5 days a week I have a calorie intake of 0, during the weekend I eat whatever I want regardless of the number of calories and the process continues. But not only I don't lose any weight, but I have recently put some weight on as well, How on earth is this possible?
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Eating zero calories for five days then eating what every. is not healthy by any means. You're on the right track though.If you stick to a low calorie diet (1500 for women 2500 for men),and eat Six small meals your body will burn the food better. A small breakfast, morning snack,small lunch, afternoon snack, supper, evening snack Mostly because the will be smaller amounts of food to digest. You wouldn't over stuff your mouth. Same thing applies for you stomach. Wait a couple of hours before going to bed after eating. Also, you may be retaining water. Water pills will take care of that. These are some things that I have came across while assisting people in my command loss weight.
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Technically, you lose a pound after burning off 3,500 calories. At the rate you are suggesting, you would have burnt 400 more calories a day than you put into your body. You would *technically* lose a pound every 8.75 days. I don't know how much you weigh so I can't tell you how many calories you need to eat/not eat to lose weight. Starving yourself and working out like crazy isn't a healthy way to lose weight because eventually your body will go into "feast or famine" mode and you will stop losing weight to conserve what you do have left. Our bodies are great that way. You can lose a lot of weight at first but it isn't the kind of weight that will stay off (mostly water weight and muscle weight) once you start exercising and eating regularly. You can't starve yourself forever. Eat a healthy, balanced diet and it should fall into place for you.\n\nThe best way to lose weight is to gradually "trick" your body into getting by on less. If you stay with 1,200 calories a day, and you need to eat 2,000 to maintain your current weight, then that is 800 calories that you are burning daily, just by eating less. Add some moderate exercize that burns 300-500 calories a day and you will have burnt about 1,300 calories, just by living and being healthy. You should lose about a pound or two a week on this schedule, doing it sensibly and without starvation.\n\nRemember also that heavy exercise increases muscle mass, and that muscle mass adds poundage to you. That's good. You burn more calories with muscle than you do with fat. I wouldn't get so hung up on the numbers on the scale as I would with how clothes are fitting, what your friends are saying, etc. If you look good to your friends, and you feel okay inside about how you look, then it's a good weight. If you find yourself thinking you're unhealthy even though you're at a healthy weight, I'd seek some professional help.
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I would suggest that you keep a food log. Count your calories for 2 weeks. I think that you will find that you're not eating as much as you think. But if you're eating above supposedly maintenance calories, and still not gaining weight, you might have a hyperthyroid, which means that your metabolism is too fast for you.\n\nI'm not exactly sure how to calculate maintenance calories, but go to google, and type in "daily caloric requirements", and they'll help you figure out what you need. Good luck!
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for the total day with what you describe\nfrom 1400 to 2200 \nwatch your weight and if it starts to climb, cut back \nand again when your at your level or still dropping add a little until you find your good calorie area..we all have different ones\nand if you are more active for a week maybe just a little more if you want..\n\ngood luck\nsmile
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you've got to be kidding me.\n\nLet me elaborate:\n\nSpecial K bars and Salads DO NOT give you enough substance to keep you alive. You can't live off them for two weeks, crash dieting is not healthy and I don't understand why people do it and think it's okay. There is NO excuse for putting your body through so much shock just to lose an extra 5 lbs IF you even lose any.\n\nYour body does not like starving because if it does then you get the opposite effect - it retains the weight. Energy is stored as fat until you need it, but if you are using the energy and not replacing it then your body will automatically go under 'lock down' because it doesn't know when it's the next time it will be seeing the so much needed energy. Hence why people say 'eat 5-6 small meals a day to lose weight' so your metabolism is tricked into believing that the energy source is endless and it can just use all the energy it is needed.
