NO Weight loss!!! Can anyone else relate?

I have been going hard for 4 weeks now. started walking, or swimming at least 4-5days to start, now ive kicked it up a notch and am walking, swimming, doing WII boxing, WII personal trainer (which does muscle group toning and cardio)

Im doing between 40-60mins of exercise 5 days a week now and i have not lost ANYTHING!!!

I am BFing, so im wondering if my body is going into shock and my metabolism has slowed right down to stop me from not having any fat stores for the breast milk.........if thats even possible

So has anyone else worked their tail off and got no where??? I have 10kgs to lose, which im not bothered about it happening immediately but just something for my hard work would be nice before i just give up altogether!!!

just to add i have changed a few things to my eating, nothing major cos i wasnt eating that bad to start with.

Im just finding it very disheartening cos its not like im sitting on my butt doing nothing and expecting my weight to drop.......but the funny thing was when i wasnt exercising my weight stayed the same as it has since i have started exercising so very hard to stay motivated when i know i could be this weight and not do anything

Edited by Chickielou

Yup, if you go back through the weightloss thread I hit a period where I was going really hard and my eating was excellent and I didn't shift any weight. I ended up just swimming lots.. ie I was swimming between 6-9km a week depending on how many days I went and that helped get over that.

But yeah like eva said keep track of your measurements too.

Hey it sounds like you are doing great and maybe your body is trying to hold your fat stores for your BFing. Perhaps if you increased your food that you are eating a bit by adding some extra fruit or even a protein shake?
At least you will be getting very fit!

Thanks for that.
I need to do a food diary thats for sure. Im actually pretty bad at remembering to eat, but have been making myself eat a small banana on toast on two peices of vogels every morning......the middle of the day is a bit of hit and miss, but have been having a sandwich lately and then dinner......ive never been any good at snacking.

Got some digital scales that do fat, muscle and water %.......not that its gonna help me, but at least i will see a small loss as opposed to my other scales that i can only notice kg loses

Exercize is only 20%
what you eat is 80%

so you can be swimming...running...cycling till the cows come home... unless you reduce your calorie intake you wont lose the weight

Portion control... thats also important.
Eat a high protien diet.. that will help to fill you up without all the calories.. yoghurt, chicken, cottage cheese, fish...etc

I joined WW when DS was 6 weeks old and have lost 17kg in 21 weeks.
I know the weeks i really keep to my points and 'eat less' i have a good loss on the scales..

Oh yeah i am breastfeeding too..

You mentioned metabolism.... bigger people actually have a faster metabolism than thin people.. ways you can boost yours is...

a black coffee first thing in the morning
drinking very cold water through the day/night
chilly and spicy foods

Good Luck and Keep going !

Thanks for that ladies........will def start a food diary and drag out and start using my points books.........ive got my free maccas 6.5 points meal

The only thing that i couldnt get my head around was the fact that before i was eating almost the same before i started exercising and i wasnt Gaining any weight so by my calculations when i started exercising and burning cals i shouldve started losing........and ive adjusted a couple of things also........

Will keep pushing on, cos im getting toned and fit in the mean time anyway........im just hoping i dont have to buy a whole new wardrobe for winter cos i dont have the money to atm

Hi all,

Just read all the great advice on here re. exercise and food intake - awesome!