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I'm new on this site. Quadsweep told me about it. I've been reading and reading and learning and learning.
I'm 39 and plan on being in the best of shape by the time I'm 40, which is rolling around on August 19th. I'm pretty excited about it!!!
I've been working out since I was 13. Only learned about eating clean a couple of years ago. Also, I used to drink like a fish, but have been clean for 12 years. My weight is 140 and last time checked I was 23% body fat. Height is 5'6". I did one figure competition last year.
I was going to do a competition this month, dieted for 20 weeks and was not ready. Had results, but not like I should have. Ate clean, worked out hard, but was lacking energy. It was nuts. I do have hypothyroidism and take synthroid and just about 5 weeks ago my doc started my on Cytomel cause my T-4 was not converting to T-3. I feel great, but won't know for if my levels are right for a couple more weeks when I get retested.
I am wanting to try something to get lean and gain more lean muscle mass. Any comments are welcome.
What a great site! I've been looking for something like this for a long time.
I'm 39 and plan on being in the best of shape by the time I'm 40, which is rolling around on August 19th. I'm pretty excited about it!!!
I've been working out since I was 13. Only learned about eating clean a couple of years ago. Also, I used to drink like a fish, but have been clean for 12 years. My weight is 140 and last time checked I was 23% body fat. Height is 5'6". I did one figure competition last year.
I was going to do a competition this month, dieted for 20 weeks and was not ready. Had results, but not like I should have. Ate clean, worked out hard, but was lacking energy. It was nuts. I do have hypothyroidism and take synthroid and just about 5 weeks ago my doc started my on Cytomel cause my T-4 was not converting to T-3. I feel great, but won't know for if my levels are right for a couple more weeks when I get retested.
I am wanting to try something to get lean and gain more lean muscle mass. Any comments are welcome.
What a great site! I've been looking for something like this for a long time.
I'm new to the board, and I need help fast! My weight is 144, 5ft and 5 inch tall, my body fat is 24%. My goal is to feel better about myself and look like I did before I had my son 18 months ago. My weight was 118 before I was pregnant and I have always been little until now. I had a really bad pregnancy, also had a c-section and my belly likes big still. I was thinking about lipo but scared. I can't look at myself in the mirror some days. I'm 27 years old and feel 80. I do cardio 4 days a week then work arms and abs every other day and legs and abs the other days. I also do weight watchers, i'm on the point system. My dr. has had me on 7 different anti-depressant drugs and now i'm on zoloft, thyroid pill, and diabetic pill because of my weight. I ask for diet pills but they say if you take them you will loss wieght but after you get off the pills you gain it back. I that if I still diet and work out the weight would stay off. Thanks for listening. Please help!
Sassy69
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Hey ky -- thx for posting up! Even a perfect pregnancy is not an easy thing emotionally or physically. Sounds like you've had quite an experience. As far the after-effects of a pregnancy & a c-section, there are some real challenges to trying to lose the "belly fat" just because of the trauma to that area as a result of the pregancy. Definitely continue to do what a diet & training can do for it, but also before you seek any surgery options, research the shit out of all of them so you are sure to make the right choices and DO NOT be afraid to get several consultations, research the docs' backgrounds, make sure you feel comfortable w/ them & the procedure and also get some objective references. Just if you are interested, I found some excellent advice on researching surgery options at www.implantinfo.com. It was was for breast implants, however they listed steps to help find & qualify docs. There are several sites out there that are similar and use them! Lots of people have been in the same boat as you and especially the chats & forums on those boards are really useful for talking to people who are going thru the procedure, are researching the procedure or have been thru the procedure, as well as docs.