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It surprises many people how much weight they can lose in just one week if they start paying attention to exactly how they live their lives. Because most of us have such fast paced, busy lives we tend to do the things that are most convenient, but often this is not what is best for our bodies. Fast food, frozen food, and very little exercise is what is usually most convenient. Luckily, there are ways to make eating healthier and to even fit in some exercise, even if you are one of the very busy!\n\nFirst, you need to look at your diet. Sometimes the things that lead to us being over weight are things that we just take for granted or don’t even really think about. Oddly enough, the biggest culprits are not what we even have to chew we simply have to swallow! Drinks! When you are thirsty and you need to grab something quick you just go to the fridge or the soda machine and crack open that can or bottle of soda. While the soda is mildly refreshing, it’s also packed with calories. If you are drinking even two or three regular sodas per day you’ll find that you are adding anywhere from 600 to 1,000 extra calories every day. If you cut out the regular soda you’ll find that the pounds will start dropping within a couple days. Many people find that they can easily lose up to 20 pounds over the course of just a few months when they stop drinking soda, but the initial weight loss is seen the first week. For complete info go on to http://fast-weightloss.blogspot.com/2006/05/losing-weight_24.html
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It's not entirely true that simply maintaining the same caloric intake each day will quickly halt weight loss--if it were, then people who are starving wouldn't look as if they are starving!  However, we each have what's refered to as a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), which is the amount of calories that are required simply to maintain our bodyweights.  By consuming this amount--while neither going far above or below it--our bodyweights stabilize and refuse to go anywhere.  BMR is actually quite easy to figure out, and follows the formula below.\n\nMEN:  Take your bodyweight and add a zero to the end of it.  Now add double your bodyweight.  For example, a 200lbs man would do the following--2000 + 400 = 2,400.  A 200lbs man's BMR is 2,400 calories per day to maintain that weight.\n\nWOMEN:  Take your bodyweight and add a zero to the end of it.  Now add your bodyweight.  For example, a 120lbs woman would do the following--1200 + 120 = 1,320.  She'd require 1,320 calories a day to maintain her weight.\n\nSince a McDonald's small combo meal can easilly contain 2,000 plus calories depending on the food items and drink, it's little wonder that these calories are easy to get each day.  It's also far too easy to exceed!  And that's why keeping yourself on the losing end (as far as weight's concerned) is so hard in the land of tasty and fast foods.\n\nAs far as excercise goes... we're designed to be fat.  I'm not saying to just give up and grab a bag of chips, though!  I'm saying that our bodies are designed to burn as little energy as possible and store energy to prepare for the next time food's scarce.  In today's world, however... food's abundant, and this threat simply isn't a modern concern for most of us.  So instead of facing famine... we go on to the next feast.  But we're still carrying around millions of years' worth of evolutionary instinct to be as lazy as possible, lest we burn too much of our precious energy reserves.  That's why we have to push ahead with our excercise routines, continually challenging ourselves with new endevors and new goals.  We have to constantly fight against the instinct to put off hard work (how many of us have to force ourselves to work out?  ALL of us!)--we have to stay focused and drive ahead!  Otherwise, yes, the same old workout routine will yeild no results at all.  In fact, we'd soon become disinclined to work out at all, seeing no point to it.  It has to be exciting and challenging--and each time we meet a new goal... we instantly have to set the bar higher, or we lose it all by stagnating.\n\nIt's funny that you mention dieting all week, yet having "free" days on the weekends.  Many--myself included--find it easier to stay on a clean eating routine if we allow ourselves periodic "cheat" days.  I would always allow myself one meal or snack that I ordinarilly wouldn't have had every three or four days of dieting, and have never found that this hurt my endevors.  (As a sidenote, I'd often do photo shoots, for which I would lower my bodyfat percentage to 3-6%.  Ordinarilly, I keep my bodyfat right around 10-15%, depending on what the mirror's telling me.) This is something that one must experiment with until they suit it to their own lifestyle, but does make it easier not to stray completely away from the diet plan.
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I think you should loose it without a problem. Sounds like you're going about it the right, healthy way. I don't think you should cut anymore calories out. I heard that if your body only receives, for example, 1500 cals a day, That your metabolism will actually slow down so that your body can make those 1500 cals last. I'm not adoc or a fitness nut, but I did take a bodybuilding class college and my teacher stressed the importance of maintaining a good diet in order to achieve optimal results. Because you are exercising 5 days a week, your body will need a good, healthy 2000 cal a day diet to have the energy necessary to continue your workout regime. Good luck!
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The only real way to lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off is to increase your exercise and cut down on your food intake. Your goal of two pounds a week is a sensible and achievable one. The first thing you have to do is decide that it is what you really want to do. i.e. more important than snacking or lying on the couch. You need to change your life i.e. get up from the computer. It really is not that hard once you make up your mind to do it. It also helps if you can do it with a freind or partner for encouragement. It worked for me. Lost about 60 lbs two years ago. Went to the gym about 3 days a week for 2 hours per time. Walked a lot. Decided to eat smaller amounts but more often and slightly reduced my overall intake. Did not snack unless I was really really hungry. I have gained back a bit of the wieght I lost as I am no longer going to the gym but I seem to have leveled off no with an overall loss of 35 lbs. Good luck. John
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if you stay active after eating foods loaded in fat and calories then you will probably never become fat because it will all be used for energy. however, if you continue to eat like that with no exercise and very minimal movement then each day you may notice a pound or two added on. try weighing yourself before and after you eat to see how much you gain. then weigh yourself again first thing in the morning after you wake up to see how much you've lost, if any at all. one cool thing is your always burning calories, even in your sleep. but how fast you burn them is based on how much exercise you actually do, if not then prepare to put on the pounds quickly.
