Posts by lotsafoodgirl

This also happens to me.  You should just stick to what you were doing and not worry so much about the exercise.  I also gain weight and inches, my stomach puffs out as much as an extra inch or two especially when I do cardio. So if just the diet thing works, stick to that. Sometimes I think people push the exercise thing a little too much.  Getting thin is 90% diet and 10% exercise.  I'm sure that comment will cause an up roar! Exercise is great for your heart but I don't know how great it is for your diet!!

Also, tuna, egg whites, and turkey, all proteins are good for you and you should eat fruit also. 

Wow, I hope you have a wonderful time, if your worried about over eating, try filling up on soup or salad first and then you might not eat as much of the bad stuff.  But you should really just enjoy yourself and get back at it when you return, its not every day that you get to go on a cruise.

ya, I'm the same, a little older then you guys but pretty much the same stats.  Sometimes I think that working out is the culprit in all this dieting stuff.  In the past I could lose weight by counting calories and not working out. But I gain it all back.  So this time I thought I would try the healthy way, by exercising and counting my calories not as much,  I eat healthy foods only and have not shed one pound or an inch. I also feel like I want to throw in the towel, but I keep thinking that one of these days it will start coming off.  I have read alot of posts about frustrated women who have started working out only to find that it dosen't help them lose the weight.  I just don't get it.  Anyways good luck and keep trying!!!

Hi glttr7,

I did the same thing a couple of months ago, I used my visa!  When I saw that they had charged me the 80 bucks I got on the phone and gave them hell.  The woman was pretty good with me but I had to send back my free sample, which tasted like " you know what " They refunded me my money but had to pay for shipping the free sample back. So I ended up being out ten bucks. I missed the fine print where I had signed up to be charged every month for my next monthy supply, before I even received it, actually I had just received my free sample only days before.  But anyways be firm and make sure they know you have cancelled.  Best of Luck and remember if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. 

I don't drink after dinner ( eat around sixish ) I don't take any medications.  I have had blood tests and no sugar problems there.  No bladder infections either, everything is in good shape.  I wonder about what you said about the stress thing.  I am a stressful person.  I never thought of that at all.  I'm not the best sleeper so maybe that is what it is.  I don't feel like I drink excessively, I don't even drink the required 8- to 10 glasses of water  a day.  Maybe half that.  Thanks for your help.

I personally like a hard tight body, not overly muscular but a body that says       " yeh, I lift weights "    My goal is to be hard and muscular but I also have an issue with abs, I don't really like the bumpy man looking stomach, I would still like a waist line.  Tight but still girly.  Does that make any sense?

This is also is happening to me.  I don't get it either.  I use the food log and exercise religiously.  I find the more I exercise the fatter I get around my stomach. I have been at this for now four months and it is frustrating as hell. I haven't lost one pound and  my inches are still the same and some days bigger so I know that it can't be muscle and I've heard it takes about one month of hard lifting to gain about two pounds of muscle.  I have just tried increasing my calories because someone said maybe I wasn't eating enough, so I've been trying that but so far just negative results, but I'm not very patient. ; )

Eating clean is probably the best.  Cut out all the refined sugars, white breads and pasta. Obviously the sweets. : )  Eat only fruits, veggies, lean cuts of red meat, chicken, fish, turkey and eggs. Don't forget your milk, change it to skim, this also helps with you skin.  Whole wheat breads and pasta are good. So a good balance of carbs and protein are what most people do. You really need both to build a healthy body.  I like to keep my protein higher for my muscles but it really depends on the person.  It will seem kind of restrictive at first but after awhile you'll get creative.  Good Luck.

LOL, so true, I think its just what we've been told for so many years.  Food makes you fat!!!  So silly!

How much will I gain? LOL and should I stay away from the scale for a bit?  I think it would probably be best if I put it away. : )  I have been known to freak out a little. : D  I am going to give this a go, because it really makes sense to me now.  I certainly will have some fun eating all that food.  I know all the right choices of food because I have been watching what I eat forever, so I'll just stick to A and B foods maybe even allow myself to have a treat once in a while.  And I will try not to freak out. : )  Once again, thanks so much!!!

I am 39, and I currantly weigh 154pds.  Which I hate.  I want to lose the weight more important the inches the healthy way this time.  In the past I have starved myself and took diet pills to lose the weight and it always worked but I felt terrible and the weight always comes back.  I would like to lose about twenty pounds, I am 5'6" tall, and I feel that is a reasonable weight to be.  But I would also be happy to be 140pds if my body was fit and tight.  I do lift four times a week. And I work hard at it and challenge myself.  I really love it.  I am having the worst time trying to figure out how much I should be eating.  If you could give me some advice I would really appreciate it.

Hi bre137,  I want to lose the healthy way,  I was just curious on what people would say about the whole starving yourself thing.  I love food so there is no way I could starve myself. : )

I have been trying to lose twenty pounds now for about three months. And so far no luck.  I started going to the gym six days a week for an hour, I did this for two months and nothing.  I then realized that maybe I was eating too much and started counting calories, I try to keep it about 1200.  I then stopped  doing the cardio because I felt like I was wasting my time killing myself every morning and started weight training. I've been doing that for about a month, four days a week.  I have noticed a slight change in my inches but nothing in weight loss.  Its so frustrating trying to find what works best for each person. I am still trying to find mine.  In the past I have always starved myself to lose the weight which is not healthy and ruins your metabolism.  So I have heard that the real truth is its, 95% eating and 5% exercise to lose those stubborn pounds.

I am so glad to hear that other people have this same problem.  I can go days and weeks without bingeing and then WHAM, I find myself stuffing food down my throat.  Things I don't even normally crave.  Its like I'm trying to fill some kind of emptyness.  I feel so good while I am munching and chewing but after I've had my fill the guilt and the sickness kicks in. And I hate myself! I wish there was some miracle cure out there for this.  No matter what I seem to do lately I can't seem to shed even one ounce.  I go down one pound then put on two. It makes me want to eat everything in the house.  I haven't binged in about three months, but I know that doesn't mean I won't again. I feel myself fantasizing about doing it.  Silly!

Awesome article, thanks for that.  Could someone give me an example on a routine for HIIT?  I would appreciate it.