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Am I doing enough exercise and how do I stop feeling sick?

Hi, This is what I do in a week: Mon.- Thighs bums and tums and then Body combat Tues- Body Pump or a 90 min walk round park weds ? Body Pump and Body Combat Thurs ? Circuits Fri - Get fit for Combat Sat - Spinning and Body Combat Sun - rest day normally My questions are: Is this about enough exercise? I have set my goal at 2lbs a week and high activity but am not losing much weight or inches what am I doing wrong? Should I lower anything? On sat I have a bowl of cereal and banana for breakfast but noticed after both exercises I felt really sick shall I have a snack in between classes as have a 15min wait and what should I have. I think I am drinking enough fluid as had 1.5 litres of water through both classes. Thank you any help will be appreciated as I am new to this site.

Our expert says...

Hi, 

To answer your first question, yes your training schedule looks excellent, its varied with good high intensity classes to maximise calorie burning and lean muscle tissue development. 

To answer your second question, if you are entering all the food you consume into your food diary and are achieving the required calorie intake levels (I.e. not going over in total calorie or fat percentage) than you will be losing fat. 

One thing to bear in mind is that with all your classes, you will undoubtedly be developing lean muscle tissue (which is the most effective long-term, sustainability solution for weight management). This means that while you reduce body fat you will simultaneously be increasing lean tissue that may affect the visible lbs lost on the scales week-to-week. This is only a temporary thing but means you need to look for body shape changes as well as looking at the scales. 

With a schedule like yours and with consistent nutrition you will get results so keep up the good work, stay committed, tune in to body shape changes and be patient. 

With relation to the sickness you experience on a Saturday, I would suggest you firstly try just taking it slightly easier on the spin class before your body combat, as that combination is a particularly hardcore one! It may simply be that your body is telling you it is fatiguing and running out of energy by the end of the second class.

You could try a small snack between classes but you risk experiencing digestive discomfort as the food source won't have enough time to be broken down and absorbed. Perhaps try slightly reducing your spinning intensity (build it up over time) and if that doesn’t work then try a very small snack – i.e. one or two dextrose energy tablets or 1-2 jaffa cakes. 

Hope this helps, 

Kelly