Newbie here!

[indyswife]

Hey everyone. I have been reading your posts for a long time now and you have all given me motivation and ideas to help get into better shape. I am 5'2" 125 lbs and just trying to tone up and loose the fat without getting bulky. Last time I had it done my B/F was 19%.

Training schedule is 4 times a week in our gym. I run on the treadmill for a mile if not more and circut train after that for 45 minutes to an hour.

My husband is on Elite as well and we have both been dieting the passed year, both of us are getting burned out on chicken and I am not a big fish eater so there isnt much to choose from. For now the diet is breakfast, cereal w/ skim milk mid morning, protein shake, lunch, canned chicken or chicken breast and fresh veggies, afternoon snack, protein bar, dinner, chicken or filet with rice, sweet potatos or salad. I know I need to drink more water thru the day. I love my diet coke's.

We just got cardio breeze and glucorell and I am going to start that this week. I have been using YES which is AWSOME and definetly helps.

Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks

 

[Sassy69]

Hey girl! you look great! I understand the chicken burnout. I go in spurts - sometimes I'm happy w/ nothing but chicken, other times can't look at it. Other options are turkey , try different recipes w/ the fish - I actually really like tilapia & other white fish. Tuna - pretty much prefer seared tuna / sushi quality. I'm not a real big fan of salmon for some reason - just don't care for it. I eat steak a couple times / week. If you have access to a Costco, they have great very lean turkey patties. If you want to get exotic, bison meat, ostrich meat.

To give you a really good handle on what you are eating, I suggest you put your meal plan into a food counts program like www.fitday.com (free account). That will tell you total cals, protein / fat / carb breakdown. One way you can change up your diet is by changing the P /F /C ratios and build a meal plan that sums up to those ratios.

Generally some changes I'd suggest in your diet are:
- change the cereal & milk for oatmeal (not quick oats but old fashioned oats - good carb source)
- cut back on the shakes & bars - eat more real food in those places, especially the protein bar.

Also if you've been circuit trainign, suggest you move to a split based on muscle groups. You mght also change your cardio if you do the same thing all the time - consider a couple days / week of HIIT (interval) cardio to kick it up a bit.

 

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[indyswife]

Hey girl! you look great! I understand the chicken burnout. I go in spurts - sometimes I'm happy w/ nothing but chicken, other times can't look at it. Other options are turkey , try different recipes w/ the fish - I actually really like tilapia & other white fish. Tuna - pretty much prefer seared tuna / sushi quality. I'm not a real big fan of salmon for some reason - just don't care for it. I eat steak a couple times / week. If you have access to a Costco, they have great very lean turkey patties. If you want to get exotic, bison meat, ostrich meat.

To give you a really good handle on what you are eating, I suggest you put your meal plan into a food counts program like www.fitday.com (free account). That will tell you total cals, protein / fat / carb breakdown. One way you can change up your diet is by changing the P /F /C ratios and build a meal plan that sums up to those ratios.

Generally some changes I'd suggest in your diet are:
- change the cereal & milk for oatmeal (not quick oats but old fashioned oats - good carb source)
- cut back on the shakes & bars - eat more real food in those places, especially the protein bar.

Also if you've been circuit trainign, suggest you move to a split based on muscle groups. You mght also change your cardio if you do the same thing all the time - consider a couple days / week of HIIT (interval) cardio to kick it up a bit.

Thanks for the info and advice Sassy. I am sure I will be needing some more advice as time goes on. I am going to sign up on fit day right now. Thanks!