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Weight loss over 51
I am a 51 year old female. I worked out at the gym 5 days a week. 20-25 minutes anerobic excercise followed by 30-45 minutes of aerobic. I eat very healthy making most of my own meals and rarely go out to eat. I don't eat fast food at all. I had a hysterctormy in 1997 and I'm not on hormone therapy. I drink tons of water. I have only lost about 5 pounds since starting my workout regimen over a year ago. I am 5'5" and 190 lbs. I can press 400lbs with my legs, squat 200, back row 120, 130 on triceps, about 60-75 lbs on bicep curls. For my age and the amount of weight that I am lifting should I expect a greater weight loss or are my expectations too high?
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Since you are lifting so much, your body is losing fat, but at the same time building muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less space. I think you're doing an excellent job from what I have read; you sound very healthy. Weight loss isn't about lifting weights. It's more about dieting and doing things like running and aerobics.
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first of all- that's awesome! but i think the problem is that you are building more muscle than you are burning fat (and muscle weighs more than fat, so you are most likely changing physically but not in weight because of that). try doing more fat burning exercises instead of lifting as much- in the family of running, walking, jogging, bike riding, things like that. fun things to do would be those tae-bo tapes, and those will really help you with the fat burn. being healthy and losing weight are too different things- you sound extremely healthy and you have lost some weight, but just by altering your habits a little bit you can lose more weight. if you have a gnc in your area, you might want to call them or go there and ask their opinion too :)
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