Hello. I've came here to this subreddit to ask for help for my girlfriend (26, 5'2) who is having trouble losing weight. Quick backstory, we have been together for a little bit over 3 years but the past year or so, she said she has noticed that she has been gaining a little bit of weight. In 2018, she said she has gained a huge amount of weight compared to a little bit from the previous year(s). My girlfriend has mild PCOS which causes her to gain weight easier but she takes medication to help control that. She doesn't want to tell me her weight which is understandable, so in around October of 2018 we decided to join LA Fitness to help her lose weight. Honestly, we haven't been keeping a consistent gym schedule from October to December of 18' due to holidays and maybe some laziness. Sometimes we would go 5 days a week and then there are times where we miss a few weeks all together. We currently do not have jobs and have horrible sleep schedules (sleeping at 5AM and waking up around noon). Still trying to fix this.
In January of this year, a new LA Fitness opened like 5 minutes away from our place (which is better than 20-30 minutes away). Since then we have been going to the gym 5-6 days a week consistently working with weights and cardio, but it seems that she isn't losing any weight at all after weighing herself recently. We know eating right is huge part of losing weight so she changed her diet from the beginning as well. They said to lose weight, the recommended calories intake should be 2000 a day, but due to her PCOS she has restricted herself to 1000 calories or less a day while only eating 2 times a day (lunch and dinner). We try to eat at home instead of eating out like we use to. Sometimes we eat out at a fast food place probably one meal a week. She also drinks the recommended about of water every day (at least 64oz.) Below is somewhat summary of our workouts and what she eats a week. Her lunch and dinner are usually the same every day. Our workouts consist of 2 versions that alternate every day.
Lunch - Sandwich which consists of wheat bread, turkey slices, half avocado, alfalfa sprouts. Served with baby carrots, Sun chips (salsa verde) and with unsweetea.
Dinner always varies - Lean cuisine meal or frozen boca burger (spicy) with mayo, spicy ketchup, lettuce, coleslaw and the regular buns. Honestly dinner is usual random. Some days it just a bowl of cereal(special K cereal with cut up bananas) or a bowl of fruit (grapes) or homemade food from parents.
Workout at the gym #1- Weights (Legs & Arms), stretching, treadmill, basketball sometimes
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(Legs)(3 sets with 8-10 reps for each workout) - Squats with free weights, single leg deadlifts and sumo squats.
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(Arms)(3 sets with 8-10 reps for each workout) - Bench press with free weights and triceps curls.
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Stretching on mat.
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Treadmill - Sprint 8 workout (level 8) for 20 minutes.
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Basketball sometimes
Workout at the gym #2- Weights (Back & Abs), stretching, treadmill, basketball sometimes
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(Back)(3 sets with 8-10 reps for each workout) – Lateral raises, lying down rows, weight assisted chin up machine
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(Abs)(3 sets with 8-10 reps for each workout) – leg raises with medicine ball, pulse up with medicine ball
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Stretching on mat.
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Treadmill - Sprint 8 workout (level 8) for 20 minutes.
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Basketball sometimes
Notes: She received a weight loss book from her brother called ‘Thinner Leaner Stronger’ by Michael Matthews. This book is what we are basing our workouts from and why we chose to work out this way such as not doing isolated exercises, not using machines since dumbbells are superior in most cases and etc., but currently it seems like it is not working.
She said in 2015, while she was in school she lost 15 lbs in 6 weeks from just alternating running/walking on a track 3 times a week for 30 – 40 minutes. While eating only one lean cuisine (pizza) with grapes for lunch and Special K cereal for dinner. No weights just running/walking.
What are we doing wrong? What needs to be changed? What else do we need?
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