All...I really need some help from all of you experts out here. I currently weight 190 LBS with 25% fat, 5'8" tall and 30 yrs old. I've been trying to loose weight for the past 6 months but no success. I jog, run, bike everyday all together for 45 minutes and burn about 750 calories. My daily calorie intake (no fatty foods) is about 1200. So how come I am not loosing even a pound after 6 months of grilling work out? Lately, I have changed my diet and following more proteins, same along the line like John but I haven' t noticed any difference. Not sure if this makes any difference, but I am vegetarian.

I'm a newbie here..but I'd say your not eating enough.. Your body is going into starvation mode and putting what food your eating into fat...

I'm 47years old and I'm eating 2000 Cal. aday and losing with less burning then you lately.. in fact I'm loing better now at 2000 cal. then I was at 1500-1600 cals..

I do find it hard to consume 2000 cals a day cleanly..

As with most folks new to these types of lifestyle changes, you're eating way too little. An oft-used rule of thumb in dietary changes with fat loss as the goal is ten times the body's weight in calories. I.e., 190 x 10 = 1,900 calories per day, in five to six clean meals per day. Do some searches... I don't have the time right now to retype the usual diatribe that follows this information, though you'll find I've posted it a few dozen times before for newbies. All the information you need is already in these forums, do a search. Read the stickies at the tops of the forums, they're very useful.

Good luck.

Starvation mode or not (what is labelled "starvation mode" is actually a 10-20% drop in BMR), you should be losing weight on 6 months of 1200 calories a day. There are a million clinical studies to back that up. If you are not, then it may be possible that you have not been measuring your food correctly these past 6 months (has it been at 1200 for all of the 6 months?) It could be possible that your scale is busted. It could be possible that you lost fat and built muscle (very unlikely at 1200 calories a day though).

Rereading your post, I notice that you only say that you have been working out for 6 months. What has your calorie intake been over that time period? If you really have not lost any weight, it has been too high. Nobody, despite what you hear, ever loses weight by eating more. The metabolic effects are not on that order.

Starvation mode or not (what is labelled "starvation mode" is actually a 10-20% drop in BMR), you should be losing weight on 6 months of 1200 calories a day. There are a million clinical studies to back that up. If you are not, then it may be possible that you have not been measuring your food correctly these past 6 months (has it been at 1200 for all of the 6 months?) It could be possible that your scale is busted. It could be possible that you lost fat and built muscle (very unlikely at 1200 calories a day though).

Rereading your post, I notice that you only say that you have been working out for 6 months. What has your calorie intake been over that time period? If you really have not lost any weight, it has been too high. Nobody, despite what you hear, ever loses weight by eating more. The metabolic effects are not on that order.

Thras - Thanks for your feedback. I visited my physician and he stated the same thing that no one looses weight by eating more. Thus, it puts me dilemma that should I eat more to loose weight. I have been measuring my calorie intake and it hasn't gone over 1300 per day. On an average it comes out to 1200 per day with four food servings. I see you have had a tremendous success within a year. What is your secret? I have 3 scales I measure my weight on to ensure I am not getting any false reading and the weight is not muscle, which of course I wish, its more of a fat.

Nobody, despite what you hear, ever loses weight by eating more. The metabolic effects are not on that order.

Very true; I give the benefit of the doubt that information (such as caloric intake or macronutrient ratios) come from a carefully considered, if not fully tracked, diet thus the numbers posted are correct. If their numbers aren't true, all bets are off and the information I provide isn't worth a hill of beans for comparison's sake. It's up to the person asking the question to make sure their diet is properly calibrated and their posted information is true.

-R

All...I really need some help from all of you experts out here. I currently weight 190 LBS with 25% fat, 5'8" tall and 30 yrs old. I've been trying to loose weight for the past 6 months but no success. I jog, run, bike everyday all together for 45 minutes and burn about 750 calories. My daily calorie intake (no fatty foods) is about 1200. So how come I am not loosing even a pound after 6 months of grilling work out? Lately, I have changed my diet and following more proteins, same along the line like John but I haven' t noticed any difference. Not sure if this makes any difference, but I am vegetarian.

It doesn't sound like you are prioritizing one of the most important components of fat loss - weight training. It is a common myth that more cardio burns more fat. Not true - research shows that if you burn 750 calories with cardio only, or 750 calories with weight training only, or 750 with the combination of the two, you will burn more fat and gain more muscle with the combination.

What is your resistance training like? And if you are truly burning 750 calories, that leaves only 450 for your metabolic processes - way too low. Either you are truly not getting enough nutrients to recover, so your body is holding onto the fat, or you really aren't burning 750 calories but only assume so due to what some popular tables or charts that aren't 100% accurate are.

Have you tried zig-zagging your calories? How much of your daily intake comes from healthy fats? What is your protein percentage?

Jeremy