moonpig said:
Hi, and thank you
I stopped breast feeding at 6wks, I really didn't want to do it but pushed the 6wks out anyway.
I am on a good diet, well at least i try to be. Sometimes your so busy you forget to eat and taking ephedrine supresses your appetite too.
Training wise I thought i'd gain stamina first as i've lost allot and build on cardio. I'm not big into bodybuilding but like to be toned.
I basically asked about Winstrol cos I'm looking for a quick fix but don't think i'd have the guts to do it or have that much time to train either.
I guess it's just done to will power and perseverance.
Cheers
LOL, thanks for being so honest.
Your gains would be very short-lived, and there can be sides while on, like water-retention, spots, which wouldn't make it all that pleasant.
You are in the UK, have you seen the Living TV program extreme celebrity skinny moms?
It might be worth your while to watch it, as so many celebs are pushing their bodies in such an unhealthy way to get back in shape SO fast after babies, it is giving women a funny idea about what is normal.
As far as BBing goes, I use the term weight training/resistance training/bodybuilding as the same, but really, they are not the same thing.
If you want to be 'toned' (and that word really adds to the confusion about women and weight training) it is all about the weights.
Most women are afraid of getting 'bulky' but really, that is not going to happen for 90% of women, they have to either have freaky genetics for putting on muscle or take steroids, and a lot of women that you see as fitness models, bodybuilders in magazines have taken steroids to have any level of muscle.
If you are happy with your diet, and it is working for you, cool.
If you would like a bit of help in tweaking it to see if the peeps here can have it be a bit more effective, then post up a typical day's diet.
I found this this morning, it may be of interest to you.
When it comes to fat loss, most people embark on a program of cardio and dieting. Strength training is just an afterthought.
Strength training, however, can burn just as much, if not more, fat than cardio. Why is it that people focus on cardio as their primary fat burner?
For one thing cardio does shrink you down. But it does just that: it shrinks down both your fat and muscle. You end up skinny and soft. Bodybuilders, however, want to retain or even build muscle while burning off fat. Why? A larger engine burns more fuel. Larger muscles burn more calories and more fat.
While cardio burns calories and fat when you’re performing it, high rep strength training has what is known as high EPOC or “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption.” This is a fancy term for saying how long your metabolism is elevated after exercise.
Studies show that a well-designed strength program can elevate your EPOC or metabolism for up 38 hours after the workout. In other words, you continue to burn calories long after strength training. Whereas once you stop cardio, the calorie burning stops as well.
Strength training coupled with diet and cardio burns fat far more than cardio and diet alone. In bodybuilding terms, we call this “cutting up.” Bodybuilders bulk up in the off-season, gaining as much weight and muscle as possible. During pre-contest season, they strip away the fat through diet and training, which consists of weight training at higher reps with shorter rest periods. This sort of training induces a large dump of growth hormone (GH) in your body. GH is a potent fat loss hormone and a very mild anabolic.
Here are a few more threads you may want to look at.
This one has pictures that make it quite clear about the differences between fat, muscle and 'toning'.
Ten pounds of ugly fat
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/w...lding-training/10-pounds-ugly-fat-581895.html
I want to tone, but I don't want to get too big
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/w...tone-but-i-don-t-want-get-too-big-583600.html
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