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disocuraged

disocuraged

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I have asked many a fitness professional and am at a loss on what is going on wit me. I'm 5'2, 146 lbs, but i DO NOT look like i way that much, i've always been pretty muscular (dancer for 15+ years) and i wear about a size 6. however, i have never weighed this much in my life. from january 09 to june 09 i went from weighing 130 to 146, then i went to europe for 2 1/2 months and came back weighing a whopping 152 and that was mostly fat (35% when i first measured in early october). none of my clothes fit and i was miserable. that was september. since then, i have been working my ass off and am not seeing the results i would expect. I am down to 146 and 31%, however i run 25-30 miles a week, work out with a personal trainer twice a week, and eat 5 small meals a day comprised of lean proteins, clean carbs like fruit, beans and brown rice, and nothing but protein and veggies after 4 pm. the only thing i can think is stunting me is my weekends, i usually drink one, maybe two days a weekend, but eat pretty healthy on the weekends. and by sunday i am always back on a regime since i usually have a very long run on sunday. my metabolism must be running slow, because i went from having a bowel movement 1-2 times a day to maybe every other day. i feel great and my clothes all fit again, yet the numbers are really upsetting me and i am nowhere near as skinny as i once was (125 lbs, 20% BF). i have always been a healthy, fit and lean girl, someone tell me whats wrong!!

Discouraged
 
I have a couple of random thoughts and questions for you:

1. You've lost 6 lbs and reduced your body fat percentage by 4%. You just started a month or two ago. Sounds like your biggest hurdle is going to be fixing and managing your expectations. Not your body.

2. Explain your running in greater detail, please.

3. What does your trainer have you doing?

4. You don't mention anything about healthy fats. Bean was about all I saw.

5. Why nothing but protein and veggies after 4pm?

6. Are you tracking calorie intake? No matter what you're doing in the gym... if you're taking in more calories than you're expending (and you can take in too much of the "clean" stuff), you're not going to lose weight. But as I noted... that doesn't seem to be the problem - refer back to point #1.

7. How much do you typically drink and what do you drink on the weekends?
 
I agree with Steve about managing your expectations. AT your weight, and eating healthily, you could expect to drop about 1% of your bodyweight per week. It looks to me like you're right on track for that figure at about 6lb a month or so.

Why do you think you should be losing more faster?
 
It's also important to note that you could be dropping fat while the scale doesn't move at all or it even goes up.

Remember, the scale measures a lot of things that are not fat - muscle, connective tissue, bones, bowel matter, water, etc.
 
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