jachol
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Hello! I'm 5'2, 19 yrs old, and about 140 lbs (despite my height, that's actually not terribly big...I have a large frame and am fairly muscular, so all in all I'm a size 6 or 28 inch waist.) However I am looking to drop a size, particularly for summer. I've been at it for 3 weeks now and I'm not seeing any results whatsoever. I eat about 1500-1700 calories daily (average 1600), strength train 2-3x a week, and do cardio 6 days a week. However, now I'm actually going to eliminate the cardio on the days I strength train so it will actually only be doing cardio 3x a week. (I do it for an hour when I do it and burn at least 400 cal.) I've also done some high intensity interval training in with my cardio. I'm seeing absolutely no results and it's been 3 weeks. I haven't weighed myself because I'm at college and don't have a scale, but I do have a tape measure and my waist measurement has NOT budged. What could I be doing wrong?
I'm thinking about making my daily calorie goal 1700 and only doing cardio 3x a week based on a recommendation from someone who said that since my strength routine wipes me out (which it does) trying to do cardio right after might just be ineffective. They also said that 1500 cal sounds too low for someone who is strength training and that I could be putting my body into starvation mode. However, this is coming from a guy so I am wondering if he didnt realize that girls don't need as many calories because every source I've read has said that 1500 is a good amount of calories for a woman to consume a day to achieve weightloss.
Do you think my new plan could work ? (new plan being less cardio and eating 1700 cal) It seems counter-productive but seeing as how I'm seeing no results doing what I'm doing now I figure it couldn't hurt to try it, I know I certainly won't gain eating only 1700.
What do you think? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!!
I'm thinking about making my daily calorie goal 1700 and only doing cardio 3x a week based on a recommendation from someone who said that since my strength routine wipes me out (which it does) trying to do cardio right after might just be ineffective. They also said that 1500 cal sounds too low for someone who is strength training and that I could be putting my body into starvation mode. However, this is coming from a guy so I am wondering if he didnt realize that girls don't need as many calories because every source I've read has said that 1500 is a good amount of calories for a woman to consume a day to achieve weightloss.
Do you think my new plan could work ? (new plan being less cardio and eating 1700 cal) It seems counter-productive but seeing as how I'm seeing no results doing what I'm doing now I figure it couldn't hurt to try it, I know I certainly won't gain eating only 1700.
What do you think? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!!