Posts by ladylyz

your recruiter should also be running morning PT and is VERY HIGHLY motiviated to be sure that you do it.  They will even pick you up!  If you want to be in shape for basic, I reccomend you do that.  Can't beat the comradery either.

My friend joined the Marines, and I went with her to PT in the mornings when i stayed over.  Very cool.

well I happen to love all you can eat sushi, and go for the sashimi choice.  I never get fried things, but ocasionally I like to tell the sushi chef to surprise me, which is ALWAYS a good idea, you get some really fun things that way.

no cardio is going to bulk you up.

sprinters that HAVE bulky legs, are bulky because they do weight training to add muscle not all sprinters have bulky legs either.  Look at American Olympic 200m sprinter Alyson Felix.  She's extremely lean, and easily outran the other girls at the trials ( I watched, it was impressive)

now if you have like no muscle tone at all, yah youll see some gain in mass, but you won't be bulky, you'll just have muscles to support you.  you'll look healthy, it will help you avoid the unhealthy concaved appearance I see in so many young girls.

I have no problem with thin people, I have always been thin, but I've always been active, so it's been a toned thin.  muscle is sexy!

you don't have to have slippers, but new simple ones are not that expensive.  trust me, if someone has old ones, you don't want them.  it's important for your foot to be in the shoe from the beginning, because even the regular kind of ballet shoe (they come in fabric and leather) conforms to your foot over time.  Your foot will sweat as you excercise (in any kind of workout) and soften the material which will then shrink/stretch to fit your foot.

I accidentally grabbed my friend's slippers once and noticed RIGHT away, even though they were exactly the same as mine, same age and everything.

I am a huge fan of the carb/no carb debate! /crack knuckles

ok! here we go!

what you want is you want to get the most bang for your carb.  there are empty carbs and healthy carbs (that's the way I see them, no good and bad here!) and here are some examples:

Healthy:

whole wheat bread

brown rice

whole wheat/ brown rice pasta

Empty:

hostess cupcakes

potato chip

cotton candy

what is important to remember is that your body HUNGERS for nutrients and energy.  So eating whole wheat bread, which naturally has lots of vitamines and minerals, is going to satisfy your needs better than plain white (i.e. wonder bread) bread, which is made with enriched flour.  They take out about 3xs the nutrients they put back in with their so called enrichment.  not to mention the added fiber of the whole grain assits in satiating you...and moving other things along ::ahem:: if you get my meaning

so you want to get the most bang for your carb!  Other healthy carbs include fruits and veggies, those have a lot of bang for their carb, with vitamins a plenty and relatively few calories!

as far as protein goes, if you go out and eat only hamburger, you're going to shoot your cholesterol through the roof (most likely).  besides, plain hamburger is generally made of NECK MEAT (ick!) which is not very meaty at all.  you want to shoot for LEAN protein, like skinless chicken, lean cuts of beef, and fish is always on the menu.  Shellfish is also a good one!  the most important thing to remember is don't eliminate anything!

if you completely eliminate fat you'll get very ill, the same goes for anything!  so get the most bang for your carb, and be healthy!

every instance where i've known or seen women with extremely bulkey legs, they have worked very very very hard for a long time to get them to be that way.  PERIOD.

muscle wise anyway.  i'm talking about women that work out for several hours in a day, not just 30 minutes or an hour.  And they train for YEARS to get that look.  you won't turn in to a figure competator with average gym attendance.  not to worry ;).

weight training is good for you!

wessdogg:  now that I've been doing mostly calisthenic exercises, and free weights, that I dont like doing the machines.  But i'm really weird, and i like to do as much as possible to make sure that i'm using my own total body strength to support myself as possible, rather than a machine.  If I can lift more with a machine than i can with free weights, then i feel like my core support is probably not enough, and that's why I can't do as much.

to me, doing one muscle at a time is kinda silly, because when you move your muscles all work together.

yah you can isolate muscle groups, and focus on them, but that's different from using a machine to hold the rest of you still!! LOL!  Take it from me, i'm a bellydancer, the best way to isolate is to practice over and over again and teach your body to support itself so you can do it right!

the reason you are tired is because of the binging.  health and fitness is:

• 50% being active
• 25% what you eat
• 25% how you eat it

if you eat well, you can be healty, but not fit.  if you work out you can be fit but not healthy.  if you eat healthy foods, but they are prepared in unhealthy ways (i.e. salad slathered in full fat bleu cheese dressing, served with fried chicken, lots of extra cheese, croutons and sugared nuts) then you may as well eat a burger.

eating poorly (i.e. binging, or starving yourself, just plain poor food choice) will make you feel poor as well!  Think of it this way, if you put leaded fuel in an unleaded engine, it's not going to work very well (or for very long).

how you eat food also refers to how much and how often you eat.  Ideally you want to prevent yourself from feeling really hungry.  Usually your body is ready to eat BEFORE your stomach starts grumbling.

simple advice?

