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MissAva

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I just went 4.88 miles with 15lbs around my waist. I am still at 165.5 and I am livid. I am just having the week from hell. Honestly I wish I could just go and crawl into a cave a moments, be blissfully alone.
 
sorry to hear. you''ll feel better tomorrow! (hey it IS friday!!)

today i was good. FINALLY!! sigh- i only worked out 3 times this week, instead of 5...
this morning i did eliptical for 30 minutes. i am feeling like that is totally not enough anymore. i need more!! but to find the time,, maybe i should wake at 4:30 instead of 5 AM?! ah! i think i''d be exhasted if i did that!
 
Matadora -- I feel your pain. I''m feeling particularly crappy again today.

I don''t weigh myself -- I''m terrified to. I''m not sure if my clothes are fitting better or not, maybe, but I just feel gross even if they are. I feel horribly fat. I was stupid and drank last night, for no reason except that it helps me sleep better. I had a hard time getting out of bed for my trainer and I just look all puffy today. Since I''m considering quitting my job, I''ve been thinking about getting liposuction or go to a spa for a month to just get rid of all this horrible fat that is on my body. I didn''t even feel good after working out this morning.

I brought my lunch today -- a ton of veggies and some string cheese for protein. But I don''t even feel good about that. I wish I could control myself.

I''ve been reading on some other chat boards how running really is the best exercise. But, I can''t run!!! My shin splints just won''t allow it. I sweat like a beast on the elliptical trainer, but I''m wondering if that''s as efficient. Maybe I just need to force myself to go longer. I''m with jcrow -- 30 minutes doesn''t seem to be cutting it.

I hate feeling fat...
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Oh AP, honey I am sorry you are having such a rough go of it. I am just short of afriad of alchol what do you mean you were all puffy? Is it like drinking too much Diet Coke and waking up with water retention? (This may be an odd question, but I never drink and tend to spend time with those who dont and those who dont tend to want to hang out the next day.) I too have thought of lipo as well but I really dont want the scars, and since my weight is center in my tummy I know that if I got lipo I would need a tummy tuck to fix the skin. I have not been sleeping well either, I am to about 3-4hours a night and those are fitfull with me waking up several times. I feel like I need more hours in the day walking is not cutting I am not losing weight. But I really dont have much more time to devote to things. My knees kill me when I jog, and I know I should not be since my DR told me to wait until I had lost some weight (145 or less) but I am tired of taking 2 hours to go 7 and half miles. That is just silly.
On an up note it is great that you are eating well, every bit you do right counts as a positive step forward. *hug* I wish there was something I could do.
 
i was just about to ask if lipo left scars. i figured it had to.
 
They are tiny most often (about a cm long) and I have seen several where they had to be pointed out to me for me to be able to see them. But all of my weight is centered on my middle and adminoplasty leaves the smile from a smile face....a long scar from one hip to the other. Slightly harder to miss.
 
AP- curious, but why do they say that running is the best exercise? for what? Personally, I don''t agree at all.. but am curious about their reasons.
 
a cm..... hum....

yeh- i thought running was bad on your joints?
 
Date: 9/16/2005 12:32:53 PM
Author: jcrow
a cm..... hum....

yeh- i thought running was bad on your joints?
very!! And I know other things that burn calories more efficiently too. Doesn''t work very many muscles either???
 
From what I''ve read, running burns the most calories in the shortest amout of time. There are obviously many down sides to it... but all the runners I know have that long lean look that I''m striving for. It will never happens since my body just isn''t shaped that way... I''m just looking for the biggest bang for my buck, so to speak.

I, too, would need a tummy tuck as well as lipo. I saw picture of myself taken this past weekend and I thought I looked pregnant. It''s so depressing. I just want to see some progress...

Matadora -- I mean bloated when I say puffy. My face just looks so round and my eyes are a little sunken in. Although I could never give it up altogether, I really need to just cut back. I don''t know what my issue is... so little will power.

I wish my office had a cot... I need a nap in the worst way...
 
Running actually isn't the most efficient way of burning calories, for many people. On average (depending on your weight and height, probably age too), it only burns about 100 calories per mile. So, that's not very much, really
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I think 3500 calories is equal to a pound, so to lose weight just from running and not a diet adjustment, you'd need to run 35 miles per week. Unfortunately, weight loss is usually about calories in, calories out. I feel everyone's pain though...I seem stuck at my weight, and I'm pretty sure if I followed Weight Watchers religiously, I would probably lose more.
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Matatora- perhaps you need to jolt your metabolism a little. Your body can get used to your workout routine, so often changing a workout here and there will boost the metabolism. You might try adding a step class or going for a bike ride- just something different than walking.

Good luck to everyone but remember that we are loved just the way we are!
 
