I am new here... I used to post on Phenforum.com but I never got any response, so hopefully I will fit in better here! I have some weight to lose and hope to do so in time to wear a bikini this summer.
My name is Angel (yes, my real name.... thanks a lot, mom and dad!), I am 23 and am happily married with 2 kids (a 3 year old boy and a 6 month old boy).
I have been going to the gym consistently since halloween (when baby was almost 3 months and I was cleared by the doctor), and have been going 5 days a week since before christmas (was going 3 or 4 days when I started out). I just bought 3 sessions with a personal trainer to get my butt in gear and figure out what I need. I really enjoy my time at the gym. I want to better my body.
At halloween, I was 144 pounds (weighed at the doctors office). Since then I have stopped breastfeeding so I have lost a little weight just from that, and I have lost a little from going to the gym too. As of last week (first meeting with trainer), I am 134 pounds and 21% body fat. I am 5'4". I want to get to 125 pounds and 16-17% body fat (trainer said less than that would not be healthy). I am doing 45 minutes to an hour of interval cardio 5 days a week (I prefer the bike or elliptical over the treadmill), and doing a "body sculpt xTreme" 1 hour class 2 times a week. I also do some weight machines every once in a while, when I feel like it (once or twice a week only because we already use light weights in the class).
Any honest input on my body fat percentage would be greatly appreciated. I am not happy with it at all. My trainer said it is acutally not bad at all especially since I just had a baby, but I think maybe he is patronizing me so I will buy more sessions (which he knows I can't afford).
Also any input on my exercise regimen would be greatly appreciated. I have noticed that the more cardio I do, the hungrier I am. I try to eat healthy but on the weekend my hubby (who naturally has about 5% body fat) pushes the food on me and I have a hard time resisting! LOL! Are diet pills okay? Any advice there would be good too.
Thanks from the newbie!
Angel
My name is Angel (yes, my real name.... thanks a lot, mom and dad!), I am 23 and am happily married with 2 kids (a 3 year old boy and a 6 month old boy).
I have been going to the gym consistently since halloween (when baby was almost 3 months and I was cleared by the doctor), and have been going 5 days a week since before christmas (was going 3 or 4 days when I started out). I just bought 3 sessions with a personal trainer to get my butt in gear and figure out what I need. I really enjoy my time at the gym. I want to better my body.
At halloween, I was 144 pounds (weighed at the doctors office). Since then I have stopped breastfeeding so I have lost a little weight just from that, and I have lost a little from going to the gym too. As of last week (first meeting with trainer), I am 134 pounds and 21% body fat. I am 5'4". I want to get to 125 pounds and 16-17% body fat (trainer said less than that would not be healthy). I am doing 45 minutes to an hour of interval cardio 5 days a week (I prefer the bike or elliptical over the treadmill), and doing a "body sculpt xTreme" 1 hour class 2 times a week. I also do some weight machines every once in a while, when I feel like it (once or twice a week only because we already use light weights in the class).
Any honest input on my body fat percentage would be greatly appreciated. I am not happy with it at all. My trainer said it is acutally not bad at all especially since I just had a baby, but I think maybe he is patronizing me so I will buy more sessions (which he knows I can't afford).
Also any input on my exercise regimen would be greatly appreciated. I have noticed that the more cardio I do, the hungrier I am. I try to eat healthy but on the weekend my hubby (who naturally has about 5% body fat) pushes the food on me and I have a hard time resisting! LOL! Are diet pills okay? Any advice there would be good too.
Thanks from the newbie!
Angel
