Whats your routine??

Vicky - posted on 10/14/2010

Im doing a new routine to get of my plateau. Ive lost 20lbs but Ive stalled. Im doing Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds dvd'( I try for at least 5 miles a day. And Im following SparkPeople.com's recommendations for calories, about 1600

Linda - posted on 09/22/2010

Hey Jennifer, Do you still need help? (It's been 3 months since you posted) I've got lots of tips and suggestions that may help if you're still stuck. (I'm a health and wellness coach and would be happy to give you a list. I can also recommend a good Nutritional Cleanse. It really helps to jump start things. Message me if you'd like. Have a happy day!

S - posted on 07/15/2010

Are you saying that you've lost a total of 5lbs since you started your routine? How long have you been doing it. I know your body will get "used" to cardio if you keep doing the same thing every day. You have to introduce variety and try to amp it up every now and again. If you walk 4 miles one day you may need to jump rope the next, etc. You body will resist losing the weight if you keep doing the same thing. I can provide you an article on it if you want. You should do one set of exercises for about 3 weeks then you need to switch and do something else for awhile then you can go back. Ex



I do 3 mile hikes on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. I do step aerobics Monday, Wed, Fri. I do abs 3 times a week, and legs on the opposite days. I've been on this schedule for about three weeks. Next week I will start P90X to throw my body off track. I will do it for 1-3 weeks then I will return to my original schedule of step aerobics and walks in the park. Hope this helps.



Oh and i'm assuming you wrote your water intake in the wrong measurements because that's not very much. Generally you should drink 8 glasses of water per day altho if you weigh more it should be half your body weight in ounces.



*** it is a myth that you gain muscle and lose fat without losing weight. If this is happening then you need to reevaluate. Let me post this article so you can see it for yourself.



http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/...

Renee - posted on 07/03/2010

Watch your measurements, often when people get serious as you sound to be about working out, that causes them to gain muscle while they loose fat. Muscle weighs more then fat, so this could cause what you aren't understanding with the scale but do have loose clothes. You could be loosing inches on your waist but almost nothing on the scale at best on most days. Muscle burns calories and fat faster then anything, even when you are in rest mode, so welcome this process. Use sea salt for you fish, it taste just a good, but you can't over do the salt as easily like you can with the real stuff. Weigh yourself at the same time of day every time you do it, weighing at different times will cause the weight of you last meal that is in the process of being digested will add to your weight and can make you feel like you are going no where. In the morning after you pee is the best time, this is the most accurate weight you will get to your true body weight. It's before you fill up on food and liquids that change your weight as a result. Poop should be in the shape of an "S" this is the healthy shape of a nice healthy colon, and shows that you are on the right track. Being more loose then that is up to you, but it can make you hungry more often then you should be if you loosen bm's more then that. It is a great way of blocking your body to not absorb extra calories from your poo after it's digested, our intestines are amazing little filters that continue to draw nutrients from poo until it is out of the body. The fiber is great to help you along with this, I use it too since I have irratable bowel syndrom from a lack of tolerance to dairy. Taking fiber is a great way to fill up and hold off till the next meal. I put benafiber in my lemonade and drink that along with a snack if I am hungrier then I should be in the middle of the day between meals. Fiber blows up in your stomach like doh, this is what helps you get by and creates a more full feeling, so use it to your advantage when needed. Also soda, even diet soda bloats your stomach for up to 3 days on average if you are regular with bm's. The carbination doesn't go away for a while, it will make you feel bigger, look bigger, and weigh more then you really do. So take that into consideration if you have soda. You should be going poo every 3 meals, that is a good guide line to go by. I am helping my brother's new wife and all this is helping her. She has the same health reasons to do this as you do and she wants kids, but can't even concieve until she gets her weight down. So far she has lost 16 pounds in a month and a half. She has a long way to go, a lot longer then you, but we can all get there. Don't give up, you can do it. Hard work pays off. This is a life style change, not a diet, we have to learn how to live healthy and get to a healthy weight. Then we can relax here and there keeping things in check, but you still have to get back up and get the weight off after slacking a bit. Right now that resting isn't a good idea for you as I think you already know. Keep your momentum up and keep that metabilism going, eventually you will break the straw and you will loose weight. Let me know if things don't improve we can change things up to tailer this more to your situation. I used to be in the army and so was my husband, he has been over weight many times, and is just now getting back to normal with my help after his back injury. We have learned so much about this journey you are on, and love to help anyone we can with what we have been taught ourselves. I also learned some of this information when doing research to help my new sister in law. Good luck, and don't be afraid or imbarrised to contact me on her or private messege if needed. I think you will get ahead really soon.

Renee - posted on 07/02/2010

Watching your sodium intake is important, not sure if you have done that one. If you are diabetic then the sodium level for you would be a lot lower then the average person. An average person needs around 2,300 mg of sodium a day, a diabetic needs around 1,500. The added sodium in our diets can make us gain weight, water weight, not feel full when we should be able to at the right time, it really does mess with you. It's best to look at the packages before you buy them in the store and see how much sodium you are getting for what they call one "serving" who eats the amount most processed foods call one serving, not me I love food. So I have to eat nonprocessed food to avoid all this, I eat as healthy as possible. The hydronized and refined ingredients do nothing but bloat you, and make you want more even though you shouldn't. Most of these foods have near half fat content when you do the math. 1 gram of fat = 9 calories So read the label and do the math, if something is half fat or near that, it wont do you justice to eat it. Fat in food causes that food to burn off faster then it would if it had a lower fat content. Be careful the “reduced fat” foods often replace that fat with sodium or sugar to make it still taste good without the fat. So if you have a fiber bar that is 290 calories with 10 grams of fat that is 90 calories. Which means that fiber bar is almost half fat, it will fill you up fast and leave you hungry very soon. So read labels and avoid the processed foods, and watch your sodium level. That is what usually blocks people from loosing weight when they are doing everything they can to work hard at it.