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Also ignore BMI, it used to tell me I was extremely underweight and although I was very skinny and had no tits etc that was just the way my body was supposed to be! I was a perfectly healthy weight for MY body, same probably applies to you.
Sounds like you're doing loads of exercise which is great and watching what you eat, but make sure you're not eating hidden calories in anything. Ready meals and takeaway sandwiches etc can be filled with calories. My friend bought two tomato pasta bakes from tesco the other week and the healthy living one had more calories than the non healthy living one!
All I can suggest is keep up the good work. I'd have a chat with your GP and see if they can suggest anything to help you as well. I knew someone who was similar to you, tried everything to lose weight and turned out she had a thyroid problem.
Well it had me down as severly underweight when I was perfectly healthy, by doctors diagnosis. Its not always right
Most important thing is just to keep going to the gym and eating healthy like you are doing. BTW do you have a set routine at the gym to get achieve your goals?
Secondly, if you're using the gym, then you're most likely building muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat, so maybe that's why you don't seem to be losing weight.
Also, have you seen your GP? You may have a thyroid problem like someone has already mentioned. Either that or you've just got a ridiculously slow metabolism (like myself!) which generally, you can't change.
What I will say is that, yes, muscle weight more than fat etc, but if you are doing the same routines week in, week out (you don't state you are but I am working on a common assumption), you're unlikely to get major results.
Book yourself some time with a personal trainer - it may cost a few quid, but it will be work it. Also - those classes are ok to a point: You need to keep advancing with the training, whereas you will find with those classes you will reach a plateau and you will progress no further as the routines are pretty much the same, week in, week out. They're good to get started with and for general fitness, but for major results you can't beat personal training.
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do you stick to certain portion sizes? because you might be eating more calories than you think
Aye - it's not bad!
They've just been bought out by Virgin Active and so there's a lot of change going on. I've been going for free for 3.5 years now, but it looks like I may have to actually join up now!! Bah... Hahahah
it isn't accurate for everyone
it doesnt take muscle into consderation for example, so you can be really fit and muscly, but because muscle weighs more than fat, your scales would still say you`re heavy...
according to the BMI i should be between 7stone 2 and 9stone 4
now let me tell you, i`ve been those weights and i looked awful and scrawny! I always had colds and was ill
I am much better at about 10stone, but that would make me overweight
The best way to measure bf is under water weighing, or skin calipers.
For most people being in between 20 and 25 is a pretty good guide (apparently it works better on men than women), but there are plenty of healthy people who are between 25 - 30.
If you are exercising well but not losing weight then I would discuss this with your doctor, as there may be other factors at work other than the amount of food you eat.