RE: the anti-d's - I personally have no experience with them, but I think that getting diet & training as a staple in your life will go a long way to helpign deal with stress, your self-image and your confidence. You absolutely cannot feel anything less than huge pride (and congrats from me!) on your progress so far and dont' let yourself get discouraged about future progress. It is all a matter of attitude - and let's face it - doesn't it feel better to know that you are doing something that will get you to your goals than feeling bad because at that particular moment you haven't reached your goal yet? Progress is a step-by-step thing & there are so many ways to measure it besides the scale By your numbers, you are not in bad shape at all.
quick note on your training - I highly suggest you take a look at the Shadow's Project sticky on this board for training routines that The Shadow has had several of the girls following since January with mindblowing results. Currently sounds like you are followign an upper body / lower body split - though I 'm not sure if its upper body or just arms. For a similar breakdown, I really like the Body For Life book for people new to diet & training because they give a lot of really good common sense recommendations that are the basis for a good understandign of fitness & nutrition.
You don't need to work your abs every day. This is one of the biggest misconceptions in fitness. Your "abs" are a set of muscles just like legs, bis, tris, whatever - you need to give each muscle group at least 24-48 hrs recovery time after training. Most people train any given muscle group at MAX 2x / week depending on their split. Same with abs. You CANNOT spot reduce fat in that area by working the shit out of them every day. THAT is all about diet. You lose bodyfat proportionally all around your body so you can't just target one area and expect to see results. You continue to diet and depending on how your bodyfat tends to be distributed, the areas with the greatest concentration of fat cells will be the slowest to respond. But you will continue to "shrink" in bodyfat all around. To get those trouble spots to start showing, you justu have to be patient & continue plugging away. I've been competition dieting since January and I still dont' have my 6-pack, so please don't give up on it. You diet down to get the abs to show. Continue training them maybe 2 x/week max and this will help build your core strength, along with all your other basic strength moves like squats, deads, etc.
Being hyperthyroid does also present you with a challenge but again, if you have a good diet & training in place you can deal with it. If you have access to a nutritionist who can help make recommendations on diet that are appropriate for your conditions, that would also help with tweaking your diet to get you the best results you can.
I would hesitate to recommend any particular diet pill or other supplements because it sounds like you are already taking a boat load of scripts. You need to make sure that you are taking what the docs recommend but also that they dont' conflict with each other, and same w/ any OTC stuff.
So glad you posted up! Also on your thread that you had already started, can you post up your current diet - what you eat on a given day, when you eat (e.g. meal 1, meal2, meal 3, etc) and what portions of everything you eat. It is really useful to take the time to put that meal plan into a food counts program like www.fitday.com (its free & online) so u know really what you are eating, how much, and the macro nutrient breakdown of proteins / carbs / fats to see if you are gettign the appropriate amounts for what you are trying to accomplish.
See, the body is a machine that WANTS to run optimally, but it will respond to what you fuel it with. It also needs to changed up occassionally when it gets "comfortable" running on the current fuel schedule. So to kick start results you need to constantly readjust what you are doing. You probably are seeing that after following the weight watchers thing.
RE: the anti-d's - I personally have no experience with them, but I think that getting diet & training as a staple in your life will go a long way to helpign deal with stress, your self-image and your confidence. You absolutely cannot feel anything less than huge pride (and congrats from me!) on your progress so far and dont' let yourself get discouraged about future progress. It is all a matter of attitude - and let's face it - doesn't it feel better to know that you are doing something that will get you to your goals than feeling bad because at that particular moment you haven't reached your goal yet? Progress is a step-by-step thing & there are so many ways to measure it besides the scale By your numbers, you are not in bad shape at all.
quick note on your training - I highly suggest you take a look at the Shadow's Project sticky on this board for training routines that The Shadow has had several of the girls following since January with mindblowing results. Currently sounds like you are followign an upper body / lower body split - though I 'm not sure if its upper body or just arms. For a similar breakdown, I really like the Body For Life book for people new to diet & training because they give a lot of really good common sense recommendations that are the basis for a good understandign of fitness & nutrition.
