Routine/Nutrition advice

[amore]

That's A LOT of sodium and probably the source of your bloat. Try reducing it for a couple of days and see if that does the trick.


Get your protein up to 150 grams per day, fat looks good, carbs look good - try to stay between 1400-1500 calories.



I'm not sure I'm following what you're trying to say here. Can you clarify?

well fitday.com - the desktop program calculates approx how many calories you burn through life, digestion, activity levels etc (calculates your metabolism), then it shows you how many cals you ate vs how many you burned. Also calculates that for me to be at 145 by Jan 1st I need to be at a "reduction" of about 980 cals a day, meaning that i need to burn 980 a day more than i consume.

I'll get the protein up! Thanks for the reply!!

 

[amore]

ok got the sodium down to 900 mg for the next few days. we'll see how this works. ;-)

the only way i was able to do that is by eating more meat/fish and reducing some bread that had sodium, miso soup and the sardines. But that takes my daily protein up to 180-200g/day. Is that too much protein?

Is there any way to change the title of this post to 'amore's log?'

 

[amore]

Can someone tell me about the supplements in the AF Store? I see a lot of you girls using T-rex for instance. Does the stuff really work?

 

[amore]

Oh I have added L-glutamine to my diet (what amount should I take dialy?), a multi-vitamin dailly, creatine (4.5g dailly - is that enough?) and green tea pills ;-)

 

[scorpiogirl]

well fitday.com - the desktop program calculates approx how many calories you burn through life, digestion, activity levels etc (calculates your metabolism), then it shows you how many cals you ate vs how many you burned. Also calculates that for me to be at 145 by Jan 1st I need to be at a "reduction" of about 980 cals a day, meaning that i need to burn 980 a day more than i consume.

Don't get too wrapped up in that part of it. In fact, erase that from your brain! If you want to lose fat - take your weight (150) x 10. That's how many calories you need per day. That's why I suggested 1400-1500 per day, but not to go below 1400.

But that takes my daily protein up to 180-200g/day. Is that too much protein?

The goal is to eat as many NON PROCESSED or WHOLE foods as possible. There are a lot of foods you can eat. You don't have to eat the same thing every day (although most of us don't go too far from it). 180-200 grams of protein a day is fine.

Is there any way to change the title of this post to 'amore's log?'

You can start your own log at any time - just start a new one with whatever you want to call it, but let's get the answers to your questions here first.

 

[amore]

Ok I just took some pics w/ the bathing suit on and ;-( After checking out all your pics, I don't feel too hot!! My hips area is way too wide and not proportional to the rest of my body. I look like a pear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!

Also I bought something called "trainer plus" a supplement for losing weight and for suppressing appetite: Ingredients: 1 cap=DL Phenalalanine 30x 65mg, socotrina 3x, junipers communis 3x, cascara safrada 3x and a bunch of other weird homeopathic ingredients. Caffeine and ephedra free. .. Says "Lose up to a pound a day." So I took on a few hrs ago and I feel kind of as if I have a slight fever. I'm hot! Temp outside is 75 F here in Naples FL, so it's not that hot (house temp is about same I think). Also took about 800 mg of Green tea extract. I'm actually sweating a bit!! LOL

Taking in 1400 cals today or so:

Morning:
.25 cup oats
.5 cup milk 1%
1 tbsp honey
6 egg whites, no salt added

Mid morning
Brazil nuts, 16g

Lunch
1 slice bread (36g)
1 oz hummus
40 g sardines
4 g brazil nuts (1 nut LOL)

4 pm
100g chicken breast
20 g feta cheese
1 tbsp wine vinageratte

later planning:

200g salmon (gotta cook - i hate cooking!)
1 apple

then
100g chicken breast
150g cottage cheese

FOR sodium total of 1800 mg (it's that cottage cheese and feta!! have to have some!)

TOTALS: 1410 cals, 45g fat, 97g carbs (11 of which is fiber), 155g protein. ;-)

I've gotta shed that lower body fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm miserable thinking about that pic! I look 1/2 way ok in black pants though ;-(( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[amore]

Oh bought some of this stuff:

http://a1nutritionproducts.com/buy/natures_best/zero_carb_isopure_drink

It's the one protein that I like to drink. I have some other protein that's all natural w/ no flavor and by itself I JUST CANNNNOT take it down!! I think that 1/2 of one of these a day will be good. Instead of all that chicken. ;-)

i feel bloated today. I've been eating not that much (i'm endlessly hungry lol) and well given how i am eating my tummy should feel flat and it doesn't. Maybe it is the sodium.

HOW MUCH sodium a day should be my max??

 

[scorpiogirl]

Hey - everyone has to start somewhere! There is no magic pill, but the thermogenics will help (that's why you're feeling hot). Do a search on them to learn. And to answer the question about the stuff at the AF Store. Yes, the stuff works. I don't take Thermorexin (sp), but many of the girls (and guys) do and they say it ALSO supresses appetite! I take the Sesamax, which I absolutely LOVE!

I use to drink the Isopure Zero Carb powder, so I know they taste pretty good. Get some protein powder though. The premade drinks have to contain preservatives to be able to sit on the shelf. Do you like chocolate or Rocky Road? ON makes an awesome tasting protein powder you would love, if you do!

To help you get rid of your fat - DO CARDIO along with your clean diet and weight training! At least 3x per week. Do you have a gym membership? If not - get one if you can.

How much sodium per day? Shoot for ZERO! Less is better.

 

[amore]

scorpiogirl, you're a real sweeheart! thank you for the replies ;-)) I have gym equipment at home (some) and just bought more. Have a bench and dumbells which are heavy enough to make me feel the muscles the next day! just bought a squat rack and 210 lb of weights. i used to lift very seriously a year ago. jan 05 i weighed 128 and was pretty lean (skinny jeans!!) ;-) then i went through a major breakup w/ the fitness guy i was in love with (guy I moved to FL with) and well, got depressed a bit, and lost focus on the fitness. then a job which i would spend as much as 90 hrs a wk came and that did not help either. Oh and i did a detox diet "the lemonade diet" which consisted of no food, and a drink with water, lemons, maples syrup and cayanne pepper. probably went into starvation mode and when i started eating again, i went into eating too fast and gained back everything, plus more. oops! should have known better.

anyways, getting back into fitness now ;-) and it feels great! just took another one of those thermogenic pills a little while ago and am feeling kind of edgy as in a little too much fake energy, LOL. But feels better than a few hrs ago when i was kind of hungry and w/ little carbs left in me. Just ate an apple ;-) YUMMY!! so much for 99 carbs. up to 121 carbs for the day now. can't function too well though on under 100. memory/complex thinking/energy to do anything is way too low for my lifestyle on under 100.


scorpio girl, you put on weight also in your midsection/lower bod. what do you do to keep it off?? just diet and workouts??

 

[amore]

Oh, the protein you talk about "ON" where do I buy it? Is that the brand name??