Not losing weight

[Le-Ann123]

Hi..

Can anyone give me tips and advice on losing weight or tell me where I'm going wrong. I have been working out 3-4 days a week, doing quite a lot of cardio. I have cut out junk food and fizzy drinks and I'm eating more healthy. I'm taking CLA and thermopure from protein and drinking a diet whey protein after every workout. I've been doing this for nearly 4 weeks and I haven't lose a pound. I had a pretty dreadful diet and never done exercise before. What am I doing wrong or am I just being impatience.

[Boss Man]

Hi Le-ann good to speak to you.

First tip of the day, ditch the Thermopure, those things are just pure junk. No one take weight gain pills to gain weight, so it stands to reason they don't need pills to lose weight. plus some of those like Hydroxycut hardcore have the potential to kill people and HH did.

Also what times do you eat at and what foods do you eat at those times?

If you're interested in lifting weights, I can give you some pointers to get you going.

[Le-Ann123]

I work shifts so it can be hard to eat at the same time but it's usually around 10 breakfast 12-1 dinner a snack about 3-4 and tea at 6.. Ive just started introducing weights as I'm starting to feel about fitter and am not absolutely hanging after half hour lol.. I just don't understand why I haven't lose anything in 4 weeks..

[Le-Ann123]

I eat a lot of eggs chicken fish vegetables for tea.. Porridge for breakfast and either whole grain pasta with tuna or jacket potato for dinner snacks are normally fruit or unsweetened popcorn or a small bowl of granola..

[Boss Man]

You are potentially not losing weight because if your calories are too low, you can cause what is known as a starvation mode, where the body thinks it's being starved and holds onto fat, plus if you use weights and increase the amount of calories burned during and after workouts, then that could also contribute to stubborn weight loss if your diet is low on calories

This is a system that I post for quite a few people, so it might work for you, but it can be tweaked if needs be.

Breakfast

Option 1.

Bowl of Whole-grain Cereal and scrambled Eggs, (2 Egg Whites + Yolk)

Option 2.

Protein shake, small portion of Nuts, (excluding higher carb ones like Cashews, Chestnuts and Grapenuts).


Snack

Option 1.

Portion of Turkey + Orange

Option 2.

Small Portion of Peanuts, some Chicken


Lunch

Option 1.

Large Beef Sandwich with trimmings, I.E. Tomato, Lettuce, Cucumber etc.

Option 2.

Bowl of Chicken Soup, + Pot of yoghurt.


Snack

Option 1.

Turkey + Cashews

Option 2.

Ham + 2 large Tomatos


Dinner

Option 1.

Pork with mashed Potato.

Option 2.

Chicken and Rice

Option 3.

100g Halibut + Broccoli


Snack

Option 1.

Beans on Toast

Option 2.

Ham Sandwich, no trimmings.

Easy on the bread with both options.

You could add a few things to certain meals, like Sea Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, Parsley, Mustard, Herbs, Garlic.