Hi Swiss Lady, Im from Australia and im 20yrs old. I have lost and gained, lost and gained, my weight has varied between 57kg and 76kg. I am 5'5" and 73kg also, and we should weigh between 55kg-69kg according to the weight and height chart in many books. Of course if you have alot of muscle on you then you would ignore that. You said you want to lose 7kg, which will bring you down to 66kg which is a great weight right in the middle. If what you are doing is not working then you can try a few of these things:
For faster weight loss, around 1kg a week, eat 1284calories a day, and no more. Which is worked out by going 160lbs x 8 = 1284. For a slower weight loss of half a kilo a week then times by 10.
Do some weightlifting, you will not get bulky, that doesnt happen with women unless their on drugs. If will speed up your metabolism and you will be burning more calories resting then you usually would, plus you will be stonger and look more toned.
Make an effort to do more cardio each day. For someone of our weight, we burn around 600calories per hour jogging. So if you can jog for 30mins, you will have burnt off 300calories, think of 300 calories as a nice meat and salad sandwhich with a little dressing. If walking is more your thing, power walk for 1hr and you have burnt 300calories.
You will get a more effective cardio workout from walking or jogging, then bike or other machines, because your body has to support your weight while exercising.
The rowing machine is also a good piece of equipment as it works your legs and arms at the same time.
Join a Gym, or just work out your own little exercise program. Try to do some exercise every day, even if it is just 10minutes, it's better then nothing!
Obviously whatever you are doing now is not working, so do something different.
Dont eat heaps of carbs, dont eat low carbs, just try moderate amounts, like no more then 150g a day. Make it carbs which come from fruits, and wholemeal/wholegrain breads and wholemeal pasta's, plus all that fibre will fill you up, you wont feel hungry.
Drink more water! And more often. I have noticed that by drinking alot of water i lose weight faster then when not drinking as much water. If you drink really icy cold water with lots of ice cubes, for every glass, after the day ends you have burnt 50 calories, from your body working harder to get it back to its proper temperature. I found that information on a few sites, they all said around 50 calories, which hey is better then nothing.
Eat more protein, not heaps more, but for eg, if your eating spaghetti bolongaise, go easy on the pasta, but dont hold back on the meat sauce, make sure it's lean , not cooked in much oil(olive oil is fine dont worry about that, but still not like tons of it) and drained of fat.
Try to have a cup or two of veggies a day.
Goodluck and let us know how you are going.
Last edited by flutter; 09-07-2004 at 02:36 PM.
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