Help!!!! I can't lose any weight

[little1]

Hello.

This is my situation. I am 5'3 and weigh 125. I am having a difficult time losing body fat and toning up. I have been working-out for many years. My work-out regime consists of 3-5 days of weights and 30-40 min of cardio. I am trying to keep a 40-30-30 diet but sometimes find it difficult to maintain. I have tried many supplements such as, Triacanx, mm4, and other fat burners. I have found that I can not take any fat burners that contain an EAC stack. My husband suggest T3 for my metabolism. What do you think about T3,Anavar, or Winny to help me achieve my goals? Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[DrJMW]

Try Mon, Wed, Fri--4 sets of 20-25 reps of inclined or flat bench press; 4 sets of 20-25 reps of pulldowns or rows; 4 sets of 20-25 reps of leg press or squats or leg extensions. Try to choose a weight that causes you to fail on rep #25. Do this routine in a cycle: press, pull, legs, press, pull, legs, etc. Move on to the next exercise when pulse rate is 125 BPM. Increase your weight the next time when you can perform all reps at the previous weight.

For warmup--do a 6 minute fat burn program on the tread, stair climber, whatever. Then do 1 set of 25 ab crunches; 1 set of reverse crunches; and finish your warmup with 1 set of 15 straight leg deadlifts.

After you complete your cycle, then you can do 30 minutes of low intensity cardio (fat burn cycle). You can also do 30 minutes of low intensity cardio on the off days. The key is LOW INTENSITY cardio workout for fat loss.

If your isocaloric diet isn't working, perhaps you can reduce the carb intake and replace it with an equal amount of protein.

I wouldn't mess with any medications until you adjust your diet and exercise program.

 

[new@gettinbig]

4 sets of 20-25 is a lot!!! Why so many reps...you can not obviously be lifting very heavy at all like that...3 sets of 8-10..there is no way in hell i could do that many reps lifting any decent amount of weight!!! Im not big on this circuit type training..unless its the week of a show..just to get a pump..I disagree...too many reps!!!!

 

[little1]

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[little1]

Pump, sassy69,phemomena, triplev,
I know you all are knowledgeable...
your input would be very helpful

thanks

 

[Sassy69]

Hi little1 and welcome to the boards!

First I would say, consider your situation --- its not like you are hugely "overweight " for your height. Do you know what your bodyfat is and what exactly is your goal -- do you have a weight in mind or a bodyfat? If you've "been trying to lose weight for a while" - does this mean you have maintained this same weight/bf for the many years of your training? And have you been following the schedule you described for that whole time?

If you've been following this for a while, how consistently? Doing the 5-6 small meals, etc? Personally I've found that the ONLY time I get consistent results is when I do actually follow the diet very close to 100% and eat very clean, no carbs at all late night. Have you changed around your training? Have you been making progress with your training (e.g. increasign weight, reps, etc, changing the routine around every 6 weeks or so) or keeping it the same? Are you seeing bodyfat drops? Muscle toning? If you have made some progress (dropping fat) and then have gotten stuck (plateau), probably time to shock the system again with a change somewhere, Maybe increase carbs and train more intensely to stimulate a "comfortable" metabolism? Maybe try cycling your carbs - above like 100-150 g/day for a couple days, then drop it down to below 50 for 3 days, repeat?

I'm fishing around here because I'm still trying to understand how I can tweak my diet for some better results. Personally I've been stuck at 165 lb 19% bf for close to 10 months following a BB comp last winter. Ain't no body fat moving despite doign the same w/ Tricana (got some progress, but then blew it w/ some "depression eating"), cardio, training, etc. My diet is otherwise very clean and my training is balls-to-the-wall, take no prisoners! It was suggested I try doing a month of JUSt cardio to drop some bf. I can afford some muscle loss, so I'll give it a shot.

Give us some more details and maybe something will stand out. Otherwise, something ain't working -- try changing one thing at a time to see how it responds (diet, training, cardio).

Good luck!

 

[little1]

Sassy69 thanks for your suggestions. Here are some answers to your questions. I have not measured my bodyfat lately but I do want to drop between 5-10 more pounds. I have maintained my 125 weight for about a year now and have not really lost any in my measurements. I try to stick to my diet but of course may cheat every once in awhile. My biggest challenge is reducing my carb and increasing my protein intake. I wished I like protein drinks but I don't. I eat a lot of chicken and I do stay away from carbs at night. I try to eat small meals or snacks during the day. I change up my work-out schedule about every 6 weeks. Right now I work with increasing my weights. My muscle tone has remained the same. I have a very slow metabolism. My husband can't understand why I can't lose any weight either. I hope something I said sticks out.

Thanks

 

[Oxygen]

Besides getting enough clean calories in your diet, how about upping your cardio... maybe 3-4x week 60 min a shot.
And I agree with Dr., those super high reps are great! I did them for a year and it totally kicked my butt. Also did super-sets for almost every body part. Literally ran from exercise to exercise. 1st set of leg press was 100 reps (4 foot positions, 25 reps each position, no resting).
I really think it was all that nasty cardio that really dropped my BF.

 

[keiko]

Get your BF checked--if you're already low, why do you want to lose so much? Fitness isn't a number on a scale.

I 'd never lift so many reps. I go for as heavy as I can do for maybe 6-10. Up your cardio to 1 hour and eat a real Isocaloric (you're eating a Zone diet now, not Isocaloric) --33% of every thing with 10 cals per pound and 1 gram of protein per pound.

Here's a good diet link: http://home.earthlink.net/~vinnyi/dieting/diets.htm


T3 can mess up your thyroid and it also causes muscle loss unless stacked with AS.

 

[FitFossil]

Little1,

Is there any chance you're currently taking hormonal birth control (e.g. the Pill, Depo Provera, etc)?

For me, the Pill was a huge roadblock to fat loss, even with a cleaned-up diet and increased exercise. I tried all the various "low-dose" pills too, and not only did they make me gain fat in my abs and butt (where I'd never had a problem before), they turned me into an emotional shrew. All that "magically" went away when I switched to a non-hormonal method.