I exercise 6 days a week. I eat healty, low-carbs. But I don't lose any weight. Why?
359212
one explanation is that you develop muscle mass. the weight of fat in your body is replaced by the weight of muscle you develop. check if your muscles are leaner or do they contain more fat
185302
A well balanced diet, with an active life style will help you lose weight.  A diet that lacks carbs or protiens any other of the food groups isn't a good method.
501550
You are fine but if you are concerned you need to follow a healthy eating and exercise plan. Here is a guid you can follow to maintain a great lifestyle. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1500 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat white carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt & 1 mg toast\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 100g tuna/lean meat & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 200g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1800 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1500 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
367935
This depends on how active you are. If your very active your body can hadle up to 40 % Carbs, cause it will burn them all off. If you're not very active reduce your carbs, because your body will just store them,and make you heavier.
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If you are losing weight on the scale only, then you are burning muscle, not fat.\nYou must still be eating other foods that are bad for you, or you are not eating enough. If I need to lose weight for an occasion, I go stricter than that.  Cut out ALL bad carbs, (sugar and white flour, as well as starches) and up your protein.\nSometimes you need more than 3 weeks to see a difference.  If you kept your current plan up for 6 months, you will probably see a difference.  I did weight watchers for 3 weeks (I was starving) and lost nothing!  I now cut out bad carbs and eat primarily protein and my body seems to respond better to that.\nGood luck finding what works for you!!!!
117219
You may lose a negative weight - that is you will put on weight! As you ask this question, I can tell you are not really familiar with exercise and what a balanced diet is, and so you may over-exert yourself, even worse you do it in a wrong way. The result is you become too tired, or you get injured, or you get demotivated at the end of the first week! And the next thing that will happen is, you take a break, and you are less and less active, and you feel depressed that you eat something which will not help with your weight control program.\n\nGo to the gym and do some more research on the net. You may then come back and ask questions again.
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giving a little effort would assure you of a really safe and effective weight loss. a low-carb, low fat, high-fiber diet is the best diet. this is a sample menu, about 1200 calories the whole day. you will not spend a lot, and you will not feel hunger.\n\nbreakfast:\n1 pc toast / sliced bread\n1 pc banana or apple\n1 glass of milk\ntea or coffee with low cal sweetener (or sugar)\n\n10 am snack:\n1 banana or apple OR\n10 pcs of berries OR\n1 cup popcorn\n1 glass lemonade or juice\n\nlunch:\nopen sandwich (no bread on top) containing:\n1 slice of smoked ham (about 60 grams)\ntomatoes, lettuce, onion\n1 glass juice/lemonade/tea\n\n4pm snack:\n3 pcs of oreo cookies OR\n1 palmful peanuts OR\nany medium sized fruit\n\ndinner:\n1 100-gram cut of lean meat (if chicken, no skin)\n1 1/2 golfball size serving mashed potato or pasta\nup to 2 cups of green veggies or steamed carrots and peas\ndessert: any medium fruit OR\n1 golfball size of low fat ice cream or sorbet\n1 cup of coffee or tea\n\nyou can do variations of this sample plan. very low cost (not totally no cost of course), and low maintenance. you will not feel any hunger at any time of the day. the best thing is, these foods are definitely available in your own house, probably also the things you eat daily. and you will not deprive yourself so binging and mood swings will be avoided.\n\nthrow in some exercise while you're at it: jogging, weightlifting for muscle development, pilates for flexibility (there are websites that show some basic pilates moves), powerwalking for stamina building. even regular day to day activities help - walking to the bus station, bicycling to the supermarket, mopping the floor, you can even do some jogging in-place while watching TV. remember that a well balanced diet and regular exercise is still the best. not only will you be kept trim, you will also stay healthy.\n\nremember that there are no quick-fix diets and exercises. starving yourself and pushing yourself to extreme exhaustion would only lead to even more dangers, and a higher medical cost. the best way to achieve your goal and to get a healthier body is to incorporate a well balanced diet and enough exercise in your daily life.
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Great question. It took a while to gain it, it will take a while to lose it (in a healthy way). 1-2 pounds a week is perfect. If you have not worked out in a while, talk with your doctor first. Fat burning is the product of two main forces: 1) what and how you eat 2) right kind of exercise. Eat something green at every meal, good sources of protien, quality carbs like whole grain bread and NO junk food or fast food. You will need to eat MORE OFTEN to burn fat (you won't store it as fat if your body is no longer starving and knows it will get food again in three hours). You will also need short, intense bursts of exercise, like sprints or interval training on a stationary bike, to burn fat. (1 min on and 1 min off for 15-20 min is a good start). I HIGHLY recommend pilates to help you keep flexible and just plain feel better but this will not burn fat. Any strength training you do will burn a lot of fat - the more muscle you have the more calories you consume at rest. \nYou can read some great books on this subject but they will all say the same thing: eat quality food, 5-7 times a day, in small portions, and do short, intense exercise 3 days a week plus some light strength training. If you do that, in 3 months you will have totally transformed your life. Talk with your doctor, get a trainer that will listen to you, and have one cheat day a week where you rest and eat whatever you want. I like Sunday. Hope that helps!
