My goals

[Sienna]

Well my name is Sienna. I weigh 150lb. I'm 5'5". My 3 month goal is to loose 20lb. My one month goal is to loose 8lb. My 2wk goal is to loose 4lb. My one week goal which will be on February 15th. is to workout atleast 5x doing cardio for atleast 45min, and to eat vegetables at least once a day. My goal is not loose weight this first week, but to just stay consistent in my objectives for this week.
I know I can do accomplish my goals, I have just had to get myself to were I actually want to do it. I'm ready now. I'll try to check in frequently to keep myself accountable.

Your goal should be to lose fat NOT just weight. You could actually look great at 5'5" 150 lbs (I'm assuming you're female) if your body fat is low enough. Put it this way, I only weigh 8 lbs less than you but I don't look like it and I'm not fat. It's all about changing your body composition, more muscle, less fat. I think it would be cool if I weighed 150 lbs with low body fat. Throw out that scale and focus on losing the fat, NOT the weight. Check out my first journal, I've actually kept my same weight since I starting trying to lose fat. I went from 22% body fat to 17% body fat without losing even a pound by the scale, I've gained muscle and LOST fat so I actually look better now even though my weight is the same. Think about it. graemlins/images/icons/cool.gif

[Sienna]

I'll only post what I actually did not what I'm going to do. Talk is cheap.

Yesterday I did 45min. on a crosstraining machine.
Yesterday I did an ab workout that didn't feel like it was good enough.

Yesterday I don't think I ate enough calories.
Yesterday morning I ate about 3 peanut butter sandwhiches on wheat bread.
Yesterday around 2pm I ate a 7.5 oz of chicken noodle and vegetable soup. It had over a 1,000 grams of sodium in it. It had 4grams of fat and 160 calories.
Yesterday for dinner I had slim pickings in the campus cafeteria. I ate a turkey and swiss on wheat sandwhich. The bread was way too thick. I also had mayo,tomato, and lettuce on my sandwhich.
After my 45 min. workout that ended around 10:30pm. I waited over an hour then I had 1 and a half peanut butter sandwhiches. I put a lot of peanut butter on the sandwhiches to override the not so good taste of the wheat bread. I like wheat bread, but this time I bought the cheap wheat bread -big mistake.

[Sienna]

2/9/02 Day 2

I'll post what I did not what I'm going to do.

Today I did the ab video of beach body (2x)

Today I went to the gym to lift weights but it was close so I got my weights that are about 10-15lb. and lifted with those.

3x12- bicep curls
3x12- kickbacks
1x8- the thing where you lift your arm straight up in the air and you bend your arm down for your triceps(if you know what this is call please tell me)
1x8- the thing where you hold your arms up at a 90 degree angle and lift weight over head and then back down at 90 degree angle
1x15- lunges
1x8- lunges with weights
3x12- calve raises
1x10or12(too tired to pay attention)pushups with knees on ground
1x1/2- not worth calling a whole push up.

As far as nutrition goes I'm still learning about the eat small meals a day. I ate 2 and a half peanut butter sandwhiches on wheat bread. I also ate a ham and swiss sanwhich (a little mayo and a little lettuce) I found that the peanut butter sandwhiches add up(but I still don't think I'm getting enough calories)I want to loose fat,but I don't want my body to go into starvation mode.

Hi welcome to the boards.

So what are your targets for your daily diet.

How many calories per day?
How many carbs, protein, fat grams per day?

[Sienna]

I'll only say what I did,not what I'm going to do. Talk is cheap.

I did not workout today. It was done purposely,I planned to have Sunday as my rest day.

I ate 6 packs of oatmeal today. I also had 1 peanut butter sandwhich on wheat bread today.

I averaged around 1200-1400 calories today, mostly by eating the oatmeal.

Okay, you need some serious help. You're going about this all wrong. Spend some time reading thru the magazine, nutrition, and exercise sections of the site. Then check out my first journal to see how to do the fat loss thing right, here: http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000024 If you are serious about this, you need to come up with some sort of plan and stick to it. You will have to come up with a caloric intake and get your macronutrients (protein, carbs, fat) in order. To do this, you will need to come up with a plan and start writing everything down, start keeping track of both your diet and training. You also need to come up with a good training split. You'll need to sit down one day and figure all this out, come up with a plan and go for it! With the way you're going about this, you're gonna end up just spinning your wheels, getting nowhere, and probably giving up. Abc is here to help, it's your best resource, use it! We can help you with your diet & training plan and get you on the right track. graemlins/thumb.gif

