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Fat

Oh dear....

This is my first time viewing this thread, and all I can say is:

1.) You need to eat MORE FOOD!!!. I would higly recommend reading Spatt's thread on diet and training. Before I forget, SPATTS...I have printed this workout/diet scheme for a couple of females that have asked for "quick" and "easy" advice on how to train and lose fat, and all love it. I'd say i've printed it out for around ~5 females over my last semester in school. Normally, I would just help them out, but this was a pretty busy fall semester for myself and I didn't have time for that (Medical and diet therapy classes...). Therefore, in regards to them, Thanks for making it easy on myself for them.

2.) This thread is the perfect opportunity to print out for others to read. This thread has a lot of overlooked valuable info that would definately help others OUTSIDE of these boards as well. A lot of this info is easy for a lot of us that have dealt with it personally or through literature, and it can be really helpful on showing how a "mature" female can change for positively for better health.

3.) I agree with Wilson6, Spatt's, Bikinimom, etc....I'm getting softer, but wiser, on ever...ever...recommending anabolics for women, unless it is for medical purposes. Also, I will never suggest anything outside of ANAVAR for women!!! Test, deca, Eq, Anadrol etc...come second. I mean, lets face it, 99% of you women will NEVER, EVER be professional bodybuilders. Therefore, it would really be unwise to use anything outside of anavar unless you have some experience behind ya. Same goes for 99.5% of us males, except you females are a bit more harder to predict for sides and recovery due to the lack of research, etc... Unless ya'll mke a 100% dedicated effort to go pro, then why risk the sides. Also, at only 10-20mg's per day of RAVANA, a bottle would last forever, so this really helps in the cost factor.

4.) FOOD REEEE-VISITED: Maa'm, you are probably only eating close around 500 calores per day. Try taking your bodyweight and multiplying it by 12-14. For example, if you weigh 120 pounds, this would be 120 x 14 = 1680 calories for the day. This is is just another suggestion to go along with Spatt's suggestion. Damn, I almost have to think that you are yankin' our chains on this post because at that calorie level, I wouldn't be surprised if your energy levels lasted all of 2 minutes befoe you wanted to die from exhaustion, etc....Definately work on gaining muscle, as Wilson6 mentoned, you wouldn't believe how much this will help you out.

Well, I don't really have much more to add that hasn't already been mentioned. Good luck and let us all know wht you plan on doing.

BMJ
 
Are you currently taking any other kinds of hormones, medications, or supplements? Certain ones can contribute to weight gain or hinder fat loss.

I 2nd, 3rd, and 4th everyone elses' advice. If you really want to get lean and stay lean, you definitely need more food, more weight training, and less cardio. A few years ago, these folks told me the exact same thing! It didn't seem possible that I could eat more, do less cardio and actually lose fat - but IT IS - it's true!! :D The diet industry won't tell you this, because they'd lose all their repeat business that they survive on. This board has nothing to gain from giving bad advice. Thank God I listened (I really didn't want to) but what used to work for me when I was younger was no longer working, and I was desperate.

As it is now, eating so few calories and doing so much cardio, your body is in stress/starvation mode. This makes your body attempt to hold onto bodyfat and preferentially direct more incoming calories to fat. It will also burn muscle so it can lower your metabolism. Less food and/or more exercise isn't always the way to lose more fat; the body has a limit to what it can stand.

By eating sufficient calories/nutrients and shifting your emphasis to weights rather than cardio, you'll be able to build muscle. This is not to say you can't do cardio, just do less and spend more time/effort on weights. The added muscle will raise your metabolism and make fat burning easier. Plus, training when your body is sufficiently nourished will allow you to train at a much higher level, giving you more bang for your training buck.
 
other hormones

I failed to mention in my post that I have been on the Progesterone shot for a few years now and everything was great,
But when the Progesterone Implant came out down here in Australia my Doc recommended that I try that. Which I did! but as it turned out the implant was not strong enough, so my doc started giving me the shot again without taking the implant out. He kept reassuring me that there was nothing wrong with this and I am not "overdosing" on progesterone. Untill a year later when all of this fat started to pile on, So I eventually convinced the doc to remove the implant 35 weeks ago!

Could this be a reason to my sudden fat gain?

Cheers for the advise so far:D
 
Re: other hormones

offtapper said:
I failed to mention in my post that I have been on the Progesterone shot for a few years now and everything was great,
But when the Progesterone Implant came out down here in Australia my Doc recommended that I try that. Which I did! but as it turned out the implant was not strong enough, so my doc started giving me the shot again without taking the implant out. He kept reassuring me that there was nothing wrong with this and I am not "overdosing" on progesterone. Untill a year later when all of this fat started to pile on, So I eventually convinced the doc to remove the implant 35 weeks ago!

Could this be a reason to my sudden fat gain?

Cheers for the advise so far:D

By "Progesterone Shot", do you mean Depo-Provera (birth control shot)?
 
Depo Provera is fondly known as "fat in a syringe". Women who can actually tolerate this form of birth control w/o significant weight gain are definitely few and far between.

One thing you need to be aware of: neither Depo-Provera nor "the Progesterone Implant" have anything to do with Progesterone - they are progestins (also refered to as progestogens), synthetic pharmaceutical compounds. It is not by accident that the names are so similar. Even though their chemical structure differs only slightly from a woman's natural progesterone, it has a very different effect in the body.

The main function of Progesterone is to support the developing fetus. Conversely, the function of Progestin is to prevent pregnancy. You'll be surprised how many Dr's do not understand the difference between Progesterone and progestins. One doctor even said to me "They're pretty much the same, except by a molecule or two..." :eek2: (Right, like men and women are pretty much the same except for that one little chromosome...:rolleyes: )

Just about all forms of hormonal birth control can hamper weight loss efforts, whether due to the extra estrogen, which tells our bodies to store fat, or the progestins which suppress our natural progesterone, causing water retention and possible metabolic changes.
 
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