Recent content by dmarie

Thanks so much! That seems more manageable and less "Atkins-y, gain everything back the second you eat a carb".

No I haven't tried it yet. The carbs that I eat currently are mostly brown rice, some sweet potatoes, a piece of whole grain bread every now and then, and green leafy vegetables. When I eat carbs I kind of feel bloated, so they haven't been a huge part of my diet but I've never cut them out so...

I posted several months ago and got great advice. To date I've lost 52 pounds and want to lose like 15 more but I'm stuck and have been for like 3 weeks. I've been reading about the super low card diets (under 10 per day) and am feeling like that may help. Is this appropriate for someone that...

Thanks Thandie! This is all so confusing to begin with. I didn't really care that "douche bag trainer" felt the need to say something like that. He just wants my money. I guess some people would be like "damn, I guess I need your help then...", but I'm not interested. I've found so much...

Thanks for everyone's input. My cardio is down to 30 minutes 5 days a week. I use the machines and some free weights (but to be honest I don't like the free weights because I feel like I'm not doing it correctly...thats why I hired a trainer...the irony). My diet today was: 1/2 cup egg...

Thanks for clarifying. I'm thinking he may have a vested interest in my purchase. My impression of steroids is that they aren't a bad thing, my dad used them in the early and mid 90s to compete and in our house they were as common as vitamins when he was pre contest, but I just don't want to...

I posted about a week ago with my diet and exercise stuff and with all of the advice I got (and implementing the changes) I've lost an additional 3 pounds. I dropped the personal trainer I hired because he was...let's say...a D-BAG. His advice was to eat nothing and do cardio until I puke...

I haven't been planning on cutting carbs that low. Is there an advantage to doing so?

I've been eating more than just the three meals but it's hard to call the additional food meals (i.e. a bag of dried apples while I'm sitting in class). What I've been told up until this point is eat as little food as possible and exercise as much as you can. Clearly thats not correct and it's...

Thanks for all of your help. I have decreased the cardio and added protein to every meal. Boiled egg with no yolk and an "alternative bagel" for breakfast, grilled chicken salad for lunch (no dressing), and 6 ounce steak for dinner with steamed veggies and almonds. I found the Isopure no carb...

I need to give a little background before I ask my questions. I'm 20 and about 40lbs overweight. I've been slightly overweight my entire life and in high school it got worse. I had EXTREMELY large breasts until a few months ago (breast reduction surgery took me from a 38H to 38D), before the...