Just a suggestion,
How about making the cardio 30 minutes on 6.0?
This used to be my old routine, i lost around 40 pounds in the past doing something similar:
30 minutes treadmill
20 minutes weight training
10 minutes of different abs and waist exercises
It took time but it worked and it was all the weight i needed to shed, plus the shaping.
i kinda agree with you. but the problem is after 30 mins on 6.0 i feel i have done nothing but a brisk walk and secondly i am allowed to use treadmill for only 15 mins in my gym.
Working out is only a small part of losing weight. What are you eating? If you are eating more calories than you're burning, you can exercise until the cows come home and you won't lose weight. The gym is not a miracle cureall for weight.
Also, it sounds to me like you need some structure in your workouts. You shouldn't be lifting weights or doing body resistance work every day. You need at least a 24 hour recovery period and better a 48 hour one between workouts.
In addition to that, I think you might have some unrealistic expectations. You can't lose fat in targeted areas. You are obviously losing some fat since you say the muscles in your arms and back are are more defined. Definition only comes when you remove the layers of fat over the muscle. Unless you're actually measuring and keeping track of your inches and weight, it's hard to say you're not losing fat ... because most people are really bad judges of their own shape and size. But you have to let your body lose from wherever it's going to lose. And sometimes it takes a lot more than 5 weeks for your body shape to really shift and change.
Finally, as far as making progress with chinups and so forth, again, I think you might have unrealistic expectations. It takes time - 5 weeks, in the grand scheme of things, is really nothing. Just keep going at it.
Amen...
Listen to the woman.
thank you karacooks. here a are a few answers:
- i have controlled my diet. except on weekends, i dont eat much calorie food or junk. i have "eliminated it". i eat a proper diet. i am not on a "dieting" in which ppl starve themselves up.
- i do one body part each day after my cardio.
Is it fine? Or do i have to wait 48hrs?
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- for other points i agree completely.
It seems like you are really putting in the effort. That is so important. It is just that the routine may not be working for you. Here is an article I found that could give you some assistance:
It is really interesting and taught me stuff I never knew before. Enjoy it.
- well the guy has said that cardio is not worth. well as steve has once said in one of his articles, that cardio has made people lose weight and hence it works. its boring and exhausting. but works. I dont think i can lose a inch if i do only weight lifting and no cardio at all.
I like Kara's answer, especially what she says about rest and recovery. Here is a that will help educate you about overtraining, you so don't want to overtrain, it's a real bummer.
It may also help you to separate your fitness goals from your weight loss goals. Exercising just to burn calories, in my book, is SO un-motivating and after you lose weight how excited will you be to kill it in the gym thereafter? Find the enjoyment in moving your body, and find activities that you truly enjoy, engage in that--fuel your body, eat when you start feeling physical hunger, stop when you feel lightly full (not stuffed--you will eat more frequently this way), this is where the weight loss will really start to happen. Exercise for fitness, eat for satiety (not sport) and the weight will come off.
- thanks! i try to enjoy my exercise regime. and i certainly done overeat. and good quote!
You should do more cardio. Try 25-45minutes. High intensity if you can, or do interval trainings.
What is your diet?
in the nutshell..
- i think i may be doing cardio for less amount of time.
see i used to run 4 months earlier for an hour [i could run 4KMs...dat made my speed a pathetic 4. But for AN HOUR]. And at after running for 4 weeks people came to me and said had lost weight.
NOW I RUN FOR 15 MINS AND RUN 3 KMS..[SPEED=12...3xTIMES MORE]
I ALSO DO LIKE CYCLING AT GOOD SPEED FOR ANOTHER 10 MINS
and then I WORK ON A BODY PART
and i have not still met a single guy after 7 weeks who said "theres some change in u"
its frustrating.
is it due to less time period of cardio? [my intensity is pretty high i think]
- my diet is good. i dont eat junk or even food from outside. just home made food. and when i eat something heavy in one meal, the other meal is porroge
Seriously, as a food lover, i dont think i can compromise more on my diet.
I havent seen a pizza for last 2 months.
[i think it sums it all]
and its really frustrating to not get results after all this
