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What is most attractive on a girl?

  • Big Breasts

    Votes: 19 24.1%

  • Big Bum

    Votes: 8 10.1%

  • Flat Stomach

    Votes: 40 50.6%

  • Shapely Thighs

    Votes: 12 15.2%
  • Total voters
    79
  • Poll closed .
haha I never said you didn't have a brain.
My husband is amazing, but doesn't work out.. so i was just saying, it would be nice if every guy took care of themselves.
I never said you didn't know what you're talking about. Although, you're quite defensive, when I was only trying to give a compliment.
Thanks for you advice.

Also, thanks for giving me those links about Protien, it will help alot.
Have a great day.
 
Bump Yo Calories Up Abit So You Dont Go Into Reverve Mode With Your Metabolism, And Den Add 3-4 More Hours Of Cardio In Addition To Your Current Cardio And Lifting. See If You Dont Loose Weight. Want Results Do The Work,


And Listen To Steve. Mafaka Knows What He;s Talking Bout.
 
Thanks.

My brain works too....
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I would like to point out that I don't think that steve voted for legs, so I don't know how much of his brain he uses... This might even invalidate his opinion in general.
 
Jessica1988 said:
Hey,

My Name is Jessica-Sara. I just joined this Forum. I'm SO completely frusterated. I'm a active girl, and now even more so.
I have a gym in my apartment building. I work out 5-6 days of the week with cardio ( treadmill 30 minutes running at 7.0) or ( walking at 4.5 on Incline of 15.00)
I burn between 300-330 Calories each session. My Diet consists of alot of rice, veggis, fruit, Soy, Eggs, and water, and Whole Wheat.
I eat about 1100-1400 Calories a day. I've been doing this for about a month and a half now.
The scale sais I have lost about 5 pounds, and I've obviously gained muscle because before my regime I only did pilates, no cardio.
I've not lost a inch off of my waist. I stopped doing weights and lunges etc because I was getting bigger in my legs and waist..
I'm SOOO frusterated and almost ready to just give up, which I wont but its on the mind.
Can someone PLEASE help me out?! I don't want to hear about eating 5 meals a day..because with my busy work schedule that doesn't work..i've tried. 3 meals a day is fine for me.
PLLLLEAAASE give me so heads up. I'm a 19 year old 137 pound 5'6.5 female.
Thankyou.. I dont care about the weight, I would like to lose a few inches of my waist.
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Looking at your intake (1100-1400) does indeed seem very low in my opinion. And if you count in 300-400 calories lost in workouts, that only leaves your body 700-1000 calories per day to function on. You don't have to be a health expert to tell that it seems rather low. You mentioned that you were 'building' muscle, and that you quit resistence training due to the fact that you didn't want your legs and waist to get bigger. However I find it very unlikely that you've gained ANY muscle during those workouts, simply because you're not eating enough. To gain muscle, you MUST be in calorie SURPLUS, in other words, eat more than your body needs to maintain your current weight. You're not. You're eating WELL below your maintenance level I believe, which would keep you from gaining muscle, and will ultimately cause you to LOSE muscle. My advice to you is pretty much what has already been said. You need to find out what your maintenence level is, then you need to raise your calories accordingly to slightly below that. I would also add weight lifting back into your routine, and I'd then find a way to add more protein to your diet, whether its eggs, soy and so forth. That step is very important to MAINTAIN whatever muscle you do have, which will in turn prevent you from looking "soft" as Steve mentioned, or "shapeless" as I like to call it, once you do lose the weight you want. So, to recap:

1. Find your maintenence level
2. Raise your calories accordingly (YES, raise, if you don't, you'll most likely be stuck at this weight for a long time)
3. Find more sources of protein, and eat more of it
4. Add weight lifting back into your routine
5. Be patient, short term loss and short term commitment results in frustration
 
Hey hey :)
I'm no expert or anything, but I reckon judging your progress with scales is a big big mistake. I am fit and extreemly active, and since working out more I have noticed (and so have other people) a definate change in my body. I look a lot slimmer, however the scales tell me I have lost only 2 kilograms. It's because my body fat has been replaced by muscle mass, so just because you notice little or no change in weight doesn't mean your diet or excersise regime isn't working. Instead go by mesurements and BMI, and throw your scales out the window.
If you are trying to lose weight through exercise muscle gain is inevitable.
Don't be scared of doing weight training. Choose a lighter weight that you can do more repititions with, for exaple, choose 2kg weights and 100 reps over 5kg and 20 reps. I do a little and I'd say it's made a much bigger difference over cardio. And I'm no fembot... yet :p
Good luck with it all :)
Simi
 
Simi said:
Hey hey :)
I'm no expert or anything, but I reckon judging your progress with scales is a big big mistake. I am fit and extreemly active, and since working out more I have noticed (and so have other people) a definate change in my body. I look a lot slimmer, however the scales tell me I have lost only 2 kilograms. It's because my body fat has been replaced by muscle mass, so just because you notice little or no change in weight doesn't mean your diet or excersise regime isn't working. Instead go by mesurements and BMI, and throw your scales out the window.
If you are trying to lose weight through exercise muscle gain is inevitable.
Don't be scared of doing weight training. Choose a lighter weight that you can do more repititions with, for exaple, choose 2kg weights and 100 reps over 5kg and 20 reps. I do a little and I'd say it's made a much bigger difference over cardio. And I'm no fembot... yet :p
Good luck with it all :)
Simi
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Good advice overall. But a couple things I'd state differently.