[Sienna]

When I was reading the nutrition part I got some tips. Like get rid of process carbs, eat green vegetables and slow cooking oatmeal for carbs it has fiber and iron in it. I read a whole bunch more too. I felt like I was reading some kind of chemistry book when I was reading a lot of it though. I need something in plain English. I took chemistry and got a C in it. Once, I feel totally lost like I'm reading a chemistry book...I'm just lost. I know you're suppose to eat more protein than carbs and fat.
Also, I'm a college student I don't have money to buy all of the protein and energy bars. I take One A Day. I've been trying to drink 4 20oz bottles of water. I get one meal a day at the cafeteria. I have to pick from whatever they happen to have that day. I don't have a stove in my room. I only have a microwave, so I had to stick with getting packages of the fast cooking oatmeal. Ever since I started (today is day 4) I've been working out, with the exception of Sunday, which I purposely decided that would be my rest day. I have a plan as far as excersise goes. Friday I did cardio, Saturday I lifted weights(the gym was closed so I had to use my weight at home about 10-15lb) Sunday I rested, and today I did cardio. I use the cross trainer to do cardio. I burned over 400cal. on that thing today. I know I need help, that's why I came to this board to get help.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr> <hr></blockquote>Without consistency all gain is lost

[Sienna]

2/11/02- Day 4

I won't say what I'm going to do I'll say what I did.

I had 1 and a half peanut butter sandwhiches on wheat bread.
I also had about 4oz prime rib(they had it in the cafeteria) and green beens.

I did 45min. of interval training on the cross trainer machine. <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr> <hr></blockquote>Without consistency all gain is lost

[chemz]

i'll suggest u eat clean foods..

eating clean will NEVER go wrong =) with the workouts you're having especially.

don't just bank on oatmeals, it's stale and boring for the body, try other foods but make sure u cut down massively on the fat intake, remove all fat from meat etc etc.. it takes discipline and you have to be meticulous with such stuff..

anyway, best of luck in ur fat loss program!

[Mikki]

Hi Sienna!

You are doing well with your consistency in checking in on a regular basis! graemlins/thumb.gif That is a good start, but I hate to see you get disappointed when you are not getting te results you want.

I realize that some of the nutrition articles can be difficult to wade through if the material is unfamilar to you but there are many that are non-technical also. If you plan to lose fat, it is going to be tough with all the bread and PB you eat. I know it is expensive, but you are going to have to find some protein source that is easy for you to manage. A 5 pound tub of Optimum Whey is $30 but it will give you 80 servings of protein. In the long run, that is hard to beat. Other options are eggs (I assume you have a small fridge you can keep them in-I scramble them in a glass bowl with some veggies and salsa) and tuna.

I will be happy to help with any question you have as will the others. We can keep it simple so you are not lost. And if you would rather we just mind our own business, you can simply change your topic to say 'read only' in the title. images/icons/laugh.gif

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By not eating 6 meals a day you are keeping your metabolism from burning at full throttle, this is bad for fat loss.

You're also not eating near enough calories, another very bad thing for fat loss. This will cause you to lose muscle mass and STORE fat. So you may get thinner but also likely to be flabby. Not only that but most likely the weight will eventually come back.

To lose the fat and firm/tone up, AND stay that way, you have to make a lifestyle change, at least the best you can with your schedule/resources.

6 meals a day, each meal with protein, carbs, and fat, eliminate sugars. Shoot for at least 25 grams of protein in each meal and 10-15 grams of fat. Don't worry so much about calories for now (other than the fact that you DO need to increase them), work on cleaning up your diet, eat more green veggies. Keep the carbs slow burning types, avoid sugary stuff, white flour etc. For starters anyway, this would be good.

Again, all you have to do is look at my journals, #2 is the most recent as far as diet goes. At least if you can see what I'm doing, you can do your best to imitate at least the basics of what I'm doing. It will only help you.

You will get the hang of it, just read and ask questions, we're here to help. graemlins/images/icons/cool.gif

[Sienna]

Thanks you guys for all of your help. Keep it coming. I'll post later on today about how I did for today <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr> <hr></blockquote>Without consistency all gain is lost

[Sienna]

Hey everybody,

I didn't post hardly any last week, but this is a new week. A chance to do my best, and a chance to make myself better.

So today I will be doing cardio. 45min.on crosstraining machine. I will also be eating right. Tomorrow I will be starting the 12 week workout.