I also haven't lost weight and I am frustrated. In fact on certain days I am up a lb. I am doing P90X 6 days a week and getting in on average 11K steps a day. My eating although not perfect is greatly improved. Yet here I sit without seeing results. I know I know it is a marathon not a 100 yard dash.
I would bet you're putting on muscle. I've mostly been doing all cardio, so I'm losing on the scale, but I'm not seeing any muscle gain. I know if I start doing strength training (and P90X is a ton of strength combined with cardio, right?) I'll start plateauing on the scale or go up a few pounds, but I know it'll be because I'm building up muscle mass. Are you doing measurements? I wonder if you'd see that you're losing inches instead of pounds.
I only measure my waist and haven't seen a drop yet, which is annoying because don't I have some bloat to lose!
I did the original P90X a couple years ago and gained 3 lbs, but looked fantastic. I absolutely lost inches. SO I know all of these things. It is just hard to keep going with the eating when I am not seeing something tangible. I love the working out part. It is helping my anxiety so much. But I am kind of like what is the point with the restrictions on my eating thing lol.
eddy I totally get it. I'm dreading my inevitable loss plateau, because I get discouraged easily. I love hearing it's helping your anxiety though - that's a great tangible benefit right there! The weight loss will come
I started a weight loss challenge with some friends 3 weeks ago. I lost 8 pounds the first week, then gained 3, then lost those 3 again. So in 3 weeks I'm down a total of 8 pounds.
I made some pretty big changes in the first week, obviously. And for the most part I'm sticking with them. I've been tracking my food on MFP and have only missed 2 or 3 days.
I need to do better with working out.I do a lot of walking, but actual workouts are sporadic.
I have two main goals for this week. Number 1 is at least 3 30 minute workouts. Number 2 is to increase my average daily steps to 12,000. in my first week I was only averaging 6000. My daily goal was 10,000, and I started hitting that pretty regularly last week.
Still afraid to get on the scale, but I feel good. Mileage upped, added in 30DS and I'm finally seeing some muscle tone in my arms. I've been pretty diligent in my tracking so I'm hoping in a few more weeks to see some good changes.
I lost 7.5 lbs total from January 1st. I am totally giving up on dieting today because.., blizzard. Next month I am planning on starting to workout again hope to build up to 3 workouts a week ( one cardio, one circuit, one yoga) a week by the end of February. I would like to lose 4lbs in February.
I've gone up a few pounds but I think that is due to my period and eating a lot of high sodium soups, etc.. This week has been rough with DH so sick so the meal plan I had made is completely off the table. I am making soup for dinner ever night and eating lots of crackers. Not the best but once I get DH is feeling better I will get back to eating better. I'm making a separate meal for DS every night and making something else for me is too much work. I haven't been able to exercise but soon enough DH will be better and we can get back to our routine.
I also haven't lost weight and I am frustrated. In fact on certain days I am up a lb. I am doing P90X 6 days a week and getting in on average 11K steps a day. My eating although not perfect is greatly improved. Yet here I sit without seeing results. I know I know it is a marathon not a 100 yard dash.
I would bet you're putting on muscle. I've mostly been doing all cardio, so I'm losing on the scale, but I'm not seeing any muscle gain. I know if I start doing strength training (and P90X is a ton of strength combined with cardio, right?) I'll start plateauing on the scale or go up a few pounds, but I know it'll be because I'm building up muscle mass. Are you doing measurements? I wonder if you'd see that you're losing inches instead of pounds.
It's very rare to gain muscle if you are eating at a deficit and particularly if you aren't doing progressive weight lifting (heavy weights). Weight gain while lifting tends to be from the muscles holding onto muscle. People have to eat in bulk and really work at it to gain any muscle and women doubly so.
BUT it is a good idea to measure yourself as that's where you'll see the biggest change.
I had my toughest session yet with my trainer last night. He had me do interval training on the treadmill and it KICKED. MY. BUTT.
30 minutes. 2 miles. 500+ calories. 161 average heart rate. 183 max heart rate. 9.5 mph for 1 whole minute.
IT WAS BRUTAL.
But! I'm glad I did it!! It always feels AWESOME at the end. The utter exhaustion and feeling accomplished. :-) And I've come a long way since I started in August with him. Back then I could barely do 30 seconds at 7.5 mph.
Towards the end of my session I had to chant in my head, "YOU. CAN. DO IT." to get through it.
Way to go Kiz! Can you tell me more about the intervals - do you just keep alternating btw a slower pace and 9.5 mph in one minute intervals? What's your lower end pace? Or do you build up to 9.5?
I had my toughest session yet with my trainer last night. He had me do interval training on the treadmill and it KICKED. MY. BUTT.
30 minutes. 2 miles. 500+ calories. 161 average heart rate. 183 max heart rate. 9.5 mph for 1 whole minute.
IT WAS BRUTAL.
But! I'm glad I did it!! It always feels AWESOME at the end. The utter exhaustion and feeling accomplished. :-) And I've come a long way since I started in August with him. Back then I could barely do 30 seconds at 7.5 mph.
Towards the end of my session I had to chant in my head, "YOU. CAN. DO IT." to get through it.