Hi, first i'd like to start with the fact that i'm a girl. i started going to the gym 3 weeks ago, 3 days per week for 1 hour and a half doing cardio for 30 minutes and after all weight lift. I eat healthy, not super healthy but i've cut off on the fat. I actually surprised myself with all the progress i made. The only thing that's bugging me is that I didn't lost any weight at all !! I was wondering if i'm doing something wrong, it's not motivating going to the gym and having no difference on the scale. When will it start to show? I decide to start going to the gym to feel more confident but right now i've got nothing.
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1) Don't base your confidence on what a scale says about you. You are more than a number. What the scale says is more or less meaningless, unless it says something extreme, and even then it shouldn't be what you judge yourself against.
1b) The mirror and the eye don't see what the scale says about you, they see what is actually visible about you. If your goal is to change your physique, then let changes in your physique tell you what's going on. The scale can be a helpful guide at times, but what you see happening to your body (especially if you take photos of yourself, as weekly/monthly photos will show more change than you'll immediately notice in the mirror due to the time difference between photos), how your clothing fits, etc is all much more meaningful than the scale.
2) You say you've made progress. Progress is progress. So this isn't a bad thing at all. In what ways are you observing/experiencing progress?
1b) The mirror and the eye don't see what the scale says about you, they see what is actually visible about you. If your goal is to change your physique, then let changes in your physique tell you what's going on. The scale can be a helpful guide at times, but what you see happening to your body (especially if you take photos of yourself, as weekly/monthly photos will show more change than you'll immediately notice in the mirror due to the time difference between photos), how your clothing fits, etc is all much more meaningful than the scale.
2) You say you've made progress. Progress is progress. So this isn't a bad thing at all. In what ways are you observing/experiencing progress?
Adding to Goldie's statement. The scales are one of the least useful measures in most cases. The exeptions are weight class sports and extreme weight issues, severe obesity or anorexia etc.
Ignoring all of the other forms of body matter that remain largely constant regardless of training in short term, I will focus on fat, muscle and water.
Fat is light and semi-permanent, meaning it will remain if not burned and take up a lot of space for comparitively little weight.
Muscle is heavy and virtually permanent, meaning it can be burned for energy if not used but will be kept and rebuilt if so. Muscle is around 3/4 water and as such very heavy stuff. Losing 5kg of fat and gaining the same in muscle will see you becoming substantially smaller in overall volume.
Water is very heavy and transient. Water is essential to life and stored in various places within the body. It's transient nature is used by quick fix diets the world over to give short term illusion of success that they know will not be maintainable. A few kilos of water loss will make virtually no visible diference to you anywere but on the scales and will come back as quickly as it disappeared.
Use the mirror if wanting aesthetic results, bench marks if wanting performance, but unless there is a serious reason for needing to be lighter don't bother.
Ignoring all of the other forms of body matter that remain largely constant regardless of training in short term, I will focus on fat, muscle and water.
Fat is light and semi-permanent, meaning it will remain if not burned and take up a lot of space for comparitively little weight.
Muscle is heavy and virtually permanent, meaning it can be burned for energy if not used but will be kept and rebuilt if so. Muscle is around 3/4 water and as such very heavy stuff. Losing 5kg of fat and gaining the same in muscle will see you becoming substantially smaller in overall volume.
Water is very heavy and transient. Water is essential to life and stored in various places within the body. It's transient nature is used by quick fix diets the world over to give short term illusion of success that they know will not be maintainable. A few kilos of water loss will make virtually no visible diference to you anywere but on the scales and will come back as quickly as it disappeared.
Use the mirror if wanting aesthetic results, bench marks if wanting performance, but unless there is a serious reason for needing to be lighter don't bother.
Thanks guys. And goldfish, what i meant by progress is feeling more energic and seeing a difference in doing small things as easy as getting up the stairs. Ive also noticed that my tight and my arms were getting stronger and that it isnt just fat anymore but for my hip size and stomach ive worked hard to get it toned and losing a size or 2 but no results YET! Right now im a 5f4 girl and i weight 155 lbs (not understanding with the kg but i know that my bmi would be around 125-130
Not a fan of bmi as it relies on height and weight without considering natural build and what that weight is.
Dropping a clothes size can be interesting when getting fitter. you can find yourself in the situation where instead of your waist being a limitation it bcomes your arms and legs. The clothes industry panders to the masses and they aren't fit, so when you get fitter be prepared for clothes shopping to become harder.
Life being easier is one of the main reasons I train, and it is great. Springing up stairs etc. without effort etc. never loses it's appeal.
Dropping a clothes size can be interesting when getting fitter. you can find yourself in the situation where instead of your waist being a limitation it bcomes your arms and legs. The clothes industry panders to the masses and they aren't fit, so when you get fitter be prepared for clothes shopping to become harder.
Life being easier is one of the main reasons I train, and it is great. Springing up stairs etc. without effort etc. never loses it's appeal.
Planks are more comfortable than doing stomach crunches and they are just as effective. Put your hands and knees on the floor. Pick your knees up so that your spine, upper legs and and lower legs are aligned. Flatten your abs as much as possible by pulling in your belly button for three seconds. Be careful not to curve your spine. Do this exercise 15 times, take a 30-second break and repeat the set.