Doing every thing but still not losing weight!

[stuck]

4 weeks on 1,400 calories. Swimming and spinning and running 3 times a week on the couch to 5k. Result? Scales haven't moved. Barely an inch less on any measurements. Help!

[Hidden]

hi 1,400 calories doesn't seem a lot given all those activities you do. Could be that you're not eating enough! Are you logging everything into a food diary?

[stuck in reply to Hidden]

I'm logging it all - may have to re-think the carbs balance though. Thanks for the reply

[Hidden in reply to stuck]

You need carbs as a fuel source for exercise as carbs are turned into glycogen. Carry on and don't give in. It will sort itself out. I run some weeks 50-70 miles and sometimes for several weeks the scales stop moving but I carry on regardless and then suddenly they shift again putting the smile back on my face.

[penguin77]

It could be that the fat is turning to muscle... Am surprised that there's no inch loss though with the exercise. As Yvonne said, are you keeping strict tabs on the cals?

[stuck in reply to penguin77]

Well, I'd like to think all is becoming muscle. I'll stick with it and see. Thanks for the comment

[Prin]

You know there is a rough calculation that 4 every 3200 cals you under eat its equivalent to a pound loss (roughly) now seeing you eat less and exercise there should be some movement, do you need new and more accurate scales?

[stuck in reply to Prin]

Tried my scales and those at the leisure centre. I think I'll avoid weighing for a month and focus on the exercise.

[stuck]

I’ll look into the carbs thing - that might make a difference.

[mitzymoo]

Hi

These tips were from my dietician and it helped me. I have mobility problems and find it difficult to exercise.

Draw a circle the size of a teaplate, draw a line through the middle of it deviding it into two equal sections, draw a line through 1 half deviding it into two equal sections. You should have 1 half and 2 quarters.

The largest portion is for vegetables or salads.

1 smaller section is for protein, if you don't eat meat, quorn or similar, if you do eat meat you should have red meat twice a week to help your body produce red blood cells.

The other smaller section is for Carbs, wholegrain, wholemeal, seeded, brown, jacket are the best. (sweet potatoes are vegetables! Shhh enjoy!!!)

Check out the blood group diet, it tells you what foods are toxic to your body, what foods are medicine for your body and what foods to eat normally.

I'm blood group O negative and I found out I'm wheat and dairy intolerant and I made the few changes it suggested and my psoriasis has nearly all gone off my face and scalp! After only one month and I felt better after only the first week!

I didn't feel bloated and I now have smaller tankles! Hee hee.

I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.

I'm a big believer in angels and I have asked them to watch over you and guide you on your journey.

Take care and angel blessings

[GoogleMe]

Are you measuring everything you eat rather than estimating? Especially fats. I ask because eating 1400 consistently for four weeks is quite a feat - most people would have more variation, over some days, under others.

And how often/long are you swimming/spinning? As yet, you won't be burning a great many calories from the running (you are in training for that to be possible, so it is definitely worth doing)

[Sugarholic]

Try cutting calorie intake to 1300 a day and see if that makes a difference? Good luck

[Hidden]

Hi stuck

Well this is a time old pain in the actual bum but, as they say, 'carry on regardless'

Right, exercise and it's pitfalls for weight loss. Well to be honest exercise is the second single biggest thing you can do to lose weight and tone up the body. Muscle burns far more fat a day than fat does so keep at it. Now, sorry about the next bit but you need a lesson on body physiology and what exercise does to it that makes it INCREASE in weight.

When you exercise HARD as you look like you are doing, the body burns glycogen, stored in the muscles, the brain and in the liver, as fuel. Glycogen is an amazing fast acting fuel and burns quickly. Your body has around 2-3hrs of glycogen stored and that is why, when you see people hitting the wall in a marathon, they fade fast. Once all your glycogen is used you literally don't have any energy left to lift the legs. It's like a car running out of fuel. Now, when you do lots of HARD exercise, your body stores extra glycogen in the muscles. Unfortunately, every ounce of glycogen carries 3 ounces of water. This is why you sweat so much during heavy exercise. Its the left over from the glycogen being burned as fuel. If you have done lots of hard exercise then you can appear to be heavier on the scales. After a few weeks the body sorts itself out and your glycogen levels become stable.

The trick to losing weight while exercising is to exercise at a slow level. At a slow pace, and I mean where you can hold a full conversation, your body starts to burn fat as a fuel and leaves the glycogen stores mostly alone ready for intensive exercise.

Either way, your body will sort itself out and then the scales will start to go in the right direction so please please please stay motivated and carry on as you are. You'll be screaming from the rooftops soon about how much happier, healthier and fitter you are.

Gary

Weight loss as of today - 155lbs