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2004/04/09, 10:43 PM
Hi, I am beyond frustrated. I have upped my protein intake and lowered my carb intake due to all of the great posts I received. I can't seem to win. If I don't eat enough I plateau, if I eat enough I plateau. I work out so diligently and I have been doing so for over a year. I just want to give up.
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2004/04/10, 08:28 AM
Hi Lucy, I read your daily "diet" on the other post. I'm not 100% convinced you are eating enough. Sometimes it's hard giving advice without really knowing a person, but what is your total caloric intake per day? Have you tracked it on the nutritional tracker? If you don't eat enough, your body will go into starvation mode and absolutely REFUSE to loose weight. Is this a possibility for you? I know it's hard to wrap your mind around that by eating more, you will loose, but give this tip some consideration. Track your calories for a few days and let me know.
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2004/04/10, 06:58 PM
Lucy, i looked at your other post and made some suggestions.
You will get results when you fine tune it all.
If you want to, put in your workouts and eating for a week here and we can all help you fine tune it.
Check out the post in the nutrition section called Some diets for example - they are fitnes competitor's diets and may help you plan your meals a little more constructively.
If you keep doing the same thing and getting an undesired reult you need to change the equation a little.
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2004/04/11, 10:41 AM
Asimmer is right....post your diet and we can critique it for you. As you lose/gain, your calorie intake will become your maintenance calories at some point. Thus, adjustments will keep having to be made to reach your desired goal.
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2004/04/11, 10:49 PM
Breakfast: oatmeal with coffee
10am: 1 cup grapes
lunch: can of tuna with hot sauce with a rice cake
3pm: 1/2 cup cashews:
Dinner: 1 torilla wrap with taco meat and 2 slices of american cheese
I drink decaf tea and at a half gallon of water everyday.
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2004/04/12, 10:07 AM
I hate to tell you but your diet sucks! :big_smile: I don't mean to be nasty or anything, but your metabolism has most likely slowed to a crawl and your body is eating msucle tissue, thus not burning fat. You need more protein, and fibrous veggies and some EFA's.
Structure your diet more like this if you care to...
1...protein/carbs(starchy like oatmeal)
2...protein/fibrous carb(like beans)
3...protein/veggies
4...protein/veggies/EFA's(like 1 tbsp. flax oil or you can have 1 oz. of walnuts)
5...protein/veggies/EFA's(1/2 tbsp. of flax oil or fish oil)
Fit this type diet into your calorie range.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bb1fit@freetrainers.com
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2004/04/12, 05:35 PM
lucyladybug,
Maybe i can soften bbfits response a little...
At breakfast try stirring a scoopful of vanilla protein powder into your oatmeal after cooking it.
At 10 am have some cottage cheese with your grapes, or if you like beans, have a lo-carb tortilla with some beans, chicken, lo-fat cheese and salsa wrapped in it.
At lunch have your can of tuna on a bed of mixed greens, topped with Newman's Olive oil vinagrette and switch your rice cakes for wasa crisp (more hwole grain, and excellent spread with Laughing Cow light cheese)
At 3 pm have your cashews and some cubes of cheese and veggies with dip or dressing.
At Dinner ad some tomatoes, lettuce, salsa and onion to your tortilla wrap - or eat it as a salad on a bed of lettuce instead of in a tortilla. use a low-sodium taco seasoning and lean ground beef or turkey for the meat.
You can create a diet out of foods you like, it just needs some balance.:)
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2004/04/12, 08:19 PM
asimmer: from personal experience do you think that protein will make me bulky? I have a tendency to put on muscle very fast and I hate how my legs bulked up and I fear that with eating more protein.
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2004/04/12, 10:53 PM
No. Protein will help you lean out. What do you consider bulky?
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2004/04/12, 11:32 PM
Protein has very thermic qualities, upon digestion it has to be brokend down into its amino acids. This in itself is a potent fat loss protocol. Plus the lean tissue you will retain as a result, will further boost your metabolism.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bb1fit@freetrainers.com
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2004/04/13, 10:22 PM
I consider my legs bulky. They now have very wide muscles instead of long and lean muscles and I am a bit unhappy with them but I am not going to stop exercising. I am trying pilates and other supposedly slimming classes but I am still not seeing results.
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2004/04/14, 09:21 AM
What kind of rep range are you using when you work your legs?
Another thing to consider is that fat is in and around muscles, so you may just need to lean out.
Also - do you want shapely legs or are you hoping for twiggy legs/ Some people think any muscle definition is bulky, I am just trying to get an idea of what your ideal look would be. Is there a person with the kind of body (realistically) that you would like?
You don't weigh that much for your frame,so I have a hard time envisioning your legs as bulky.
Stop doing isolative moves like leg curl and leg extensions, focus on lunges and squats and variations of those. Pilates will help stretch and stregthen. cardio will help bring down your fat, dialing in your diet will help also.
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2004/04/14, 09:25 PM
I mix up my rep with legs. For about 12 weeks I do 3 sets of 14 reps with light weight. Then I switch to a light weight 14 reps, heavier weight 12 reps, and heavier with 10.
I would really like to have Jennifer Aninston body. SHe totally slimmed down from a figure that didn't look like it could slim down anymore.
I used to be a ballerina and had long lean legs and now without dancing, I have gotten muscles that are more wide in my legs and I am not too keen on that look for me.
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2004/04/15, 12:40 PM
Why don't you work your legs with a ballet routine? Ballet is extremely hard, focused strength. If you can't pull up a routine from memory, you could look for the ballet workout videos, I know there are at least 2 of them. I think they are the NYC ballet workout, but I may be wrong on the title.
Jennifer Aniston probably has her zone meals prepared everyday for her. Try getting into the habit of prepping meals once or twice a week with the correct ratios and calories and you can closely emulate how she eats. Do cardio, mix up your workouts like you have been (heavier days, lighter days). But on your heavy days really push it on upper body.
If your legs respond too well for your preference, don't work them as much for muscle gain. Work them for endurance.
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2004/04/15, 06:03 PM
Hang in there Lucy; "YOU CAN" reach your goals.
You just need to understand that it takes alot of inner strength, and its just gona be very tough untill you can figure out your own way to get there.
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2004/04/17, 10:27 AM
I am trying so hard to stay positive in hopes that I will find my own way there. It is beyond frustrating because I have been working at this for over a year or so.
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2004/04/17, 11:28 AM
Asimmer I found the NYC Ballet Workout #2 DVD that you recommended for Lucy at Best Buy. I did some research and the one that is most highly recommended is workout DVD #2. I'm very excited about this suggestion because the DVD specifically addresses posture and flexibility, two areas that I really need to work on. Now all I need is a DVD player! It's next on my list so hopefully can start this next week. It looks REALLY hard, but I'm psyched so it's all good. :love:
You really hit the nail on the head for me, or hit me on the head, because a dancers body is the look I'm after and I wasn't able to put a name to what I wanted until you suggested it.
Along this same line, I called around and found a reputable ballet school that offers this kind of exercise class for adults. It doesn't start until Sept and is only one hour a week, but I start lifting at school in August and I think this will be a good addition. It's very affordable too, even for a poor college student like me. :)
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2004/04/19, 10:47 PM
Thanks for the dvd advice. I am going to check that out until I find a ballet school that is reputable in my area.
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