Why can't I lose weight?
20.January, 2009
I weigh 170 lbs and want to get down to at least 150. I am 25 yrs old, have had three kids, the last one 2 years ago. I walk 2 miles every morning, do Tae-Bo three/four times a week and change that up by switching nights/mornings also alternating between the bootcamp, ultimate abs, cardio, etc.
I eat really well, I never go over 1200 calories, I don't think I could if I tried. I eat fresh fruits and veggies every day, hardly ever red meat, mostly chicken, turkey, and pork. I usually eat eggs for breakfast. I drink a couple glasses of grapefruit juice a day too or eat a half of g.f. I cannot be retaining water because I seriously drink like 2 gallons of water a day, sometimes a diet snapple and I pee like once every half hour. I take green tea pills, but that is mostly for energy because I have 3 little kids.
I have only lose 4 lbs. in two months! It is really depressing, don't know what to do next
That probably sounds like a lot of water, but I don't go overboard to drink it on purpose, if I didn't I'd be dying of thirst all day long. I have always been drinking a lot like this, since I was a kid, and no I do not have diabetes. My two year old daughter is the same way. She will empty an entire sippy cup in less than five minutes.
Get Lean with the Magnetic Diet Seven Step Plan
Combined with strength conditioning, energization exercises, pranayama life force control and meditation the magnetic diet seven step plan will when followed guarantee that you achieve a low level of body fat in a predetermined period of time. Ultimate leanness is defined as single digit body fat percentages for men and low teen body fat percentages for women. This is the level of body fat necessary if you want to be able to actually see the definition of your abdominal muscles. The magnet diet in combination with the right amount of physical activity will create the necessary calorie deficit to achieve ultimate leanness. The time it takes for you to achieve that will of course depend on how much fat you have to lose.
For example, if you currently weigh 200 pounds and are at 23% body fat and your goal is to be at 9% body fat you have about 25 pounds of fat to loose. To loose 25 pounds of fat while maintaining or even gaining muscle should take you approximately 6 to 7 months. You can lose 25 pounds in a much quicker time frame, but will it be 25 pounds of fat? No it will not, remember when you lose weight too quickly much of the weight lost can end up being muscle. And as we learned earlier if you lose muscle you will create the condition for a boomerang weight gain of fat down the road. Now 6 to 7 months may sound like a long time but in reality its not. In our society we want everything quick and easy, but the truth is that nothing worth having comes quick or easy. 6 to 7 months of your life will pass by no matter what you do, you cannot stop time. But by following the magnetic diet seven step success plan the difference will be that 6 to 7 months from the time you start you will have achieved your goal, you will have attained your desired body fat percentage, you will look great and most important of all you will have achieved a very high level of health and vitality. Remember the goal is to lose fat and maintain or even gain muscle so losing the fat slowly is the way. Here is the plan:
Step 1.
Determine your current body fat percentage
Get your body fat measured by a personal trainer or health professional, or purchase Tanita body composition monitor or other similar device.
Step 2.
Decide on a goal body fat percentage:
What’s it going to be 15%, 10%, 5%? They are all achievable, you just have to decide. Once you have decided then calculate the amount of fat that you will have to lose. Take you current body fat percentage minus the goal body fat percentage and convert that to a decimal value add 1 and divide your current weight by that amount. The difference between the result and your current weight is the number of pounds of fat you need to lose. For example a 200 pound person at a 23% body fat who wants to achieve a 9% body fat would do the following:
23 percent minus 9 percent = 14 percent
14 percent = .14
.14 +1 = 1.14
200 pounds divided by 1.14 = 175 pounds
200 – 175 = 25 pounds of fat to lose
Step 3.
Determine your current resting metabolic rate
Determine your current resting metabolic rate using the formulas on page 112.
Step 4.
Determine your maximum daily caloric intake
Remember you want to create a calorie per day deficit so maximum daily caloric intake is equal to your resting metabolic rate plus any additional physical activity as measured in calories minus 500 calories.
Use this as a tool: http://www.magnetic-diet.com/calc/daily_calorie_calculator.htm
Step 5.
Adjust the diet using portion sizes and snacks
Adjust the portion sizes slightly in the main meals or add or subtract snack portions to get to the maximum daily caloric intake.
Step 6
Determine the length of time to achieve your goal
The amount of fat you need to lose divided by a pound a week = the number of weeks it will take to achieve your goal.
Step 7
Follow the Magnetic Diet Seven Day Success Plan Not only will it result in your achieving your goal but it will ensure life long health and vitality. Adjust your caloric intake and activity level as your weight drops. Remember as your body weight drops so do your caloric needs. You must reduce your caloric intake or you will reach a plateau.
