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Fit, but not Ideal
17/f
Hi, so I'm a very active person, participating in yearly sports including cross country, triathlon, mountain biking, and the every so often hike or some other type of physical activity on my own. Last summer, my ex/bestfriend attempted suicide and I got depressed. As a result, I got a little out of shape.
I'm trying to work back up to my initial level of fitness. So far, my stamina seems to be setting back in; however, I cannot help but be a tad bit irked by my body's inability to reflect my fitness level.
I work hard daily, and yet I've not been able to see any chance in physical appearance. I'm still somewhat thick looking, and those extra few pounds don't seem to be falling off how I had hoped.
Is there anything that could be contributing to this lack of physical fitness being reflected in my physical appearance?
Also, something I'd like to add that may be a contributing factor; my daily regiment of food and nutrition intake is somewhat sporadic. I have severe GERD, and it causes me to not be able to eat as much as I should be. I try to get around 1000-1200 a day, but it's often times a struggle.
Thanks for any advice given.
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1000-1200 calories a day with a fitness regime? Your body is probably in famine mode. Having a medical problem that limits your intake sucks. The only thing I can suggest is to work on swimming as much as you can given how it works all your muscles.
The other thing is that you're also dealing with genetics. Look at your mom. Is she thickly built? Some of it could just be out of your hands. If your aerobic shape is good then don't worry about it. Just workout according to what your body can truly handle for the calorie load you're giving it and don't overdo it.
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well maybe it's because of the stress you might not feel like you're stressing on something but your body might be and when ones body is stressed out it tends to keep all the fat in. Acutattly i was reading this magazine and it had a really great diet in there. it's not that don't eat anything and work you ass off diet it's acutally really effective i've tried it and lost 15 pounds. It's called the banna diet people in japan and china use this method. any way every morning when you wake up you have to drink a cup of water it doesn't have to be cold or warm just simple water and a banna and that's all through out the day you can eat anything except sweets and you have to eat dinner before 8 o'clock and you have to go to bed before midnight. try it out hopefully it will help.
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Do you do any muscle building or toning exercises?
It seems like you do a lot of cardio, but cardio won't "shape" you. Cardio burns fat, but it's muscle building that will change your shape.
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How long have you been on your new fitness regime? It make take a few weeks in order for you to see results, and even then they may be small.
It's difficult to answer this question without more detail, but I think it is highly unlikely that you eat less than 1000-1200 calories a day, work out a lot, and don't lose fat. If you haven't already got one, you should start a food journal and note down *everything* you eat or drink. And I mean everything! There are a number of online tools that can help you with this. You may do brilliantly all through the week but that 1 reward meal at the weekend may be enough to keep you at the same weight. Also, you should aim to eat a diet of high protein, good fat and low G.I. carbs, as this will have a massive effect on your physique.
You don't say how much you exercise, but again you should try to work it out - you may not be burning as many calories as you think you are. Again there are many online tools for this. You should add a resistance/weight training program to your cardio, to boost your metabolism and help you retain muscle while you lose the fat.
The other thing that may be affecting you is water retention. You could try things like cutting out carbs for a week as this will produce a big water weight loss and bring down any bloating you may have. Obviously this is not a long term fat loss solution but it may be interesting to note how much water you are carrying.
You may get answers from others along the lines of "you have put on muscle, muscle weighs more than fat", but that is very unlikely for the following reasons: 1. Women don't put on muscle very easily, unless they are doing significant weight training or on steroids. 2. You would feel leaner if your fat had been replaced by muscle. I also don't think this is a metabolism problem - if I locked you in a cupboard with 1 apple for a week, would you lose weight? Absolutely.
I could probably go on all day, so will leave it there :) Feel free to ask me directly if none of that helps you.
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