1. Muscle does not REPLACE fat during workouts or diets. You can get LEANER, which is a result of body fat reduction, not muscle gain.

2. 'Exercise' does not build muscle. Resistance training, surplus in calories, and plenty of protein will help increase muscle. 'Exercise' alone will not do anything to your muscles.
 
Hello Jessica.

I was just thinking that you should add some whey protein shakes to your diet. The others are right, you need more protein. Stick at it, I understand how frustrating it can be but, if you keep going it will also be worth it in the end.

Oh yeah.......and weights......add weights back, the others are right about that too.

G'luck! :)
 
Hey Everyone!!! wow! so many replies.
First I want to say that, I DO want to change it.. I've just been told my whole entire life that adding weights, and more protien in your diet bulks you up( I don't believe this..but its hard when you hear it your whole life)
So if anyone would be so kind to actually write up a fitness/eating plan a sample one for a day.. I would be SOOO thankful
Second, thanks for the advice on doing more workouts.. but if I burned more calories wouldn't that just mean I would have to eat more??
I appreciate all of your responces.. its all a process, and I like all of the different opinions.
Questions are:
Excersizes to lift your butt?
Arm workouts
Ab workouts
a good cardio routine ( right now im just jogging on 15 incline at 4.7 for 30 minutes)
thanks everyone.. I've been eating a bit of meat.. and nuts. I'm trying to get my protien up.
 
and YIKES. is flat stomach really the turn on? Most women struggle with that area the most.. I kill myself to get a flat stomach..and its still not perfect abs.
Althogh, I do have all of the other three.. too bad.
 
Jessica1988 said:
and YIKES. is flat stomach really the turn on?
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If you believe a poll on an internet message board where not many people replied it apparently is. I think if you are looking for the sort of guy who only likes you for your looks you aren't looking for the right kind of guy ;)
 
No. hehhhe. People on here read too much into things. I actually have a amazing husband who didn't marry me for my looks, but that's just a 'bonus'..
I was just saying.. I felt bad that flat stomach is such a turn on when it's the hardest thing to accomplish.. owell.
I made up that Poll because I wanted to see how shallow and gross people were.. and it turns out to be good results. If men had voted on big boobs..eww than we would have sometihng to talk about.
it's all in good fun.
 
my appologies...i think what i said came out wrong...i wasn't directing my comments specifically towards yourself :)

However in terms of that survey, i think there isn't much difference in all the choices given...you only gave the option to give shallow responses :) If you had included other things i think we might have gotten a better idea of how shallow people are.

But yes, a flat stomach is something that most women strugle with. I see many people at the gym who are otherwise quite thin but are a bit pudgy around the middle. Personally i don't find the "too thin" look atractive on men or women. i don't like when you can see or feel bones through the skin. I don't want to feel like i could break someone when i hug them LOL
 
The only thing I can think of is that you are miscalculating your calories? Either calories consumed or your maintenance calories is off the mark? You've only been doing this for a month and a half so I don't think it's a plateau. I've lost 20 pounds in the last 3 months (waist went from 31" to 26") based on "calories in vs calories out". I found my maintenance calories and aimed for a specific calorie deficit a day to reach my 1.5 pound a week goal, through diet and weight training. And I find it works very well and is very accurate as that's exactly what I've lost. I weigh my food on a digital scale so there are no screw ups in the calorie count and I make sure I even add something as small as the milk in my coffee as every calorie counts when you add them all up after a week. Unless there is an underlying medical condition, I think our bodies all work in general the same way - the whole thing about one pound of fat equals an estimated 3,500 calories is quite right I think as that's exactly how my body has worked.

I can totally understand your frustration, 5 pounds in a month and a half, after working out 5-6 days a week. And I don't think it's because you are gaining muscle as you are in a calorie deficit. I have been lifting as heavy as I can for every body part 3 times a week (and that's all the exercise I do) and I wouldn't say I've gained muscle as I was in a calorie deficit. You need to have a calorie surplus to gain muscle. The heavier I lift, the smaller I become.

You lost 5 pounds in 6 weeks (a month and a half), that means you lost on average 0.83 pounds a week, which means you had a daily calorie deficit of about 417 calories a day. To lose 2 pounds a week like you want, you need a daily calorie deficit of 1,000 calories a day. I think the first thing I would do if I were you is to check to make the calorie calculations are accurate.

Good luck and hope it works out for you.
 
I nominate a Jessica picture thread. Sorry, that thumbnail is just a tease.

Michael
 
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