Posts by treanop2

I'm confused now about all this. I don't want to lose weight. I want to build muscle BUT I am still carrying a good few inches of fat around my middle. I want to reduce this fat.

Should I be concentrating on losing fat, or building muscle? I thought that if I continue to lift weights and do cardio I would be able to do both. Am I wrong?

(btw I eat > 25% protein and around 20% fat)

I would say you didn't have enough water or calories. 5-6 glasses for that type of workout isn't enough. You should eat a good few hours before the workout to give it time to leave you're stomach.

I find that if i drink too much water during/after a workout i feel really sick, so i drink it slowly. Also, another thing that used to make me feel really lightheaded and sick after excercise was breathing in and out through my mouth. someone else mentioned this to me, and when i concentrated on breathing in through my nose, i found i haven't been sick since. This might not apply to you though!

you should aim for 1 - 2lbs per week, so in a month, you should could have about 8lbs off.

Maybe you should post a sample diet of what you eat everyday. Also, do you weigh the food you eat? Sometimes we think we are eating 100g of something, but if you actually weigh it, its closer to 150g. Seriously, happens me all the time. I just bought a new set of scales, and i'm still surprised at the portions of foods, particually carbs like rice, pasta, oats etc. 

If you do have epilepsy, then it needs to be controlled. You know that.

However, there are many drugs on the market that help control it. And you will probably spend some time finding one that suits you. My brother found that a combination of two worked best for him - epilim and Tegretol. One of my friends is on epilim only, and another friend is on a different drug entirely.

You might find that Topomax doesn't suit. Maybe it won't control the seizures, or maybe it will have too many side affects. Don't be afraid to tell your doctor that you want a different drug if it doens't work or your not happy with it. Theres a good chance you will be on the drug for the rest of your life, so you need to find one that suits.

Also, just becasue it affected your mum that way, doesn't mean that it will affect your that way. Drugs effect everyone differently. Take the birth control pill for example - some people find it makes them gain weight, others find it makes them lose weight, and others find no difference.

Hope this helps.

Hey coach_k

That is really helpful, thanks. I have also been trying to use swimming as my exercise, as I have a bad back. I usually swim 4 lenghts for warm up, then I swim breast stoke down the pool, and either back stoke or freestyle up the pool, and finish with a cool down.

However, I'm not a good swimmer. I only learned to swim earlier this year, and I'm out of practice. I get about 25 laps in 30 minutes . My breast stoke is really slow. I'm probably twice as fast at the free style and back stoke.

What would you recommend? From reading your last post, I'm thinking that if I swim freestyle or back stoke for 1 lap very fast, really pushing myself, and then do breast stoke for 1 lap, would that work as intervals?

I'm going to work at swimming. I want to get stonger and faster. I always try to make myself swim an extra lap in the same time.  

I have to say that I have noticed a huge change in the forums in the last while. When I first joined, there wasn't very many underweight threads, or teenage girls asking for advice when their already painfully underweight. I remember then that the big topic was "Starvation Mode", and everyone was talking about that.

 Anyway, this site is still fantastic. The tools available are great. Personally I love the analysis tool. If you don't like the topic's discussed, maybe stay out of the forums.

Personally, I have a look at the post, and don't bother reading/replying if it's one of those ones.

I agree that some people are goind overboard. I'm not one of those...I'm with Kathywainman...Average all the way:)  

I'm a programmer too, so I know what you mean.

maybe try replacing the kit kat and crisps with fruit. It helps with the sweet tooth. I fond grapes good, as they are quite sweet.

I also have crackers as a snack, with cottage cheese, or you could try peanut butter.

yeah, I have this problem too. I can't believe so many other people do too! It makes me feel so much better.

Having a large ribcage makes me feel like I will never look slender. It makes me look larger, and I have to buy much larger tops than other people. I don't have any fat at all on my ribs, and they are still huge. I wear a 38" bra, and I am really small chested. It does make your boobs seem much smaller!

I hate it. This has always been one of the things I hated  most about myself, because there is nothing I can do about it!  No matter how much weight I lose, it won't change it:( 

lol, no i didn't think so! especially as i had a pretty good weekend! I do weight myself at the same time each day. It's always when i get up. A few times last week and the week before my reading was between 20 - 21%. which is fine, i don't mind changes like that. But then this morning it was way off. That's why i was wondering if it could have something to do with my period.

They were giving very similar readings for over a week. I always weight at the same time, in the same place etc...

I started a diet when I was 16. I weighted 210lbs. I now weight 150lbs. And my metabolism is fine now. Much, much better than it was when I was 16.

Young girls should be eating healthly. That is the key. Not eating high fat foods -that has already caused the problem where huge numbers of kids are obese.  

Hey missy_sassy.

135 sounds very low. I'm 5'11 too, and right now weight about 150lbs. For our height, I would think that 150lb is pretty good. Another 15lbs sounds like alot. I think that if I lost another 15lbs it would be unhealthly. I'm concentrating on getting body fat % down and muscle mass up, which will probably lead to weight gain.

Like other people said, there is no way for CC to know how many extra calories the pills would help you burn, if any. That is probably why they are not included. And be careful, diet pills are dangerous.

Sorry for such a personal question, but how are you bowel movements?

I started getting pain in my lower abdominal area, that would move around. Then after about two years of that pain coming and going, I started having bowel problems. I was diagnoised with IBS. Since you didn't mention any bowel movement problems, it probably isn't. It's just that the pain you are experiencing feels alot like what i had. Is it better when you get up in the morning, and starts up again over the course of the day?

Symptoms of IBS are:  Bloating and gas, Constipation, Diarrhea, Feeling like you still need to have a bowel movement after you've already had one, Feeling a strong urge to have a bowel movement, Pain and cramping(usually either on the right or left)

I don't get this, how can dinevthmas be smaller than me but the same weight, and be two dress sizes smaller? Shouldn't the fact that i'm taller mean that I should be in the smaller size?

I'm confused