hey kbgrl and phem !!!!

[ladyhawk25]

hey girls whats up , just wanted to let yall know that i started my life change as yall put it . lol anyways ive cut my food intake in to half and ive been doing 250 to 300 sit ups and every other day im starting at 15 lbs of lifting weights and ive been doing but crunches (lol) your probley wondering what those are or maybe not but anyways i lay on my back and lift my lower back and butt of the ground and as im doing that im tighing my butt and rocking my legs back and forth , it really works i can feel my muscles tighting . well i just wanted to thank yall for the advise and NOOOOOO im not taking that apple cider vinager diet , i tasted it and YUCKY !! LOL . well im gonna go and gte off here take care and keep up the good work .

 

[Sassy69]

ladyhawk-

Couple things before you start going extreme -- I don't know what your daily caloric intake is now, but before you just "cut it in half" take a look at what you are consuming and dont' cut yourself short -- you NEED food to run! If youdon't eat enough your metabolism will think you are in starvation mode & it will slow down to the point where you won't lose weight -- your body will just hold on to whatever body fat it has because it will think that not enough food is coming in. You might want to talk to a trainer at the gym to have your diet evaluated and then determine what to keep, what to cut. You will probably need AT LEAST 1500 cal of good proteins, fats and carbs.

Also with sit ups -- you don't need to do hundreds of them -- you can't "spot reduce" so all the sit ups in the world will not expose a 6-pack until your overall body fat goes down. Usually abs are the last thing to show anyway. Do 3-4 sets of maybe up to 20 reps, but very intense reps -- w/ abs its the intensity and not the number that you do.

Make sure you add in some cardio -- read WarLobo's thread on "When 30+30 NOT = 60".

You're off to a good start so dont' cheat yourself on good diet & exercise! Good luck. And read MORE -- spend some time on the Diet & Training boards as well.

eDiets.com and About.com (search under Diet / Exercise) to learn more!

 

[ladyhawk25]

thanks i will do that , m cal. intake is probley 1200 maybe a lil more dunno for sure , what i ment by cutting my intake is instead of eating a very large meal i just cut it in half . for instance today i have 5 peaces of french toast sticks with very lil syrup , then i had a yogurt , then i have four thick pretzels , then for dinner i had a peace of chicken off the grill with honey mustard and a baked potatoe with of course sour cream and butter , i know thats a no no (lol) but i had water and gatorade and a glass of milk for liquids . i have cut down on sugar , i use to drink alot of coffee and eat lots of candy , but now i think im doing better than what i was . lol well thanks for the info takecare .....................

 

[new@gettinbig]

if u are looking to lose weight...eating like that is not going to get u there!!! French toast and syrup??? Pretzels??? U need to eat CLEAN...several meals a day...tons of protein...u are eating way 2 many carbs...simple sugars!!!! Chicken, tuna, egg whites, turkey breasts, lean red meat etc.....some good veggies....good COMPLEX carbs like oatmeal, yams, rice yada yada yada.....Cut out the other stuff and u would be amazed!

 

[KBgrl]

LMAO ladyhawk!!!! ... ur ok though !!! im gonna let it slide this time... i not feelin TOO snippy today. well...just about everything i was going to advise after reading ur post.... was taken care of by these ladies before me sooooooo all i have to say is...congrats on making an improvement... and KEEP READING!!!!

 

[ladyhawk25]

new , im just starting and it will take me time to get with the program , i told ya i just cut most of my sugar out , and i told u that i had just a lil , shit i didnt even eat all of the syurp i probley took two of my french toast and barely stuck it in there . and i threw the rest away cause it was to sweet . i use to eat alot of choc. and i totally took that away from my self same with coffee i use to drink about 2 to 4 cups a day ,i dont drink any now . same with sodas i dont drink them , all i have been drinking sinse i have started which was 2 days ago . is water and gatorrade . so please dont be sarcastic towards me for eating french toast and syurp . im a newbee at this ........

 

[new@gettinbig]

No sarcasim here, just tellin u like it is, so u dont waste your time in the gym, if u are going to do it, midas well do it right??????

 

[ladyhawk25]

oh ment to ask yall how do i go and check my fat % is there something on the internet where i could go and check my % ?

 

[Phemomena]

glad i can be inspiring... but EAT!!! when i'm "dieting" i eat over 2500 cal a day!!! you need food to support that activity... clean foods will help you get the energy to support activity... do a search for diets, i've posted mine here and on the pics of members board (this is the most recent one)... i have a fast metabolism, so you may not want to go that high with the cals, but you have the right idea by eating a number of small meals (bump them up to 5 or 6) rather than 2-3 big ones... that'll give you sustainable energy through out the day...

lifting is a start make sure you work all the major muscle groups in your body, not just your abs and butt! (legs, back, chest, shoulders, biceps, triceps...) you'll feel better when all your muscles are tighter, and a little muscle will go a long way to help burn fat...

cutting down on sugar is a definate plus... good work on that one... try this instead of french toast...
take a piece of whole wheat bread put it in a frying pan, soak it in skim milk... take a glass and cut a whole out of the centre of the bread, crack an egg inside the whole in the bread, cook it up... maybe add a little all natural maple syrup rather than pancake syrup (NO ONE can make me give up my maple syrup!!!)...

rather than pretzles get some veggie sticks... add some more protein, clean carbs.... and some good fats (all natural peanut butter, flax seed oil ect)

you're getting there... keep it up, keep reading, you'll learn new stuff every day... i know i do!!!

about the bf- go to a gym and get someone to pinch you with those caliper things... (they may have other methods too)... but this is the best way to check your body fat... most web sites will just give you a bmi (body mass index) number, which is similar but not the same as body fat (do a search for BMI to find one of those, it will be of some help if you can't get the bf done right away)

 

[ladyhawk25]

for my height which is im 5f3 and my weight im 145 my bmi is 26 is that good or bad ???