very confused...help

[miss b]

hello,
i really need some help. i don't know where to turn to anymore because too many people telling you different things.

i would liketo drop 9% of bodyfat (i'm 29% now)
i'm an amateur and i don't need to look as awsome as all of you ladies but i just want to see some cut.
I'm 5"6, 150 pounds, 30 years.

i tried pretty much everything.

i did the 'body 4 life' routine. i did atkins. i did weight watchers. i did eat right 4 your blood type. at the end i always gained more weight.

workout wise i did the bruce lee routine (1 exercise for 1 minute), i did lots of reps low weight, high weight 10-12 reps and always 45 minutes cardio 4-5 times a week (hr 145-150). now i'm at a point where i'm doing 1 hour of cardio every day, because i just want to get skinnier.

i'm quite impatient and if i don't see anything at all after 1 month i'm ready to pack in.
i usually need one sort of binge day as well (would it be ok once a week?)

a friend of mine started taking hgh and looks great without being on a very strict diet.

please don't think that i'm not disciplined because i was all this time but i focused too much on food and it made me depressed.
going on the scale ruined my day.

i travel a lot as well which makes it difficult to stick with a clean diet all the time.
:bawling

 

[diamonddiceclay]

first of all, the scale does not matter-it's HOW YOU LOOK, NOT WHAT YOU WEIGH THAT MATTERS-I think you should try the metabolic diet written by dr dipasquale-every saturday you could have a ton of carbs as long as mon-fri you stayed under 30g carbs-check into it

 

[sysopt]

if your final goal isn't to increase lean mass, you will always gain that fat back again...weight train!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and none of that high rep crap, I mean real weight lifting. Also, ease back on the cardio.

 

[new@gettinbig]

Can you post a sample of what you are eating now? Diet is the main thing that will bring you to where you want to be. You also need to do heavy intense weight training. No high reps low weight shit..will get you no where. 5-6 meals a day..at least 1-1.5 grams of protein per lb. At least 1 gallon of water a day..you also need some fats in your diet..flax oil, nat pb, olive oil etc. Hooking up w/ a trainer could really help you out a lot.. So you do not waste your time and you can get a good solid routine going. If you post your diet we can better help you..small changes w/ that can make a big difference...to increase lean mass. you need to build some muscle, which is done by heavy strength training and proper nutrition.

 

[miss b]

my diet at the moment is not good. as i want to start over again maybe you could post a sample diet for me and as well a work out routine. i will start over today.

what about hgh? isn't that supposed to be anti aging as well? any side effects?

thanks so much, your help is really appreciated.

 

[Phemomena]

time to re-evaluate your goals

1) you've only given yourself a month??? - to make major changes in your physique takes significant time..... in the orders of months and years, not weeks...

2) 9%???? there are very few girls on here that are 9% bf and those who are are on pre-comp diets, this is not a natural bf for a female and WAY too low to maintain without some serious supplementation... the 'average' healthy female is 20-25%, average athlete is 12-16%...

3) weight training and diet are the only real way to make changes in your physique... hgh or other AS are not the answer... and all that cardio is anti-productive, especially if you aren't lifting heavy...

read the boards, do some research... good luck

phem

 

[miss b]

phem, sorry you misunderstood me. i want to drop 9% from 29% to 20%.
and i'm working out for over 2 years now and i went with different trainers, different programs and different diets.

that's why i'm so ready to pack it all in, because i worked my butt off for all this time and don't have the feeling i'm getting anywhere. everybody has a different angle.

any suggestions about the weight training and cardio? how many days per week, how many reps, splitting up the body parts per day?

thanks again.

 

[fitnesschick_1]

I think your problem is consistency. You have to be patient. ANYTHIGN you do will not be permanent if you don't stick to it. How long did you do Body for Life? If you quit after one month of course it won't work. Since you just want to get "in shape" I'd do that. It's a sound nutritional and exercise program and uses "real" weight lifting and realistic amount of cardio. Do that for 12 weeks. See where you are. Keep doing it or try bumpin it up a notch. The key is to realize no "diet" will work it has to be a "lifestyle".

I've been there before and always did fad "diets" too. Once you decide you want to change it for life you can do it. Takes consistency though.

Good luck.

 

[FitFossil]

Welcome miss b! First the bad news. There is NO quick fix - not even with HGH or anabolic steroids (AS). It takes TIME to change your body, and that means more than one month, or even 3 months. Most of us look at this as a lifestyle, not something with an end date (and we wouldn't have it any other way - we love it! ) More bad news - Diet is 90% of your result, and that's whether or not you're using HGH or AS. I wasted years trying to disprove this. I hoped I might be the one person in the world who could get away with ignoring diet by just working out more, but I couldn't.

Now the good news. When I cleaned up my diet, the improvements I saw seemed like magic. I had already been working out with intensity, but now I could work out with even more intensity because my body actually had some fuel to build muscle and recover faster. Building muscle makes fat loss SO much easier. More good news - if you're weight training, a clean diet does NOT mean low calorie. It may mean more calories than you've ever eaten, but they've got to be nutritious calories.

I'm not on any particular "diet", but I generally follow the Body For Life principles of 6 small meals a day, each having a serving of a protein, fibrous carb and starchy carb, giving me a balance of protein, carbs, and healthy fats in each meal.

 

[miss b]

ok, i printed out the eating plan which was posted. and i will start getting back to lifting heavy weights. i did this before and than some trainer told me that i should loose the weight first.

i can start with the proper workout and eating after x-mas as i'm on the road until then.

once i see things moving it will be easier for me to stick to the lifestyle.

does hgh have any side effects? i know it's not the answer but i heard that it has an anti aging effect as well.

reg water, 1 gallon would that be incl workout intake or excl?

thanks to everybody for helping me out.