Okay...need some diet help, please! : )

[Night Fly]

Well, my contest is this weekend (the strongwoman/man contest in St. Louis) and after the contest (on Monday) I am planning on dieting for about 8-12 weeks so that I can get my extra fat off before summer. I didn't start before now because there would be no point of me dieting for a strength contest.

I would like something that is not so strict like a bodybuilding diet, but something that I could see some good results in during the dieting time. I would really like to lose 20 lbs, and keep the muscle (of course). I know that I have 20 lbs to loose...but if I dont' loose exactly that much...I will be okay with that. I am not going to obsess over the scales...I am going to go by how I feel, look in the mirror, and how my clothes fit. 20 lbs is just an estimate.

I am not real good with carb/fat/protein ratios...so this is what I need help with. Plus...I will do better if I had a diet where I didn't have too much of a variety because it's the variety that does me no good. I am always like, "Well, maybe I can substitute this for that..." and it's never right! lol

I hope that you all can help me...I really want to do it this time. Thanks in advance!!

 

[Night Fly]

Instead of typing it all out here, I'll just tell you this weekend...

Thanks girl! I am really looking forward to dropping the weight!

 

[Night Fly]

I know two things you can do to drop about 10-15 right away. We talked about that.

Uh oh...my memory has failed me. Can you refresh it now? or later?

 

[Night Fly]

Drop the hormones...both of them.

One is taken care of...and I'm working on the other one! Now...to get my diet in check!

 

[Night Fly]

Yes...I have heard of that, thank you! I just feel that I might need some changes done to it. I don't feel that I need 300 gms of protein a day...but maybe I should just suck it up and do it because obviously everything else I've been doing hasn't been working. I wouldn't even be able to eat at those times, either....

How am I going to be able to get in the full amount of cardio and food when I work 12 hours a day? I'm not making an excuse...just need suggestions as to how to do it? I really want to give this a shot!

 

[b fold the truth]

Well, my contest is this weekend (the strongwoman/man contest in St. Louis) and after the contest (on Monday) I am planning on dieting for about 8-12 weeks so that I can get my extra fat off before summer. I didn't start before now because there would be no point of me dieting for a strength contest.

I would like something that is not so strict like a bodybuilding diet, but something that I could see some good results in during the dieting time. I would really like to lose 20 lbs, and keep the muscle (of course). I know that I have 20 lbs to loose...but if I dont' loose exactly that much...I will be okay with that. I am not going to obsess over the scales...I am going to go by how I feel, look in the mirror, and how my clothes fit. 20 lbs is just an estimate.

I am not real good with carb/fat/protein ratios...so this is what I need help with. Plus...I will do better if I had a diet where I didn't have too much of a variety because it's the variety that does me no good. I am always like, "Well, maybe I can substitute this for that..." and it's never right! lol

I hope that you all can help me...I really want to do it this time. Thanks in advance!!

Could have swore that someone I know spent lots of time putting together tons of information for you about this very subject a few weeks ago....

My general rule of dieting...do NOT eat anything that Mother Nature did not put on this Earth herself. That is always a start.

B True

 

[Night Fly]

Re: Re: Okay...need some diet help, please! : )

Could have swore that someone I know spent lots of time putting together tons of information for you about this very subject a few weeks ago....

My general rule of dieting...do NOT eat anything that Mother Nature did not put on this Earth herself. That is always a start.

B True

Yes, I got all your help! Just need a bit more "eat this, eat that" type of thing. Nothing against you or your knowledge...and I know that you can help me too....just didn't want to ask you specifically on here!

Okay...Spatts...I see it now!!!

 

[b fold the truth]

Re: Re: Re: Okay...need some diet help, please! : )

Yes, I got all your help! Just need a bit more "eat this, eat that" type of thing. Nothing against you or your knowledge...and I know that you can help me too....just didn't want to ask you specifically on here!

Okay...Spatts...I see it now!!!

Either dieting is simple or I am just simple minded...or both. Don't make it more complicated than it is. Don't go looking for the "miracle" diet either...

B True

 

[Night Fly]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Okay...need some diet help, please! : )

Either dieting is simple or I am just simple minded...or both. Don't make it more complicated than it is. Don't go looking for the "miracle" diet either...

B True

I've never gone looking for the miracle diet...and never will. I know that it's not possible. It does seem very complicated to me....maybe that could be because I have never succeeded at one.

 

[VooDoo Lady]

Re: Re: Re: Okay...need some diet help, please! : )

Yes, I got all your help! Just need a bit more "eat this, eat that" type of thing. Nothing against you or your knowledge...and I know that you can help me too....just didn't want to ask you specifically on here!

Okay...Spatts...I see it now!!!

heeheehee...don't take it personally B Fold...my husband told me for YEARS what I "discovered" here on Elite.........I just didn't listen to him for some reason although he is a very gifted and intelligent person and obviously knows a lot about nutrition/excercise (check out his pic on the member forum )

I know for me I had to go on the journey myself.....go though the learning process rather than arrive at the end point without any effort (I don't like having things handed to me.....)



Good luck this weekend Night Fly - take pics and let us know how it goes!!

VDL