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Old 04-12-2007, 02:40 PM   #18
BabsGrrrl
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You may also be in a calorie deficit. I know it sounds strange, but you might not be eating enough. Your body needs to feel fueled so that it does not go into a starvation mode and hang onto the fat to "protect itself". Count the calories you are eating as well as the calories you are burning. Make sure that you are actually ending up with a number that is between 1500 and 1800

For example, if you eat, say, 1500 calories but burn off 600 during that workout, your body is really only getting 900 calories for that day. Not nearly enough to keep your metabolism happily perking along - thus you are not seeing any fat loss.

Kudos for doing the sensible thing and avoiding fad diets etc. You might check with your doctor to see if you can get a referral to a nutritionist to help you figure this all out. I'm certainly not an expert by any means, just letting you know what I have learned that works for me. :)
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