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This is the first time I've ever had to exercise in my life. I had always been 5'5" and between 100-105 lbs until the dr's put me on an anti-depressent and it skyrocketted my weight to 150 in 6 weeks. I was able to get down to 130, but have stayed at that weight for 3 years now.

Then I got pregnant....fortunately I lost everything I gained when I had the baby, but now I was back to being about 135, and I've got that horrid gut from the pregnancy. My goal is 120 pounds. So far I've gotten down to 131 in about 2 weeks (one of intense dieting).

So, now I've gotten a membership to Bally's with my fiancee, who doesn't want me below 120, he says it would be too skinny, I tend to agree with him. Although, maybe I can inch him down to 115. ;)

I've got my long term goals (to be completed in 3 months):
-getting rid of the gut
-being able to run 5K
-getting down to 120.

And my short-term goals (to be completed in 4 weeks):
-being able to run 1 mile comfortably
 
Today I went to the gym at 5:30 AM, walked 5K just to get my body into the idea that this is how long it really is. That took me 53 minutes.

After that, I worked my legs, glutes and abs. I'm thinking I shouldn't have worked my legs, especially after that long 5K walk that I'm definitely not used to. They're kinda sore now. Tomorrow I'm going to start on working towards my 1 mile short-term goal.

Here is my projected first week for running:

-run 1/16 mi.
-walk 3/16 mi.
*repeat 3 times till 1 mi is done.
-walk the remaining 2.1 mi for the complete 5K.

I'll see how that is tomorrow and give an update.
 
Yes, I am doing some weight training, more reps and less weight to tone up as per the weight training class I took in college.
 
April 1st:

No time at the gym today, it was a rest day for me while my muscles relaxed and healed up. Walking 5K then working strictly lower body really pushed my legs hard and my calves were hurting last night. It just showed me that I have to get a good exercise routine together, maybe not so much walking/running on the days that I do lower body.

I had my first Bally's meal replacement shake this morning. *shudders* yelch, its something that will be an acquired taste I see. I'll post later on what I ate today.
 
Alright, this is what I ate today, I estimate it was about 1100 calories.

-meal 1: one bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal with a cup of low fat milk
-meal 2: meal replacement shake from Bally's, made with 1 cup of low fat milk.
-meal 3: low fat turkey and cheese sub with lettuce and honey mustard with a 100 calorie snack pack of pringles
-meal 4: I slacked off here since I was still full from meal 3.... 100 calorie pack of chips ahoy and a gatorade.

I know I should be adding at least one more meal in, preferably 2 more a day, but I just couldn't force myself to eat more.

I took today off from the gym so I could rest my leg muscles. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Am I not eating well enough?
 
Hi there,
Great work getting started. First, I wanted to ask about this weight training class: they told you that low weight/high rep with "tone" your muscles? That's a pretty big myth. Light weights will only increase the endurance of your muscles. It will do absolutely nothing for appearance of muscles or strength. Unless your goal is more endurance in your musles, it's pretty useless. Your body needs the challenge of increased weights. To get a "toned" look we have to build muscle and then lose the fat that's covering the muscles.

I suggest that you eat more frequent meals and try less processed foods. Much better for fat loss. The body loves natural foods, the things we were meant to eat.

Great goal to do a 5k!

If I can answer any questions or help out just let me know.

Sarah
 
Yesterday I went the mile and actually tried cottage chese for the first time. Before, I stayed away from it with a vengeance, absolutely convinced that it was the most disgusting thing on the planet. But, it wasn't that bad.

Meal 1: cottage cheese and pineapple chunks
Meal 2: soy protein bar from Bally's
Meal 3: lean turkey and chese sandwich
Meal 4: peanut butter sandwich
Meal 5: another soy protein bay from Bally's
Meal 6: baby carrots and light ranch dressing.

Approximately 1100 calories. A low amount, but I felt full pretty much the whole day. I ate when I was hungry, and didn't feel tired.

I took the weekend off from exercising.
 
Tony I'm trying to do that, just not sure how to without overeating. I'm not that big an eater, never been.
 
