working out at my at for to long

[lisalamp]

I have been working out 5 days aweek for about 8 months and can't seem to lose weight. I had 65 1/2 hour p.t. sessions. I do intervals on the treadmill, swim, spin etc. I tried the new rules for about 6 weeks. I made major changes in my diet. I started at a new gym this week. I was told that I am working out at my at for to long and I am burning sugar not fat. Could this be true? I have been trying so hard and I feel as if I just need real help. Any comments would be welcome.
Thanks,
Lisa

[Bytsi]

Bottom line, IMHO, is calories burned = calories burned. However, if you're at your aerobic threshold and then, perhaps, over-eating later because you worked out so hard and got SO hungry, that could be it...

You made changes in your diet - what are you eating? Do you weigh/measure EVERYTHING and account for every single bite? If not, then I'd suggest (even if only for a week) you do so and figure out what you're really burning.

Also, look at activity OUTSIDE the gym / workouts. Working out doesn't help much IF you're so tired that you sit on your tush the other 23 hours of the day...

But burning sugar "instead of" fat = load of crap... you may burn PREDOMINATELY more of one fuel source than another at various intensitites, but bottom line is you need to be burning cals and eating fewer cals every day than you burn to lose weight...

Hope that doesn't sound harsh, but my guess is look in the kitchen before you worry about "burning sugar"...

[LaraT]

Unless you are training for an endurance event where you need to improve ability to work at AT for extended periods of time there is no benefit to working at AT for the majority of your workouts. For most people, time at AT should only be about 20% of your weekly workouts per the endurance coach (and former olympic athlete and coach) I used to work with.

With that kind of work you have probably sent your body into overload and exhaustion and hormonal imbalances. No wonder you are not losing!

[Leigh P.]

Originally Posted by Bytsi

Hope that doesn't sound harsh, but my guess is look in the kitchen before you worry about "burning sugar"...

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[lisalamp]

I had a personal trainer for 6 months and was doing intense cardio as well as weight training. The trainer said she just could not figure out what was wrong. I joined a new gym and they advised me right away that training at that high of a zone causes you to retain fat. I bought a zone heart rate monitor and it shows that I have been training in zone 5 and I have also cut back on calories. Hopefully this new program will work.
thanks again,
Lisa

[PlankIt]

Originally Posted by lisalamp

I had a personal trainer for 6 months and was doing intense cardio as well as weight training. The trainer said she just could not figure out what was wrong. I joined a new gym and they advised me right away that training at that high of a zone causes you to retain fat. I bought a zone heart rate monitor and it shows that I have been training in zone 5 and I have also cut back on calories. Hopefully this new program will work.
thanks again,
Lisa

IMHO that will make a bigger impact than lowering your intensity