1. Variety
2. Preparation

with this SIMPLE idea in mind when you think about food, you'll find you change alot, from the way you feel, to the way you think about food, very quickly.

plan to have about 6 small meals a day, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, as well as a snack in between.  The simple rule here? don't eat the same thing twice in one day.  go to the store and get some of your favorite fruits, nuts, low fat cheeses, low fat yogurts, cereals, salads or sandwich makings, and dinner foods.

plan out your snacks!  Have a fruit.  still hungry? have something else!  still hungry?  have something different again.  sometimes you feel like you need to eat more because you're not getting enough of something, and with variety you make sure to give your body as many different nutrients as possible.

ok i'll stop here, ::wordy::

I don't have Wii Fit myself, but I use my sisters.  I think most of the workouts are kinda silly myself, esp the balance stuff, but I think that for someone who is not in that great of shape, it's a great way to get up and get the blood moving.

I would also like to state that I am the household balance champion. (at my mom's house anyway).  I also love the little person that says "THAT'S NORMAL!" at you at the beginning.

Original Post by alle0299:

Wow.  That is pretty scary.  I'm glad to hear she's eating again!  Hopefully it's just a little phase or something.  I don't have an answer for you, but I'm just curious - what did the doctor say about this?

 her pediatrician was just as puzzled as we were.  She told us to just try to get her to eat a little at each meal, but dont make a big deal out of food.  Oh, and I had to ban her from using the scale also (she always asks permission).

unfortunately stretch marks are scar tissue.  they never completely go away, but they will fade with time.  i gained a lot of weight while pregnant, and got the stretch marks then (I'd never had any before).  They've faded signifigantly, but have never completely gone away.  Though the ones on my abdomen have shrunk a lot.  Just be sure to lose the weight slowly, and your body will adapt pretty well in most cases.  I also apply lotion, but clinically it's never been proven to do anything other than make you feel better to my knowledge.

I know it's not the "try this miracle cure" post, but sometimes a little insight and truth is just what the dr. ordered.

Something I learned from my friend is this, the number on the scale is not what's really important.  Don't be so focused on that.  Maybe the women who weigh less but look the same have lower muscle mass, and higher body fat %?  who knows!

Yah, I watch the scale some, but the really important things are:

1. Being healthy (that means maintaining internal organ health, and smoothly functioning metabolism)
2. Feeling good (energized)
3. Body Fat % (kindof goes with being healthy) ther is a min you must maintain for bodily function.  If you are concerned whether you are toned enough go get this measured with a pinch or dunk test.  that will give you the best idea of the status of your body =)

I've seen your pictures, you are beautiful, don't let the scale rule you, you're too good for that! (I have to tell myself that all the time!)

I weigh whenever I go into the upstairs bathroom, the scale is right there by the toilet, i just like to watch.  I only pay attention to the first weigh in in the morning when I wake up before I hop in the shower.

I actually don't track my success by my weight though, I track it by body fat% which my personal trainer only takes once per month.  I watch my weight because I used to have 10-20 lb fluctuations in a month because of hormones, so I have to make sure that doesn't happen (I'll literally change 3 lbs +/- over night, but I'm a tall girl so I probably have more places to hold on to water) When that happens I know I need to really cut back the salty food, and drink an extra glass of water, and that always helps.

The thing I'm really happy about is that I got a dress the other day, and it was a size 8, I havn't worn that size in probably a good 6 years.

ok the best thing you can do for her, is talk to her about what's REALLY bothering her.

My friend died because of her ED.  Her twin sister had to go to an in-patient recovery center.  Don't go to her and say "you're gaining weight" instead talk to her.  Is something really bothering her?  Is she taking her meds like she's supposed to?  your job is to be there for her as a friend.  Don't try to be her nutritionist, or her therapist.

If she needs one of those, as her friend it is your job to gently aim her in the right direction.

You know, my mother warned me about that too.  I gained 70 lbs with my daughter, and I lost it slowly, but she warned me early not to eat her food.  She said "you are not the garbage disposal.  Let her have her plate, and you have yours, you don't need to share germs or calories."  And she was right.  Slowly the weight came off, I just tried to eat as healthy as I could.

My girlfriend's mother must not have warned her, however, I went with her somewhere, and was shocked to see how much EXTRA food she ate because she was trying to get her daughter to eat by eating mouthfulls of her food, and then picking up the crusts and leftover bits from her daughter's food.  Then she complained that she wasn't able to lose any weight!

Also remember, that how you eat is an example to your children, so if you diet in an unhealthy way your children are liable to pick up on that and think it is normal.  But it will make you smile inside when your child orders for themself at the restraunt and always asks for fruit or veggies instead of french fries.

PS i got up to 240 after having my daughter, she's going to be 5 soon and I'm down to 170 with 26% body fat =)  slow and steady wins the race!