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2004/01/03, 07:58 PM
Hi, I'm new here! I'm 23 and my height is 5'6 and I weigh around 130! I exercise everyday! I do The Firm for two days, and then one day I do Pilates and yoga! I exercise inleast 45-60 minutes a day! I'm wanting to get a thin firm toned body, not bulky muscles!
I have to help keep up the house and help take care of my grandma (she's blind), my parents are to busy during the day, so I do all that everyday too! It's a two story house and did I say how many dogs we have? We have 4dogs and 1 cat so I take care of them too! I quess it's good I love dogs huh!
I'm just explaining this because I do some of that (laundry,cleaning upstairs/downstairs,grandma,dogs,cat,meals) on top of exercising everyday!
I just want to give you all an idea how much calories I might be burning!
I used to be a raw foodest, I did nothing but gain water weight! I noticed since I went back vegetarian I already lost about 2 inches on my stomach! Can you believe too much raw veggies and fruit can do that! I also noticed I just couldn't get were I could eat enough calories and if there's not enough calories, then there really isn't enough protein! So could some give me an idea of how much calories and protein I should have everyday?
Also can some give me a daily idea on what a vegetarian could eat? Like what would be good carbs and good proteins for loosing weight and toning the body (not big muscles! Just toned!)
Thanks, sorry so long! Just wanted to make sure I gave you every detail you needed!
Have a great day!
Melindaxl
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2004/01/04, 01:49 PM
protein u need ur body weight in, i dunno since u only its vegies thats kinda hard, if u eat milk and stuff get some good whey protein or if u don't drink milk get soy protein, both aren't too bad i have to drink mine though with water though since i'm abig guy an di need to watch my carbs right now
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2004/01/04, 02:26 PM
Thanks! I'm already drinking soy protein everyday (about 2 serv. 38g)! Plus alot of beans and greens!
Do I watch my calories though, or is the protein more important? I heard if you eat more calories then you burn you put on weight! I don't want to do that! I don't know how many calories a day I should have though! I don't know my limit! It's just hard to get alot of protein without alot of calories behind it!
Thanks again!
Melindaxl
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2004/01/04, 02:39 PM
the extra protein will help u keep ur muscle, as for carbs and fat u will have to go by trail and error everyone is different, the base calorie system for an average person is 2000,
protein has 4 calors per gram
carbs 4 caloris per gram
and fats 9 calories per gram...
so 130grams of protein x 4 = 520 calories
i'd say 300carbs since ur active x 4 = 1200calories from carbs
520+1200 =1720 calories
2000-1720 =280 calories/9 = about 31 garms of fats a day
that would be i guess kinda split u can play with ur proteins/ carbs/ fats all u want for ur body i was just playing around to shwo u how u can come up with calulations to make ur own diet 31 grams of fat seems kinda high for you........but again i was showing calulations cause u can work backwards or forwards......I AM NOT A NUTRETIONIST! DON'T GO BY THIS DIET! LOL but i do knwo hwo to get the totals lol this again was all i was showing u
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2004/01/04, 06:31 PM
Thanks for all your help! That makes more since, then going 10 times your weight and minuse 500 calories if you want to loose some more weight! I couldn't ever do that! I was starving!
Thanks again!
Melindaxl
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