debbie's log

[trysohard]

ok my food for today

rolled scottish oats made with plain water
brown chicken salad sandwich
pint of water
25g almonds
bag of plain 33% less fat walkers crisps (sorry)
almost a pint of orange juice (carton but 100% pure)
ham with prawn salad sandwich on best of both bread
sveltesse probiotic drink its new it says may help maximise fat metabolism.
this is 1003 calories after taking exersice calories off

exercise

15min rowing level (7) 117calories
epilator 20min level (7) 226calories
bike 20min level (4) 75calories

i only have about a spare hour i train at 4:30 till 6 usually
i have 1 day cardio then a weights day then a rest day this way i get 48hours in between weights for them to rebuild.

iv ordered two 2kg tubs of whey protein light to help with fat loss and maintaining muscle, i dont believe in weight loss pills as i had a bad experience and ended up in the accident and emergency room in hospital.

any idvise will be appriciated ill be happy if my food is 80% clean because i know this way i will be able to stick to it if that makes sense.

ill probably have another ham and prawn salad sandwich and some nuts later to make up the rest of the calories.

thanks for listening


this is yesterdays log

 

[trysohard]

today

breakfast 1best of both bread/toast with sugar and salt reduced beans 100g
this is 190cal

pint of water
sveltesse probiotic drink 28cal
1 and a half ham and prawn salad sandwiches 475cal
plain 33% less fat crisps about 115cal
thats so far its 1pm here

i intend to up my cardio to 1hour to 1hr and a half from today and ill go 6x a week instead of 5x and ill do cardio and weight training on the same days so i can fit it in

 

[buffalogal]

i intend to up my cardio to 1hour to 1hr and a half from today and ill go 6x a week instead of 5x and ill do cardio and weight training on the same days so i can fit it in

I don't think you need to do 1.5 hours of cardio. I think in most people's view, even 1 hour of cardio is too much - especially if you're going 5-6 days a week. Don't push too hard on the cardio or you may burn out.

If your diet is tight, it will do most of the work for you. If you do have to (or think you should) do that much cardio, try to drop it to every other day.

Good luck on your journal and your goals!

 

[scorpiogirl]

Do NOT do that much cardio!!! You will be wasting muscle. You need the muscle to help burn the fat. Do 30 min. if you absolutely have to, but an hour to an hour & a half is WAY too much. You should be lifting weights during the xtra 1/2 hour to hour.

Get rid of the OJ. Too much sugar even if it is natural. I also think you're eating too much bread.

STOP taking the exercise calories off!!!! You do NOT need to do that. All that does is puts you right back to where you were. In order to lose fat, you need to be at a caloric deficit. If you are adding those calories right back on based on calories burned - you're no longer at a deficit and you will be spinning your wheels.

Hope this helps you.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Too much cardio, too much processed foods.

Want more detail.

Age?
Current stats?
Goals?

Timing of meals?

 

[scorpiogirl]

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445469

Here's what you need, Daisy......

 

[Daisy_Girl]

To be helpful, all info needs to be in one post. People shouldn't have to search the boards for the relevant information in order to help someone.

 

[scorpiogirl]

cardio 3x a week and weight training 3x a week so i need to go 6 days out of 7?

also do you think it would be ok to eat 1500 or 1600 and train say burn off 300-500 calories wouldnt this put me at 1000cal?
im sure 1200 is the minimum calories suggested?

is it best to do less reps and more weight for muscle gain?
for weight loss is more cardio less weight training required?

my current weight is 11.5 iv lost 2lb in about 2 weeks but maybe this could be low on the scales because of muscle weight gain maybe?

I pulled this from the other thread you had going. From now on, just keep everything on this thread so we don't have to try to find the other info (as Daisy was saying above).

cardio 3x a week and weight training 3x a week so i need to go 6 days out of 7? That would be ideal, but if you can't get there 6x a week, do some training and cardio on the same day - do cardio last.

also do you think it would be ok to eat 1500 or 1600 and train say burn off 300-500 calories wouldnt this put me at 1000cal?
im sure 1200 is the minimum calories suggested?You need to get the "calories burned" thing out of your head. Here's what you need to do....eat your 1700 calories a day, train and do cardio.....that's it. FORGET the calories burned thing!

is it best to do less reps and more weight for muscle gain?
for weight loss is more cardio less weight training required? For muscle gain (bulking), yes....less reps, heavy, heavy weight. For fat loss (cutting), somewhere around 30 min. of cardio 3-5 days a week, weight lifting moderate weight (hard on the last couple reps) 3-5 days a week. If you want to lose - you STILL need to be lifting weights.

 

[trysohard]

right so here is my plan.....

30min of cardio monday,wednesday and friday

45min weight training (as there are only a few machines) tuesday,thursday and saturday

not as much processed foods any ideas for replacements of the foods we are talking about? not to exotic or to boring as i have a 20-30 pound shopping budget

also eat 1700calories or as close as possible no matter what exercise i do is all this ok???

time of meals usually i dont have a scedule but about half an hour after waking, then about 11:30 then about 2pm then maybe 4 then 7pm this is roughly but i snack in between like oj dilute juice, nuts, fruit etc

my height 5.5
weight 11.5
age 19
goal - weight loss and toning

 

[scorpiogirl]

not as much processed foods any ideas for replacements of the foods we are talking about? not to exotic or to boring as i have a 20-30 pound shopping budget

Unfortunately, you might be stuck with boring! Just choke it down. Once you start seeing results, it won't bother you as much. Chicken, fish, lean red meat, low GI carbs and get the fat in too with your flax and nuts.

also eat 1700calories or as close as possible no matter what exercise i do is all this ok???

Yes....that's right!

time of meals usually i dont have a scedule but about half an hour after waking, then about 11:30 then about 2pm then maybe 4 then 7pm this is roughly but i snack in between like oj dilute juice, nuts, fruit etc

Try to eat every 3 - 3 1/2 hours. This helps to keep your metabolism higher. NO MORE OJ!!!! (unless it's like a sip here and there) Easy on the fruit- we've already talked about that.

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