More info online - Read the book free of charge at:
http://www.magnetic-diet.com/book
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15.June, 2007 um 6:51 am
Next time you go to the Dr. tell them you want your hormone levels checked. I have just learned that My hormone levels are the reason I have not been able to loose weight. It has to do with hormone and insulin levels in your body and how they are directly related to weight gain and inability to loose with out low Glycemic Index diet. Feel free to contact me with questions.
Excessive thirst is also a sign you may have and insulin issue maybe prediabetic. All the more reason to get your hormone levels checked.
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15.June, 2007 um 6:52 am
Smaller meat portions. If you exercise a lot, and not losing weight, you are underestimating your calorie intake or over estimating your energy output.
2 gallons of water a day is way too much. Go down to 1/2 gallon max. Too much is actually dangerous. Look up hyponatremia.
Green tea has almost nothing for energy, mainly anti-oxidants.
That's a lot of grapefruit juice, very acidic. One glass a day is a lot for most people. Maybe that and the excess water is messing with your metabolism.
Just cutting back your liquid intake you'll drop about 10 lbs. Each gallon is about that.
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15.June, 2007 um 7:44 am
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17.June, 2007 um 10:17 am
Get Lean with the Magnetic Diet Seven Step Plan
Combined with strength conditioning, energization exercises, pranayama life force control and meditation the magnetic diet seven step plan will when followed guarantee that you achieve a low level of body fat in a predetermined period of time. Ultimate leanness is defined as single digit body fat percentages for men and low teen body fat percentages for women. This is the level of body fat necessary if you want to be able to actually see the definition of your abdominal muscles. The magnet diet in combination with the right amount of physical activity will create the necessary calorie deficit to achieve ultimate leanness. The time it takes for you to achieve that will of course depend on how much fat you have to lose.
For example, if you currently weigh 200 pounds and are at 23% body fat and your goal is to be at 9% body fat you have about 25 pounds of fat to loose. To loose 25 pounds of fat while maintaining or even gaining muscle should take you approximately 6 to 7 months. You can lose 25 pounds in a much quicker time frame, but will it be 25 pounds of fat? No it will not, remember when you lose weight too quickly much of the weight lost can end up being muscle. And as we learned earlier if you lose muscle you will create the condition for a boomerang weight gain of fat down the road. Now 6 to 7 months may sound like a long time but in reality its not. In our society we want everything quick and easy, but the truth is that nothing worth having comes quick or easy. 6 to 7 months of your life will pass by no matter what you do, you cannot stop time. But by following the magnetic diet seven step success plan the difference will be that 6 to 7 months from the time you start you will have achieved your goal, you will have attained your desired body fat percentage, you will look great and most important of all you will have achieved a very high level of health and vitality. Remember the goal is to lose fat and maintain or even gain muscle so losing the fat slowly is the way. Here is the plan:
Step 1.
Determine your current body fat percentage
Get your body fat measured by a personal trainer or health professional, or purchase Tanita body composition monitor or other similar device.
Step 2.
Decide on a goal body fat percentage:
What’s it going to be 15%, 10%, 5%? They are all achievable, you just have to decide. Once you have decided then calculate the amount of fat that you will have to lose. Take you current body fat percentage minus the goal body fat percentage and convert that to a decimal value add 1 and divide your current weight by that amount. The difference between the result and your current weight is the number of pounds of fat you need to lose. For example a 200 pound person at a 23% body fat who wants to achieve a 9% body fat would do the following:
23 percent minus 9 percent = 14 percent
14 percent = .14
.14 +1 = 1.14
200 pounds divided by 1.14 = 175 pounds
200 – 175 = 25 pounds of fat to lose
Step 3.
Determine your current resting metabolic rate
Determine your current resting metabolic rate using the formulas on page 112.
Step 4.
Determine your maximum daily caloric intake
Remember you want to create a calorie per day deficit so maximum daily caloric intake is equal to your resting metabolic rate plus any additional physical activity as measured in calories minus 500 calories.
Use this as a tool: http://www.magnetic-diet.com/calc/daily_calorie_calculator.htm
Step 5.
Adjust the diet using portion sizes and snacks
Adjust the portion sizes slightly in the main meals or add or subtract snack portions to get to the maximum daily caloric intake.
Step 6
Determine the length of time to achieve your goal
The amount of fat you need to lose divided by a pound a week = the number of weeks it will take to achieve your goal.
Step 7
Follow the Magnetic Diet Seven Day Success Plan Not only will it result in your achieving your goal but it will ensure life long health and vitality. Adjust your caloric intake and activity level as your weight drops. Remember as your body weight drops so do your caloric needs. You must reduce your caloric intake or you will reach a plateau.
More info online - Read the book free of charge at:
http://www.magnetic-diet.com/book
References :