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Hi everyone,

I just wondered for those on the 12 week plan - how obvious is your body changing?

I am on week 2, day 2, of the 12 week plan. My calorie goal is 1200 per day.

I have been eating up to 1400 calories per day due to exercising at the gym monday-friday (30 minutes of cardio - up to 450 calories burnt each session - being told this by the cardio machine!)

I am a healthy BMI/verging on the overweight. I am 9stone and 5 ft 3.

I have lost 0 pounds, and 0 inches from anywhere!

Please can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong?! :(

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IndigoBlue61

I presume you are measuring yourself? Is there no change? As you don't have a lot of weight to lose it will be slow, but you said in an earlier post how fit and well you felt, maybe that in itself is the reward 😕 The only other suggestion is perhaps someone at the gym can help as it body shape you are trying to alter as much as actual weight 😕

Anna

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olive165 in reply toIndigoBlue61

Hi Anna - thank you for the reply :)

Yes I have been measuring myself and there are no changes there either! I know that I don't have a lot of weight to lose, but I have put on 1 stone in the past year and would just like to lose about half a stone, tone up and generally feel better about myself but I feel like I'm at a dead end :( I'm really enjoying the exercise and the 12 week plan as it makes me so much more aware of what I am eating, and It gives me boundaries, but I just don't feel like I'm getting anywhere :/

Olive165

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I saw a slogan that says it takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing, 8 weeks for friends and family to see it and 12 weeks for the rest of the world, so keep going, ONWARDS AND DOWNWARDS

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olive165 in reply towant-2-b-slim

This is great. Thanks Elacol68 :)

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IndigoBlue61 in reply towant-2-b-slim

Like that 😊 And very true!

Maybe stick to the 1200 calories and use the exercise as a bonus towards weight loss ?

Although you do not have to lose much but good luck !

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TheHud

Maybe your body is happy and just wants you to tone :)

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Hi Olive165,

You are very close to the healthy BMI, so it may be difficult to achieve measurements changes at that stage, as you are probably already close or already at your final body measurements.

I don't think you're doing anything wrong.

Hope you're enjoying your week.

Lowcal :-)

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Carolee13

Hi Anna61, just to reassure you, I was on a similar weight loss journey but a bit heavier than you, at 9st 6 and 5ft 2. I did start to lose weight after a couple of weeks and achieved my goal of losing a stone by the end of the 12 weeks on 1400 calories and 3 exercise classes a week. so don't be disheartened.

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Happymary

If you are 9 stone and 5 ft 3, then your bmi is about 22, so depending on your frame you are probably in a good place to start with. Your bmi is healthy. f you don't have much to lose then your body may want to hold onto it, especially if you are working out. Perhaps you should focus on tone and not numbers?

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