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ya, u probably have a fast metabolism - so tell people that! A fast metabolism is when ur body is able to digest food really quickly and hardly makes u put on weight...i have a fast metabolism and it suits me just fine! eating anything and everything i want anytime without worrying of putting on weight. Just as long as you eat enough for your body to get all the essential nutrients and aren't concerned about gaining extra weight or thinking ure fat when ure actually not, u don't hav a problem at all!
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As a personal trainer I have seen this and heard this from 99% of my clients one time or another while im training them. I tell them all the same thing, Ok you messed up, its one day, there is nothing you can do about blowing your diet for today, you start fresh tomorrow. As long as you are not messing up everyday this isnt a major set back here. Dont beat yourself up over this.\nRule of thumb for me is 80% of the time I eat good, and i allow myself 20% of the time to not be perfect. So 5 days good and 2 days not so perfect. Remember no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes.\nGood cardio however would be Running, Biking, Walking (at a good pace) or anything that gets your heart rate up  just remember your limits and dont try anything that your body isnt used to. If your not used to heavy cardio know your limits.
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What is your definition of fat?  Te best way to lose five pounds it to eat healthy and exercise.  You will lose it that way if you really need to lose it.   When you starve yourself or eat less your body takes the excess fat to supply it with what it is missing.  I know that some people miss a meal now and then hell I do it but I would never starve myself.   Let me tell you I moved to California and during the summer I was so hot I could not eat but I ate atleast one a day.  Bad on my part.  Not only that but I sweated in places I never sweat before and I did not lose any weight.  I think I gained it.  Anyway listen to your friends.
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How much weight do you want to loose all at once?  I know how to drop 5lbs in a week, but you have to eat less and exercise, but it does work.
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Don't eat more calories a day than your body can burn off. Say for example, your body burns about 1200 a day, eat no more than 1200 calories a day. But it depends on your level of activity on a daily basis. Mine is 2000. I work at a computer and have minimal activity, so its pretty low. So find out what yours is and dont go over.
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First of all, you are not eating enough.  I know it sounds controversial to eat when you are trying to lose weight, but when you only eat once a day your metabolism slows down and your body goes into "self-starvation" mode.  It basically tells itself to store whatever food you DO eat as fat--it is a defense mechanism in case you really are starving.  You should be eating several small meals (approx. 300-400 calories each) about every 3-4 hours.  This will keep you from binging when you finally sit down and eat something.  (Notice I said "sit down"...take the time to enjoy your meals)  Eat a mixture of complex carbohydrates (WHOLE GRAIN bread, cereal or pasta), protein (lean meat, eggs, or dairy), and a little healthy fat (a handful of almonds, some olive oil or Peanut butter) to keep you satisfied and fuller longer. I healthy diet isn't rocket science.  Fill yourself up on fruits, vegetables, and grains so that you dont feel the need to binge and eat fatty cakes, and cookies etc...\n\nAs a mother I am sure you are active with your kids--keep being active!!  All activity burns calories, whether you are on a treadmill or running around with the kids.
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I aim for 1900 calories a day or less.  I am  working closely with a diet/fitness professional.  I write down what I eat in a food journal along with the calorie value of everything and I meet with my girl once a week to discuss what I ate and how I felt and all that.  She encourages me to eat several times throughout the day -every 2 or 3 hours in fact.  I do plan ahead, but allow for some spontenaity, I also eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.   When I eat at a friends house or a restaurant I write down what I ate when I get home and use this website to estimate the calorie value of what it was;\nhttp://www.calorieking.com/foods/\nAt first, I just wrote what I ate because I had no idea what the calorie value of anything was.  After 2 1/2 months of doing it, I have a much better idea of what the calorie count of different foods are and can plan better throughout the day.  I have lost 10 pounds since I started.  \nI was against the idea of counting calories at first, but agreed because what I was doing wasn't working.  For me, the most helpful thing has been the support  I recieve from my girl.  She has really helped me to stay focused.  Calories are a number, like your weight or your size that are only a part of the whole picture of health.  When I get frustrated at my slow progress she reminds me of how great I feel and the long term benefits I am giving myself by eating well and exercising and that this is for life-I am not on a diet to be a size 9 by the weekend.