I workout 5 times a week and still staying the same weight. Not gaining not loosing. What do I do?

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Yvette Fleming

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I been weighting the same weight now for the past two months. I work out 5 days a week and sometimes I double up and do two workouts in a day. I have been eating roughly 1200 calories a day. I dont eat fast food or eat out. I also see a personal trainer twice a week for 1 hour sessions. But through all this I still havent been loosing any weight. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to get my body to start loosing weight again. The begining of this year in January I weights 200 lbs and now I am weight 142 and wanting to drop 20 more lbs in the next three months. What am I doing wrong? Help me please
 
Hey Yvette, congrats on your success so far!


Do you do any weight training?


I would suggest reading this article as a start - maybe something in it will help you get over the plateau:


http://www.fitness.com/articles/1304/nutrition_101_part_1.php


There are 6 parts, just look at the right hand column beside the article for the rest :)
 
Wow, that is awesome progress! Just keep doing the same thing. Are you drinking on the weekends perhaps? You are probably gaining muscle that's why it's not dropping as much.
 
Great progress!! Try alternating your exercise routines daily and never doing the same routine two days in a row. After a while, our bodies get used to the exercise we do and kind of pause the progress. Our muscles create memory, so what you could do is try to fool your body into different workouts so that its constantly being challenged and the memory cannot set itself in. Try Zumba one day, spinning, weight training, TRX, boot camps or circuits and alternate them. Hope this helps!!!! :) Keep up the good work!
 
@baileyboo Great exercise ideas, especially about alternating them. Will look into them at my nearest gym!
 
I also recommend to vary your trainings. You have adapted to your trainings. To gain more success, you should increase the length of your trainings and try new training types. Congratulation for previous success.
 
I think all of the previous posters have made great points. I didn't see any mention to Interval training, but I could have just missed it. I think strength training is definitely the way to go as it will help to keep the engine burning long after the workouts are done, but interval training can have a similar effect if you are a "cardio junkie".


If you want to change things up in your current workout you can look to incorporate intervals. For instance, lets say you currently run 30 minutes on a treadmill 5 days per week at 5.0 mph. You could start your workout by going 5 minutes at 5.0 mph for a warm up, and then doing intervals of 1 minute at 6 mph, and then 4 minutes at 5 mph, and repeat until your time is completed. This is also a great way to improve race times if you run 5K's or 10K's or the like.


HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is one of the best ways to get things going again.


Best of luck to you!
 
Hello Yvette,


Congratuations on the weight lkoss you have made so far.


The more weight you lose, the harder it becomes.


Your body thinks it is going into stavation mode and tries to retain as much fat as possible to try and keep your critical functions working.


What you need to do is to ensure that you have a constant supply of nutients entering your body every few hours.


The best wat of doing this is to have about six or seven small, nuritious meals spread through out the day.


That way you will fool your body into not going into starvatoin mode.


Make sure that you are taking in plenty of fluids to keep your body hydrated.


Do thirty minutes of low impact work at least four times a week.


If you start lifting heavy weights you wil gain muscle which is about twice as heavy as fat.


Keep at it and the weight will slowly fall away.


I would recommend that you aim for about a pound a week.


Good luck in your weight loss.


Stephen Hart
 
There are many doctors that think the starvation mode thing is a bit over used. Your metabolism will slow down if you are not taking in enough nutrients, but not to the extent that most people think. If you are burning enough calories, and don't drop to dangerously low intake levels you should be fine.


The other thing I have to take exception to is the thought that lifting heavy weights is going to add all this muscle that will put on extra weight. While muscle is more dense than fat, and hence heavier it also helps your body to burn more fat. The more muscle you have on your body the better when it comes to your metabolism. The other thing to note is that people who get big are attempting to do so. You are not going to put on too much muscle from simple strength training workouts. The people you see in magazines and on TV who are big are taking supplements, eating high calorie diets, and pushing their body with very heavy weights. If you are to lift 6 days per week, but stick to weights that you can move for 12-15 reps per set you will never get big.


I agree with 90% of your post Stephen, but you were a bit off on those 2 points.


Strength training is good for the body. We as a population have become too sedentary, and we need to push our bodies to do more. Getting into the gym and pushing those weights will keep you from aging, and allow you to do more in your daily life.
 
What you need to do is to count the calories you are eating per day and then take off 200 kcal every week. And always change your gym routine. You will see results!
 
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