I am getting tired of working my butt off at the gym!!

[weningerdawn]

Hello All,

I am about giving up at the gym 😞 I have working my but off burning on average 2000 cal a day for 2 months now but not seeing any weight lose. I have been keeping track of my food intake as well.

Any thoughts or ideas from anyone on what more I can do other then throw in the towel.

[MrsGriever42605]

Are you burning more than your consuming?  You may be burning too many calories and making your body fight against you. 

[Tre1226]

Try looking into intermittent fasting. And i know this isnt the greatest advice, but have you checked into the supplement industry by any chance? There is no magic pill but if youre already working hard in the gym and watching diet (KEY) then maybe a supplement can give you an extra boost. 

[SunsetRunner]

It's got to be your diet. 2000 sounds high - how did you arrive at that number? And how many grams of fat is in that?

FWIW, I used NutriSystem to lose 40# in two months and another ~10 on a transition back to an "adjusted" diet. Dietary fat was so low on that diet that on my "cheat day" I'd eat a small steak - fat and all! I _never_ did that before. (Don't do it now either.)

Don't give up . . .!

Pete

[WendyB]

2000 Sounds high to me as well.

Just because you work out does not mean you will loose weight. Its all about what you eat.

You need a healthly diet of lean protein, veggies, fruits, carbs etc

Try and stay away form processed food as much as possible as it contains a lot of sodium.

You get fit in the gym, but you lose weigth in the kitchen

[Dominique]

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@weningerdawn wrote:

I have working my but off burning on average 2000 cal a day for 2 months now but not seeing any weight lose.

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It's difficult to say if 2000 calories is a lot or not, without knowing your age, gender and size. Are they calories for the activities you perform at the gym or your total calories for the day (including your BMR calories)? What kind of exercises have you done at the gym?

Fat loss is probably 80% diet, 20% exercising, so your activity at the gym is only part of the equation.

[slysam]

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@weningerdawn wrote:

Hello All,

I am about giving up at the gym 😞 I have working my but off burning on average 2000 cal a day for 2 months now but not seeing any weight lose. I have been keeping track of my food intake as well.

Any thoughts or ideas from anyone on what more I can do other then throw in the towel.

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Not knowing your specifics, for some people 2000 calories burned is actually pretty high. That is kind of my goal and not easy for me to achieve. My fitbit BMR is 1257 right now, so burning 2000 is something like 1.59 times my BMR. This is considered an "active" activity level by most TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) calculators. To see this level I need more than 10,000 steps without any intentional exercise (it varies how many more but I've had 12,000 step days where I didn't burn 2000 calories. And more likely I need a workout and 10,000 steps. I have days with 2100 or 2200 calories burned and those are always high step count days with one hour + (often two hours) of a workout. Other people will burn this much with minimal effort. It is a misconception that everyone burns 2000+ calories a day. Someone smaller than me (I am short but 7 pounds over the upper end of my healthy BMI range) will burn even less if otherwise similar so a 2000 calorie burn would represent a higher activity level than I described. How many calories are you eating on average? And what method are you using to track and measure your food intake? Also, what are your gym workouts and step counts? I usually lose well (slow but steady) eating around 1400 calories a day (with my present stats) if I am using a food scale and weighing my portions of my home meals and using a good recipe calculator for homemade meals (I like the one on Spark people).

[slysam]

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@Tre1226 wrote:

Try looking into intermittent fasting. And i know this isnt the greatest advice, but have you checked into the supplement industry by any chance? There is no magic pill but if youre already working hard in the gym and watching diet (KEY) then maybe a supplement can give you an extra boost. 

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This is a little controversial, but it is an option that works well for some people if done right. I dabbled with it for a couple months and had good results. I only stopped because I read it can sometimes mess with women's hormone balance/fertility if in reproductive years. And on some of the IF forums I would frequent there would be women asking about if it is normal to lose their monthly period, etc. I didn't see any issues but I only fasted one day a week (I ate normal dinner than didn't eat again until the following dinner time. I did still drink water and morning coffee). My calorie burn being low, I would have a 1000 calorie deficit on fasting days and a 250 calorie deficit on most of the non-fasting days. I did lose a little quicker than I would expect from the numbers--not crazy fast loss but I saw a loss every single week. There is some interesting research on IF and it seems good for a lot of people, but maybe not for everyone. There is an interesting documentary on youtube (and it was on the NPR and BBC websites) where the presenter experiments with a couple variations of IF. It is called "Eat, Fast and Live longer" it is an our long and part of the BBC series Horizon. I did a quick youtube search and couldn't find the whole show--though I originally watched it on Youtube. They did have chapters from it that came up in the search. Since they had shown it on PBS in recent year or so, you may find it on your local PBS site.

[DT1697]

bodyweight exersices will always get you worked out and also cleansing ur liver with lemons every once in a while will definitely help u see results^~^

[Taote]

It's so much more about what you eat than how many calories you're consuming.  I know this is a stupid analogy but 2000 calories of marshmallows and 2000 calories of low fat and 2000 calories of high fat / low carb will give you totally different results, depending on how you're wired.

I susbscribe to the low carb / high fat method, which you can learn a ton about at the eating academy website.  Good stuff in terms and detail you can really understand. Hope it helps!

[JudithF]

The Fitbit app provides you with a way to set a weight loss goal and then track your eating versus your allocated calories. On high activity days, you can eat more. Assuming, as many have said, that you are eating healthy nutritious food and not junk food, a 500 calorie a day deficit can result in a one pound weight loss average per week. But remember that muscles weigh more than fat, so if you are building muscle, you may not be losing weight but should be seeing changes in your body. Check out the entire range of resources in the Fitbit app online or in the mobile app and it may help you see better ways to integrate activity and your food consumption. And every body and metabolism is different. What works for your best friend may not be right for you. I try to avoid extreme diets and extreme exercise programs but do experiment.