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Hi Everybody,

I am a retired manufacturing manager living in New Britain, Connecticut.
I'm 68 years old and about six weeks ago I decided it was about time to lose some weight. I'm 5'7" and weigh 170.

Anyway, my wife has been working for weight watchers for 6 years now, so she knows the regimen inside and out. I don't go to the meetings but I am following her lead and sticking to the program religiously. (seriously)

Aside from that I am doing weight training for about 35 to 40 minutes a day, three days a week. I'm doing mostly upper body stuff in hopes of losing my gut and my man boobs.

Also, I am doing cardio on a rebounder trampoline for 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week.

Ok, so now for my question. It's been six weeks now, and I've only lost 5 pounds. This doesn't seem like very good progress to me. Can anybody give me any clues as to why I'm not losing faster. Some weeks I haven't lost any weight at all and one week I actually gained a pound.

Maybe I'm being too impatient. I don't know. Which is exactly why I joined this forum.

My wife (who is a mentor in the weight watchers program) says I'm doing fine and that she can see a difference, but I think she's just trying to be nice so I don't give up.

I would appreciate any input anybody would like to give,

Thank You,

Tony
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your wife is absolutely right...keep up the good work and keep going. Losing weight is definitely a slow, on going process. I'm not sure what your "old" lifestyle used to be like but if it was relatively sedintary then you have to give your metabolism time to wake up. Slow weight loss is often more effective in keeping the weight off for good. One thing to remember is that in working out you need to keep the body "guessing". the rebounder is a great idea but after a while your body becomes so used to the routine of it, it just says "oh, I know what we're going to do, we do this all the time". Don't let your workout routines get too comfortable. Muscle confusion = keeping the body constantly guessing so that it has to work harder, which in turn really revs up the fat burning process. Continue with the weight training because the more muscle you gain the more fat you'll burn. Muscle burns fat 4 times more than just cardio alone and you'll gain the lean muscle with weight/resistance training. So don't stop but my advice to you would be to change your training routines often about once every 4 weeks (this is a rough time frame some people train the same way longer but your goal is weight loss so I think changing it up more often is key for you). Also keep your workouts fun, don't let yuorself get bored. And yes, weight watchers is a very good plan, remember keep your diet as clean as possible. Diet is definitely key. Notice I said "diet" and not "dieting"? Big difference...healthy, clean diet is a do-able lifestyle where yuo're not deprived just smart in what yuor eating. Best wishes to you and welcome to the forum.
 
Thanks

Thank you for your very informative and encouraging post. I guess I'm just expecting too much.
I will take your advise about changing the exercise routines. We also have a treadmill which I have never used, so I can switch to that after a while. I was also considering getting a rowing machine.
Thanks again for that post. I'm feeling a lot better about things. I'll just try to be more patient.

Tony
 
More CT people here than I realized! I'm from CT too :) Originally actually from 20 minutes away from Stamford LV, but now I'm way on the other side of the state. Anyway, welcome Tony!
 
Welcome to the forum.

Can you post more details please? What is your "mostly upper body" routine? What is your diet like? Thanks
 
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