Kea said:
Meal 1: cottage cheese and pineapple chunks
Meal 2: soy protein bar from Bally's
Meal 3: lean turkey and chese sandwich
Meal 4: peanut butter sandwich
Meal 5: another soy protein bay from Bally's
Meal 6: baby carrots and light ranch dressing.
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Try adding some oatmeal or eggs to your breakfast. Small enough but can give you good calories. I would add some lettuce and tomato to that turkey sandwich. Vegetables with that pb sandwich, that is a weak meal. Add some lean meat for protein in meal six. Your vegetable and fruit intake is slacking. Your meals are really small.
 
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4/3/06

Went to the gym this morning at 5:30, did 40 minutes of cardio with this "fat-burning" program on the TM, which only brought me to 2 miles. It would bring my heart rate up to about 140 (at 3.7), then slow down to 2.0 to get my heart rate down to about 115, and continue this for 40 minutes. I wanted to go for 3 miles, but it would have taken me forever.

After that I went on the weight machines and worked on my upper body: shoulders, back, abs, biceps, tris, chest, and delts. I'm a little upset with myself on the machines. I feel like I'm not working hard enough on the machines, I don't feel anything later that day in the muscles I used. How do I know if I'm using them enough, or pushing myself hard enough?

Today's meals so far:
meal 1: cottage cheese and pineapple chunks.
meal 2: apple
meal 3: turkey and cheese sandwich with apple sauce.
meal 4: protein bar.
meal 5: english muffin with peanut butter
meal 6: hamburger with mustard and fries.

Yes, I deviated a bit with the hamburger and fries, but I'm happy I've been able to get to 1350 calories today. I've also gotten 33% protien, 33% fat, and 33% carbs today, which is better than the 52% carbs, 23% protein and 27% fat I had yesterday. Now if I could just bump up the protein and lower the fat I think I'll be doing good.
 
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I don't think you have to get sore to have a good workout. Were you lifting to fatigue though? Was it as much as you could lift with good form? That's the key...you should be lifting to fatigue.

Also, you did a lot of body parts in one day...how many sets did you do on each?

You're doing good though...keep it up! :)
 
I agree with Terese on the soreness. Have you ever used free weights instead of machines? Free weights are superior to machines. :)

Sarah
 
Do you keep a log of how many reps at what weight you do? This is very beneficial, as you can track progress, and see what you did the previous session.
 
Today's been a very off day. Had to wake up at 4 AM to bring Shyla (the second of two 10 month old sister cats we have) to the vet to be spayed, brought an apple with me, figured I'd be at the gym by 7:30 AM. Shygirl wasn't picked up till 8:30 AM...I was going on 4 and a half hours of being awake with only an apple in my stomach. Got to the gym at 9:15 AM, was very hungry, only did 30 minutes cardio and a very light lower body workout on the machines.

Got home and had 2 large eggs, an english muffin and some peanut butter. Then tried to catch up on sleep since I only had about 5 hours of sleep last night, but the baby kept crying so I couldn't get any.

Tomorrow I've got the last session with the trainer at Bally's.
 
I had my last training session with my personal trainer at Bally's. I really grilled him on how much I should be eating, why I don't think I'm seeing any results, what exercises I should be doing when and how often. Even he said I should be eating 1500 calories a day, and he doesn't know why the computer put me at a diet of 1200 calories a day, but he trusts it.

For eating I've had today so far:
Meal 1: no-fat cottage cheese and a cup of cubed pineapple (~145)
meal 2: cheese and crackers (~200)
meal 3: a 6" veggie sub from Subway's (230)
meal 4: cheese ravioli and tomato sauce (~550)
meal 5: 6 baby carrots and fat free ranch dressing (60)

1100 calories today in. Percentages from fitday are: 29% fat, 49% carbs and 22% protien. Now if only I could switch the protein and the carbs numbers and I'd be happy.

This morning I woke up feeling really heavy before I went to the gym, and sure enough, I yo-yo'd back up to 131. I hope I can get back down to 130 and stay there.
 
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Hmm...I wouldn't trust a computer to tell me how much I need to eat. I would go with how you feel. I really find it hard to believe that you should only be eating 1200 calories a day unless your metabolism is really, really low.
 
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