You don't need to work your abs every day. This is one of the biggest misconceptions in fitness. Your "abs" are a set of muscles just like legs, bis, tris, whatever - you need to give each muscle group at least 24-48 hrs recovery time after training. Most people train any given muscle group at MAX 2x / week depending on their split. Same with abs. You CANNOT spot reduce fat in that area by working the shit out of them every day. THAT is all about diet. You lose bodyfat proportionally all around your body so you can't just target one area and expect to see results. You continue to diet and depending on how your bodyfat tends to be distributed, the areas with the greatest concentration of fat cells will be the slowest to respond. But you will continue to "shrink" in bodyfat all around. To get those trouble spots to start showing, you justu have to be patient & continue plugging away. I've been competition dieting since January and I still dont' have my 6-pack, so please don't give up on it. You diet down to get the abs to show. Continue training them maybe 2 x/week max and this will help build your core strength, along with all your other basic strength moves like squats, deads, etc.
Being hyperthyroid does also present you with a challenge but again, if you have a good diet & training in place you can deal with it. If you have access to a nutritionist who can help make recommendations on diet that are appropriate for your conditions, that would also help with tweaking your diet to get you the best results you can.
I would hesitate to recommend any particular diet pill or other supplements because it sounds like you are already taking a boat load of scripts. You need to make sure that you are taking what the docs recommend but also that they dont' conflict with each other, and same w/ any OTC stuff.
So glad you posted up! Also on your thread that you had already started, can you post up your current diet - what you eat on a given day, when you eat (e.g. meal 1, meal2, meal 3, etc) and what portions of everything you eat. It is really useful to take the time to put that meal plan into a food counts program like www.fitday.com (its free & online) so u know really what you are eating, how much, and the macro nutrient breakdown of proteins / carbs / fats to see if you are gettign the appropriate amounts for what you are trying to accomplish.
See, the body is a machine that WANTS to run optimally, but it will respond to what you fuel it with. It also needs to changed up occassionally when it gets "comfortable" running on the current fuel schedule. So to kick start results you need to constantly readjust what you are doing. You probably are seeing that after following the weight watchers thing.
longhornchick
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Hello!! I am new to this site, Mithrandir is a good friend of mine and I always see him on here and he told me to get myself on here and to stop bothering him with all my questions 
...SOO here I am. To start off I am 21 about 5'2" and 108 lbs. I don't know my bodyfat % but it cannot be much. I have been working out since January and my real goal is to just be toned more than I ever have been. I do cardio 4 days a week, and weights the other three, but I have seen less improvement in the past month and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I have never had a weight problem and I only started working out to look a little better than I already did and now I am addicted to it! I have seen so many positive results and I eat better and I just feel better overall. The only problems I have been having are eating enough (I only eat about twice a day and it's not much, I just feel so busy that I don't have time to eat). It's usually relatively healthy though. My biggest problem areas are 1) the small amount of fat/cellulite under my butt that I cannot seem to get rid of and 2) my stomach (it's more toned than it ever has been, I just feel like it can be better....I have the side tone but I want the middle one...you know what I mean? ANYWAY I want to thank Sassy for helping me know even where to start writing and I hope that yall can give me some good pointers, and I hope I can learn from yall and one day share my knowledge with a newbie like me! I am so excited!! THANKS GUYS!!
