Posts by moozoo

Part of the answer is "it depends on your body".  I suggest to eat a little snack an hour before training, that contains proteins, and a little of sugar (good sugar i.e. as found in an apple, a banana, a pear).  I also suggest you stay away from fat, as eating food with lots of fat in it (like cheese, 3%milk, peanut butter) just before training will give you cramps.  If you are to eat 'fat food' (talking about good fat as found in items such as peanut butter and nuts), eat it an hour prior to training.

Need to precise, they not only train, but get to walk and move alot during one day, often sleeping for as few hours as two or three because of shows' schedules (tip : exercise).  Now, you can't be jealous of what you do not have...so the correct term would be envious ;).  But even so, I myself am envious of them, guilty of charge.  I wouldn't want their job at all, though...  and, even if victoria secrets' models are healty, we have to admit a lot of them aren't eating healty or living in an healty way.  Let's just say Victoria Secret's fashion models prove us that one can be a model without starving, which is a good start :
1. eat healty, stay away from sugar, and white bread
2. eat fibre, proteins, milk (brings proteins as well as nutrients and cuts hunger), vegetables
3. Exercise
4. Enjoy yourself, and remember that living healty is also enjoying the way you're living. 

Hello tigerleaf! : )

I'm almost in the same situation...started at 162 lbs, aiming for 130...5'8''; 22 years old...aaaaand...stuck on a plateau as well.  Yep :(  we could almost be weight loss twins/buddies, haha.

But I believe you could lose more weight by including cardio, or intense workout sessions (no need to make it long) to your routine, as the body gets used to its daily exercising routine pretty quickly.  Doing the same movements over, and over again...just as well as the same type of exercise every day, makes your body "know" and "expect" the loss...and it's pretty good at finding tricks to cover for it, believe me. 

Since it cannot know what you will eat tomorrow, or the day after, it reacts according to what you have eaten, and burnt, the past few days.  The more you fall into a routine, the more it will know what to expect, and the easier it will be for your body to stay at the same weight by storing just the right amount of energy to cover for the exercising.

Just as eating less carbs might help a little - well, it did for me. All in all, the key word is : change.  You need to surprise your body -- with new type of food, or new type of exercising, so it cannot expect the loss, nor the intake.

Hope it helps!

0o.. M0oZo0 ..o0

You might want take your measurements as well...maybe you put on some muscles, and did lose fat, by training with "weights".  Muscles weight more than fat tissues, but burn more calories.  So you could have lost 5lbs of fat weight, and put on 5lbs of muscles... : )

Count me in as well! : ) I need to get back on track (took back about 14 lbs... :( ). 

I'm 5'8'', CW being 148...thus my July 11th goal would be around...143 lbs...!  Hey, that makes it sound almost easy...!

See you all on Thursday morning! : )

Have you tried to keep healthy food (vegetables, lean crakers, fruits, etc) in your room, to binge on?  I used to have a night-eating problem...and I solved it by allowing myself to eat a little snack before bed time.  Since it is allowed, I do not feel the urge to eat fat/sugary food, and I plan it in my daily cal intake. 

Take it one step at a time :)  But first, maybe you should simply control the kind of food you binge on, and allow yourself to eat cookies/marshmallows/peanut butter only once every week.  Because, removing them totally from your diet will increase the binges!  The best thing to do is to include them in your calorie counting.  Do more exercise to cover for it...

I can't resist frozen yogurt....I can eat the whole pint in two days, haha!  But at least I know myself, and log it in my food log...as well as exercise a little more on the days I buy frozen yogurt.

I think I've resisted temptation pretty well (except for last night....everybody brought food (mostly desserts) and I just COULDN'T resist that piece of banana/dark chocolate bread (and a piece of chocolate).  But I ate vegetables all night long and didn't touch my p&b w/ banana toast I had brought for my lunch/breakfast (really night shifts are a pain when it comes to eating...never know how to count my calories...BUT! it's my last night tonight :))  ahhhh...call centers :/).

I'm at 139.0 lbs!! I've lost 2lbs during christmas time, haha.  But I'm pretty sure that is because I got all mixed up in my cal counting (with my nigh shifts)and ended up eating less than I thought...  I still hope it won't come back on my hips!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

As Sarah wrote, I'd buy more vegetables...  Half my cal intake is veggies :))  They're so good, fill you up, low-cal, and add  bright colors to any dish!

 But then I didn't lose any weight for a week.  Was it all the salt and MSG in the Chinese food? 

Might be water retention : ) chinese food contains lots of salt.  Taaasty but naaaasty (for the weight ^.^ AND sodium intake).

If any of you find an answer to that thread I swear to god to worship you!  I've been going to that chinese restaurant ,with a friend, for over 8 years now, and it is sad I don't go anymore because anything they serve is fried, cooked in oil, or comes with fat sauces! :/

Maybe I should try the fish... :(