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Hey Fellow Calorie Counters......need some help!!!!!!!!!!

am 5'4 and weigh 149 .....have been working out almost 60 minutes each day at the Gym and eating special k for lunch, dinner is usually fruits and rice with vegetables....weiged in after almost two weeks and guess what? it is still EXACTLY 149,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPCry

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Have you been counting calories? Have you been eating breakfast? If the workout routine is new, you could be building new muscle or retaining water. But the most important thing is to make sure you're eating the right amount of calories for what you burn. If all you eat is special K and fruits and rice with veggies, you're probably not getting enough calories.

I agree with cosmographer. Unless you're eating more than what you posted above, that's not enough calories for you. You definitely want to get more protein, especially if you are working out. There are some good tools on this site to help you figure out how many calories you should be eating. I bet if you upped your calorie intake you'll start losing weight.

Keep track of your measurments to see if you are still losing and gaining muscle. Good luck

First, stop working out everyday.  Switch to every other day with lighter activity in between.  If you don't take time to recover, your muscles will never grow and after your initial progress you'll hit a wall.  Proper rest is as important as the exercise itself.

Second, you need more protein, preferably with every meal.   Protein aids in weight loss and helps you feel fuller, eating less.  It also fuels muscle growth, and muscles burn fat, which loses fat/weight. 

Third, make weight lifting/resistance exercise a large part of your routine.   Doing just cardio won't work for most people.  Weights build muscle, and burn fat.  Cardio burns calories while you workout, but doesn't have nearly the post workout benefit as weight/resistance training. 

Make sure you get a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, rices, nuts, seeds etc. and lean proteins and fish.  Eating the same stuff over and over leaves you nutritionally deficient and can effect weight loss.  Make sure you get plenty of fibre too, as it slows digestion, keeping you fuller longer, and also helps to absorb some ingested fat and speed it out of your system, undigested.

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