i'm doing lifting, cardio & ab exercises + recently i started going for walks, but my weight hasn't gone down, which probably means im consuming too many calories or something
Yeah, it just means you're eating as much as you're burning. Myfitnesspal + a food scale + overestimating everything you eat is the way to get there. I'd also use TDEE calculator to figure out your actual total daily energy expenditure and shoot for a 300 to 500 calorie deficit.
I'd also track a weekly average rather than daily weight, and dont bother tracking progress during your period, just keep eating at a deficit.
Also, once every 6 weeks eat at maintenance for a week or two.
Keep lifting and eating high protein to burn fat preferentially.
Make sure you're still getting some omega 3 fats and complex carbs so that you don't have mood swings
And don't freak if you miss a day or a week or whatever, habits take time to build and you'll fail multiple times before you get there.
I would actually count calories in your situation. You can find bmi calcs that will estimate how many calories you can be in deficit without too much effect on your metabolism and work with that until you have a comfortable idea of what you can eat.
i'm doing lifting, cardio & ab exercises + recently i started going for walks, but my weight hasn't gone down, which probably means im consuming too many calories or something
Yeah, it just means you're eating as much as you're burning. Myfitnesspal + a food scale + overestimating everything you eat is the way to get there. I'd also use TDEE calculator to figure out your actual total daily energy expenditure and shoot for a 300 to 500 calorie deficit.
I'd also track a weekly average rather than daily weight, and dont bother tracking progress during your period, just keep eating at a deficit.
Also, once every 6 weeks eat at maintenance for a week or two.
Keep lifting and eating high protein to burn fat preferentially.
Make sure you're still getting some omega 3 fats and complex carbs so that you don't have mood swings
And don't freak if you miss a day or a week or whatever, habits take time to build and you'll fail multiple times before you get there.
I would actually count calories in your situation. You can find bmi calcs that will estimate how many calories you can be in deficit without too much effect on your metabolism and work with that until you have a comfortable idea of what you can eat.