Is it normal to not lose weight when starting a vigorous cardio workout. I know it's normal to gain with weight lifting but what about cardio? I'm doing over 3 miles at 3.6 speed. I uped my calories a little since I workout 5x a week. I was eating 1200 & it wasn't enough. I feel sore so I'm prob gaining muscle. I upped my cals to 1400-1500. And 1300 on rest days.

I'd like some insight please thanks

how long has it been? And yes its normal. Your leg muscles are getting a workout from running, and it is normal for them to retain water while they get used to it. I'd give it a couple of weeks to even out.

Its also normal for your metabolism to start slowing down on a regime like this after a time. You are not eating enough.

Thanks ladies.!!

Pattience-I'm trying to eat more but I drink so much damn water lol.

I don't know. When you first start doing exercise you do retain some water so some of it could be that.

You also need to figure out how many extra calories you are earning through your exercise and make sure that you don't eat all of them back (you may need to eat some of them though).

For example, today I walked 2.63 miles at 2.7 mph. This was actually counted in my Fitbit as very active minutes because I wasn't walking on a flat surface. I was walking in my hilly neighborhood. Anyway, I wore a heart rate monitor which estimated my calorie burn as 333 calories. But in that same time, had I been sitting at my desk I would have burned about 58 calories. So the walk burned an extra 275 calories above what I would earned being sedentary. If I do that 5 days a week then I've burned an extra 1375 calories which is an extra 196 calories a day on average. That is great, but it won't help my weight loss if I start eating an extra 200 calories a day.

And don't forget, it takes a 3,500 calorie deficit to lose just a single pound!

Cardio usually won't lead to weight loss. Exercise is for fitness, diet is for weight loss.
You can do gentle exercise and lose weight rather than doing cardio ( which is great for the heart and fitness but on its own is not best for weight loss).

How long have you been exercising? If you just started you're not going to notice anything for about 4 to 5 weeks. Make certain you're not over eating your workouts. Remember calories in versus calories burned.

I would double check your calorie count if I were you. At your height and height, the pounds should be falling off. Especially with the cardio added to the mix.

I've been doing low weight/high repetition weight training class (BodyPump) 2 days a week along with 2 days of cardio classes (alternating BodyCombat and BodyAttack) and 1 day of stretch/strength class (BodyFlow) - I have never gained from doing the weight classes. It's been 11 weeks so far and every week I've had a loss from 2-7 pounds. Like a few have mentioned, its the nutrition where the real work in losing weight happens. The workouts are just making me fitter and giving the calorie deficits in my diet a little boost, and I think the weight classes are helping me maintain more muscle which also helps burn calories more in the long run.

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