HOW COME I’M NOT LOSING WEIGHT QUICKER?
Shaun T
“Don't let the lack of fast results stress you out. Some
people lose weight really fast and others take a little more time. Your heart
is getting healthy and everything else will follow suit. Just be patient and
stick with it.”
When we gain weight we don't realize the time it took to
gain it. When we want to lose weight, we
want it to happen overnight! It just
doesn't work that way, unfortunately.
There are factors that determine how quickly you will lose
weight: Age, sex, hormones, thyroid
activity, genetics, etc. Now, these are
not reasons to blame if you are eating anything and everything and then
wondering why you aren't losing weight.
In the beginning you will lose weight faster. That is normally water weight. As you begin to attack the fat, it takes
longer. One pound equals 3500
calories. To lose a pound a week, you
need to cut 500 calories a day from your diet.
To lose 2 pounds a week, you would have to double that to 1000 calories
a day less. That is a lot of calories to
cut each day and still maintain the minimum suggested! If you cut 500 calories a day, in one year
you will drop 52 pounds! That’s a lot of
weight to lose in one year!
The other thing that aids in losing weight is exercise. Now if you think you can eat whatever you
want and exercise 30 minutes a day, you are wrong wrong wrong. If I jog for 30 min, I'll burn about 300-400
calories. That would be about 1/2 pound
in a week. However, when you are
exercising you build muscle. Muscle
doesn’t replace fat nor does it weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound is a pound. BUT muscle takes up less space than fat does
in your body. That’s why when you are
exercising, you look smaller and your clothes get looser.
So if you are cutting your calories and exercising, you will
see changes in your body even if you don't seem to be losing weight. Why?
Because you are building muscle.
I haven't really lost any pounds (or so the scale says) since I started
jogging 5 weeks ago. But you should see
how much smaller my legs are! My thighs
and calves are just shrinking as they build muscle. Most all my pants look like Hammer Time pants
now. lol
Figure out how many calories you want to eliminate from your
diet each day. Do aerobic exercise AND
weight bearing exercises. Remember, that
for women, even dieting you should eat 1200-1500 calories a day. If you go below 1200 calories, your body will
go into starvation mode and you will stop losing. Men should eat 1700-2100 calories a day while
losing weight.
When you hit times when the scale doesn't move, check your
clothes. Are the arms getting
baggy? Is your mid section
shrinking? Are your pant legs getting
too big? Is your butt beginning to
disappear? These are all indications
that you are losing weight.
It took a long time to gain all the extra weight you are
carrying. It will take time to lose
it. The great thing about our bodies is
that we can lose weight in less time than it normally takes to gain it.
Don't let a slow period or even a plateau halt your efforts
to lose weight, exercise and get healthy.
If you keep doing it, it will happen.
Have a plan and be consistent.
That's the key.
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caryn cannatella
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