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Hi, I'm "looking to lean"s girlfriend and I've been reading this site for almost a month and have gotten so much inspiration from it that I have decided to post finally!
I am 5"1 and I weigh 105lbs. I do not know my bodyfat% at this time. I want to get leaner and gain some muscle mass back. I was a serious and competive ballet dancer for approx 10 years but I had to quit due to feet surgery and after taking a few years off my body has really suffered. I mostly hold my fat in my butt and my boobs and a bit on the love handle area.
Right now I am using the Precor elliptical for 30 mins daily (unless i go to the gym) I have been going to the gym about 3 times a week right now and would definitaly like to up that. I also do a 2 min walk/ 1 min run through a trail that has many ups and downs and 4 sets up stairs about 2-3x's a week..it takes me about 45 minutes. This is only my 3rd week and already I feel so much better. My bf is really experienced in weight training on the man's side of things but isn't too sure what is the best for a woman. I have been doing an hour long full body workout for the last few weeks and I'm thinking of trying Shadows Project so that I can focus on seperate areas of the body. My doctor recommended I do the Zone diet. I picked up the book but I haven't gotten very far on it yet.
My biggest downfall is my diet..I have a really bad sweet tooth and I can't seem to stop the cravings and myself from giving in at night time! I realize this is the WORST time to eat sugary foods and this makes me feel even worse after I have done better in the day. I have definitaly cut down on the sugary foods limiting myself..but geez one cookie can be like 200 cals! My diet is so inconsistant right now that there is no point in me writing out everything I eat here. I started using fitday but lately I haven't been writing in it..I figure I need to start over with the diet and start over with the fitday. I won't have such a fast metabolism forever! I am also taking Gluccoral and Sesapure with meals and a One a Day Women's Multivitamin.
I only have one medical condition and it is a heart condition where the nodes in your heart fire at the same time and so your heart works overtime..basically if you overwork yourself when this is happening it can cause you to faint/get short of breath/have pain or heavyness in your chest.
I have noticed this has decreased since i have been exercising and i hadn't had in in about 2 months but I just got it again last week. When I have it I wake up and I know it right away..it is very discouraging because any amount of activity is very hard on my heart and it pumps so hard and sometimes so irratically I can hear it and feel it with any step. I have eased myself into exercising and on days that I feel it I can't exercise but as I said I have only experienced it once in the last 3 weeks that I have exercised.
Well this post is very long but any opinions or suggestions you ladies can give me will be much appreciated! thanks so much!
I am 5"1 and I weigh 105lbs. I do not know my bodyfat% at this time. I want to get leaner and gain some muscle mass back. I was a serious and competive ballet dancer for approx 10 years but I had to quit due to feet surgery and after taking a few years off my body has really suffered. I mostly hold my fat in my butt and my boobs and a bit on the love handle area.
Right now I am using the Precor elliptical for 30 mins daily (unless i go to the gym) I have been going to the gym about 3 times a week right now and would definitaly like to up that. I also do a 2 min walk/ 1 min run through a trail that has many ups and downs and 4 sets up stairs about 2-3x's a week..it takes me about 45 minutes. This is only my 3rd week and already I feel so much better. My bf is really experienced in weight training on the man's side of things but isn't too sure what is the best for a woman. I have been doing an hour long full body workout for the last few weeks and I'm thinking of trying Shadows Project so that I can focus on seperate areas of the body. My doctor recommended I do the Zone diet. I picked up the book but I haven't gotten very far on it yet.
My biggest downfall is my diet..I have a really bad sweet tooth and I can't seem to stop the cravings and myself from giving in at night time! I realize this is the WORST time to eat sugary foods and this makes me feel even worse after I have done better in the day. I have definitaly cut down on the sugary foods limiting myself..but geez one cookie can be like 200 cals! My diet is so inconsistant right now that there is no point in me writing out everything I eat here. I started using fitday but lately I haven't been writing in it..I figure I need to start over with the diet and start over with the fitday. I won't have such a fast metabolism forever! I am also taking Gluccoral and Sesapure with meals and a One a Day Women's Multivitamin.
I only have one medical condition and it is a heart condition where the nodes in your heart fire at the same time and so your heart works overtime..basically if you overwork yourself when this is happening it can cause you to faint/get short of breath/have pain or heavyness in your chest.
I have noticed this has decreased since i have been exercising and i hadn't had in in about 2 months but I just got it again last week. When I have it I wake up and I know it right away..it is very discouraging because any amount of activity is very hard on my heart and it pumps so hard and sometimes so irratically I can hear it and feel it with any step. I have eased myself into exercising and on days that I feel it I can't exercise but as I said I have only experienced it once in the last 3 weeks that I have exercised.
Well this post is very long but any opinions or suggestions you ladies can give me will be much appreciated! thanks so much!
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