I can''t picture liposuction for anyone under 170lbs, and works out all the time. Maybe you''re 164lbs of pure muscle...only you would know what you''re body composition is like. Anyways about lipo....I had a consultation for tummy lipo in Dec, and the doc said that I had very little fat, all my rolls were scar tissue from pregnancy. So even though I had the means to have it done, had the guts to bear the pain and scarring, the doctor refused to do it on me. He said I needed a tummy tuck ($10K), and not because he wanted to make more money....he doesn''t even to tummy tucks, he only specializes in lipo, he''d have to refer me to someone else.

Anyhoo, when I started exercising 2 months ago, I was 131lbs, just 3lbs above my goal of 128. Since I started all this exercise, my weight has slowly gone up, and now I''m up to 138lbs! That is depressing. Although everyone says it is muscle weight, I know it''s not. I''ve been eating like a pig because I think I can burn it off running. I don''t think running for 30 minutes during lunch makes up for stuffing my face with pasta at 10PM at night (like I did last night).

I think you ladies are all doing better than me, at least your weight is not on the upswing!
 
Why is it always so difficult to do the right things, especially when we know what the right things are?
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Oh Mata- hang in there!!! You are really trying and your efforts will pay off. I remember feeling very frustrated with all my cardio work and then added weight training. A must- and it really worked for me! That and South Beach diet!! One of the ways I trick myself into eating less is by a constant stock of low-cal drinks (crystal light, diet coke, flavored water)- so I always have something to drink- which often is when I''m bored, watching t.v. and not really hungry.
 
Ya''ll are all so sweet hand thoughtful!
I know running is not the best exercise, it is all the distance you go not how fast you travel over it. But I used to jog with SO when we were in HS and it was just such a great couples thing for us. I miss that. (Oh and I totally see the runners body, I am a mesomorph, he is an ectomorph...runs when he is stressed.)
I thought perhaps to go back to the trainer but as I gained 25lbs working out two hours a day for just over 5 months my parents do not really want to pay for it. And I can say as I blame them, I was supposed to drop the weight not pack more on. So I hav eno more gym to go to, and our rec center has evacuees living there. My legs (I am not being vain, they dont really change no matter how much I gain or lose) are fine, muscular and I want to leave them be, until I hit 140 or less. My arms have a little chicken cutlet thing going towards the top but I am not sure how best to work that out. My mid section is where my weight I have really large breasts which I have to try and hide constantly or I look quite trashy and big belly....people ask me if I am preggers or when the baby is due I think becuase my limbs are not heavy but the middle is large. Though lately no one has, yea for 2 am runs to the Wal-Mart. Caligal- you are soo right about the drinks, I am so grateful that I dont like sugared drinks. I am trying to make myself drink 24ozs of water prior to eating anything, though lately I have been drinking DietCokes as well.
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I am sorry to be so whiney. I know what I need to do, but I dont want to. I am going to have to do Atkins, everyone in my family loses a ton of weight while on it and are able to keep it off.


ETA: I went to look in my fridge to see what I would have to toss and what I would need to buy. In my fridge I have, 11 packs of Roast Beef thin slice, one of Turkey, two cases of water, one of Diet Coke a pitcher of Pink Lemonade Crystal Light, Fat Free Strawberry Yougurt, Letuce, 2 bottles of Heinz 57, eggs, extra sharp chedder, loaf of bread and vetable soup. I guess I am not that far off anyway. Now I am trying to decide. Atkins or soup only? Hmmm whatever it is I will start tommorow (oh and I have a ton of soup cause I LOVE Chicken with Stars, like vegtable soup, and the new southwest chicken campbells make is pretty decent too....). Does anyone else think I eat like someone under five. I have no "adult foods".
 
I went another 6.51 miles with 10lbs on my ankles and five on my wrists. I like walking at night, I wish it was safer.
 
Mata,
Iknow its frustrating when the scale doesnt move. I have been stuck at 137 for weeks now. I lost 3 pounds my first week on South Beach, but I couldnt stick to it and gained it right back. It is terribly frustrating, we just need to keep at it. I keep changing up my routine, yesterday I did an hour of pilates and 30 minutes on the eliptical. Today I am going to a kickboxing class. If you cant join a gym buy a self magazine and do the workouts. Make sure to do lots of squats and lunges and maybe even buy one of the resistabands, I love them. You seem to be doing alot of excercize, maybe your body just needs a change. Dont give up! As much as we would all like the easy fix, I''m sure lipo isnt for most of us. (i keep telling my boyfriend I need it before we move to LA next year, he thiinks I''m nuts!) There is probably something we are all doing wrong. Whether its not strength training, eating too much or too little, or just being stuck in a rut. Me, I eat too much. After my awesome workout yesterday, I ate 3 cookies at work. Idiot!

Wishing us all sucesss this weekend (but make sure to have a little fun!)
 
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