I signed up with a persoal trainer who has put me on a 5 meal a day nutrition plan consisiting of

meal 1 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs
meal 2- 100g protein, 50g vegies,
meal 3 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs
meal 4 - 100g protein, 50g vegies,
meal 5 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs

I have a whole list of foods for each of these categories and am also drinking minmum 2 litres of water daily

I am also seeing her 3 days a week for cardio and resistance weight training...she is working me really hard in the excercising, I tell you what!

Im am quite overweight - started with her at 121.6kg
end of week 1 - 120.4
week 2 - 119.6
week 3 - 120.4

argh i am so dissilusioned by my weigh in today as I had put on 0.8kg and I have been working my A$$ off live never before and trying my best, let alone paying this trainer good money and I cant beleive i put weight on! I stiuck to the eating plan 100 prcent

what could I be missing?

I am so discouraged right now...please tell me there may be an eplanation to this which is not that I just cant lose weight unless i excercise 8 hours a day and eat 1 lettuce leaf a day

....pink

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have you had any type of change in your measurements?

How are you feeling physically? are you feeling like you're getting stronger and more fit?


Are your workouts challenging to you?

I'd suggest looking at weight over a long term thing... today's weigh in could be a hormonal fluctuation - it could be anything..

Are you keeping track of your calories in any type of program and are you sure your portions are what yu think they are (how are you measuring them?

On the days you aren't working out with the trainer - what are you doing?

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From the meal plan, it looks like you are consuming about 3,600 calories a day (500 g of protein, 150 grams of carbs and 250 grams of veggies which are mostly carbs - so 500+150+250=900 and 900*4=3,600). That's a LOT of calories for a person trying to lose weight. Plus I'm sure there are some fats in there too. At least I hope there are since you need fat to survive!

If you are trying to lose 1 kg a week, then you need to be burning 4,600 calories - which is VERY VERY active. As in non-stop movement all day long.

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September Progress

there's a huge difference between 3500 or so caloreis a day -and 1 lettuce leaf...



what has your trainer said regarding your progress?

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Think the OP is for some reason referring to the weight of the food and not the macros. Dunno what kind of cracked system that is, though. Could you show us the actual meal plan, please? Like what and how much by weight, volume or by grams of macronutrients (protein, carb, fat).

Also, in the first few months as someone new to weight training and "cardio", it's more than likely that you are shedding significant quantities of fat while building muscle. This is what's known as the "beginner grace period". It seems like a bad thing because you are focusing on your weight. It is in actuality a blessing. In the long term, it will be a great advantage in reaching your goals.

Tell us what your meal plan is, we'll critique it, and other than that, the key is to simply stick with it.

If you'd like some reassurance to offset your delusion (it's a very common one - your mind plays tricks on you because it doesn't like change, even good change) that nothing is happening, find someone skilled to take a skinfold bodyfat measurement once a month. If your weight stays the same but your body fat goes down a few percentage points, that means you are doing BETTER than losing weight, not worse. If you don't want to waste money on that, simple tape measurements should show you what's going on, but even if they don't, that doesn't mean anything.

Just keep at it, as (barring your meal plan, which we will address), it sounds like you are doing everything right.

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Duh... I thought 500 grams of protein was a helluva lot. And that grams of veggies was weird. I didn't even think that is was "food" quantities. Me smart!

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September Progress

Ok I dont know what macronutrients are or anything

My eating plan is pretty simple

I have a list of proteins, carbs, and vegies and then I make up my meals accordning to the portion sizes I stated in orginal post...I am measutring by weighing them on a food scale....

an example of a day would be

meal 1 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs
so I would have 5 egg whites which the protein, tomato spicnach and capscicum totalling 50g, and 50g of either srawberries or wholemeal bread roll ect

meal 2- 100g protein, 50g vegies,
so would have 100g gilled chicken breast and 50g of salad such as lettuce tomato cucumber

meal 3 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs
here I would have a wholmeal tortilla wrap (carb) with 100g chicken and 50g salad in it with perhaps some avocado or 10g salsa for dressing

meal 4 - 100g protein, 50g vegies,
i would have 100g low fat cottage cheese with 50g carrot sticks

meal 5 - 100g protein, 50g vegies, 50g carbs
hee i woud have 50g potato baked, with 100g mince and 50g of vegies such as tomatoes onions capscicum ect

thats my typical day - plus a can of coke zero, maybe 2 cups coffee with no sugar and a little skimmed milk, and minimum 2 litres of water

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Your eating plan looks great. Have your trainer do measurements. My trainer measures me, and over the first 6 week period I only lost 3 pounds of scale weight, but I also lost 20 inches. You also want to give this some time. For the first 6-8 weeks, your trainer will be conditioning your body, and you may not see the scale move too much, which is another reason to measure. But once that conditioning period is over, your fatloss will pick up some, given that you are eating appropriately.

Good Luck

Ok, so now we are looking at a meal plan that is putting you around 1200 calories per my calculations (the "big" meals are about 250 calories each and the smaller ones are about 200). As long as you are honestly sticking to the plan and exercising, you should be changing your body composition. This does NOT mean that the scale will reflect that immediately. Just like Getoutside said - try measurements. I "gained" 2 pounds this week but my pants are looser than last week. The scale is not everything!

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September Progress

Hiiii

So I had good news on friday - I got weighed and emasured and finally lost 5 pounds woohoo...and lost 3.5 inches off my bust and 1.5 inches off my waist and hips

so it seems its all back on track...thanks for all the helpful advice everyone, its great to know you can come here and be encouraged!

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