Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below She asked me to help her with a diet and training so no I'm not an abusive boyfriend that demands she stays in shape she wanted to train WITH me. Anyway do to her need for carbs mainly based on taste, I put her on a 40P/30C/30F ratio of macro nutrients. She weighs 130 at 5'7". She looks damn good at that weight but wants to drop a few pounds and lose her love handles mainly and some in her legs. She has a crazy flat stomach. Well she's been doing this for three weeks now the same amount of time as I have been dieting. She hasn't lost any weight yet, and is very discouraged. I have a few ideas as to why so let me know if I'm right or not. She hasn't been doing the cardio much, but has been lifting she maybe replacing fat with muscle and not dropping weight because she is converting her weight from fat to muscle. Another theory is that I still have a hard time getting her to understand fat being a good thing when dieting. I don't think she is eating enough fat calories in the day. Finally she is trying to go from 130 to a low 120 or 125 area. This may be a problem because it's such a small change in size and her body is so satisfied at her current weight and height. I have her on 1700 calories a day, should I try and drop her to 1500 or less? Any other reasons she isn't dropping weight?
Why is my G/F not losing weight on her diet?
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gymtime
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She should have noticed some decent water loss the first week, assuming she was strict about it.
I would tell her not to worry about the scale, although I know it can be a powerful motivator, or de-motivator as the case may be. It's likely that she has added some muscle which is reflecting on the scale.
Does she see any changes in the mirror after three weeks? Does she feel better? Are her clothes fitting better? These are the things she should pay more attention to.
Finally, good fats (nonsaturated) are essential when dieting. Make sure she doesn't fall into the trap of thinking that all fat is bad. That mentality is partly to blame for the obesity problem in this country.
I would tell her not to worry about the scale, although I know it can be a powerful motivator, or de-motivator as the case may be. It's likely that she has added some muscle which is reflecting on the scale.
Does she see any changes in the mirror after three weeks? Does she feel better? Are her clothes fitting better? These are the things she should pay more attention to.
Finally, good fats (nonsaturated) are essential when dieting. Make sure she doesn't fall into the trap of thinking that all fat is bad. That mentality is partly to blame for the obesity problem in this country.
She says she's being strict but I'm having trouble believing her because she loves food so much. She needs a tasty meal and can't just eat a can of tuna or take a tbsp of olive oil. She needs it to be a good meal not just fuel, so it's been hard trying to get her to eat well and still enjoy it. As for changes she says her cloths don't fit any different and she doesn't feel she looks different in the mirror. I don't want her to give up but I'm worried she will. I have her writing down her foods and calories etc. maybe I just need to go over it with her again. I know good fats are essential and that is still a big problem with her. I think that she is restricting her carbs and not getting enough good fats so she is essentially restricting carbs and fat at the same time which will certainly cause a problem.
gymtime
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This will come down to a matter of choices. She needs to decide what she wants.
There are few universal truths in dieting, but one is that when you are dieting, you give up foods that normal people consider tasty. That's fact. In short, no pain, no gain.
If she's not willing to eat what is necessary for her to lose weight, then I don't know what to tell ya bro.
There are few universal truths in dieting, but one is that when you are dieting, you give up foods that normal people consider tasty. That's fact. In short, no pain, no gain.
If she's not willing to eat what is necessary for her to lose weight, then I don't know what to tell ya bro.
Yeah, I've tried to get that point across but she just has a hard time being super strict. She thinks that if she's good a few days she can have a small sundae. She just doesn't have enough discipline. I told her from the beginning that she would have to be really serious about it and follow the plan 100% or else it just won't work.
EnglishBeef
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Hi Mate,
mY GF is the same diets diets diets are house is mad sometimes.
With your Gf i think that if she is doing a little more weights instead of CV that will reflect on the scales, as we know muscle is heavier than fat.
Also if she has been dieting for 3 weeks the body will hold onto that little bit of fatter tighter, thinking to itself christ there isn't much fat anyway, i'm holding onto this i may need it
I find that if you keep telling her that she looks good that helps loads.
mY GF is the same diets diets diets are house is mad sometimes.
With your Gf i think that if she is doing a little more weights instead of CV that will reflect on the scales, as we know muscle is heavier than fat.
Also if she has been dieting for 3 weeks the body will hold onto that little bit of fatter tighter, thinking to itself christ there isn't much fat anyway, i'm holding onto this i may need it
I find that if you keep telling her that she looks good that helps loads.
smoknjilly
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#1 toss the scale.
#2 - it may be that 130 is her "set point" and her body is resisting dropping any weight.
Her focus should be on workouts - which will change her body shape to how she wants it. I know it is hard for most girls to ignore poundage...but unless you really are "overweight" they really don't matter.
also, 3 weeks is not very long.
#2 - it may be that 130 is her "set point" and her body is resisting dropping any weight.
Her focus should be on workouts - which will change her body shape to how she wants it. I know it is hard for most girls to ignore poundage...but unless you really are "overweight" they really don't matter.
also, 3 weeks is not very long.
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