weight loss

hi,
trying to lose weight but nothing seems to be working. iam 11.5 stone about 6'3 and i'd say i have a muscular build (not massive but more than toned). i want to get down to around 10 - 10.5 but like i said, nothing is workin.
i run about 6 miles once a week and go boxing twice a week n lift weights once a week.
please post any tips/advice you might have.
Thanks

Reply 1

Eb

1

Eat less.

Plus... probably much muscle due to weights and boxing... try swimming or yogo

Good luck :hugs:

Reply 2

sufiankane

2

doing weights will increase your weight...but best weight loss is cardiovascular exercise like jogging, swimming or skipping.

Reply 3

Anonymous #1

If you want to retain the muscle mass but lose fat (rip up) reduce your carb intake to 100g per day or so total but keep protein at about 30g every 2 to 3 hours.

Reply 4

harry5069

Can i ask why you want to lose weight? At the moment your bmi is (very) roughly 20, which is a healthy weight, but if you go down to 10.5 stone your bmi is heading down to 18ish, this seems to be getting a bit low to be what is generally considered healthy by any health website.

Not trying to be rude or anything, I'm just asking :smile:

Reply 5

Laaibah

1

Yes, i was wondering why you feel you want to lose weight. By your stats and your BMI you appear healthy. If it is because you feel you weigh to much thatss probably because of your muscle mass.

But if you want to lose weight, the best thing to do is to take up cardivascular exercise (swimming, running, dancing, boxing, anything that gets your heart rate up) three times a week and do muscle toning on alternate days to your cardio (you still need to tone your msucles as they help to burn calories too and its good to keep building muscle if you reduce your calories so you body doesn't start to use your muscles for energy= very bad).

Reduce your calorie intake by 500 cals, so around 2000 (i'm assuming you're male). If you find that you're still are not losing weight whilst reducing your calories and exercising, you can reduce your calories intake by a further 500 cals a day.
Good weight loss is about 1/2lbs a week, this weight will usally stay off for good and be easy to maintain. Fast weight loss will be put back on very quickly and is only short term.

Another thing to do if you are stil not losing weight is to vary your workout, maybe switch from one activity to another on alternate days or take up new ones, his is because you're body can get used to the same routine and you may not be working your body hard enough to lose pounds. Also you may get bored too.

As someone mentioned before 100g of carbs a day is a good amount if you can live of that. it can make you tired and it can make it harder to work out. 30g of protein per meal is good for each meal. You could also try potein shakes, but they usually help to build muscle.

I hope this was of some help. I hope it helps you in some way. I have been/am still going through the weightloss process myself. I put weight on due medication so i have researched all this and its working on me.

Some days you may have bad days, but you just have to keep going.

xx

Reply 6

GTi

OP

2

harry5069

Can i ask why you want to lose weight? At the moment your bmi is (very) roughly 20, which is a healthy weight, but if you go down to 10.5 stone your bmi is heading down to 18ish, this seems to be getting a bit low to be what is generally considered healthy by any health website.

Not trying to be rude or anything, I'm just asking :smile:

I want to start boxing (ameture) around this time next year, and i want to fight at light- welter rather than welter.

Reply 7

Apricot Fairy

16

I don't know much about boxing, but if the categories are done purely by weight, you may simply be too tall to be suitable as a light weight. In order to keep your weight down, you'd need to be very thin, and therefore not as strong as guys shorter than you. You are already very lean (a friend of mine is pretty slender at 11 stone and only 5'10") and in order to build up your strength you'd have to increase muscle capacity and put on weight.

Reply 8

RocketMan

Why on earth would you want to lose weight? Don't get it. It sounds like you are perfect, you keep fit, do regular exercise and you are nicely toned. What more do you want?

Reply 9

Squelchy

You're 6'3" and 11.5 stone and think you have a muscular build, yet want to lose weight? My best friend is your height and 12.5 stone, and he's skinny as hell.

At that weight you seriously need to think about bulking up, because 11.5 stone is pretty skinny. Sounds like you may have issues with your body, especially if you want to get down to 10 stone. I used to be just over 10 stone at 5'10", and I was mega skinny. At 6'3", you'd look like a holocaust survivor.

Reply 10

squigaletta

Maybe you should rethink what weight you want to fight at. I know you'd have a hell of a reach advantage but it won't be much good if you don't have the power to back it up.

Reply 11

GTi

OP

2

Squelchy

You're 6'3" and 11.5 stone and think you have a muscular build, yet want to lose weight? My best friend is your height and 12.5 stone, and he's skinny as hell.

At that weight you seriously need to think about bulking up, because 11.5 stone is pretty skinny. Sounds like you may have issues with your body, especially if you want to get down to 10 stone. I used to be just over 10 stone at 5'10", and I was mega skinny. At 6'3", you'd look like a holocaust survivor.

maybe im not as big as you think, but i know im not skinny. i should have said i want to lose body fat, instead of weight

Reply 12

Squelchy

If you were 10 stone at 6'3", you would be unimaginably skinny. You'd make Gareth from The Office look like a bodybuilder. 11.5 stone at 6'3" is already skinny enough. My best friend is a full stone more than you, and he looks like a rake. At that height and that weight, reducing bodyfat should be a secondary concern to adding muscular bulk.

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