EXERCISE WILL NOT MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT

I've been working out with the goal of losing 10-15 pounds...I haven't lost weight and Ive been consistently working out for 2 months. Im noticing less 'jiggle'..but not that smaller number I was hoping for on the scale. I found this article helpful in explaining why.


http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1914974,00.html



    

now while i reward myself and I refuse to NOT eat stuff b.c its bad.........I DO watch my intake of things..............instead of having 2 Reese cups i'll have one......instead of a whole plate I'll put half in a container.,......

that article is wrong.

you are eating too much. start counting calories


Edited by EPITOME - Nov 01 2011 at 9:48am

Princess Grace wrote: What are you eating, that is 75% of the battle? Are you one of those people who do a slow stroll on the treadmill? Do you reward yourself with a cinnabon with extra frosting after leaving the gym? Not saying you do any of the above things but most people who say they are working out and not losing weight are being dishonest somewhere. I workout and I lose weight my sister works out with me but inhales Ben and Jerry, guzzles down grape crush and dips her french fries in ranch and ketchup. Then she complains that she is not losing weight and she tired of Tae-Bo. I barely glanced over the article but even if that was the case that is the exception and not the norm.

You are so right. There's this youtuber name egiggles79 and while I like her videos, she really shouldn't have been questioning why she didn't lose weight for a few reasons. This chick was eating like 2,000 calories a day while still eating mcdonalds and every other fast food she could name. And, on a few days, she even went to a buffet or just ate up a lot of crap that was well over 2,000 calories. And, throughout this whole time she claimed she was on a "diet". Then, when the month was over, she posted a video saying she was going to quit the diet and was actually mad cause the scale stayed the same. I didn't want to be rude so I didn't say what I really thought----which was "I'm surprised you didn't GAIN weight". Some people really have no idea how to diet and now I see why they have things like "e-diet", "weight watchers", "Jenny Craig" etc. cause people really don't know what to put in their mouths and how much.

Excercise isn't supposed to make you thin though. It's supposed to keep your body in shape.. reduce fat and build muscle, energy levels, stamina etc.  Not eating makes you thin.. it also makes you weak but thin none the less.