Gaining fat but I havent changed a thing!!!

[Gladiola]

TOOK THE PHOTOS LAST NIGHT!
I didn't realize till after we got started that my friend was using film & not a digital camera, but he said they should be processed by Fri or Mon.

Gladiola has said that she can lose on 1800 with carb numbers where mine are IF they are extremely devoid of sugar.

You are doing more cardio than me. Actually I didn't mean to suggest that you should eat 1,800 cals (or suggest any total caloric intake) -> I just wanted to make the point that QUALITY of carbs & having the cals be 100% clean was WAY more important than total # of cals. (Even though science proves that it's cals in vs. cals out - that is NOT how it works in my body!). I think total caloric intake is dependent on SO many factors, I wasn't trying to suggest one for you, sorry for the confusion.

Rez suggested cutting the carbs to 50g. I'm afraid that would make me crazy.

Ditto here. There are some things I am just NOT willing to do for my physique (I know, blasphemy for me to say!) and the way I feel when I'm under 100g carbs is so awful that it's in the "UH UH, not gonna do it, not worth it" category.

How much longer till you're done with exams? I would put doing well on exams as priority #1. Getting in the workouts & quality workouts as priority #2 ( I mean priority with relation to health), then sticking to a clean, healthy, sugar-free diet as your next goal & if you lose fat, great, if not, you will when you're done exams - or make changes at that point in time when you have energy & time to focus on figuring out all these complex & confusing variables. Maybe I'm too conservative....

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

How much longer till you're done with exams? I would put doing well on exams as priority #1. Getting in the workouts & quality workouts as priority #2 ( I mean priority with relation to health), then sticking to a clean, healthy, sugar-free diet as your next goal & if you lose fat, great, if not, you will when you're done exams - or make changes at that point in time when you have energy & time to focus on figuring out all these complex & confusing variables. Maybe I'm too conservative....

I'll be done in about two weeks. Your advice sounds good and I am indeed prioritizing in that order, but unfortunately I have a fire lit under my ass. See, on May 9 (next Thurs) I am going to Charleston for my boyfriend's graduation from the citadel. And that's one of those wear dresses-not much clothing cuz its hot there -special occasion-impress his friends with your hot body-kind of thing. So gaining pudge now is highly, HIGHLY undesirable.

Its probably counter productive to have that on my mind AND stress about school...not sure what to do....I suppose that's why I might seem impatient. I apologize for that. Really, I have long term goals in mind. Just sucks because I wanted to look good for this. And how I looked when I took my progress pics on April 17th was good enough...but now I feel like I'm starting to look like I did in February again. (I am referring to my progress pics, posted at www.PictureTrail.com/veggielifterchick You will probably wonder why I made this known because I don't have anything amazing to show off, as do people like Spatts and HardBodyGirl et al. Just a little disclaimer...)

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

By the way, you know how its before 10 am and I'm awake and posting? That's cuz I haven't gotten to sleep yet. I just finished a paper that's due today in place of a final.

 

[rez]

Rez suggested cutting the carbs to 50g. I'm afraid that would make me crazy.

u guys..its not that bad! seriously! there are tricks i have learned that make u feel full....ie fibre!

make sure your carbs are from raw vegies. broccolli etc also add things like pysllum husks to your meals, in 1 serve it has 1 carb, 10 cals and plenty of fibre.

your body will get used to it. But dont keep it at 50g every day.
On weight training days bump it up, but keep it to your first 3 meals only.

 

[The Shadow]

Rez suggested cutting the carbs to 50g. I'm afraid that would make me crazy.

u guys..its not that bad! seriously! there are tricks i have learned that make u feel full....ie fibre!

make sure your carbs are from raw vegies. broccolli etc also add things like pysllum husks to your meals, in 1 serve it has 1 carb, 10 cals and plenty of fibre.

your body will get used to it. But dont keep it at 50g every day.
On weight training days bump it up, but keep it to your first 3 meals only.

CUTTING calories will not help this problem.....besides no carbs after training is not a good idea either....

 

[Gladiola]

Rez suggested cutting the carbs to 50g. I'm afraid that would make me crazy.

u guys..its not that bad! seriously! there are tricks i have learned that make u feel full....ie fibre!

I would LOVE to hear more tips on this If it really is not so bad. My horrible sugar addiction complicates matters. I'm fighting cravings all the time, but when carbs are too low, I find I can't hold it together & I eat sweets in a near panic state. I figure better to have 150 g healthy carbs then to eat sugar if I can't stay in control.

The other problem is that I lift Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday. Sat & Sun I usually do cardio, & every other Sunday I do BodyPump (muscular endurance - light weight & REALLY hi reps class) followed immediately by a step class. My body needs glucose all the time!

 

[maddie121]

Girl, I'm an ENGLISH MAJOR!

By the way, you know how its before 10 am and I'm awake and posting? That's cuz I haven't gotten to sleep yet. I just finished a paper that's due today in place of a final.

VLC, I totally know what you're feeling b/c all of last week and monday was about like yours!
Having to worry about your food/body at this time is not THAT imp. I understand you got that graduation thing next week. Don't worry about it. You've got some nice biceps girl. I'm here in FL and it's been VERY hot lately. So just wear a cute sleeveless tankdress to show off those bis, and you're set!
You really put some size on them since Feb and I can def. tell a diff. It must be all those trays you gotta carry at the job, huh? lol!

 

[Millie]

i have read this in another older thread on the boards, that yohimbine does not work in the presence of insulin; and also yohimbine + carbs induces a greater insulin response than just carbs alone. so, the adipo that you are taking might actually be working against you.

 

[Robert Jan]

do you girls really have that low maintenance levels?

I`m a pretty scrawny male and i need to eat at least 3500 to gain anything and like 2900-3000 to cut.

 

[Arioch]

Gladiola, I have done suprising amount of low-carb dieting. If you want to know anything about what I have done, ask away.

And after a few days with low to zero carbs, you get used to it. I personally have found it easier to cut carbs to zero, get over the headache, then bring them back up *gradually* until they are at the target level. I train far too much and too often to manage any real sort of rotation-type diet, except an extreme on like a CKD, where I plan all of my activities around the diet.