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Hey gals- Ok I finally found someone to help with my diet and you know when you get in the zone and you can just feel your body working and kicking into fat burning gear, well thank goodness it is getting there. Woke up sweating last night!! OK enough ramble but just an update after my almost...

Ok I guess I worded thing wrong looking back at what I wrote. I am looking for a loss in fat. As this is the goal in getting down to a show. And we were not going anywhere. If anything I almost feel like I was starting to go backwards from not eating enough and not of the right things.

Ok well I am getting BF% tested on wednesday since i have to be at work at 6:30am tomorrow. I have been stuck at 20% give or take for the past c ouple months so I am estimating there. I am very opimistic but also very realistic. I am aiming for the one in 13 weeks but there is another in 17...

Ok Question for you gals who have done a show or shows and have worked with a trainer. I am hitting 13 weeks for my first show and feel like and notice no difference in my lean body mass. I am kinda getting frustrated and am not sure what to do. All she has been telling me is to keep my carbs...

oh and i just read a post from sassy69 about her and cardio and I think that is what I am going to try, i need to keep things switched I think because I know my body is getting used to my cardio routine even though i switch machines and the times i do the cardio, so I think I will incorporate 2...

Ok and JJ You do HIIT and do you feel it has aided in the fat burning process versus long duration, and do you think it burns muscle as well as fat or would you recommend incorporating it in to a cardio session like twice a week to keep your body guessing, I used to do it and was told to stop...

About a month and a half ago I switched back to going heavy and reps at 6-8 to add some size now I am doing more 12-15 especially loegs because i need to even out my symetry, my legs respond the quickest to heavy training from years of skiing and sports.

JJ Thank you so much and I know this sounds totally dumb and for what I thought I knew but this is making more sense but I had been told to not count the carbs form vegetables and I have not been, but now am going to start there also. So I am going to switch things up a bit and see how that...

When I do HIIT I do the 5 minute warm up then do 30 sec at apx 100rpm on the recumbant or regualr bike and then 1.5 minutes at lower and down and up for 10 sprints and then 5 minute cool down. I just know that I am trying to get my trainer who is helping me to answer some questions but she is...

ok i don't know if anyone is looking at this thread still but i have an add on question. I am at a stagnant point and i am wondering what I can do to change things up. I worry about cutting down on calories since I average around 1200-1300 calories. I am going back to 1/2 a grapefruit and...

I feel the same way as most everyone here it seems and I have an age thing against me also. I am only 21 and have been training longer then most the people in my gym minus the few who really do know what they are doing, and we are all friends. :-) But I have stepped in a few times and...

oh and that 250mg of ALA

I am off any kind of fat burner right now and am taking the usual multi, calcium, vitamin C, and Calicium with ALA at every meal. For long duration I usually try and do 5 days a week at 45 minutes and 2 days a week at intervals on the stepmill at 30 minutes.:dance2: And I will have to make...

Ok Ladies I have been reading this board for about 8 months now and finally sucked it up and decided to post my own thoughts and questions. I am currently a college student with a year to go before I get my accounting degree. I also work two jobs and am getting ready for my first show, figure...