Posts by jacquelyn2714

if you eat so much because you think your allowed to because of how much you work out, and your having trouble filling up on healthy foods, why not try working out a little bit less. maybe only 30-45 minutes. you'll still have a good workout in, and it doesn't give you the excuse to go crazy on food.

thanks everyone!

ha yeah i wasn't planning on changing my breakfast too much but i think ill stick with oatmeal and some fruit and maybe some toast with peanut butter... im not so sure im going to try the pancakes tomorrow but they sound really goos so ill def. try them  sometime soon! but thanks for the advice everyone!

i swim and play volleyball one of the two almost all year round, but i lift weights to get stronger, i started that last year, and it really has improved my perfomances, i jump a lot higher and hit a lot harder for volleyball, and my times for swimming have dropped A LOT so i guess i have motivation behind it. and usually i run inbetween seasons because i know i need to stay in shape

your body is probably not used to eating until later in the day, sometimes if  dont eat for a while, im not very hungry anymore, and dont think im hungry, but i really am, so once i eat, i just want everything. so try and regulate your eating a little bit more so you eat every couple of hours even in the morning and you shouldn't feel like you have to eat EVERYTHING when you finally do eat.

the thing with me is that before i started lifting i didn't have much fat, i've actually gained inches in muscle, instead of losing inches.

ha okay, well im glad its not just me that thinks that.

im sorry to say that i dont really have too much help either, but i am in the exact same situation! and it is so frustrating!!! im 5'10" and im usually about 151 when i really watch my calories and all that, and then ill eventually go down to 148 at the lowest, and the second i start to eat at maintenance or let go even just a little bit, im back up to around 154 its so annoying! im very active i play volleyblall and swim for my high school, and i lift weights and i feel like i am getting no results. and its really not even the number on the scale that im that worried about, i guess its more just losing body fat and toning things up a little bit, but i dont feel like i've  seen much of a result there either.

ha yeah, i mean i do have a lot of muscle so i guess ultimately it is just a couple pounds of body fat i'd like to lose, im really not all that concerned about the scale number, but i just dont feel like i've seen that much change in my body i guess.  and i usually try to be pretty good about sodium and trying to avoid it. thanks guys!

yeah i dont necessary agree with the article. theres some truth to what they are saying but as far as the exercises hurting your back, as long as your technique is good.. and building muscle in your thighs, well yeah thats going to happen but doesn't muscle look better than fat? and it wont make you huge, unless you are seriously training for strength and all that stuff.

i completely understand, i was the same way i got kind of obsessive over what i was eating, i took a couple weeks off from counting calories and just ate healthy and within reason, and i have the problem too where i have most foods memorized and i just kind of end up adding things up in my head anyway, but i ate when i was hungry, ate within reason, and i felt better, im counting calories again now, because i wasn't exactly losing any weight, i maintained it though, but i feel better now just taking that break.

Original Post by sarahc1984:

I step on the scale at least 5 times a day i don't know why though lol i am bound to be upset. I gained 4 pounds this morning and it ruined my day. Don't get me wrong i know weight flucuates (Mine does a lot) but somehow trying to tell the logical part of my mind this doesnt work i wish i was more like you. :)

aghh i do the same thing i look at the scale all the time and i know i shouldn't.  just out of curiosity, i weight myself in the morning but if i weigh myself later on im usually about 4-5 lbs. heavier, i mean i know its just fluctuation, water weight, etc.. but do you fluctuate about that much too? ha it makes me feel like my weight in the morning isn't my real weight haha idk sounds weird but w/e

well the doctor said they were just muscle tension headaches so the prescription has an added muscle relaxer.  i go to a chiropractor too which will help once everything gets put back in place and whatnot.  so i dont really take the medication too often just when i really need to so i dont think i really need to change the prescription but i guess i was just sort of curious.

im a daughter and im 17... i wouldn't say that me and my mom are "best friends" or anything but we get along and hardly ever fight.  if we do its usually more of an argument than a fight.  my parents aren't very strict they trust me even though i have made a couple wrong decisions but nothing too bad.  they were never over protective and did not try and shelter me from everything. i think im a very independent person i think because of that.  a lot of people that i know that dont have good relationships with their parents are the ones that dont trust them. and if they do get into a little bit of trouble they over react about every little thing.  so in my opinion as a long as your respect and trust your kids and let them be themselves you'll have a good relationship.

ha i swear we are almost exactly the same.  my burn meter says around 2650 and i can usually do really well for about 2-3 weeks and then i binge so im probably just going to take it easy for a little while and just maintain and watch what i eat... and i've never gotten my body fat tested accurately but im pretty sure im somewhere around 22%? maybe..