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Hello,
I am new to this site! I need some advice. Let me start out with my stats.
I am 5'11, pretty athletic build. (meaning, I ain't no petite thing!) right now I weigh 178! (GASP!!) The heaviest I ever weighed was 190!(even bigger GASP!) the least I ever weighed was about 145, when I was much younger, I am now 27 years old.
I want to get down to 150. That's my goal. I just did a huge change in my diet the last three weeks. I eat lots of protein, very few carbs and avoid sugar as much as I can and I eat every 2 to 3 hours. I just started riding my spin bike for an hour a day, and that's all the activity I get for now. I drink (try to anyway) a gallon of water a day, take 6 multivitamins a day, 2 hydroxycuts and just started on Monday taking cytomel. My husband is a body builder and has a lot of supplements. I brake the cytomel in half for now. I notice I sweat so much when I take it. I feel fine on it.
Anyway, I want to drop to 150. I am currently NOT weight lifting, just doing an hour of cardio a day, after dinner. I don't pork out on dinner because I know I have cardio to do. I work early in the morning till late at night, so it's really the only time I get to do cardio. If I wait to eat dinner after cardio I won't be eating till 9:00P.M., too late for me, then it's right off to bed on a full stomach, I hate that!

This is my diet so far... please feel free to pick it apart!!

morning: 1 cup of whole oatmeal with about 4 strawberries. 1 liter of water on the way to work. 2 multi's, 1 hydroxycut, 1 CLA.
Mid morning: 1/2 whole wheat pita with canned chicken mixed with sugar free italian dressing with some chopped celery. 1/2 cytomel.
Lunch: Chicken salad with salsa, or whatever was left over from dinner the night before. Today was chicken fajitas w/ 1 whole wheat tortilla and 1 cup of black beans. 1 Diet soda (only half)
snack: Handful of cheddar goldfish, or a slice of cheddar chesse or string cheese. Or a peice of fruit.
Dinner: Usually chicken or lean beef patty minus the bun. Salad with sugar free dressing with some pinto beans.
I drink tons of water throughout the day.

So, anyway, am I on the right track here?
Any advice would be GREAT!! THanks!!!:D
 
welcome to the womens board Canyon Kitty. you will find lots of good info.

first off I'd drop the cytmel. screwing with your thyroid leads to nasty rebounds. I'd sure not do that.

I would highly recc adding in weight lifting and drop so much cardio. The problem is that you have to do more and more to get any results and then pretty soon it has no result but to keep you fat. Muscle is the answer. Muscle will give you the shape you want AND allow you to eat more food. you really don't want to be just skin and bones do you?

Reality check here for your height 150 is too light. you won't be happy with how you look. also it will be increasingly difficult to maintain.

your diet doenst look to be high protein. Looks like you eat a lot of wheat for your complex carbs. How about adding sweet potatoes , brown rice, whole grains, etc. also no protein listed for breakfast?

I know the others will chime in here shortly-good luck-valerie

No shortage of excellent info on this site. There is a search function you may want to use. As it seems we get alot of these ?
 
Cool, Thanks!
Protein for Breakfast? What could I eat? I cannot eat eggs, they KILL my stomach. :bawling:
I have a few protein shakes available. would those be ok with oatmeal and fruit?
Kill the cytomel huh? Yeah, I really don't want any problems down the road, but I was told I should take it for no more than 6 weeks and taper off. I've taken it before and I got down to 160, but I stopped working out:o
 
Canyon Kitty said:
Hello,
I am new to this site! I need some advice. Let me start out with my stats.
I am 5'11, pretty athletic build. (meaning, I ain't no petite thing!) right now I weigh 178! (GASP!!) The heaviest I ever weighed was 190!(even bigger GASP!) the least I ever weighed was about 145, when I was much younger, I am now 27 years old.
I want to get down to 150. That's my goal. I just did a huge change in my diet the last three weeks. I eat lots of protein, very few carbs and avoid sugar as much as I can and I eat every 2 to 3 hours. I just started riding my spin bike for an hour a day, and that's all the activity I get for now. I drink (try to anyway) a gallon of water a day, take 6 multivitamins a day, 2 hydroxycuts and just started on Monday taking cytomel. My husband is a body builder and has a lot of supplements. I brake the cytomel in half for now. I notice I sweat so much when I take it. I feel fine on it.
Anyway, I want to drop to 150. I am currently NOT weight lifting, just doing an hour of cardio a day, after dinner. I don't pork out on dinner because I know I have cardio to do. I work early in the morning till late at night, so it's really the only time I get to do cardio. If I wait to eat dinner after cardio I won't be eating till 9:00P.M., too late for me, then it's right off to bed on a full stomach, I hate that!

