Major help needed

[jonesltd]

I am wanting to change my body and have been doing so for years now and am seeing slow results.

Can anyone suggest a plan that I can use for resistance machines only? I must be doing something wrong some where as its taking ages to see results rather than weeks? Should I stop taking protien powder by maximuscle?

Have porridge in mornings before work....
Salade with ham, spring onion, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumber for lunch
Chicken and sometimes a potatoe or boiled for dinner

No rubbish is being eaten ie choc, crisps, pizza, burger etc....

Plenty of water likes its going out of fashion.

Positive mental attitude towards life

Lean System 7 MX tablets 30mins before food/workout

ermmmmmmmm...................25mins workout for cardio at end of my session 3x week.

and usual workout of whole body. Stopped doing reverse pyramid training and now lift until dead (so to speak). Am filling up on the top of my body and trousers are getting tigher but that is not what I signed up for Want a slim body but with definition and muscle shaping

Help

[Eileen]

Can you post your stats and your routine, and make a link to your fitday account or whatever you use to count your calories?

[jbonsall]

I am wanting to change my body and have been doing so for years now and am seeing slow results.

Can anyone suggest a plan that I can use for resistance machines only? I must be doing something wrong some where as its taking ages to see results rather than weeks? Should I stop taking protien powder by maximuscle?

Have porridge in mornings before work....
Salade with ham, spring onion, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumber for lunch
Chicken and sometimes a potatoe or boiled for dinner

No rubbish is being eaten ie choc, crisps, pizza, burger etc....

Plenty of water likes its going out of fashion.

Positive mental attitude towards life

Lean System 7 MX tablets 30mins before food/workout

ermmmmmmmm...................25mins workout for cardio at end of my session 3x week.

and usual workout of whole body. Stopped doing reverse pyramid training and now lift until dead (so to speak). Am filling up on the top of my body and trousers are getting tigher but that is not what I signed up for Want a slim body but with definition and muscle shaping

Help

Is that all you are eating or are there healthy "snacks" in there? Try to aim for 6 smaller meals a day. Fitday.com is a great site to track calories in/out. Use the calculator on bb.com or fitday to determine your maintenance calories and eat 500 calories less than that each day. 3500 calories equals to a pound so by cutting 500 calories a day you should lose a pound a week on the diet end. As everyone here will tell you 90% of getting your goals accomplished is diet. Results do take time. And it's different for every person. My husband has been following a clean diet for a couple weeks now and he's only lost 1 pound but he's lost 1 inch on his waist; 1/2" on his hips and gained 1/4" on his bicep and 1/2" on his shoulders. Dropped his bf but 1.2% as well. Kudos on using your clothes as a guide and not "scale" weight!! I lost about 6" total before I got sick and didn't lose even a pound. But my clothes are looser. There are so many knowledgeable women (and men) on here who will have a better answer, but diet would be a great place to start. Really stoke that metabolism!

[jonesltd]

so basiscally whatever they say as in 3500 cals only eat 3000 of them?

What I have listed there is basically what I eat in a day. the dinner does vary and orange or banana in the middle of morning and afternoon. Only having 30min lunch break doesnt help at all! working from 12 noon till 8pm

[aznprincess]

what are you goals? to lose weight?

go to this website and enter your height and weight information to get the minimum calories you require daily to just breathe basically. take that number and follow the link to daily calorie needs and multiply it by the number given for your level of activity.

this is the amount you need to maintain your weight. you can then subtract 200-500 calories from that number and this is the total of cals you should eat on a day to day basis to lose weight regardless of cardio or weightlifting or not.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

[gymbabe90]

I am wanting to change my body and have been doing so for years now and am seeing slow results.

Can anyone suggest a plan that I can use for resistance machines only? I must be doing something wrong some where as its taking ages to see results rather than weeks? Should I stop taking protien powder by maximuscle?

Have porridge in mornings before work....
Salade with ham, spring onion, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumber for lunch
Chicken and sometimes a potatoe or boiled for dinner

No rubbish is being eaten ie choc, crisps, pizza, burger etc....

Plenty of water likes its going out of fashion.

Positive mental attitude towards life

Lean System 7 MX tablets 30mins before food/workout

ermmmmmmmm...................25mins workout for cardio at end of my session 3x week.

and usual workout of whole body. Stopped doing reverse pyramid training and now lift until dead (so to speak). Am filling up on the top of my body and trousers are getting tigher but that is not what I signed up for Want a slim body but with definition and muscle shaping

Help

search out the "total metabolic calculator" thread and download it. enter all your stats (weight, height, activity level) and it'll give you a better breakdown of what you need to do. it's also great because it says "when" approximately you'll reach your goal weight or BF%. also, it looks like you need to eat smaller meals more often like he said ^^^