Hi, I'm new here and am not sure if this is the right place to be putting this but I hope if it's not, someone will let me know the right place.
Ok, here it goes..... I have begun trying to lose weight recently. Starting on December 28th, 2005 up to the present time, I have been working out 5 days a week at the local gym here. I do at least 30 minutes on the Elliptical machine before I do my weight machine workout then I do another 20 to 30 minutes again on the Elliptical machine AFTER my workout. I WAS walking the treadmill up to 5 miles a day but it was hurting my legs and knees so thats why I began the elliptical. I am usually in the gym about 2 to 3 hours a day. I drink water all the time now, and I have begun watching what I eat. I am still a little confused about the calorie counting and stuff like that.
My problem is, I haven't lost any weight. I have lost 3.5 inches from my waist, but thats all that I have lost, as far as I can tell. I HAVE lost a pants size, but that was a few weeks ago. I feel like I am working out for nothing most days because I haven't seen anymore results.
I just dont know what else to do to start losing weight. I began taking Zantrex3 then was getting headaches from that so I stopped taking it. I then started taking Relacor, but I wasnt seeing any results from it either *plus it states on the bottle "Not intended for persons under 40 years of age" which i am* so I recently began taking SmartBurn, but I havent been on it long enough to see any results yet.
The whole calorie counting thing just baffles me, mainly because I have all sorts of ppl telling me different ways to do things. When I do the elliptical, i generally burn up to 700 calories a day. This isnt including what I burn during my weights.
I guess I'm just lost because I want to lose weight SO BAD and even though I work my tail off, I havent lost any weight yet.
What can I be doing wrong? Any ideas on what I can do to jumpstart my metabolism? Sorry to sound like I'm whining.... I'm just really frustrated right now. Thanks in advance for anyone who takes pity on me and gives me some ideas.
Thats all for now. Thanks again.
Shana
P.s. Sorry this was so long.