabolisms than we have. Mine changed after first baby.0
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I think it just comes down to calorie deficit. Also, you could be gaining muscle which weighs more than fat does.
I don't work out at all right now but am still steadily losing weight. However, it is obviously better to incorporate working out into your diet plan rather than dieting alone.0 -
I am with you. I could barely loose 20 pounds in 4 months with all the hard work and eating right. I just go away for one weekend trip....I put on 6 pounds even though I tried my best to eat healthy. Extreamly frustrating. But I got to admit......I got lot of compliments......So I think I look much thinner than just loosing 20 lbs. I think the metabolism, genetics, age etc., matters and we just have to accept our body type and do our best. We may not be skinny people like some but definetly can be healthiar. Good luck.0
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Blame your parents and the DNA they gave you. then work harder. seems like you are doing fine anyway0
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Hi Christine (my favourite boo tay girl)
You have lost weight steadily and i think you have forgotten how fit you felt hiking the other day where you completed the course and didn't feel gassed out!
Also your forgetting clothes that didnt fit you last year but do now.
You worked so hard yesterday that you actually burned more than what you consumed throughout the whole day... in that case you should really eat a LOT more to ensure you atleast hit BMR on days like that,
But seriously Christine, don't forget how FAR you have come!0 -
And the funny thing about weight lifting, it never gets any easier! Don't worry. Just keep working toward your goals. Humans were meant to work. No seriously, ever read about the ancient aliens theory?
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4 months, 17lbs lost - I'd say you're doing it right.
^ I agree with this! That is an average of 4.25 pounds a month. I think that 1 pound a week is very respectable because you will most likely be able to KEEP it off that way
Thanks Carrie - your awesome - just have a very frustrated day today. why is it that you lose 10lbs and feel amazing, you lose 17lbs and feel fat! WTF is that about!
Frustrated when people put up that they've done a 10 min walk and lost 4lbs etc - why am I not losing! Arrr - I'm just having a bad day today - tomorrow will be better.
Thank you to everyone who's left lovely comments. xx0 -
In my *completely unbiased* opinion, there are two different goals
1) make the scale love me
2) look hot nekkid
Yeah I'd rather weigh 400lbs and look fab naked than weigh 80lbs and look like crap! Though I'm being very extreme here. I am starting to tone up, so I guess "patience is a virtue" - God I hear myself saying that to others. why is it so easy sometimes to give 'good' advice yet we don't always listen to what we have said ourselves!
thank you. x0 -
In my *completely unbiased* opinion, there are two different goals
1) make the scale love me
2) look hot nekkid
^^^ THIS IS TRUE... and I'd rather look HOT nekkid any day.. though it does help when the scale loves me.
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I am with you. I could barely loose 20 pounds in 4 months with all the hard work and eating right. I just go away for one weekend trip....I put on 6 pounds even though I tried my best to eat healthy. Extreamly frustrating. But I got to admit......I got lot of compliments......So I think I look much thinner than just loosing 20 lbs. I think the metabolism, genetics, age etc., matters and we just have to accept our body type and do our best. We may not be skinny people like some but definetly can be healthiar. Good luck.
Roll on tomorrow (as long as I'm not 'rolling'). x0 -
Blame your parents and the DNA they gave you. then work harder. seems like you are doing fine anyway
haha - maybe that's my problem. All my family are morbidly obese and my dad died at the age of 46 of a heart attack (too much crap food and no exercise). apart from my mum being ill recently and shedding loads of weight, I'm actually the smallest in my family. Ok where's the phone - I need to blame my mother for this body! haha
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The sooner you stop comparing yourself to others and focus on your own progress, the happier you will be. It really doesn't matter how fast other people lose, or the means they take to get there. Mind your own WLJ.0
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Hi Christine (my favourite boo tay girl)
You have lost weight steadily and i think you have forgotten how fit you felt hiking the other day where you completed the course and didn't feel gassed out!
Also your forgetting clothes that didnt fit you last year but do now.
You worked so hard yesterday that you actually burned more than what you consumed throughout the whole day... in that case you should really eat a LOT more to ensure you atleast hit BMR on days like that,
But seriously Christine, don't forget how FAR you have come!
Thanks Mo - your right, I know. I have come along way - its just frustrating sometimes when others do a lot less and seem to achieve a lot more. Yes I am healthier and yes I am wearing a dress on Saturday that I have never worn (although it is tight and I'm scared it may rip!!! haha - I actually bought a corset thing to go under it - sexy or what - and no, it isn't a sexy one - it just needs to hold me in! Ewwww! haha)
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