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bodybuilderswife

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So I need a little advice I am looking for some help losing as much weight as I can i feel like i need to lose about thirty pounds. Im 6'1" about 175lbs In everyones eyes Im thin but the scale and the mirror tell me differently. I have never had to do this I Have aslways been naturally thin and That overnight it seems has changed I quit smoking, got married and quit dancing all in the recent months. I feel like i have just been packin on the lbs. ever since. My husband has been trying to get me on a routine but its hard to work and get all this exercising in my schedule. We are running in the mornings outside (more of a jog) I am up to an half mile without stopping almost died. Then the gym at night weights with him and then more cardio about 15 minutes of swift jogging on the treadmill (not really that coordnated i am terrified im going to eat it). I want to be thin but lean by summer. I take lipo 6 now before I run on an empty stomach one after small breakfast and one before lunch. I need some help with some sample diets for a working girl stuff that i can pack and bring to work. Since my husband says i need to eat every two hours. At this rate Im lucky if I eat 3 times a day. I need to know about what i should weigh and any good tips for me. Also I would love to have a dedicated work out partner if anyone is in the roswell area.


Tanks in advance for your help...
 
Hi BBW :)

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You will get requested essentially for the same questions to start w/ - but to a certain degree it is about planning out a program that works for you & your lifestyle, stickign to it for 3-4 weeks (honestly -- sometimes takes an extra effort to get in meals or cut out junk or whatever) but just do it long enough to let the program work and let your body start responding to it.

BTW, I'm in Smyrna, GA, work in midtown. Where do you train now?
 
My husband and I members at LA Fitness in Roswell off of Holcombe Bridge I feel like I am holding him back!! I will get the guys at the Gym to do my body fat tonight. I dont know what is but i feel huge.
 
Dam - everyone lives up GA-400. I affectionately refer to that area as Alpha-tuckey, and I live in Smyrnabama. About a full state's distance away.
 
Sassy69 said:
Dam - everyone lives up GA-400. I affectionately refer to that area as Alpha-tuckey, and I live in Smyrnabama. About a full state's distance away.
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Its so convient to Atl without the traffic well i take that back with a little less traffic. What do you think is an appropriate weight for someone my size. Here are some links to my pictures so you can get an idea for my build type.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=97995382&imageID=1457368571

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=97995382&imageID=1613685384


The one in the bikini is back before i got married when i still smoked and i still danced I would love to be back to that but toner about 150 :worried:
 
I have a friend who is tall & lean (gawky actually - she doesn't wear it well..) who is 6'1" and keeps to 150 lbs. Think long, lean, gawky basketball player. I'll give her props tho - she's had 3 kids and is 41 yrs old.

Its hard to say what you "should" be. I'm 5'7", 160 lb and wear size 4 pants. I'd go more by what you are comfortable at. I'd also say don't just look at the scale but also your bodyfat measure. More muscle & less bodyfat can make what sounds like a higher weight look pretty damn lean compared to a skinny lower weight.
 
I dont want to beyuck skinny I mostly want what i think every girl wants flat tummy nice tight legs round butt defined legs and a tone back. I went grocery shopping and got ...
1. Green veggies
2. Citrus
3. bananas
4. Chicken
5. lean hamburger
6. Special K Cereal (gotta have something to eat for breakfast)
7. Brown Rice
8.Grapes
9. Spinach
10. Salad
11. Low fat salad dressing
12. Olive Oil
 
bodybuilderswife said:
I dont want to beyuck skinny I mostly want what i think every girl wants flat tummy nice tight legs round butt defined legs and a tone back. I went grocery shopping and got ...
1. Green veggies
2. Citrus
3. bananas
4. Chicken
5. lean hamburger
6. Special K Cereal (gotta have something to eat for breakfast)
7. Brown Rice
8.Grapes
9. Spinach
10. Salad
11. Low fat salad dressing
12. Olive Oil
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Then I would focus just on getting an efficient diet & training program set up w/ guidelines like the following:

- total cals around 12x your bodyweight
- total grams of protein around 1.2x your bodyweight
- macronutrient breakdown: 40% protein / 30 % carbs/ 30% fats
- eat every 2-3 hours (or assume 6 meals - then take your total cals & divide by 6 and that is roughly the "size" of each of those meals calories wise)
- schedule 1 cheat meal / week -- this is so you don't feel like you are bound to a tight, boring diet that leaves no room for socializing, drinking, etc. Just schedule it and plan for it to coincide w/ a social event or nite at the movies or whatever so you don't blow the whole program by randomly cheating. A good scheduled cheat is good --- its important to throw junk in your body to keep it "used to" processign junk. Also a good 'carb up' never hurts and it lets you accommodate your social life. A diet & training program will only succeed if you make it part of your lifestyle. Otherwise "diet" is more like "DIE" w/ a "T". You'll get sick of it, start resenting it, start cheating and then its just a waste of your time.

-- You can get those numbers by putting your meal plan into a food counts program like www.fitday.com (its online, free, easy to use) and see how all the numbers come out. That program is great because it lets you enter different foods, different portions to try different combinations to see how they come out to adjust your diet to get closer to the above guidelines.

