Thanks for saying hello everyone! Thandie - thanks for the diet info...I have been trying to clean it up but I find my biggest obstacle is time. It's so hard to find time to prepare the proper meals the day before for the next day, so I think that's where I go wrong. Perhaps I will try and cook enough chicken for the week and keep it in the fridge and have fish on hand (Easy enough being from Northern Ontario) as much as I can for quick meal preparation. Another obstacle I am having a hard time with is that I am not a huge fan of tuna, oatmeal or nuts which seriously limits my diet options. I think the dislike for oatmeal could be just because I don't know how to prepare it properly. Tuna I will eat, but it's the same - I don't really know what to do with it, as I cannot eat it on its own. Now - you say not too much fruit, but everywhere else I read tells me to eat lots of fruit. Living with an italian man, it's VERY hard to avoid pasta - so if needed would you recommend whole grain pasta as opposed to regular? Thanks again!!
DirtyD - The ultimate goal in my mind is to tighten my butt, hips and thighs, and then once this is achieved (or during the process) I would like to build muscle. Now bulkyness isn't an issue as I know it would take ALOT of work to even begin to look like this, and besides - when you want muscle, wouldnt you want to be able to see it?
I should also confess - the weekends are horrible for me as I work in a sports bar, and if a customer buys us a drink, we are supposed to drink it, which is great because its free, but not great because its alcohol and a lot more unnecessary calories. I do allow myself one cheat meal - and it usually falls on a night I am working there.
Can anyone suggest some supplements &/or fat burners to take to help me get over this rut in losing the bit of extra fat? I am not at all worried about the number on the scale, I'm concerned with how my clothes are fitting and what i look like in a bikini
Thanks guys!