I would like some advice on weight loss, and I have found that the body-building crowd seems to know the most about nutrition and supplements. (and many have already experienced the pit-falls so can help me avoid them!)
I have been an athlete my whole life, running in high schol and college, riding and training horses, bike racing and playing rugby. I have had a few major injuries and have allowed the pounds to slowly creep up on me.
I am not in any way a ‘little’ person. I’m 5’1"
with a decent build, and on the heavy side.
I do not eat junk food, though I do drink about 5 drinks a week on average. I almost never eat fast food, I take supplements, and though my diet isn’t perfect I eat three meals a day every day and drink a ton of water.
So anyway, I began seriously hitting the gym just after Christmas and have seen almost no fat loss (i.e my clothes still fit the same way) I do about an hour of medium - high intensity cardio 5 days a week, and lift three days after cardio. I can move a respectable amount of weight, but I am by no means super woman. In the last two weeks I have gone to very low carbs, high protein for five days, then two ‘normal’ days. Obviously I’m doing something wrong - maybe everything. I have gone up in my lift weights, but my measurements have not changed and neither has my body weight.
Right now my main goal is to lose the spare tire and if I get stronger in the process that’s all the better! I have heard the ‘miracle’ claims of the slim-fast diet, the atkins’ diet and others, but I don’t expect to lose 10 pounds in a week. I’d be happy with two.
I tried MD-6 with a low carb diet while lifting and doing minimal cardio (three months ago) this lasted about 8 weeks and had the same results, up in strength, no size changes.
Am I just being neurotic, or just not being patient enough? I read through the MRP diet and the T-Dawg diet, but I don't want to change again if I don't have to. Any feedback would be very welcome! Thanks!!!