Posts by cs17

I need to try that. I love ginger. Thanks

Its like you took the words and feelings right out of me on this one.

Ive been the same exact way lately, and I dont know how to stop myself. I put on 3 lbs in 2 weeks, I feel like crap, I feel like I look like crap, but Im still not stopping ???

all you can really do is think that tomorrow is a new day and try your best to eat the healthiest, and attempt any exercise possible. If you have time, go out for a walk instead of eating something bad for you, it takes your mind off it and you feel alot better

good luck, im in the same situation, I should listen to my own advice (haha)

I have the same problem everyday

Im the same stats as you 20, 5"3 just hit my goal a while ago at 120lbs and now I vary from 117-121 everyother day.

Salt intake makes a huge difference, also if you lift weights sometimes water retention could be a problem because the muscle holds onto the water to repair the muscle etc!!

I eat 2000-2200 calories a day now (trying to maintain) and I have an even bigger fluctuation.

I wouldnt stress it... start weighing your self once a week at the same on the same day... that way you actually see the progress your making

keep up the good work :)

Thanks guys, took long enough, but I'd rather do it slow and steady that way it stays off longer.

As for the calories, Ive been eating around 1800 - 2000 the last 5 days and have gained 1 1.5 lbs. (so now im up to 120) It could possibly be that my body may need to just get used to consuming a little bit more then im used to? water weight, or even water weight due to the fact that I'm lifting a little bit of heavier weights so I know that water can sit there to try and repair the muscle.

Anyways, I'm hoping that I dont start to see this weight gain lol, hopefully I stay active enough to control it. I'm cutting back on my intense cardio workouts, and going to focus more on weights so at least now if I gain some weight, but dont notice a change in clothes its just muscle =)

Congratulations to you girlygirl81 for making it :) it's an awesome feeling, and when you finally come to terms of being happy with the way you look, you feel even better (took me 1 1/2 months at being where im at to finally come to realize that I should just be happy lol)

I'm pretty close to your stats. 5"3, 120lbs, 20 yrs old

I do Cardio everyday (6days a week, sundays are my rest days) with weights everyother day (upper body)

Days I do weights, I start with just a simple 20 minute warm up, then do weights for about 30-45 minutes, then about 10-20 more minutes of cardio (running, incline walk etc) then work on my "target area" usually abs for about 10 minutes.

Cardio days, basically an hour of cardio burning about 600 calories each session (20 minute walk, 10 minute run, 30 minute eliptical. I like to change it all the time though) then leg work outs (i.e. thigh machine, ham machine, leg press)

that way my upper body has a "day" rest inbetween lifting again.

I've been losing weight, stubborn lower belly is bugging me still though, it never seems to disappear and you cant spot reduce. :(

So basically (from my experiance) I only take one day off a week, all of them involve cardio, obviously cardio days are pure cardio and weight days are just basic cardio.

So personally I think what your doing is kinda what Im doing, it works, Im going on month 5 and have lost 16lbs (with a huge plateau (because of over eating junk))

Just make sure with the weights that you change up your routine every couple of weeks, or add more weight.

anyways hope that helped a little

good luck :)

Interval training.

Meaning walking at a steady pase for a mintue, run for a mintue, walk for a minute run for a minute (anything that speeds up your heart rate then lowers it then speeds it up again) best known for fat loss, the higher your heart rate the more fat you lose (so people have said)

I usually do walking in intervals on an incline i.e. walk 5 minutes 3.5 walk 2 minutes 4.0 walk 5 minutes 4.5 then back down and up again not going under 4.0 for about 30 minutes. its hard but its been helping.

aha, I love it!!! I need to try this!!!

Someone had brought up the grams of fat/fibre/protein/ carbs I eat a day. I was curious so I calculated how much of everything was in the food I was eating, so being extra curious I did a complete breakdown (it was nice out so i sat outside with extra time, i know pathetic) anyways, for 1g of carbs = 4 calories, 1g of protein = 4 calories and 1g fat = 9 calories. Being super extra curious I calculated how many calories I would be eating today and it added up to a little over 1300 calories. BUT when I look up the actual amount of calories that I ate (on paper) it was 1200, so I was just wondering which one is more accurate.

I DO NOT plan on doing this everyday, it was simply out of curiosity since I thought I was eating enough, but really I was eating under.

Last night I took the time to figure out the amount of protein/carbs/protein/fats I ate

a rough estimate of

36.1g - Fibre, 168.8g Carbs, 68.9g - Protein, 20-25g Fat

So I do get enough fibre (never thought it was THAT much though) :S eek!

I drink a green tea every morning, and usually 1-3 teas throughout the day. I hate water, so Ill add some lemon and heat up the water so its warm (feel like it surpresses my appetite sometimes as well) So I usually drink warm beverages.

I have taken your advice on previous replys about adding more fats. I`ve been trying to use a little bit of olive oil. I did put avocado in my salald yesterday, and also took your advice to eat 3 larger meals and 3 smaller snacks (never thought I could do it because I like eating every hour) but it was actually better, I felt LESS hungry with larger meals and 3 snacks. Geeze your always to the rescue :)

thanks alot for everything!!!

Maybe I could use your help with how many calories I should eat a day (I`m thinking of upping, but scared of losing weight and have no idea what my real deficit is?)

Anywho, thanks again, I`m going to lay off those pills for now, the 2 I took yesterday morning didnt make me feel so good.

I`m so excited to use this!!!

:D

I'm not 100% if I get enough fibre.

I eat oatmeal in the morning, I eat at least 2 apples a day (sometimes 1 or 2 more) I eat a banana once and a while. Ive been eating kidney beans everyday (about 1/4 of a cup per meal) Im not huge on the nuts. The only thing I eat sometimes is a tbsn or half a tbsn of peanutbutter. I usually eat 100g of broccoli a day (sometimes less sometimes more).

I drink about 8-10 glasses of water a day.

And I'm usually constipated. Some days I'm fine, some days Im not at all.

These are all natural pills, and they do have Psyllium in them.

I eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day for sure though.

Ahh, I took to this morning and then came on here to see if people had responded. I don`t think I`m going to take the afternoon pills. Maybe I`ll wait on it and calculate how much fibre I get a day.

Thanks guys!!

Hm, Ive done that a couple times. Then I feel completely guilty.

You just have to think about what you want more.

Sure you get to enjoy those types of food for the few minutes that you eat them, and then what? you spend days and days trying to get back what you lost for those silly 5 minutes that it took to eat the ice cream, or the few seconds that it took to eat the cookie.

so what do you want more? The satisfaction for those few minutes enjoying the cookie, or ice cream? or the 24 hours of everyday knowing that you have will power and a smaller belly that you actually worked hard for.

Just have to think about what you really want, and find the will power to just say NO!!!

It's worked for me :)

I've worked way to hard the last 4 months to give up a few lbs for pointless calories and junk. It's not benifiting you in anyway to put that food in your mouth. Instead of eating a cookie, eat an apple. 100% the apple has less calories, and WAY more benifits to your health, and it takes alot longer to eat, and will actually make you more full then the cookie!!!

Probably meant to put "tsp" but I'm sure I would have figured it out before I used it!

Thanks for letting me know though!!!

I do believe it has protein. Its pasta for people who are trying to eat healthy. Its a white pasta with "whole grain" additives or something along the lines of that, so they added all the good stuff to the "white" pasta including iron, and more fibre and protein I believe :)

What are your stats?

and try doing more intense cardio and weights if its only a 40 minutes workout everyday.

try everyother day intense weight training with 20 minutes simple cardio, and the days you dont do weights just do 40 minutes of intense cardio.