Posts by pipanchew

Name: Pip

Age: 22
Height: 5'5''
Start Weight in May: 154 lbs
Goal Weight  (by May 31): 148

May 3:
May 10:
May 17:
may 24:
Final Weigh In – May 31:

Total weight loss:

145!!  I made it, just!!!

Congrats to everyone!

Name:Pip
Age: 21
Height:5'5"

1/8/08: 150.2
8/8/08: 147.8
15/8/08: 146
22/8/08:
29/8/08:

Total weight loss: 4.2

Name: pip
Age: 21
Height: 5'5"
Start Weight: 150.2
Goal Weight (by August 31): 145
1/7/08: 150.2
8/7/08: 147.8
15/7/08:
22/7/08:
29/7/08:

Total weight loss: 2.4

yay! I'm losing!

I mainly use the free weights, plus lat pull down and pull up machine (def not up to doing more than 1 of my body weight lol).

Melkor I see what your saying about do what's good for your sport but my sport isn't everything, I still want to look better in a bikini, feel fitter and stronger, plus I really enjoy weight training, it's way more satisfying than cardio.

And I'm trying to lose weight, more specifically fat, and Water polo alone doesn't give me the body I want even with a calorie controlled diet.

Is 1.5 hours really too long for a full body weights work out?  I'd break it down like 10 mins warming up, and 10 minutes stretching at the end, so only 1hr 10 minutes actually lifting, plus all the rest between sets, I usually work for about 30 secs then rest for 30-60 secs between sets.  It really doesn't seem too much when I'm doing it.  I think the thing that is killing me is the 'a** to grass' squats.  Any opinions on those, necessary or not?

Try food combining, so if you have foods high in fats: avocado, nuts, etc eat them with some neutral food like vegetable strips, or just incorporate a little of the fatty stuff into every meal. 

I find I am very dairy sensitive and used to get the worst stomach pains after my protein shake, I was using whey protein and never thought of how it is such an obvious trigger food.  try and identify exactly what it is that causes the problem and then either remove/substitute it, or if it is fat then do like I said above.

The thing that has really helped me is having a list of 'safe' foods as well as a list of 'IBS' foods, I find that if I combine the two lists  I can still have a little of what i fancy no problem.  Also once something triggers your IBS it's good to know what you can eat that won't make it worse.  For example my safe foods are: potatoes, green vegetables, carrots, peppers, bananas, rice.  whereas: meat, pasta, bread, beans, nuts, seeds are not, they don't give me cramps but they don't help either so I wouldn't eat them after an attack.

Common trigger foods: acidic drinks (inc fruit juices), dairy products, eggs, caffeine, highly processed foods (HFCS, sweetners, additives), fats, meat, spicy foods, wheat.

Sorry long post, just trying to help =D

spirits and diet mixers, lite beer, dry white wine.  only allocate youself 1 or 2 nights a week where you're allowed any alcohol to limit the damage. fit it to your calories.  just treat alcohol like a big piece of chocolate fudge cake, you can have it but you have to make it fit your diet and it's going to do you no good if it's more than an occasional treat.

have a big green salad no dressing, before you go, it'll take the edge off your hunger so you can make good choices once there.  drink either clear spirits and low cal mixer, I.e. 25ml vodka and diet coke is 60cals, or light beers.  Eat food that you can know the calories in, salads with dressing are really hard to estimate.  Chips on the other hand are easy.  Just 'budget' the calories, do your best but don't stress if you go over it's just one night.

Eating fruit with other foods causes your stomach to create loads of gas, so I'd stick to using it as a snack or pudding (30mins+ after your main food).  Good plan with filling up on healthy stuff first.  Like if you have a salad before you go to a restaurant you won't splurge so much.  BUT if you are properly calorie counting, you should be eating all the food you've planned for that day, then leave the low calorie filling stuff for if you still feel hungry.  If you want this diet and the weight loss to last you have to give your body the nutrients it needs so make sure you never have a defecit of over a 1000, and eat at least 1500kcal a day.

Look up subs nutritonal info, they already have LOADS of salt so I'd definitely advise against it. 

In the UK they just had a dispatches: sandwiches unwrapped documentary showing how bad pre-made food is.  Subway was the worst by far, even their lite ones.  93% of their products contain above safe levels of salt.  So adding salt is probably the worst thing you could do....

I swam competitively from the age of 8 until 18 and I agree with coachk (obviously she's more experienced) swim swim swim, running is great for over-all fitness but in no way have i ever found it improved my pool times or pool fitness.  So if you want to train prioritise swimming over walking/running.

Give yourself measurable goals, like has been said, take times: long distance and short, so that you can see how far you've come.

Hypoxic training has it's place: sprint 25m no breaths etc, swimming under-water really doesn't have any point, it's not a motion you'd be doing in a race.  But it's better to learn good breathing techniques, every 3, every5, every 7 etc.

The only way to ensure a loss is calories in calories out.  yes all this running is great but it won't result in weight loss unless you make sure you eat less than you burn.

When you exercise your body releases a chemical that makes you hungry so you naturally eat more.  This is probably why you haven't changed weights.  track your calories and good luck!

Yup, not a good idea, ever.  Simply because your body does not metabolise alcohol calories the same way it does with other calories, alcohol actually hinders weight loss massively.  Your body does not 'burn' alcohol calories like sugar, when you drink alcohol you body stops burning fat for fuel and focuses it's energy on processing the alcohol to get it out of your system.

So all vitamins/fibre/etc aside, it's still going to stop you losing weight regardless of calories.  This is true of the odd glass of wine in the evenings as well, I mean i still have it, sometimes even binge (I know it's bad), but it's important to know the effect it will have on your weight loss.

Any weight loss you've seen on calorie counting only having drinks is probably down to dehydration.

Lot's of people zig-zag calories to stop their body adjusting to eating the same amount of calories everyday, e.g. defecits: Monday 500, Tuesday 800, Wednesday 1000, thursday 0, Friday 700, saturday 500, Sunday 0.  This would result in 1lb weight loss per week, is best to just try to keep a good weekly defecit and not to worry about daily differences.  Whatever works for you.

When you don't drink enough water/ are dehyrdated your body clings to the water it has, or if you have too much sodium in you diet.  To get rid of this, drinking more water means there is a constant flow through your body, if it's well hydrated it won't cling to extra water.  Also by drinking more water it helps your body get rid of the sodium (through your pee and sweat).  So try to drink lots of water.  Figures I've heard quoted are 'half your body weight in lbs to oz'  e.g. if you weigh 200lbs then try to drink 100oz of water, the other is 8 glasses of 8oz a day so 64 oz.  it's probably a safe bet to try and drink over 64oz (some juice, tea etc but mainly water).

Do not work out in a hoody unless it's really cold, deliberately over heating is a bad bad idea.  Just count calories and aim for a 500 - 1000 kcal deficit every day.

Don't worry too much about water weight, you'll always fluctuate by about 5lbs because of it, but fluctuating by 5lbs when you've lost 50lbs still means your 45lbs lighter!  just focus on creating a defecit and the fat will come off.