1149206
Very common for a low carb dieter...you are taking in too many calories. Or not working out to get rid of the excess calories...If you havent yet read the WHOLE atkins book. It will tell you to watch calories also, and ofcourse every diet works better with exercise. Also remember not to use this as a DIET. Diets don't work or have lastinf results. If you loose 20 on atkins, and go back to normal eating, it is VERY common to put back the 20 and gain even more...This is a life style change, and remember to slowly introduce yer carbs back, you cannot live with out carbs that long. You can get very sick.
950211
You are burning plenty of calories but may not be eating enough.   Building skeletal muscle by increasing protein intake in combination with your exercise can accelerate gains.\n\n You are welcome to look at my 360 Blog of September 10 if you want some detailed suggestions on healthy weight loss.\n\nAloha
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You cannot "spot" reduce.To lose the fat around your middle you need to incorporate cardio activities such as walking,running or swimming.You also have to cut your intake of calories.Our country is so caught up in low carb this and that but if you eat too much and don't move you will get fat!!It takes 30-45 minutes of cardio 4-5 days a week for effective weight loss.Try to lift weights 2-3 days a week also.This is the simplest way,eat 250 calories less a day AND burn 250 calories more a day to lose 1 pound a week.3500 calorie deficit=1 pound.You will burn about 100 calories a mile whether you walk or run it!!The only reason running burns more,is that we cover more miles in a shorter period of time!You may want to go to ediets.com and get on their diet program,one of the best on the web!
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No you will not lose weight as that is far too many calories, you need to cut down to 1200 calories and exercise for at least 1 hour every day. If it was easy everyone would be in the healthy weight range. It is about discipline. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
688625
Eat fat = get fat.\nLow carb diets work faster than low calorie ones, but they eventually even out with the same results after 1 year.\n1 gram fat: 9 Calories\n1 gram protein: 4 Calories\n1 gram carbohydrates: 4 Calories\n1 gram alcohol: 7 Calories\n\nSo, obviously, if you drink then you totally have to rule that out, in whichever diet you wish to follow. Generally though, I recommend one which best suits your lifestyle and beliefs (e.g. vegetarian). Diets high in protein and low in carbs show rapid results of fat loss and muscle gain. However, the brain needs carbs to function properly.\nI think you should just healthy and exercise regularly (at least 30-60 minutes of cardio everyday, whether you're on a diet or not, it's for the benefit of your heart's health).\n\nConclusion: both low-cal and low-fat.\nSo for example, you could have a serving of Greensea's 98% fat free tuna in brine for only 77 Calories, hardly any fat at all, *AND* no carbohydrates :)\nHave 1,200 Calories at least though, otherwise you'd be starving yourself and that's no good.\nHowever, I do recommend you do a water fast (for weight loss and plus very beneficial health reasons) 2 or 3 days a week.\nIn a 24h water fast you can expect to lose 2lbs and in a 1-week water fast the average loss is 9lbs.\n\nGood Luck!
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Low carb diets are not healthy. You need carbs to give you energy. The best way to lose weight is exercise. Eat healthier. Once a person starts to exercise they tend to like it. I like running. Running helps reduce stress, gets you in shape, and makes you feel better. Try running with friends. Oh yeah and remember, patience is a virtue.
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Its a matter of perception.  Diet and exercise plans are all good.  Its a matter of finding one that works best for you.  I am 5'7' and 215.  I'm fine with my weight although some days I feel like a hippo.  The first thing to do is to convince yourself you are fine the way you are.  Yes, you want to change, but you are beautiful right this very moment.  You are not fixing yourself you are improving what's already fixed.  I did the low carb thing for a while and lost some weight but had trouble keeping it off.  When I'm in a hurry I'll throw back a slim fast.  But mostly I stick to the six small meals a day.  I don't feel hungry and I control my portions.  If you are out of shape running is just going to make you lose interest.  Try walking first till your body gets used to the exertion.  \n\nThere is no such thing targeted weight loss. If you  are a little annoyed with thick thighs (like me) you can't focus just on those.  YOur body will lose fat where ever it wants.
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1600 cals may well be too low if you are exercising heavily!  Depending on the diet you've been given the actual foods could be the problem.  If its low carb...dump it and get another trainer!  No one working out should severely restrict their carbs!! Low carb diets are a menace to the system.  \nLook at the GI diet. Its sensible and based on sound scientific pricipals and it works...:D
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Hello, here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Only the size of your fist, carbs in one and protien in the other. exercise every day, Monday cardo, tues upper body, wed cardo, thurs lower body, fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt freak out. if you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily!