Mikami Teru
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Its been about 3-4 months since I started going to the gym, and my progress has been extremely slow. It is only in the last few weeks that I have gone down a size from loose 42" to a comfortable 40" and I am really unsure what to think about my weight. I think I was 18 stone and a quarter - half and now I get about 5 different results depending on what weighing scales I use, the only one I know what I weighed on (roughly) originally was the one in the gym, and I think it was about 18 stone and a half or a bit less. This one now says I am dead on 17 stone, but the other ones I have all report 17 and a half or 3/4s.
I don't know if its whether I am eating incrrectly or anything, I'm not following any particular diet but then in order to try and create a calorie deficit as I've read, I eat far fewer calories a day, and just these week implemented a no eating after 8pm scheme, because I used to always have a bowl of cereal or piece of toast before I went to bed. I start the day with a 50g serving of cereal (none in particular, depends whats there) and eat an apple or some form of fruit at about 11:00am, then at around 1pm I eat 1 or 2 ham salad sandwiches (which is better than the bag of chips or fried rice I used to have) and after my final lesson of the day finishes, I head down to the gym and come home at about 6PM, where I usually have a 400-800 calorie meal (ranging from sweet and sour chicken curry to jacket potato with half a steak pie and peas)
This all adds up to about 1400-1600 calories a day and I'm rarely hungry, if I am I just eat a piece of fruit. Now thats certainly under what I think I need to maintain my weight (as im 6ft tall also) and the food is regularly spaced so the metabolism problem shouldnt be kicking in.
Now to create a calorie deficiet, does that mean I have to burn 1700~ calories a day? because that is no easy feat. I spend about 20 mins on the treadmill, doing cycles of 1 min brisk walking and 30 seconds of the machine on near full speed which is about 350 calories in total and always tires me out. by then if I can get enough willpower to do about 7-10 mins on the eliptical machine, again going from low to max at regular intervals which is at most another 150. I also do some weight training in between, not focusing on any particular group but just using the machines there or doing some of the weight excersizes on the wall (and I can lift 5kg more in each arm and still do a decent work out since I started going, aswell as increased the weight on the other machines) and this would probably be in the 50-150 calorie range.
As for Water, I drink a 0.5L bottle during the day, then I get through 2-3 of them at the gym, then I might have one more in the evening.
So, since my progress hs been so slow, what am I doing wrong? do I need to spend longer on cardio? Do I need to alter my diet? do I need to drink more water?
Also, sometimes on the weekend I cant stop myself having a treat such as a 400 calorie chocolate bar or big packet of crisps, as well as the odd few cans of cider every few weeks. Can that ruin all I've done?
EDIT: I forgot to mention I attend the gym at about 4 times a week
I don't know if its whether I am eating incrrectly or anything, I'm not following any particular diet but then in order to try and create a calorie deficit as I've read, I eat far fewer calories a day, and just these week implemented a no eating after 8pm scheme, because I used to always have a bowl of cereal or piece of toast before I went to bed. I start the day with a 50g serving of cereal (none in particular, depends whats there) and eat an apple or some form of fruit at about 11:00am, then at around 1pm I eat 1 or 2 ham salad sandwiches (which is better than the bag of chips or fried rice I used to have) and after my final lesson of the day finishes, I head down to the gym and come home at about 6PM, where I usually have a 400-800 calorie meal (ranging from sweet and sour chicken curry to jacket potato with half a steak pie and peas)
This all adds up to about 1400-1600 calories a day and I'm rarely hungry, if I am I just eat a piece of fruit. Now thats certainly under what I think I need to maintain my weight (as im 6ft tall also) and the food is regularly spaced so the metabolism problem shouldnt be kicking in.
Now to create a calorie deficiet, does that mean I have to burn 1700~ calories a day? because that is no easy feat. I spend about 20 mins on the treadmill, doing cycles of 1 min brisk walking and 30 seconds of the machine on near full speed which is about 350 calories in total and always tires me out. by then if I can get enough willpower to do about 7-10 mins on the eliptical machine, again going from low to max at regular intervals which is at most another 150. I also do some weight training in between, not focusing on any particular group but just using the machines there or doing some of the weight excersizes on the wall (and I can lift 5kg more in each arm and still do a decent work out since I started going, aswell as increased the weight on the other machines) and this would probably be in the 50-150 calorie range.
As for Water, I drink a 0.5L bottle during the day, then I get through 2-3 of them at the gym, then I might have one more in the evening.
So, since my progress hs been so slow, what am I doing wrong? do I need to spend longer on cardio? Do I need to alter my diet? do I need to drink more water?
Also, sometimes on the weekend I cant stop myself having a treat such as a 400 calorie chocolate bar or big packet of crisps, as well as the odd few cans of cider every few weeks. Can that ruin all I've done?
EDIT: I forgot to mention I attend the gym at about 4 times a week
