Need some help with workout....please!! - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

Meacoolgirly · 05-03-2005, 01:38 PM

Okay first off, I am female, 5'5, at about 136 as of today (was up to 143 at some point last month). I have been struggling with loosing weight for a couple months now with not much success. I drastically changed eating habits and excersise 2-3 days a week (about an hour cardio and some weights occasionally.) and all I lost was 7 pounds. (sounds good but I dont feel thin enough yet!) So now I am trying to eat even better, 4-5 small meals a day, not to many carbs, lots of veggies and pleny of protein. My big question is excersise.... If I can only go 2-3 days a week and my goal is decrease fat.. what kind of program should I be doing. I am naturally muscular but do have some unwanted body fat (mainly in the tummy region). When i go I usually do elliptical, stair climber, or run for about 45 minutes. (high intensity) then maybe walk for 10-15... and then I will go 1-2 days a week and do abs and some random leg and arm weight excersises (not to heavy on the weight). I am just getting so frustrated because I am being good with the diet and working out and I cant see anything changing... someone told me training at high intensity will stop fat loss... is this true? What should I be doing?? I only feel good when i work out hard... otherwise I dont feel like im doing anything.....

Any help would be great, thanks!

bluehen94 · 05-03-2005, 04:17 PM

What exactly is your diet like? Maybe list a typical day of eating for you. It could be a lot of things, maybe too many calories, not eating appropriately before and after workouts....give us a typical day. It also may be you need to add another day of working out, maybe some more strength training, there are lots of areas for changing things up a bit.

FitChic · 05-03-2005, 06:54 PM

sounds like your diet is good.......what are you eating exactly?

i say, cut the cardio.....get out there and push more weight

Meacoolgirly · 05-04-2005, 06:15 AM

Typical day of eating:
Breakfast- Either Egg Beaters, piece of 2% american cheese, piece of low carb toast, and maybe 2 low fat sausage links (60 calories a link) or some canadian bacon...or low carb cereal and low carb milk and some blueberries or strawberries...maybe some coffee with splenda and half and half...

Snack- Either some low carb protein bar, or cottage cheese and some nuts, or some fruit (berries)

Lunch-- Either turkey or tuna sandwhich on low carb bread with some L,T,O and some mustard and little bit of low fat mayo....or a boca burger and small salad with lots of veg with some no calorie, fat, or carb dressing and a diet coke.

Snack- Sometimes i skip this, or Ill eat some more cottage cheese and nuts or protein bar...

Dinner- My fiance is a chef so he cooks dinner all the time.... SOME times it may have a few more calories than i would like but its always low carb(no starch)... lately its been made of chicken and fish, lots of veggies. Sometimes when we crave pasta we use dreamfields pasta to make a SMALL portion of macaroni salad or mac and cheese.

Dessert- SOMETIMES we'll have a serving of some low carb dessert... maybe 2 times a week... averages between 160-200 calories

Now I wont lie, we go out every once in a while for drinks, I may have a few michelob ultras or some wine.... every once in a while on the weekends i may go over board...but there are so many people that do this all the time and it doesnt affect them!!! help!