...SOO here I am. To start off I am 21 about 5'2" and 108 lbs. I don't know my bodyfat % but it cannot be much. I have been working out since January and my real goal is to just be toned more than I ever have been. I do cardio 4 days a week, and weights the other three, but I have seen less improvement in the past month and I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I have never had a weight problem and I only started working out to look a little better than I already did and now I am addicted to it! I have seen so many positive results and I eat better and I just feel better overall. The only problems I have been having are eating enough (I only eat about twice a day and it's not much, I just feel so busy that I don't have time to eat). It's usually relatively healthy though. My biggest problem areas are 1) the small amount of fat/cellulite under my butt that I cannot seem to get rid of and 2) my stomach (it's more toned than it ever has been, I just feel like it can be better....I have the side tone but I want the middle one...you know what I mean? ANYWAY I want to thank Sassy for helping me know even where to start writing and I hope that yall can give me some good pointers, and I hope I can learn from yall and one day share my knowledge with a newbie like me! I am so excited!! THANKS GUYS!!I am not so new but about 1 month reviewing and not posting so much. I am 40 yrs young, confused with my 13 yr old daughter as sisters good for me. I am 5 ft 3 127lbs, formerly 198 graduating in 1983 and fought my battle of the bulge for my entire life. I exercise daily, aerobic and weight training, and some day would love to compete. My goal for this year was met, I became a nutritionist by my 40th bday which was April and I got my belly button pierced. To keep my certification within the next 2 years I will have to take another course, I am aiming for personal trainer. I have some health issues that drove me to the nutrition path and need some advice. Hysterectomy total, 5 yrs ago, so tried all the fake hormones, patches, pills, all synthetic, and endometriosis returned this time on my appendix and bowel. So, another surgery at 37. At this point, I decided natural all the way with replacement of hormones. Currently take Progesterone cream which includes 5 mg dhea, 5mg pregnenelone, rhodiola, vit B12, vit e, ALA, EFA, and I use this twice daily. However, no testosterone included. Tried test. cyp shots, worked for two days and 12 days nothing but exhaustion. that was 50mg twice a month, dr wouldn't change. He did give me anavar 2.5mg daily and I have been on for two weeks and I feel bloated, fingers, belly, just don't know if not a good mix with the natural hormone cream. My muscles prior to surgery were getting toned then I lost all hormones so it is hard to build muscle without hormones (minimal estrogen, progesterone and 0 testosterone via saliva and blood tests) I tried estra test, too high even in half strength dosages. The estrogen bothers the endometriosis the dr didn't remove and reactives the growth.
Anyways, I am 34B, 26 1/2 waist, 38 butt and my thighs are 21 and 21 1/4 and that is the problem. No shaky flab on top, all pear shaped and flabby on the bottom despite clean eating. Proteins chicken, fish, turkey and beans and legumes, whey protein shakes, and nuts. Complex carbs are brown rice, wheat pasta occasionally and tons of green vegetables - 10heads of romaine lettuce a week, 4 cucumbers, celery, green beans, broccoli are all that is in my house. I get creative with the protein powder adding to cookable oatmeal in the morning for breakfast after workout. I take lots of vitamins, enzymes, glucosamine chronditin, Vit A,B5,B6, Bcomplex, C, D, E, K, Calcium 600mg twice a day, magnesium 500mg 1 x a day and zinc 15 mg. Dr put me on Actonel for osteopenia in my hips recently discovered in April. Another reason he also gave me the anavar to help muscle wasting. From everything I read, anavar doesn't cause bloat but since I have been on it, water weight gain. I do not use salt ever, I read labels, I am a nutritionist, trying to do no preservatives and sugars or substitutes at all. I drink 1 gal of water a day minimum and it is hard to do when u are bloated.
Any advise would be appreciated. Please explain what bump means too? I am not sure Thanks, Sassy or whoever gets to read and respond to my longwinded post.
Fitnutmom
Anyways, I am 34B, 26 1/2 waist, 38 butt and my thighs are 21 and 21 1/4 and that is the problem. No shaky flab on top, all pear shaped and flabby on the bottom despite clean eating. Proteins chicken, fish, turkey and beans and legumes, whey protein shakes, and nuts. Complex carbs are brown rice, wheat pasta occasionally and tons of green vegetables - 10heads of romaine lettuce a week, 4 cucumbers, celery, green beans, broccoli are all that is in my house. I get creative with the protein powder adding to cookable oatmeal in the morning for breakfast after workout. I take lots of vitamins, enzymes, glucosamine chronditin, Vit A,B5,B6, Bcomplex, C, D, E, K, Calcium 600mg twice a day, magnesium 500mg 1 x a day and zinc 15 mg. Dr put me on Actonel for osteopenia in my hips recently discovered in April. Another reason he also gave me the anavar to help muscle wasting. From everything I read, anavar doesn't cause bloat but since I have been on it, water weight gain. I do not use salt ever, I read labels, I am a nutritionist, trying to do no preservatives and sugars or substitutes at all. I drink 1 gal of water a day minimum and it is hard to do when u are bloated.
Any advise would be appreciated. Please explain what bump means too? I am not sure Thanks, Sassy or whoever gets to read and respond to my longwinded post.
Fitnutmom
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