And then just regularly track your bodyfat, your weight, how your clothes fit "looser"/ "tighter" and then your 'progress' in the gym - your lift increases, your reps, more / less intensity or energy, etc.

And just let it run for a good honest 4 weeks of sticking to the program and see what sort of results you get. Don't get hung up on how numbers (weight, etc.) change - just keep track of them. Water weight is usually a big culprit in any big or no apparent changes in your weight -- that's why bodyfat % changes is more important to look at. Don't let any particular set of numbers make you feel like you are "failing" or let it make you reflect on yourself like you aren't doign anythign right and toss the whole program. If it does affect you that much, then you may be better off staying off the scale and just go by how your clothes fit over time, how much energy you have, how well you sleep.

And again, "how you should look" is very subjective. So just keep going until you are happy. The point is to get yourself not only back to a state you are happy in but also to establish and maintain the lifestyle & habits that will keep you there. Otherwise you will just rebound if you go back to your old habits that got you "fat" in the first place. Its all about consistency. Your body reflects your lifestyle. YOu can't force it to do anything other than that, so make sure your lifestyle creates the body you want.
 
You rock thanks for a your good answers... Is Hiit traning as good on the eliptical as it is on the treadmill I have this fear of flying off the back....

Any recomindations for a cafine asprin fatburner stack... I just want to look good in my bikini this summer...

I feel dedicated but it will just be a big change I forgot alll about the Wine thing Im a huge wino..
 
Wine won't kill you - but you are better off keeping to fewer than more nites per week or save it for the one cheat meal / week.

HIIT Training - doesn't matter what cardio you do - the point is just to do it.

I personally like the Cardio Breeze or Thermorexin they sell at The AF Store (theafstore.com) ( a sponsor of EF) --- but primarily don't look at any supplement including a fat burner as the thing that will make the difference. I primarily use any of that stuff just for a kick in the pants in the gym. Any of it is only goign to be as good as my already consistent diet & trainign program so don't get hung up on that part of it. You need to try a couple different thermos to see what works best w/ your body chemistry - what works good for me may make u feel like you are all cracked out. So that's somethign you need to try. But check out the AF Store. I'm also waiting for my order of RED Blast to come to see what that's all about.

I kinda like Cardio Breeze for a very clean 'wake up' but not a crazy body buzz. But frankly anything you can buy from a GNC should do "something" (in terms of a 'wake up') but again, dont' look to any of those over the counter things to be the make or break for your progress.
 
is 12x my weight to maintain or loose weight cause thats like 2000 calories a day what is the least i should be taking in for maximum weight loss


I know its not the answer but I want my workouts to mean as much as they can cause I hate cardio I love lifting with my hubby he sets it up for me b/c i can never remember how much i did the week before but we do about 5 sets of 10 about I just go till failure he gets a kick out of it because i make funny faces and grunt like the boys....


My husband knows a lot about boy suplaments gear gear and gear.... But he did a good thing when he recomended me hear for the girls side of things thanks for the great advice keep it coming im dumb when it comes to this...
 
Keep in mind that MOST fatburners will burn about 150 extra calories a day. So taking those are not making a huge impact in your fat loss - in a week, they will burn off about 1,000 calories. Not a big impact.

Your results will come from DIET. That is going to be key #1 in losing fat.

As for foods a "working girl" can eat ..... That is simple. The key is going to be to PREPARE ahead of time. Take SUnday and cook all your lunches for the week, even package them up separately, so you just have to grab it and go.

Simple things - like grilled chicken and green beans, grilled pork and sweet potato, Lean steak and brown rice, a big salad w. lots of veggies and lean meat ..... Actually quite simple.

Snacks are easy too - protein shake, apple and 20 almonds, 1/2c cottage cheese and sliced almonds, celery/apple and All Natural Peanut Butter.

TOUGH LOVE HERE ..... Most of us here are very busy - juggling families, jobs and significant others. That is no excuse. That is crap to say it is hard to fit in exercise and work - it is all about priorities. You have to make the time to do it - just like anything else. It takes determination, perseverance and sacrifice. Not making excuses.

As for "having to have something for breakfast (in reference to the Special K) - how about Oatmeal and Eggs? That is much cleaner and will "stick with you" longer than cereal.
 
By the way bunny my husband printed off your story of inspiration for me and I read it and it is what is soley responsible for getting me involved in getting healthy... Great story!
 
1) Welcome to EF!!

2) If that's you in the pic - erm, I don't think you need to lose 30lbs..........may want to look into adding weight training to reshape your body......

3) DIET (ie what you eat) is 80% of your results......Plus water!
 
160-170 is a reasonable weight for a grown woman. not that i want her sitting in my lap......
 
digitizedsoul said:
I like it when she sits on MY lap.... of course she doesn't just sit on it, she rides on it...

Good job honey!
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I take it you are the proud bodybuilder? :)

I think bbw looks great. I think just tweaking diet & training a little, drop a little bodyfat and build a little muscle and you got a very hawt chica. Not that our girl needs much work now, but the point for all of us is to be happy w/ our bodies and the work it takes to get there really does nothing but help you achieve that, give you a greater sense of control over your body and your self-image and really makes you a much healthier and happier person in general. Its no-loss situation!

