ok i started my excersise nd diet on sep 10, nd today isthe 28th i only lost. like 2 pounds. i do one hour cardio i run 10 minutes then walk 4.0 miles per hour then run 10 minutes and so on till i burn over 600 calories doing that. then after that i do one hour weight lifting basically entire body. all together 2 hours a day 7 days a week. and i havent seen a major diffrence i went to this website http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/weight-loss-calculator.php and filled out all the info and it said i should reach my goal of lossing 20 pounds by january 2009. so im wondering what am i doing wrong?.. i dont eat candies or anything like that. i eat oatmeal for breakfast.. then im also a vegetarian and Indian so i eat lunch basically indian food but no oily stuff nd 50 percent less then what i used to eat b4. and for dinner something light. like today i made a a lil burrito for me ALL healthy i think lol.. i used a tortilla lettuce tomato and hearty beans a small amount and very little salsa and cheese. is that ok?.. it wasnt alot of stuff in there .. so please tell me guys am i doing everything ok? what wrong here?so since i started from sep 10 till now i only lost like 2 punds..im 5″11 nd weigh 201 now trying to get to 180?..any more hints or suggestions you have ? real life stories or something lol.. plz no scam stuff ThANXXXXXXXXXXXXX =]
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Okay friend, here's the situation. You are over training your body as well as not getting enough nutrients into your system.
You do not need to do so much cardio, in fact a balanced weight loss program must consist or aerobic as well as anaerobic exercises. You need to also remember that your caloric intake is EVERYTHING. You need to have your doctor check your LEAN BODY MASS and help you create a caloric intake plan to go along with it.
Multiply your lean body mass by 1700 to get the amount of calories you would need to maintain your lean mass without gaining too much more muscle.
THIS MEANS YOU MUST TRAIN EFFICIENTLY. You will absolutely never reach the goal you desire optimally without proper cardiovascular/weight training. Losing weight by only focusing on diet is a naive and very inefficient way to get fit. If you are not willing to work hard, you will never reach your real potential.
You must remember that your diet is half the battle, and if you are not getting enough complex carbohydrates to maintain the proper caloric intake you are going to put your body in such a deficit that it will never lose weight. The primary reason you have lost so little despite working so hard is because you are not fueling your metabolism enough to burn fat… you're doing the opposite.. you are FORCING your body to store more fat because it's doing so much more work and burning calories it thinks it needs to survive. This is why you have lost so little.. you are naturally going to lose fat.. however, with your training as it is now you are fighting your own body… and losing.
You must understand that eating healthy is a very difficult thing if you are not educated in the proper nutrients you need. Furthermore, you would benefit from doing more research on the proper amounts of nutrients you need in order to lose weight healthily. NEVER RESTRICT FOOD INTAKE…. merely OPTIMIZE it. YOU NEED MORE FOOD TO LOSE WEIGHT NOT LESS. I can not stress this enough. In order to lose weight you must fuel your metabolic rate and the only way to increase the thermogenic effect is to consume quality calories.
remember: 50% calories from complex carbohydrates, 30% calories from protein, and 20% calories from fat.
You want to conquer this? Know your opponent. In this case, you are your own opponent. All of my trainees have lost over TWENTY POUNDS following these principles and they can work for you too.