Why I am not losing weight?

Question

I probably burn more calories than in-taking. By the way I'm training, swimming and doing lots of activities. I eating 1600-1800 calories, sometimes 800 calories, but I do burn 2200-2500 calories, I eat lots of veggies and fruits. Rest of calories are fruit's calories. I eat 30% of fat and in addition I do not eat anything after 6 p.m. When can I see th result? I've been doing so for a month. From the start I was 56 kilos, now 54.5, but I would like to be 50....WHAT CAnＩDO??

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It may not seem like a big deal to consume a hundred or so fewer calories than you're supposed to each day, but that's a dangerous — and incorrect — assumption.

It is absolutely 100 percent essential to eat enough calories! If you don't, it will destroy your metabolism. It's like telling your body that you're starving. If your body thinks it's starving, your metabolism will shut down.

Not eating enough calories will also force the body to cannibalize muscle and hold on to fat. The body considers muscle to be expendable during periods of starvation, and it considers fat to be necessary to insulate your organs for survival.

Finally, a deficit of daily calories will lead to a horrible cycle of yo-yo dieting. You'll starve yourself and end up losing muscle, and when you begin to eat the right amount of calories, your body will pack on the pounds in anticipation of another "famine."

What can you do to break the cycle? If you're a woman, set your calories at 1,400 steady — don't vary them. I almost NEVER say that, but in order to get your metabolism back up to speed and set your body right again, you're going to need consistency and time.

Stay on this calorie allowance and exercise at least five hours a week. You probably won't lose weight for at least four weeks, but the good news is that you won't gain either, and hopefully we will have gotten your metabolism back on track permanently. After about four weeks or so, you should start to lose weight, and then you can begin to vary your daily calorie intake — as long as you never drop below 1,200 calories. Now, go get something to eat!

Answer 3

If you are really active make sure that you are getting enough calories because your body needs the energy to fuel the activities. If you don't you won't lose weight because your body will hold on to stored fat. This is why low calorie diets are so ineffective for weight loss.

Most people think the more strenuous the workout, the more fat will be burned. This isn't true. In fact, the body will start burning energy from muscle instead of fat.

A couple articles that will be useful to you are "Best Way to Lose Weight" and "How to exercise for Maximum Fat Burning."

Answer 4

Weight loss success depends on motivation secrets. Without knowing weight loss tips or tricks, your weight loss program will suffer and you'll get frustrated. Here are 3 weight loss motivation secrets...

It's all about how the biggest results are often achieved after a period of struggling. But many people quit during the struggle, and never achieve success.

You might be able to relate - this is very true of fat loss, working out, and eating right.

After all, it's not too bad to get through the morning or even the early part of the afternoon without 'cheating' on your diet.

But late in the afternoon our diet becomes a struggle. And while sitting around after dinner it is practically impossible for some folks to resist the siren's call of the cookies and chips.

But those who make it through the struggle WIN. They end up eating fewer calories and losing fat for the day.

Same with our workouts.

The warmup is fine, and the first few sets are tough, but manageable.

But as we go on, some folks want to quit. But often it is the last set, the last rep, the last effort that gives us the most results.

If we didn't experience discomfort and fatigue - and make it through it all - we wouldn't change our bodies.

We have to get through what Seth calls, "the dip". As he says, "It is human nature to quit when it hurts."

And human nature is why you see more lard bodies than hard bodies.

The two worst things you can do when you are in "the dip" are...

a) Quit (that's obvious)

b) Jump from program to program (because each time you jump, you are starting over again - always give a program a full 4-week trial period to see if it really works for you)

If you can make it through the dip, you win.

But how do you beat the dip when the struggle is so hard?

By reminding yourself of how good life will be on the other side of the dip - how good things will be once you make it through the struggle.

You must remind yourself that you can get to a point where you'll prefer whole, natural foods over junk food; that you'll look forward to your workouts, rather than find any excuse to blow them off.

Here are 3 ways to overcome the fat loss dip.

1) You must have the right mindset. Change your opinion of yourself from quitter to winner. You need more than motivation, you need daily inspiration, and you can get this from other successful folks, so hang around people who are succeeding and read inspirational weight loss stories and motivation books as well...and always review your goals daily.

2) You must learn to stay strong. Learn to believe in yourself.

3) And get help from your social support. Surround yourself with others who are winners and who see the winner in you.

That is how you overcome the weight loss motivation secret dip and succeed.

Answer 5

Anna, Good news and bad news .... although you may not be losing weight I feel confident you are losing dress sizes in even the brief time you've been working out.  Any fatty tissue you've had hanging around is being replaced in weight with more dense muscle.  This additional muscle weight will begin to burn even more fat than you were initially at 56kilos (123.2lb).  Additionally, the greater percentage of muscle on your body, the harder it will be for you to keep weight on.  Even in a resting state your muscles will continue to burn more calories than you fat ever did.  It will likely be within this month you start losing the weight and quickly.  

So, please be conscious of your body's need for fuel.  With the change in fat to muscle percentage you'll need to keep a certain amount of calories in the furnace or handy at all times.  There won't be a reserve around you to draw from.

You will make your goal given your current plan.

Answer 6

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