If you’ve been working out regularly, you probably expect to see results on the scale.  If that’s not been the case for you, FitClub can help you adjust your lifestyle to lose weight in a healthy and consistent manner.

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• You didn’t cut calories. When you start working out or amp up your exercise routine, you might feel hungrier than you did before you started exercising.  You might also feel a sense of entitlement to eat a little more than you did before you started exercising.  That reason alone might be why you’re not seeing the results of your hard work on the scale.  It’s incredibly easy to eat back every calorie you burned at FitClub and more if you’re not tuned into your actual calories in and out.  If you burn 300 calories in your group exercise class, but unwittingly add four hundred calories to your diet because you’re hungrier than you used to be, you’re undoing all of your hard work before the end of the day.  You can reverse this process by tracking the calories you eat and opting for more fresh fruit and vegetables to ease the hunger cravings without adding too many additional calories.


• Your body is adapting. When you start a new exercise routine, you might notice that you feel sore and the workout feels difficult.  When the workout begins to feel too easy, your body has adapted and can now perform the same work with less effort and burn fewer calories.  If you’ve stopped seeing the payoffs on the scale, you likely need to mix up your workout, either by adding a different type of workout (i.e. adding strength training to your cardio routine) or add effort to your favorite workout (i.e. add speed intervals or time to your treadmill run). Physical adaptation is healthy and necessary, but it can hold you back from crushing your weight loss goals.


• Too much cardio, not enough strength training. Cardio exercise burns calories while you’re exercising, but strength training builds muscles that burn calories even while you’re at rest.  Adding strength training to your workout not only helps you burn more calories, but it will protect the muscles that you’re using to perform your favorite cardio and balance out muscles that you may not use often enough. If you’re new to strength training, working with a personal trainer or a group exercise class is a great way to get started, learn form, and prevent injury.

You’re not sleeping enough.  After adjusting your workout and tracking calories, feel free to add more sleep to your day.  Eight hours of sleep isn’t a luxury or excessive self care, but absolutely necessary for your body to operate at its best.  Sleep is when our bodies repair the damage we do during our workouts, stress