WTF body? I start doing spin class twice a week and yoga 1-2 times a week, cut back a little on the calories, and you GAIN weight? That had better be muscle under there.
Its all about disiplinesgtkaneSeptember 16 2010, 02:18:46 UTC
When I started losing weight the nutritionist I had put me on a "fruit fast" for two weeks. This was two weeks where I only ate fruit and drank fruit (natural) juices and water. No exercise or anything like that. It was great for losing weight (I lost about six pounds in those two weeks) but as a diet it wasn't healthy or sustainable. It was good to clean out my system, but that was it.
The biggest suggestion I can make is to keep track of what you eat, and I mean everything. I currently use livestrong.com to do so and find it very easy to use. No more messy spreadsheets, or complicated searching for nutritional information. Its all right there, and its free.
Exercise is good, very good in fact, but its only part of it.
Re: Its all about disiplinecallikokatSeptember 16 2010, 15:33:17 UTC
As irony would have it, I hopped on the scale this morning and my weight was 3 lbs less today than yesterday, which means I've overall lost about 1.5 lbs since I started a week ago.
The fruit diet definitely doesn't sound like something I could sustain for longer than 2 days. I -like- fruit, but I would starve without bread and cheese every day. :P
I'm currently using a website called medhelp.org that has an exercise/weight/measurement tracker that I've been pleased with so far. I haven't looked to see if they have a food tracker too. I've tried using a food tracking before- I did the Slim Fast diet during grad school and it worked (they have a calorie tracker on their website), but I noticed I started enjoying my food way less and it became unsustainable for me. I'm hoping that I can reach my goal with exercise and just a little more moderation in my diet- skip dessert more often, smaller portions of the foods I like, etc. If that fails, well, then I suppose calorie tracking it is.
Here's some good news for someone with a very similar build to you - if you keep up the exercise long enough there will come a time when it doesn't matter what you eat.
Worked muscles are muscles swollen with water :) That's why you're heavy after you work out.
I lost a bunch of inches before I started losing weight. Then my composition started to change - now that I'm more muscle I can eat more and I've found that 'magic' place where I can eat pretty much whatever (but I'm still careful!) and still be OK. I do, however, still work out pretty hard 3-4 days a week.
I used an app called LoseIt on the iphone when i was calorie counting - it worked for me because I could do it on my phone wherever.
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It's just one of those little frustrations. A bit demotivating at the start, when I'm trying to get into a routine (and I really dislike exercising).
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The biggest suggestion I can make is to keep track of what you eat, and I mean everything. I currently use livestrong.com to do so and find it very easy to use. No more messy spreadsheets, or complicated searching for nutritional information. Its all right there, and its free.
Exercise is good, very good in fact, but its only part of it.
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The fruit diet definitely doesn't sound like something I could sustain for longer than 2 days. I -like- fruit, but I would starve without bread and cheese every day. :P
I'm currently using a website called medhelp.org that has an exercise/weight/measurement tracker that I've been pleased with so far. I haven't looked to see if they have a food tracker too. I've tried using a food tracking before- I did the Slim Fast diet during grad school and it worked (they have a calorie tracker on their website), but I noticed I started enjoying my food way less and it became unsustainable for me. I'm hoping that I can reach my goal with exercise and just a little more moderation in my diet- skip dessert more often, smaller portions of the foods I like, etc. If that fails, well, then I suppose calorie tracking it is.
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Worked muscles are muscles swollen with water :) That's why you're heavy after you work out.
I lost a bunch of inches before I started losing weight. Then my composition started to change - now that I'm more muscle I can eat more and I've found that 'magic' place where I can eat pretty much whatever (but I'm still careful!) and still be OK. I do, however, still work out pretty hard 3-4 days a week.
I used an app called LoseIt on the iphone when i was calorie counting - it worked for me because I could do it on my phone wherever.
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