Exercise confusion!

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Bex

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I went to my doctor the other day because I've missed 2 and a half months worth of periods and she said that it's probably due to my exercise. I've been doing this exercise for 1 month now, and I have only seen 1lb drop off, which is quite disappointing. My diet is good. Fruit, porridge, all that jazz...

But still.

My exercise programme is this

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Obviously I don't want to cut down on the exercise because then I won't lose weight, but my doctor said she was concerned about the psycological affects of what I'm doing.

But why am I not losing weight?

Should I increase the exercise? Maybe cycling everywhere instead of riding my moped would help? What do you think?
 
it looks like you are doing at least 3 hours of exercise each day which is way too much (unless you are just doing something like walking). How much do you weigh if you dont mind me asking? and could you write out what you would eat on an average day and how many calories it is?
 
I weight 11.8 (165 ish pounds) and I eat porridge for breakfast...a cheese sandwhich for dinner...and then like a curry or roast dinner for tea or something with vegetables.

My snacks include fruit and a few nuts.

Not sure how many calories

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You should go to calorieking.com or sparkpeople.com to try and figure out the calories on average that you eat. Nutrition is going to lead to a LOT more weight loss than exercise alone. I have lost 40lbs basically only by changing what I eat. If you are eating more than you think you are, then you can look at where you can cut down, but if you are eating too few calories, your body may be holding on to the weight as a defense mechanism against starvation.
 
well dont worry about that yet. First figure out how many calories you are eating. There might be hidden calories in things you are eating like if oil or butter is used to cook some of the food. Cheese has a lot of calories, so if you are eating more cheese than you realize, you might be taking in 400-500 calories from that. Just take a little time to write out exactly what you eat and how many calories those things have....it will really help you out, and people on here will be able to help you as well.
 
It sounds like you're eating about 1200 calories a day, and using up about 2,000 calories a day from your exercise program. That, plus the calories from your normal activity rate of metabolism, are putting you into a gigantic caloric deficit. Your body is probably doing everything it possibly can to react to what it sees as starvation, including stopping your menstruation and preserving whatever fat you have.
 
Bex said:
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I'm not sure if it could be related, but the first thing that stands out to me on that graphic is that EVERY DAY is scheduled. You need a rest day. The whole idea of exercise is to break down, then rebuild, but stronger. If you do nothing but break down, you're just burning yourself out physically and mentally.

You really need a day of rest.
 
corndogggy said:
I'm not sure if it could be related, but the first thing that stands out to me on that graphic is that EVERY DAY is scheduled. You need a rest day. The whole idea of exercise is to break down, then rebuild, but stronger. If you do nothing but break down, you're just burning yourself out physically and mentally.

You really need a day of rest.
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I didn't look at the graphic, but if that is the case, I recommend it as well. Plus, the phenomena that Corn talks about is very real. And one day of rest doesn't negate the accumulation of "fatigue." To let your body compensate for the accumulation of fatigue that you build overtime, you need to schedule periodic breaks in your training protocol where you either take complete rests for a week or two, or, take some time to deload and build back up.
 
Paroxysm said:
Sounds like you have a type of eating disorder-- where you excessively exercise.

Your body is probably going into starvation mode and storing everything you DO eat.
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This is an old thread.

However, from the sounds of it.... you do not understand the "starvation mode."
 
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