Took your advice

[egychick]

So i took everyone's advice here an i cleaned up my diet even more...as well i have been reading so much about crab cycling and what body typ i am and all that...To be honest i think im even more confused now than i was in the beginning.

Anyhow, im still struggling here in losing more weight...i think i need to lose another 15 pounds.

Ok so i have a few questions...and i might be attacked for some of them, but please bare with me..im still learning here.

1) in order to drop the weight i was told not to weights as it would interfer with my weight lose. I was told to jump rope and do burpees for at least an hour alternating. As well, to do pull ups (i suck at it) push ups, stability ball exercies..ect... i was told that the tread, elliptical and stairmaster are a waste of time....what do u think?

2) i more confused now as to how much im suppose to be eating..when i first started out i was eating 1200-1300 cals and the weight came flying off(then again i had lots to lose)...So then i upped my cals to 1500...but it seems like nothing is happening and i do eat every 3 hours yet im still hungry, especially around the eveing time. I did one of those test to see how much i shoud be eating to lose and now its telling me that i gotta 1150 cals to lose weight...that's waaaay less than when i started....does that make any sense? I 'll be even more hungry

3) i have replaced lot sof my foods according to what i have seen in other ppls menu's...if u dont mind ill just re-post my new diest that i have been on and feed back would be great

meal1:

1/2c quaker 100% whole greain oats (sometimes ill only have 1/3c)
3 strawberries diced
1 tsp of SF e.d smith spread
3 egg whites microwaved

Meal 2:
1 tsp of NPB
1/2c fat free Cc
green tea

or and apple or orange

Meal 3:
2 cups salad mix
some kind of protien (chicken brst,fish,or whole can tune) on top of the salad
1 tbl of oil/vinager dressing

Meal 4:
4 asparagus stalks
4 broccoli florets
protein (haddock fillet 100g, or one breast no bone no skin,or can of tuna)
spices : Mrs.Dash, curry pdr,paprika..ect...

Meal 5:
1/2c fat free yogurt
1/3 c of blue berries or 3 strawberries diced
1 tsp of SF spread
1/3c of bran sticks

Sometimes meal five will be oatmeal again depending on how hungry i am.

I'm going to assume and based on what i read that i should maybe cut out the dairy(yogurt) i only started to eat CC this past week so that wont be a problem..but yogurt i love. But i'll do whatever it takes to drop this weight.

Exercise;
M: Cardio (elliptical for 45-50 min) level 11 of intesity
T: Full body workout (going to start to reduce the weight and sets to lower weight of three set of max reps till i feel the burn)
W: Cardio (jump rope with burpees inbetween for 45 mn)
T: Full body
F: Off
Sat: Cardio(step or elliptical or jump rope or mix of the first two with jump rope 45-50min)
Sun: Full body

I like to change my cardio up cause i get bored very easily.

The Cardio has been the same but the weights is what i have changed as of yesterday. Before i was doing heavy weights 4 sets with 15 reps...stupid? probably...


If anyone can lead me down the right path i would be greatly appreciated, cause im so determind to do this....cause eventually i would like to compete one day if i can

As you can tell i dont eat lots of carbs other than what i get from my veggies.


Stats:
5"0 female,27yrs,

Before:
Weight: 145pds
BF%: 29%
Waist: 31"

Now:
Weight: Unknown...stupid i know but i hate to weigh myself
BF%: Unknown
Waist: 26"

I'll keep reading the sticky's and advice posted here....but some direct feedback would be great

Thanks

[Sunshineslynn]

1) who told you this?
2)I am the same height as you. Try to stay at the level of 1500. Or do what I do rotate high day with 2-3 lowcal days. For example 1600 on high and 1200 on low day. Keeps the body guessing. By looking at your diet I would add in some flax seed oil for healthy fats, and how much protien are you taking in? Meal 5 seems like alot of carbs. Try switching it to some veggies in there. I try to get in atleast a pound of veggies a day and a gallon of water a day.
3)see above

With a 26" waist I can tell you that your going in the right direction because you started with a 31" waist.

smiles
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[ChrystalR]

Wow - I'm with Sun - who told you to not do weights?? Weight training, mixed with cardio and a good diet, is the BEST way to lose weight and keep it off. Many studies have been done testing wt training, cardio and diet vs. a whole mix of the three of them (wt and diet, diet and cardio, cardio solo, diet solo, wt training solo, you get the picture) and the found that doing all 3 was the BEST and most benefitial way to lose weight and decrease risk of heart disease plus many others. I'm not saying you gotta hit the weights incredibly hard - BUT - you need to incorperate some into your routine. Twice a week is great to start off with, then up it to 3 when you're ready.

Here's the reasoning why - cardio increases your heart rate and makes the heart strong; during cardio your metabolism will increase (how much depends on you, genetics, what you're doing, etc). Once you get done with cardio your metabolism will slow down naturally (again the specifics depends on you). What weight training does is gives you lean muscle mass, now that doesn't mean you'll be a big muscley gal just b/c you weight train. Trust me (and many of the women on here will attest) it takes hard work and dedication to get big as a female; we're just not built for that (well most of us). But, by increasing that lean muscle mass you'll increase your resting metabolism, which means you'll burn more calories at rest AND when you cardio! If you need more clarification on that PLEASE PM me or post here again. I'll be happy to help you understand it better so you can tell those people that told you not to - WHY you are.

As for eating - that's totally individualized... if i were doing 1 hour of jump rope and burpee's on a daily or even every other day basis, I'd need more cal's than 1200! Where'd you come up with that number by the way? I'm curious... Anyway - back to why you should eat more. There are two ways to gain fat on your self - 1) eat too much - this one's obvious to everyone out there. 2) eat too little! Not so obvious right? What happens is your body goes into what we'll call "starvation" mode. It says to your brain "she's starving us with too little food!" So your body, in turn, start saving all the little morsels of food that you eat that aren't used up right away. Out of the 3 energy sources we have in our body (Carbs, protiens, fats) Fat is the most caloric dense - so your body turns those extra food stuffs into fat for storage. Bad news bears!!

When you adjust your cal's, especially after a really low calorie diet, expect to gain some weight!! Your bodies still in starvation mode - it's still thinking that you're trying to deprive it of the food it needs. But slowly, it'll turn around and say "ahh - we're in the clear, we've got enough food now" and you'll be able to burn that excess fat through a series of weight training (2 times a week at least) and cardio (2-3times a week) and good nutrition.

Be patient - ask questions - be consistant - listen to your body.

I hope that helps!! If you have any specific questions feel free to PM or post again.

Best of luck to you!!
C

[Helene]

And forget the low weight and high reps. 'Feeling the burn' doesn't mean anything. Feeling the burn only means that lactic acid is building up in your muscle but it has nothing to do with muscle growth/weight loss.

What will give you the best results is doing heavy weight with low reps. You will burn alot more calories and increase your metabolism. Please don't do light weight with and indefinite amount of reps, you'll just be wasting your time, will see no results and will get discouraged. Heavy is the way to go!

Heavy weight lifting + moderate cardio + clean diet = great body

You were on the right track :)