Weight Loss (Women)

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Girlfriend has been hitting the gym a good 6 months now and is really distressed that she doesn't appear to have lost any weight whatsoever. She's by no means overweight, she is just the typical university girl whose stomach has paid the price of drinking, junk food and not enough exercise.

Are there any online sources/articles or books I can have a look at which offer decent advice especially for women. Obviously there's a lot of crap out there but there must be something which is generally perceived to be reliable and useful.

Would really appreciate any advice, some of you on here seem extremely resourceful at this type of thing.
 
Hopefully something that covers it all. Something that will explain why she hasn't lost any weight whatsoever despite hitting the gym regularly for 6 months.
 
Because she has been eating more calories than what she is burning.

It is pretty simple - 'weight' doesn't magic itself on your body.

Calories In > Calories Used = Weight gained

Calories In = Calories Used = Weight stays the same

Calories In < Calories Used = Weight lost

Simple as
 
Diet diet diet.

Like the guy above said, if she goes to the gym it doesn't matter if she burnt off 500 calories, if she's still taking in more than her body needs after that she won't lose.
 
She needs to take a look at the types of food shes eating, the frequency, portion size and macronutrient balance.

It'd be much better if I could get an idea of her current dietary intake (a typical days entire food and drink consumption) and the breakdown and frequency of her training regimin.

Sort that out and I promise she can be losing weight soon ;)

Ant :cool:
 
she's probably thinking , oh i have had some exercise today ,NOW i can have that cake and beer as i have deserved it .



cake and beer, ruins lives
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Calories In > Calories Used = Weight gained

Calories In = Calories Used = Weight stays the same

Calories In < Calories Used = Weight lost

Simple as
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Pretty much sums it up.

Also make sure she is eating decent foods regularly and hardly any processed stuff, that makes lots of difference too.
 
Is she doing weights (ie more muscular)? Muscle is heavier than fat so she would weight more on the scales. Judge in the mirror, not on the scales.

Secondly, what foods is she eating?

Perhaps you could give us a rundown of a typical day, and exercise done. Don't bother unless you're willing to write down the cheat meals or beer etc; it's kind of important. We can help, just don't lie :p
 
Losing weight is diet, simple as that, and calories in/calories out blah blah blah is only partially accurate. The better quality food you eat the more calories your body will burn.

Theres several things you body does to use energy, from breathing/heart pumping, to thinking, to replacing both dying/old cells and replacing healthy cells. The healthier you eat, the more your body replaces cells keeping you healthy, the better your bodies processes will work, enabling other body processes to work better and work harder.

She needs to eat protein, a decent wedge of it, she needs to eat no, literally no high GI carbs, any carbs she has have to be low gi sources, the lower the better, she needs to be eating fat, healthy fats.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Losing weight is diet, simple as that, and calories in/calories out blah blah blah is only partially accurate. The better quality food you eat the more calories your body will burn.

Theres several things you body does to use energy, from breathing/heart pumping, to thinking, to replacing both dying/old cells and replacing healthy cells. The healthier you eat, the more your body replaces cells keeping you healthy, the better your bodies processes will work, enabling other body processes to work better and work harder.

She needs to eat protein, a decent wedge of it, she needs to eat no, literally no high GI carbs, any carbs she has have to be low gi sources, the lower the better, she needs to be eating fat, healthy fats.
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Spot on.

A decent diet - i.e. lifestyle, along with a good exercise regime, i.e. lifestyle, will help her lots. :)
 
As others have rightly said, her diet must be sorted out. That will also improve her health. But once she starts cutting the calories in the diet, then and only thn is the time to think about cardio exercise.

In terms of exercise, is she very fit? Can she do sustained cardio? If not, I'd say just start off doing light-medium cardio for around 30 mins.

After that, move onto HIIT, if you don't know what it is see here and here

But remember that the diet needs to be sorted first :)
 
Thanks for the advice.

I'm not entirely sure about her diet other than the fact she assures me she hasn't been snacking. I'll ask her about this.

In terms of gym she isn't that fit but has been improving. I sometimes went with her at uni and she'd do 30 minutes treadmill, 20-30 cross/trainer and then at least another 25 minutes doing lengths in the pool. Now perhaps I'm wrong but that seems to be an ample amount of exercise and unlike me she sometimes would go several days in a row. I'll ask about her diet though and perhaps that will enable some of you to offer more specific advice.

Many thanks,
 
Tbh cutting calories isn't really that important, sure it helps but you can maintain the same calories, and still lose bodyfat if you eat the right foods and do the right sort of exercise. Also if she really wants to help herself doing some weights will not do her any harm if anything will promote faster metabolic rate and more fat loss. :)
 
Get her to do weights, 20 mins letting the cross trainer drag you about is about as good as taking a dump. Girls don't like doing exercise properly because it hurts, make her!
 
yes the more muscle you have the higher your B.M.R would be , in other words you get yourself a faster metabolism.

after a work out you burn more fat in your sleep than you did at the time of your work out, and you will continue to burn cal's upto 24 hours after a good session.

you body likes carb's for energy , then protein and fat. carb's are the bodies preferable energy source.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
Because she has been eating more calories than what she is burning.

It is pretty simple - 'weight' doesn't magic itself on your body.

Calories In > Calories Used = Weight gained

Calories In = Calories Used = Weight stays the same

Calories In < Calories Used = Weight lost

Simple as
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It isn't nearly that simple.
 
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