This is my diet so far... please feel free to pick it apart!!

morning: 1 cup of whole oatmeal with about 4 strawberries. 1 liter of water on the way to work. 2 multi's, 1 hydroxycut, 1 CLA.
Mid morning: 1/2 whole wheat pita with canned chicken mixed with sugar free italian dressing with some chopped celery. 1/2 cytomel.
Lunch: Chicken salad with salsa, or whatever was left over from dinner the night before. Today was chicken fajitas w/ 1 whole wheat tortilla and 1 cup of black beans. 1 Diet soda (only half)
snack: Handful of cheddar goldfish, or a slice of cheddar chesse or string cheese. Or a peice of fruit.
Dinner: Usually chicken or lean beef patty minus the bun. Salad with sugar free dressing with some pinto beans.
I drink tons of water throughout the day.

So, anyway, am I on the right track here?
Any advice would be GREAT!! THanks!!!:D
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I agree with valarie - drop so much cardio and add weight lifting in. When you say you do an hour of cardio everyday, is that 5 days? 7 days? You'll probably get better results doing cardio about 4 days a week and dropping the time to around 30 min or so BUT increasing the intensity a bit.

You can add weight lifting in to fill the extra time you gain by cutting down on cardio. You can lift 3x a week on a split that you like.

Protein in the morning? Hell, you can have a chicken breast, lean red meat, whatever. There is nothing that says you have to have eggs for breakfast! A protein shake would be good thought too.

Breakfast - add a protein
Mid Morning Snack - looks good
Lunch - looks good
Snack - Probably better off having another protein source here. The cheese is okay, although can be high in fat, and dairy isn't always recommended when dieting. But maybe add some raw beggies instead of fruit (high in sugar and you get some fruit in your oatmeal). Veggies like brocolli, celery, green beans.
Dinner - looks good

And no matter how you taper T3, no matter how long/short you are on it, it always has the potential to cause problems. Plus, it burns fat AND muscle. So you may be losing weight, but that weight may be muscle (especially if you aren't building any muscle with weight lifting). If you lose muscle, your metabolism drops and it becomes harder to lose weight since muscle burns MANY more calories than fat. Drop it. Stick to a clean diet, cardio, lifting and lotsa water and rest.
 
Great! Thanks so much! I will adjust my diet and start to add in weight training and a little less cardio (Now that I can handle!) Cardio, I usually do 3 days in a row, then rest a day, then back to it. We bought a spin bike to keep in our spare bedroom and I've just been hoping on that everynight after a light dinner and pedal away for an hour. So, a half hour to 45 minutes would be more beneficial if I up the intensity huh? and add in weights.
My husband USE TO train and it was fun and easy to go the gym with him to weight train. He fell off the wagon ever since we got married (8 months ago!) I am trying to get him back into it, but he is lacking some serious motivation right now! I remember when I first started weight training, how great it felt. ***sigh***
Well, I know I can get back in there and hopefully we can get back in there together!!!
He HATES cardio, I like it!! That was always a problem for us in the gym, after a hardcore weight session he was ready to go home and I wanted to do cardio... ha-ha!!

He got mad results from lifting and of course *cheating*, but he didn't get lean because he never did cardio!! uggghh!!!
 
Sounds like a plan! I think once you get the workout (lifting and more intense cardio) and the diet (CLEAN!) down, you'll see the results you want. Good luck! And keep us posted! :)
 
Ditto on that 150 thing. Have your body fat checked...when I started dieting I was aiming for a nice round number...like 145. Ha. I found out my LEAN BODY MASS was 137 after a year of lifting. My goal weight is whatever I am at the high teens in body fat..which if my mizath is correct would 160 to 170. FWIW, I'm four inches SHORTER then you are.

I know the number on a scale is a pride issue for some women..but I take GREAT pride in being heavy and having a functional body. I simply like being big and strong and having bigger arms then my brothers. It's cool. :D

Alicia
 
i agree with the girls here who said to add protein at breakfast. how are eggbeaters for you? sometimes i even have the canned chicken breast for breakfast, they make some with low sodium and its easy for folks on the go. i would drop the cardio to maybe 30 minutes and do weight training on alternate days.


oops! almost forgot about the weight thing, forget about the scale......muscle weighs more than fat, so you will kill yourself trying to get to your goal, and probably look like crap doing it, as well as feeling like crap. hell, ask spatts for her stats and take a look at her avatar! she is a living testimony to throw the scale away! before i saw her, i would agonize about my weight. now i could give two shits about my weight. :angel:
 
The ladies here have posted great advice, listen to them!

