New Diet Question

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AnusAltoid

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I recently started dieting about three weeks ago. I started off by going on my Bowflex Tread Climber for about fifteen to twenty minutes, five days a week. After the first week and a half, I lost about two pounds, but the tread climber was getting harder and harder. So I decided to switch over to just the regular treadmill, where the first day I did 50 minutes at 2.3-2.5 mph. But over the next week and a half, that's been getting harder to do, and so I've been aiming for atleast a mile each day (about 25 minutes), five days a week. Today I was only able to do .8 miles. Since I've switched, I don't feel like I'm losing weight anymore. Is this normal? I've also switched my food. I'll have a slimfast shake for breakfast (or lunch) depending on when I get up and have to work, and then for dinner I'll have a lean cuisine meal. Usually Ill have a snack if I need to, but that's pretty much it. Am I doing something wrong? Should I be doing more? I'm about to give up.

I also read somewhere that exercise is supposed to make you feel happier, whereas I just feel more tired. Is something wrong?
 
1. What are your current stats?
Age/gender/height/weight

2. How many calories a day are you eating?

3. You've been at this 3 weeks -what were you doing prior to that?


If you're ready to give up -then you aren't considering this a lifestyle change so you really should get focused on your goals and your motivation -the question you really want tofind an answer to is Why do you want to lose weight and get into shape? and get the real reason...
 
1. I am 19/Female/5'7/293

2. I don't know the exact amount, but it is under 1000.

3. Prior to the three weeks I was doing nothing. I wasn't dieting or exercising in anyway.

I know I need to get into shape for health reasons. I don't want to end up like my dad or sister and get diabetes, and I am sick of how I look.
 
your calorie count for your current weight is really entirely too low and not something you will be able to stick with for a long time... Spend some quality time with the stickied threads in nutritiin and exercise forums.. there's a link to a formula that will give you a much better calorie range to shoot for...

Get an account at and start keeping track of everything that you put in your mouth... and do weigh and measure those foods as well - getting a grasp pn what a portion size looks like is a valuable tool.
 
When I first start to exercise after a period of doing nothing, things seems easy and then get harder, but just for a few days. Then things settled back out and I can do MORE, not LESS like you are. I agree that your calorie intake is way too low. If I'm feeling entirely drained at the end of the day or I can't finish my regular exercise routine, I know I haven't eaten enough calories. Exercise should make you feel good - if you have the energy to sustain it!
 
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