My wife wants me to ask: She's lost 60 pounds, has 15 more pounds to go (she thinks - 140# at 5'-0"), and "the scales haven't budged for the last eight months." She's exercising four days a week at a gym now. How can she lose the last 15 pounds?
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First tell your wife she is beautiful just the way she is. Then tell her that she shouldn't base her health on a number on the scale - she should base it on how she feels. If she is healthy and exercises and eats well, she's treating her body well. However is she truly insists that getting down to a certain weight will make her feel better -- find out if she has been doing the same routine in and out for those eight months. She may have plateaued. That happens when your body gets used to the motions and no longer responds to the same exercise. I suggest mixing it up. Heck, do something with her! Take some vigorous dancing lessons. Weight train together and be each others spotter. Anything different than what she has been doing.
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If you've ever tried to lose fat for any sustained period of time - you may have hit a plateau. You have changed nothing, but suddenly the fat no longer disappears. The human body is incredibly adaptive, and will do its level best to maintain equilibrium (homeostasis). The plateauing effect has to be the biggest motivation-killer there is. Unfortunately many popular diet books are strangely quiet on the issue -- I guess the concept doesn't sell well. The best single word of advice is to make a change. Don't make the mistake of doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result Change Your Exercise Routine So you go walking a lot? Then try jogging, or swimming, or cycling -- anything that will change the way your body is working. If you are doing low intensity cardio work, then try some high intensity exercise
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Muscle is heavier than fat.If shes made muscle by going to the gym it will be very hard if there is very little fat to lose now. I lost over a stone by just watching my calorie intake, i didnt exercise or anything other than watching my calories. Instead of eating about 2000 a day I ate between 900 and 1200 approx and it worked and it hasnt piled back on either. Tell her good luck with it x
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Thats a little hard to say as no one here really knows what she eats and the kinds of exercises she is doing. How much water and proper rest. Rest plays a big role on weight loss. not getting 7 to 8 hours of restful sleep then this could slow down your losing ability. Carbonated drinks (even the diet ones) are the biggest no no's when wanting to lose weight. never starve yourself to weight loss. This will work only if you have no weight really to lose in the first place but never works if you have weight to get rid of. Eating 3 to 5 small meals are better then eating one big meal. You should never sit down and rest after a meal. taking a walk even a few blocks will help the digestion to work better.
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Pilates, yoga, or any other stretching exercise. When I was training for a marathon, I ended up gaining weight because the muscles in my legs grew stronger. My trainer started me on yoga, and I ended up loosing all of the weight I gained, and it helped me run fast for longer.
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As far as diet goes, try to eat as few calorie dense foods as possible. lots of un cooked vegies that she enjoyes is the best. PS great job on the first 60 lbs, keep up the great work.
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ok.. there are many things to do but i dont know if she has already tried them. 1st drink ONLY water.. not even mineral water, plain still water.. about 2 liters a day. 2nd eat at least 5 times a day including a complete breakfast, a healthy snack, lunch starting with a salad (no dressing) then a protein (preferably chicken or fish) then a carb like steamed rice (for energy), another healthy snack (granola bar or fruit and yoghurt) and finally salad and a protein for dinner (NO carbs before bed!) you should eat every 4 hours to keep your metabolism going. 3rd change your gym routine every 1.5 months.. your body gets used to this and then the routine stops working so you have to change it. also tell her to see the changes in the way her clothes fit and how others (you) see her, the scales may vary from day to day depending on the climate, the time of day, if shes having her period, etc.. so dont let them take her motivation! good luck!!!!!! and tell her im so proud of ther.. 60 pounds... AMAZING!
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I've heard that drinking a cup of water before eating meals will curb your appetite and allow you to eat less but still feel satisfied. Not eating at all will eventually result in the "rebound" phenomenon and regain the weight that was lost.
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Lots of water 5 small meals a day at 3 1/2 hour intervals cut out the carbohydrates they are only good for athletes that are going to be doing endurance events. Eat rice instead of bread and Pasta. Nuts as snacks they provide protein, Fresh meat no processed meals. The protein helps build muscle. Use some weights in the gym not just machines and vary the exercises the muscles get used to the same thing.. Do not worry too much about the pounds everyone reaches a plateau. Muscle weighs more than fat so as you change the shape of the body and tone up you do not always lose the last weight.
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unprocessed foods. I lost 15 lbs by eating less processed foods, eliminating trans fat and consuming half the sat fat recomended by the FDA. didn't care about salt, unsat fat, or much of anything else. eat oatmeal every day. eat as much as you want unprocessed within these rules. one more thing and this is the most important. 1-2 meals per week (meals and snacks are the same thing), eat what ever the hell you want even if it is deep fried lard. I lost the weight and reduced my triglicerides without exersize eating as much as I wanted. over time your body will stop liking those crappy fats. trust me, I am a carnevore fast food kinda guy and this worked, imagine if I had added exersize and more vegies
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The most productive and result oriented changes she could try: 5-6 small meals a day, eaten every 3 hours 8-10 glasses of water or green tea (no pop) Whole grain bread, only 1-2 slices, and before 3 pm Only veggies/fruit for carbs after 3 pm Balance her carb-protein-fat ratio @ each meal 40-40-20 (or 40-30-30 she'll have to figure out what works) Alternate 1-2 higher calorie days with 2-3 lower calorie days to break plateaus while protecting metabolism Have her email me BigDaddy! I'm her height and although my goals are more aggressive, I might help motivate her. I'd be happy to share my plan too.
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You may think I'm crazy but if she slows down the exercise she may see the scale budge. Exercise builds lean muscle wich helps you lose inches, which weighs more than fat...so you will not see the scale move. Also, her body could be giving her a message that it's comfortable at this weight and she may not lose anymore.
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Before she gives up, tell her to try switching her meals around so that she is eating her big meal at breakfast. Sometimes that will do the trick. If you eat your big meal at breakfast, you burn it. If you eat it at supper, you store it.
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If she's working out, chances are she's actually fine and probably lost fat and gained heavy muscle at the same time. I'm 140 at 5'1" and kind of muscular. I used to think I was fat because the BMI said I was but when I took a body fat % test, I found out my body fat percentage was only 18% (slim/athletic range for a woman) If she is actually just muscular, maybe a body fat % test would ease her mind. Also maybe going by body measurements and waist-hip ratio is better than just weight as well. As for weight loss, breaking up the routine should do the trick. Also, stop stressing. Women especially tend to put on weight when they are stressed. It's a survival mechanism that works in the wilderness but not in our world.
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Fact from fiction, truth from diction. I hope she found something that worked (since this is an old post) but I would have to ask how she (or anyone else experiencing) this look like? You can lose a lot of mass when losing 60lb but not get back to the target weight when you started adding it on. With me I was 165ib for the longest. Then I started stuffing my face and being lazy and got 200+. Part of my weight loss regiment was weight lifting. My waist got smaller and all but I only got back down to 180lb but my proportion was better. The weight I could not get rid of (the last 15lb was added muscle from the weight training. So even though I did not lose all the weight, I looked as if I did because everything was evened out and more solidly too.
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