Too bad you guys are so far north of me. I friggen live close to no one and nothing ..... :)
 
bodybuilderswife said:
thanks!! Yea too bad we should all get together and have a cheat meal hehe!! I wanted to start a jornal where is the best place for this?
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You can start one on this board :)

Maybe we'll have to plan a cheat meal some time in the near future (not on a work week / around traffic) :)
 
Keep up the good work babe,

Legs yesterday was a killer, you girls should have seen her killing the hack squats! I had to spot her from the hole on two sets she was pushing so hard!

Good stuff...


Sassy, she responds well to caffeine, perhaps even better then I do and i'm wondering if Cardio Breeze or YES is more suited for helping her with morning cardio and as a pre-gym asskick?
Both of our jobs are office type and leave you more "mentaly" clouded by the time you get to the gym then anything. This kills focus and mind/muscle connections so thats why I think she does better with a stimulant before training.
 
I like CB because it doesn't leave you w/ that cracked out feelign that some of them can give you - esp for AM cardio -- its like 10 min in, you start to not really like get a ZING I"M AWAKE feeling but more like all of a sudden the idiots on the early morning news are interesting, you love doing cardio and feel like you could do it for an extra hour. And then you don't crash when it wears off. Also you can take it on an empty stomach - lots of the thermos on the market make my stomach ball up if I don't eat somethign w/ them.

As far as 'office types' --- uh yea -- *raises hand* -- 10 yrs as a software engineer, 6 of them while also a full-time student (equals min 80 hrs / week in front of a computer) and another 10 as a product / mkting /project mgr for start up software companies that couldn't plan their way out of a paper bag. I know all about "office type". I actually consider the time in the gym a physical release from all the mind numbing bullshit at the office. But yea, sometimes a kick in the pants is good. I personally prefer using a thermo for training because I like that EXPLOSION feeling when I'm training. But lately I haven't really needed it either. Its good to cycle off that stuff as well. CB is always an easier clean kick in the pants if that's all you need.
 
digitizedsoul said:
Both of our jobs are office type and leave you more "mentaly" clouded by the time you get to the gym then anything. This kills focus and mind/muscle connections so thats why I think she does better with a stimulant before training.
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For a pre-weights training, it sounds like she (and you?) would benefit from RED BLAST from the AF Store. I have never tried it myself, but there is good feedback on this site about it. Plus, it is at a special price for the next few days.

Here is the link to read about it on the AF site. You can also find info about it here at EF.

RED BLAST INFORMATION
 
I just tried Red Blast tonite. THe delivery packafe was sitting out on my front porch when I got home and I already had a couple (out of date) Adipokinetix popped, so I threw in 2 more Red Blast (it says 1 cap per 30 lb of bodywt) in case I got completely cracked out.

I didn't get cracked out and actually didn't really notice any nutty buzz or anything. Hard to say if I got a "killer pump" as I'm still testing my various aches & pains -- I will say I started out doing just a flatbench press w/ the bar & my shoulders were cracking all the way down, all the way up, but as the session continued I did notice stronger lifts than I had last week, generally looked pretty good.

I"ll need to see how it works w/ the prescribed dosage -- I guess I need a little more than I took and then leave out the Adipo....

No complaints tho.
 
Just an update...


I have been dieting really well 6 meals per day 2 are protien lo carb shakes, the rest are 250 calories a piece all healthy clean foods!! I quit the coke hehe i mean diet coke. Im only drinkin water! I am going to the gym and doing weight training everynight with my hubby and also hiit training on the eliptical and I am going up one minute in length everynight. I am starting next week with Hiit training same thing in the morning. Already loss 10 lbs. in bloat i9m guessing. I feel healthier and more alert. Thanks for all your help give me any suggestions...
 
bodybuilderswife said:
Just an update...


I have been dieting really well 6 meals per day 2 are protien lo carb shakes, the rest are 250 calories a piece all healthy clean foods!! I quit the coke hehe i mean diet coke. Im only drinkin water! I am going to the gym and doing weight training everynight with my hubby and also hiit training on the eliptical and I am going up one minute in length everynight. I am starting next week with Hiit training same thing in the morning. Already loss 10 lbs. in bloat i9m guessing. I feel healthier and more alert. Thanks for all your help give me any suggestions...
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Nice work and dedication thus far, BBW. :D You're off to a great start.
 
I got my body fat tested again today after a week of hard training.... 24.2 yeah great motivation. By the way this is bbw having to post as my hubby they wont let me sign in I am constantly forgetting passwords!
 
Just an update... Im a little diapointed only cause the pounds arent shedding as quickly as i hoped but im kickin up the training next week still sticking to my diet though!!
 
bodybuilderswife said:
Just an update... Im a little diapointed only cause the pounds arent shedding as quickly as i hoped but im kickin up the training next week still sticking to my diet though!!
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Stick with it & re-evaluate your process. You can do it! Even if it takes you twice as long as you thought, you'll still be better off in the end.
 
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