How long does it take to start building muscle and lose fat?
Cookie Diet March 9th, 2009
I am 5'4" weigh 143 – this is the heaviest I have ever weighed! I can not lose the weight. I have increased my veggies & fruit, cut out fattening foods and 100 calorie pack snacks (which I now believe helped with my weight gain). I have gained 8 pounds since Christmas and can not get rid of it. I am 38 years old. I do plenty of cardio – almost daily a minimum of 40 minutes at 80% + of my max heart rate. I just started adding weights and would like to know when I will see a difference. If I do weights 3 days a week, when will muscle build and fat leave? As far as my diet, I eat a South Beach Diet Bar for breakfast everyday, lunch is a salad with grilled chicken, snacks are usually fruit or a glass of 1% chocolate milk (I use sugar free Quik for the chocolate), dinner is anything from salad with chicken to veggie soup, veggie pizza – last night was a low fat hotdog, mac & cheese (made with 1/2 the butter and milk was 1%), & baked beans. I do drink diet coke ALOT!
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Keep a food and calorie journal and to find out exactly how much you are eating. You might be surprised at how much you are actually eating. Eat more raw veggies all day long. Juices are full of sugar and have near the nutriational value as the whole fruit. Try and cut out the diet coke.