I strongly recommend lifting weights as opposed to doing tons of cardio. I'm 5'3", 150 lbs. and I wear a size 7 in pants. I'm still kinda chubby, but I've gone from a size 14 to a 7 in less than a year just by lifting. It's a lot more fun than cardio and it gives you a better shape. :)
 
Welcome to the boards. Everyone has given great advice. Since you said you're currently not weight training, please read the "Sticky" post "Why Women need Weight Training" at the top of this board.

One of my eating rules is never to eat carbs without protein. So I have a problem with "snack: Handful of cheddar goldfish, or a slice of cheddar chesse or string cheese. Or a peice of fruit"

Cheddar goldfish is not a protein :D They are a highly refined carbohydrate, which means they burn up fast in your body, making you even hungrier. While cheddar or string cheese might contain protein, it's not very much, compared to the calories and fat you're also getting. And if it's one of those "low or no fat" cheeses" you're getting a bunch of artificial gunk that's not good for you.

Use those calories towards something more nutrient dense like complex carbs + protein. With that apple, you could add a small portion of natural peanut butter, which would give you some protein and healthy omega 6 fats. Likewise, small portions of dry roasted unsalted peanuts and walnuts are also good sources. Eating fruit all by itself, your body gets a sugar surge, again making you hungrier sooner.

For some good examples on food combining, go to http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html and then look under
Eating
Dieting 101, part 4 - "ok, so what the hell am i supposed to eat?"
 
Excelleny Advice, thank you!
Ok, I am a total PAIN IN THE ASS when it comes to nutrition. I am ALLERGIC to Peanut butter, peanuts, walnuts (pretty much any nuts) Deathly allergic, can't even smell them. I am also allergic to soy, just figured that one out a few months ago. I can eat some things that have soy in them, but pure sources of soy I can't do. I am allergic to Tuna fish as well, I can do the canned chicken (thank Goodness!)

Last night I went over my diet with my husband. We have lots of shakes and stuff in our pantry.
I redesigned my diet. We measured out all the food I eat and added a meal replacement shake. Seems I wasn't getting enough Protein after all and not nearly enough calories!!! I tried to drink a protein shake last night and I had an allergy attack!:bawling: we read the ingredients, sure enough SOY!!! So, now I am on the search for a pure protein shake that has no soy. I have on here at work by Max Musle. it's called Maxpro. It doesn't seem to have any added soy! Great news!
This morning I had my 1 cup of oatmeal w/ 2 strawberries ( I didn't eat all my oatmeal, I got full!) Plus my 2 scoops of meal replacement shake mixed with water. I am STUFFED right now.

We decided my midmorning snack was good, except I need to add in another replacement shake for added protein. Soon as I make sure I can have this protein mix (I'll experiment at home, just in case I have a reaction, I don't want to be at work!) I will be having that instead of the meal replacement, less calories, & carbs! but loads of protein! ;)

Lunch was good, don't need to add anything to that.

Afternoon (2:30) snack, I need to ditch those friggen goldfish!! ahhhh! I love those little suckers! and cheese. I thought about having some cottage cheese and some fruit? Would that be alright?

Then about 4:30 (i'm still at work by this time) we decided I needed a little something before we hit the gym, I thought about making a little turkey sandwich on whole wheat and eating 1/2 of it. I leave work at 5:00 then I get home around 6:00p.m. and we will go straight to the gym to work out. Figure we will spend about 2 1/2 hours total that includes lifting and 30 minutes of cardio. Then on my way out of the gym I will have my protein drink. MAYBE a small dinner, chicken breast and some brown rice and a veggie. That puts me eating dinner late, but it will be a VERY light meal. VERY LIGHT.

PHEW!!! That took a lot of planning, but like my husband says "Plan your work, and work your plan"!!! :fro:


All of the above comes out to be about 1700 calories. I have no idea how many calories I should be taking in, but it's seems to be balanced. I never really counted calories before.

Tonight we are going back to the GYM! YAY!! My husband decided to get back in there with me. I am kinda excited!

I should keep a journal! To my dismay I hoped on the scale again this morning and I weighed in at 180! ugghhh!!!! 2 pounds up from the weekend. Oh well. Like someone said, ditch the scale right!!!!????
 
You really do want to stay off of the scale for a couple of reasons: the amount of h20 you hold will vary, how much you have in your gut will vary. Also we do not drop wt on a daily baisis, it really is best to just if you must weigh yourself once a week on the same day same time.

ACTUALLY BEST TO JUST GO BY HOW YOUR CLOTHES FIT. ISN'T THIS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN SOME #?

Use a pair of pants that are too small now and use that as a measuring device. -valerie
 
Yes Valerie, how my clothes fit is WAAAY more important than a number on a scale. So is how firm my legs and arms are, No jiggles!!! :p

I have PLENTY of jeans that are too snug right now, I will use those for sure!

Thanks!!
 
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