It's not the results I wanted but....
Before you start exercising, you probably have a goal in mind. The most common has to do with weight. "I want to lose 20 pounds." Seems a like a reasonable goal right? So you start working out, get into a good routine of going to the gym, or outdoor exercise, and start a healthy diet/lifestyle. Depending on your fitness level, there's a chance you can you can drop 10 lbs within weeks, then after a couple month you find that you weight stays the same. Even after you've doing everything the same, you start to question what's wrong, and thinking they didn't get the results they wanted.
People tend to judge the results by the numbers, I normally ask, how do you feel and how do look? After three months, you may have not lost as much weight as you wanted to by what if your cardio is better? What if you slimmed down a few inches off the waistline? Not the 20lbs results that you wanted but does that work for you?
I'm been there before, wanting to put on "10 lbs of muscle" or just 10 lbs all together. Or more recently looking to go down to a specific weight. In my adventure to lose weight, more like 'operation lose the belly fat,' 'lose the muffin top,' 'see more the 2 abs,' I started off really good. Watched what I eat, added more cardio, and changed up my workout routine to include complex lifts (exercises that include multiple muscles) and within weeks I lost a few lbs, going from 152 lbs to 149 lbs, I wanted to get to 145lbs. I thought, "wow this is really working." and in a few months I'll get there. Fast forward a couple month later, the closest I got was 147 lbs. Re-evaluation time. Do we work harder for the 2 lbs? Do I really care about 2 pounds? No, because I felt good, cardio was better, my diet/lifestyle was a lot cleaner (still had my not so clean foods tho haha), and my belly was looking slimmer.
It's good to set goals. It gives you direction and motivation, to help you achieve them. My suggestion is, don't look too much into the numbers. Don't get caught up into the amount of weight you might of lost. It's hard when that's usually the first thing people ask when they see a body transformation. Look at goals as more of a guideline. Measure your success by how you feel and how you look. Losing fat and gaining muscle while staying the same weight can be a winning situation.
Enjoy what you do. Do what you can. Continue to push yourself to be a better version of you. Good luck in your journey. Make it fit.
People tend to judge the results by the numbers, I normally ask, how do you feel and how do look? After three months, you may have not lost as much weight as you wanted to by what if your cardio is better? What if you slimmed down a few inches off the waistline? Not the 20lbs results that you wanted but does that work for you?
I'm been there before, wanting to put on "10 lbs of muscle" or just 10 lbs all together. Or more recently looking to go down to a specific weight. In my adventure to lose weight, more like 'operation lose the belly fat,' 'lose the muffin top,' 'see more the 2 abs,' I started off really good. Watched what I eat, added more cardio, and changed up my workout routine to include complex lifts (exercises that include multiple muscles) and within weeks I lost a few lbs, going from 152 lbs to 149 lbs, I wanted to get to 145lbs. I thought, "wow this is really working." and in a few months I'll get there. Fast forward a couple month later, the closest I got was 147 lbs. Re-evaluation time. Do we work harder for the 2 lbs? Do I really care about 2 pounds? No, because I felt good, cardio was better, my diet/lifestyle was a lot cleaner (still had my not so clean foods tho haha), and my belly was looking slimmer.
It's good to set goals. It gives you direction and motivation, to help you achieve them. My suggestion is, don't look too much into the numbers. Don't get caught up into the amount of weight you might of lost. It's hard when that's usually the first thing people ask when they see a body transformation. Look at goals as more of a guideline. Measure your success by how you feel and how you look. Losing fat and gaining muscle while staying the same weight can be a winning situation.
Enjoy what you do. Do what you can. Continue to push yourself to be a better version of you. Good luck in your journey. Make it fit.
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