hawkeye721
なんと素敵な歌!!!!!!!!
I go for a 2 mile walk allmost every day, permiting the weather, and when Im in the mood I do some push ups.
I am actually pretty in shape, though I am pretty underweight and have really given up trying to gain weight since I literally don't have the time to eat that much.
Ooooh man, I go on about this everywhere... Guess I found my thread?
I'm trying to enlist in the Army, but they basically told me that it doesn't matter if you meet every single guideline *except* weight and not to bother coming back until I'd met that. They wouldn't take me and I can't seem to get hired ANYWHERE, so this is my only shot.
Sooo, I set myself up on a diet and exercise plan. Not much, just paying attention to what I ate (by writing it down), no more sodas and doing wimpy gym class type exercises. DROPPED WEIGHT LIKE A CHAMP. Theeen stopped. I didn't stop exercising or give up on the diet, the weight just hit a point where it *stuck*. Occasionally it would go up 5 lbs or so, I'd lose that and it'd be stuck right back where it was before.
My routine at this point: Weight lifting, cardio until complete exhaustion and DDR on off days (staggered throughout the week obviously, with a day off completely). I'm going to add running after we move sometime next month. That would have been in there before, but there's literally no where to run here that I wouldn't have to drive to. Too many cramped streets with no sidewalks, no parks, etc. and getting hit by a car kinda ruins the whole plan.
I feel GREAT, I'm stronger, my endurance is up... BUT that number refuses to drop. Sooo I cut more calories, get stricter... No results, aside from y'know... getting depressed, bailing for a month and having to start all over again.
Anyone have any tips on how to kill off that last stubborn 5-10lbs?! I have some DVDs specifically for that, but they're all just more cardio. :/
I've heard that a lot of people have that problem when losing weight; at the start your weight drops really fast and then it gets a lot slower. It's to do with most of the weight you lose at the start just being liquids or something. That's also the point where many give up and end up never losing the weight they wanted to. Well, I can't claim to be an expert on the subject as I've never had to lose weight myself, but I've had a lot of friends who've had, so I've picked up stuff here and there.
First off, you need to stop bailing. Not only is giving up and having to do everything all over again frustrating, it's not good for your body at all. That's probably the biggest problem.
Secondly, it sounds like you exercise, but how's the rest of it? What's your diet like and do you sleep well, for example? Staying up late can cause you to gain more weight, and if you eat too little/too much at a time/not often enough, that does the same. What's important is also when you exercise; I suggest doing some of that stuff early in the morning when you wake up before you eat anything. If you've already eaten, the energy needed to exercise comes from the food still in your stomach, not from the fat on your body.
When it comes to eating, eat little and often. Eating something small (yet healthy!) every three hours seems to be ideal, because that keeps your digestion up. It's also recommended to drink a glass of water around fifteen minutes before eating anything proper, as that's kind of a "warning" to your stomach that you're about to eat and that it's needed to digest stuff now.
I don't know how much of this stuff you already knew but in any case, since it sounds like you do exercise often, the problem's probably with your diet. That, or you need to switch around your exercising methods more. Well, you probably do in either case. Try running and more stuff geared for the entire body. Good luck man.
On a general note, just realized our school has a gym we're free to use. That's awesome. I'm going to head there for any further exercise needs I have now.
Babe, let me break it down for you:
Your weight loss simply has hit a plateau. This is what I recommend: Change up your routine, for example, do other weight exercises that work out that muscle group. This serves as a shock to your system. Secondly, cardio also BURNS muscle (which weighs more than fat), so your weight loss may be muscle going away....to resolve this, you actually should be eating more. You have to eat enough to be in a caloric deficit, yet not so little that you're body defaults to using the muscle as fuel (fat is the body's last resort of energy). If you do too much cardio then your body actually WONT lose fat due to natures way of trying to stay alive lol Other IMPORTANT factors are definitely your diet and sleep. Diet is important because fat is stubborn and you should focus on not eliminating fat completely from your diet....stick to the "good" fats like nuts and avocado, eliminate sugar-- drink nothing but water and (unsweetened) tea, eliminate dairy, eliminate red meat, increase vegetable consumption (moreso than fruits).
And stop making excuses-- running is not the only form of cardio. Get yourself a jumprope...
I'm not sure if you are recommending her to do cardio or not.
Because she wants to join the army, cardio is important. But it's not important for losing weight. Weight lifting is a lot more efficient.
She should do cardio, but not to the point of exhaustion. Weight lifting actually will burn more calories than cardio since muscle burns calories throughout the day. Girls also naturally tend to have a harder time losing weight due to hormones, and just nature-- women need fat to bear a child, so nature naturally is resistant to let women lose fat easily.
I only recently added deadlifts, but I don't do very many. They just don't seem to do much for me. I don't feel tired or pushed doing them, so I get bored and do something else that wears out my muscles.
Ha. I'm pretty lazy for the most part. I like to go to the gym maybe once a month and pretend like it did something. I'm in relatively good shape though. I'm not fat, not skinny. Just an average bear. Fitness is cool and all, but I do get kinda annoyed by people that get all judgy about it. i.e if you have even the slightest belly overhang you "don't care of your body" or "don't take of yourself" blah blah blah. It's just like, okay, whoa dude. If you wanna go carve that six pack and get that firm ass you've always wanted, go for it. Don't be getting on your high horsey and say I don't take care of my temple, I look just fine.
Then put on more weight. You should be able to handle at least 160 pounds, probably more.