I am 35 years of age and currently weigh 11 stone 6 pounds. I used to weigh 16 stone 10 and have lost weight through diet and exercise alone.
Over the christmas period I hurt my back and was unable to exercise for about 6 weeks and hence put on one and a half stone!
Since coming back to work in January I have been sticking to a strict calorie controlled diet (about 1600 per day) and doing exercise 6 days a week. Monday to Friday I am doing about 3 hours of cardio (step and walking uphill on treadmill) I also do spinning twice a week.
My problem is that I have only lost about 5 pounds and for me this is bad - I can usually lose 5 pounds in a week once I start dieting again!
I have been looking on the internet and I think may be I am doing too much exercise and my body is now storing fat. Instead of doing 1.5 hours in morning and 1.5 hours on an evening shall I just do 1.5 hours per day, 5 days per week? I used to work out for approx 2 hours per day before the problem with my back and this seemed to be working. I have never had this problem before. I cant help thinking that surely if I am exercising for 3 hours a day and eating less than I must lose weight!
Can someone please tell me if I am doing something wrong!!!
Thanks