Need help please

[lynn68]

Hello everyone
I have decided to stop the insanity in my life and stop eating poorly and stop being so lazy.
I am very depressed and realize I need to change, and I would like to improve my physique somewhat before summer is too far underway.
Here are some details about me: 40 year old female, height=really short 5' i'd say, weight= scales not working so i don't know but i'd guess 112-120 hopefully not more...yikes. need to get out and get another scale asap.
I have been seemingly "blowing up" the last few months, i plan on getting blood work done soon to check thyroid, and etc. I am tired alot and feeling kinda weak and old lately. Just bought a small weight bench over the weekend so gotta get that put together. It's a cheap weider one but fits my small stature and wallet. It's called a weider pro 290 or something like that. I look like I don't have a single muscle and i'm just a blob of goo.. so any advice on workout , EATING, etc. would be so helpful. Not really sure how much i should eat and etc.

 

[wlmcrae]

Hi Lynn,

Pick up a copy of Body for Life by Bill Phillips (not Body for Life for Women! Different book.) It lays it all out - eating, working out, the mind game. Much easier to get it all in one place than to get pieces here and there!

If that one is too much, the other possibility is the book Strong Women Stay Young. Both of these are probably in your public library if your wallet won't handle buying them.

Work hard, stay strong, enjoy life!

 

[Thandie]

Hello everyone
I have decided to stop the insanity in my life and stop eating poorly and stop being so lazy.
I am very depressed and realize I need to change, and I would like to improve my physique somewhat before summer is too far underway.
Here are some details about me: 40 year old female, height=really short 5' i'd say, weight= scales not working so i don't know but i'd guess 112-120 hopefully not more...yikes. need to get out and get another scale asap.
I have been seemingly "blowing up" the last few months, i plan on getting blood work done soon to check thyroid, and etc. I am tired alot and feeling kinda weak and old lately. Just bought a small weight bench over the weekend so gotta get that put together. It's a cheap weider one but fits my small stature and wallet. It's called a weider pro 290 or something like that. I look like I don't have a single muscle and i'm just a blob of goo.. so any advice on workout , EATING, etc. would be so helpful. Not really sure how much i should eat and etc.

Hi Lynn and welcome!

Congratulations on starting to take care of yourself.

What are your goals in addition to what you've posted?
Post what you eat and drink all day. In details, please!
Don't be depress. We can help you look fabulous. Just need to get to work on it..

Also, let us know the results of your blood work, if you will.

 

[nefertiti]

Hi lynn! I hooked you up with a week of free plat so that you can enjoy the search feature and post more easily.

 

[NeedToBuildMuscle.com]

Hay girl. Welcome to elitefitness. We are so happy to have you here. Welcome home.

 

[Tatyana]

Hello and welcome

Congratulations on getting fed up.

The best advice I can give you as you start out is that it isn't going to happen overnight, it is going to be a process of learning the best way to feed yourself and how to train.

Enjoy the process, it is really empowering.

Oh yes, and there will be setbacks, it is part of the process.

Tom Venuto's has some great books as well, Burn the fat, feed the muscle.

Check out the diet thread at the top of the women's forum, there is a healthy food shopping list in it.

 

[lynn68]

Hi Lynn and welcome!

Congratulations on starting to take care of yourself.

What are your goals in addition to what you've posted?
Post what you eat and drink all day. In details, please!
Don't be depress. We can help you look fabulous. Just need to get to work on it..

Also, let us know the results of your blood work, if you will.

My goals are to lose ALOT of fat and inches and gain gain gain some visible muscle and strength. Genetically i'm in trouble, my mom is and has always been overweight and cellulite ridden and absolutely has NO muscle visible whatsoever. I love the woman but she has not taken care of herself and looks bad. I was tiny until having babies and did shrink down after my last one 9 yrs ago, but have been gradually getting bigger.
My problem areas are many, upper arms, waist/belly, rear (getting wider and not very round) thighs(no muscle and cellulite on inner and fronts).

Thanks for the welcome and I will post blood work results when I get it done. (hate needles) ugh!!!!!!
Shall I start posting tomorrow with my improved eating or do you want to see what I WAS eating???
As far as handicaps, my only issue is popping cracking knees...can't imagine doing anything that would require a lot of bending, but who knows maybe they would stop if I started exercising more. They have not been injured that i know of , in any way.

Thanks so much nefertiti for the wk worth of platinum!
And thanks to everyone else for the welcome.

 

[lynn68]

oh and wlmcrae, I have a body for life book that i got at a rummage or something. It's copyrighted 1999 written by bill phillips. IS this the right book?
I hope so, I have skimmed through it, but will read it through.

 

[Thandie]

My goals are to lose ALOT of fat and inches and gain gain gain some visible muscle and strength. Genetically i'm in trouble, my mom is and has always been overweight and cellulite ridden and absolutely has NO muscle visible whatsoever. I love the woman but she has not taken care of herself and looks bad. I was tiny until having babies and did shrink down after my last one 9 yrs ago, but have been gradually getting bigger.
My problem areas are many, upper arms, waist/belly, rear (getting wider and not very round) thighs(no muscle and cellulite on inner and fronts).

Thanks for the welcome and I will post blood work results when I get it done. (hate needles) ugh!!!!!!
Shall I start posting tomorrow with my improved eating or do you want to see what I WAS eating???
As far as handicaps, my only issue is popping cracking knees...can't imagine doing anything that would require a lot of bending, but who knows maybe they would stop if I started exercising more. They have not been injured that i know of , in any way.

Thanks so much nefertiti for the wk worth of platinum!
And thanks to everyone else for the welcome.

Yes, whatever it is that you eat and drink NOW in order to give you a better plan.
If there's obesity in your family. it is best to keep an eye on things and maitain a healthy lifestyle for life.
This will be baby steps. You'll not get this over night so don't discourage. It took you a while to get there. so it won't take you a month to get fit, but you can do it.

Hopefully, you will be bending, doing squats and lunges. LOl!
My knees crack, but never had any issues with that, so I'd think you can squat as well.

 

[lynn68]

hmm well Thandie , today I ate 2 eggs for breakfast, coffee ,bottle of water . lunch was on the run 1 dbl cheeseburger without the cheese and a water, and my daughter and i got frozen yogurt at incredible yogurt. Later i had a banana for a snack, um, mug of green tea with lemon and ginseng, , and supper I ate some oreida fries i baked , plain chicken breast with lemon and lemon pepper spice baked in oven, green beans, diet soda. I think that's it.