Posts by naturalbeauty

If your routine uses your whole body, you need at least one day of rest in between each work out, so M,W,F,Sun,Tue,Thur,Sat., etc., would be the most often you could work out.

It will help tone and strengthen your muscles.  The weight you lose will more likely be fat than muscle if you are working your muscles and eating a healthy diet.

If you want to work out more often, you could take what you have learned and divide your body into parts.

For example:

I do upper pushing muscles (chest, tricepts, antierior and middle delts) Mondays and Thursdays;  upper pulling muscles (back, bicepts, posterior delts) Tuesdays and Fridays, and Low body on Wednesdays.  I work in isolated abs depending on how much time I have, but often Tuesday and Thursday.  When I do any lifting, I focus on my abs, to keep them tight, so don't need a lot of isolation work.  By using this method, my muscles have at least two days to recuperate.

I am 5'1"

About 10 years ago, I was exercising about 2 hours a day and have no idea how many calories I ate, but was down to 115 pounds, with very little body fat and wore a size 0-2.

I am back to the gym.  I lift pretty heavy weights for 45 minutes, then do cardio for 30 minutes.  I eat 1550 calories per day.  I eat about 310 calories 5 times a day (7,10,1,4,7:00). 

I think if I ate any less, I would be too tired, because of the exercise I do.

I just started back to this routine a week ago starting at 170 pounds and size 14 pants.  I have lost 3 pounds overall.  I have been lifting heavy for a long time, but just recently added the cardio back.  I lost a lot at first and bounced back up and I think I am on track at this point.

I know that last time I lost all the weight I was probably eating about the same, but I know I ate more beans, rice and vegetables than I am now.  I gained 50 pounds with each of my two children and had not gotten the weight off.

I will let you know how I do.

I am in.  There is one at my gym that is about as accurate as the skin fold tests.  the one on my scale is much higher.

I sit down at night and decide what I will eat the next day, so that I know if I have it available and can take the time to think it out. Sometimes, I make changes, but I have a good idea how much I have to play with (exchange this for that). 

You might find that if you do that, you won't end up at the end of the day short so many calories. 

Another thought is that I balance my snack/meals out so that I eat 300 calories every 3 hours.  It is a little challenging to figure out what totals 300 calories, but it works for me.

Good luck with whatever method you use.

655/1500

As for the first parts of the discussion, you can make healthy tacos, burritos, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, burgers, etc.  You just have to watch the ingredients and choose the healthiest ones you can.  The kids only need 1/4 to 1/2 of an adult portion, so keep that in mind when developing meals.  You can give your fiance two portions, or he can snack on other things in between meals.  My husband hated brown rice and whole wheat pasta when I first started serving them, but he became acustomed to the brown rice.  I had to switch to the Barilla Plus pasta and just not searve pasta as often as a compromise there.

As for the other parts of the discussion, you are not yet married.  The point of dating is to find the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.  If you already feel like you are doing everything in the relationship and he is not, then you need to talk to him about it.  If you cannot come up with a solution where you will feel supported and encouraged to make healthy choices for yourself, then maybe it is time to be on your own until you are strong enough to choose an eternal companion who you can really live with.  Once you lose the weight, your eating habits will need to be a lifelong decision or you will gain it all back. 

Think of yourself and your children before making this relationship permanent in its current state.

Good luck with both of your problems.

You should be eating 5 or 6 meals a day when possible, so by 6:00 PM, you only have 1/5 or 1/4th of your daily calories left. 

You could talk to your parents about what you are trying to do.  Maybe you could eat smaller portions of the same meals at dinner.  If everyone else is getting 1 cup of soup, you could eat 1/4 or 1/2 cup of soup, etc. 

Maybe you could bring what you don't eat (left-overs) to school the next day for lunch, so you are still eating the food your parents have prepared, but you are eating them earlier in the day.

It also looks like you may need to be eating more calories during the day than you are currently budgeting yourself.  It looks like you are very close to your ideal body weight.  Check you account to see what CC suggests you eat for the day.

I have to say there is something about the Kashi Go Lean Crunch that stops me up severely.  So much so, that I had to go to the gastroenterologist, because I was so blocked up.  The stuff you take for a colonoscopy cleared it all out, but I really think that my body just has trouble digesting that cereal.  I also have similar troubles a few months into eating the Zone bars and the other Kashi bars, so it may be that I have trouble digesting specific grains (there are 7 I think in Kashi). 

It may be that you need to avoid the Kashi cereal for a while, or at least only have it on rare occasions.

I am not Vegan.  In the past, I tried for about 6 months, but even then, did choose to eat animal products occasionally (about once per month).

I don't think this sounds preachy.  I think it is a pamphlet written to draw attention to what would be needed to completely abolish suffering of animals.

Whether a person believes that this is important or not, is there own choice.

For some people, choosing to purchase products from farms that are certified to be more humane is the best step if you do choose to partake of animal products, but it is true that this is not completely abolishing all animal pain and suffering.

I am 5'1" tall.  In the past, I went from a little over 180 down to 115.  I lifted weights and still do.  Lifting weights helped me build muscle, so that when I was resting, I burned more fat.  At 115, I had people telling me I was too thin and was about a size 0-2 depending on the cut.   I had a very thin waist, and wider hips, so it depended on the cut of the clothes.  I focused on eating the healthies food possible that would give me the most bang for my buck and I also exercised about 1-2 hours per day.  I lifted for 1 to 1.5 hours and did cardio for 35-45 minutes 5 days per week.

Right now, I am trying to lose the weight I gained with two prenancies.  I still lift, but had stopped doing cardio.  Now, I am adding the cardio back into my routines and really keeping the calories to about 1550 per day.  I was eating Way more than that the past few years and eating lots of bad foods.  I just have to stay focused and remember to keep my lifestyle change this time.

I think you should be able to lose 1.5 to 2 pounds per week, so it could take 10-15 weeks for you to lose the weight.

The best thing you can do is NOT have the foods in the house that you might consider binging on. 

I find it hardest when grocery shopping and passing the foods I know I would binge if I bought.  I know that I can not eat only one of them.  For me, it is the Debbie snack cakes, ice cream, chips, cookies.

I am not as likely to binge on chicken, eggs, vegetables, healthy crackers...

I find if I balance my calories so that every time I eat, I eat the same amount of calories, I don't feel deprived or hungry.  I eat about 1500 calories a day, so I eat 300 calorie meals every 3 hours (7:00, 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00).  I don't have any "snacks," so I feel satisfied after each meal.  You might want to give it a try. You could eat 6 meals if you have a longer day, or eat more calories per meal if you want to stick with 5 meals.

If you are rarely using the restroom, the two pounds could be the stuff stuck in your intestines.  Make sure you are eating enough fiber and drinking enough water.

It sounds like the anxiety is driving your eating habits.  As others have stated, you may need to eat more calories than you do, which is driving you to think about food.  Your need for control could be leading you towards an eating disorder.  

You may need to consult with a nutritionist who can help you see what you should be eating in a day to be healthy.  The more information you have available to you in making an informed decision may decrease your anxiety level about what everyone is telling you. 

I think your body is getting used to the whole grain carbs that are healthier.  When you have been eating healthy foods and start to eat unhealthy foods, you can feel the difference in your energy level etc. 

You may have had the same feelings before you were eating healthy, but you felt that way all the time, so you did not have the healthy feeling in comparison.  Does that make sense?