Posts by vinny186

The closer you get to your goal weight, the more you'll need to "up" the intensity of your workouts. If you're not lifting weights it will be tough to reach and especially, maintain your goal weight.

Try wrapping towels around dumbbell handles to make the grips thicker, this will improve forearm strength.  And of course wrist wraps - most lifters get to a point where their leg strength surpasses their grip strength and their last and only option is wraps.

The only reason to be depressed is if you eat small frequent meals with plenty of protein, intensely weight train at least 3x per week and do interval cardio exercise and still gain weight  When it comes to getting results from exercise it comes down to effort and intensity; without these two factors, don't expect any lasting results. Good luck.

Your diet is carb heavy and even your lunch of 1 sl. ham/turkey doesn't add much protein. All of your meals should be similar to your dinner - which is perfect.

Your exercise output was probably sufficient initially but your body may have adapted to the needs you have placed upon it. Meaning, it has found a way to burn just enough fuel to move you around at work and during exercise but you have to remember that our bodies want to maintain status quo in terms of fat stores - it likes fat and doesn't want to see it disappear which means you may have to increase your exercise intensity or do more even more of the low intensity exercise you're already doing.

I agree, I think variety derails diets.

I eat basically the same foods everyday at generally the same time and haven't gained a pound since highschool - I'm 37 now.  The less variety you have in your diet allows you to get into a rhythm and eat a controlled quantity of food.

You're spending a lot of time warming up and wasting precious energy that would be better utilized during your weight lifting session.

Stick with weighted STATIONARY lunges, one legged squats and deadlifts/squats because forward/backward and walking lunges, although good exercises, allow for too much rest in between reps. When muscles are allowed to rest between reps you reduce the intensity, when intensity is reduced muscle output is also reduced. so as you take away the efforts of the muscles you then take away any reason for them to ADAPT. If your muscles don't adapt/change in terms of energy requirements and size then you won't see any changes in your body. Exercise is all about adaptation and our bodies will do anything to avoid adapting to exercise. Why? Because it requires a lot of energy/calories to maintain muscle tissue and our bodies want to maintain/conserve energy; not expend it!

Stop with the med ball, you should be holding weights of AT LEAST 10-15lbs in each hand. I train someone who gave birth to triplets and less than a year later she's lunging with 25lbs in each hand for 10-12 reps. Most people can lift more than they think but are often times not willing because it's too painful - once you remove the pain and intensity from weight training you also remove any significant results.

Cardio: assuming you have no injuries or cardiovascular issues, you should be interval training.

Brief example:sprint for 15 -30 sec followed by 1 -2 min of jogging, basically just enough to catch your breath from the sprints then repeat 4-6x. 60 min is too long. Ask yourself this question, if what I'm doing now is adequate to lose weight, then why am I not losing weight?

Being a veg. is going to make it difficult to get enough protein so I suggest you buy a protein supplement. A protein drink along with an apple or any piece of fruit would make for a good post workout meal. And good job on the raw vegetables and an even better job not saying "veggies," I hate that word

Good luck.

They'll definitely get smaller, but by how much nobody knows.

Keep those extra 90 lbs and you'll keep those big knockers but a shorter life with gradually deteriorating health are what you can expect - I say, go for the weight loss!!!