My Experiment!
clareyoung80
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This post is pretty much me trying to motivate myself to lose these last few pounds by putting my plan out there and therefore making myself accountable! Let me know your thoughts, or if you have a similar plan.
I was reading a whole bunch of articles and topics about the last 10/20 lbs and pretty much most of them say that, obviously, it's going to be hard-going because your body wants to hold on to every last pound of fat it can. Also, what with your body getting used to an exercise routine, and the fact that personally I've been a little unmotivated as of late, I decided to devise a 'Let's Go Crazy' routine for two months.
Two months because I'm in a weight loss competition at the moment that has two months left, it's a reasonable amount of time to affect some change and long enough that I might ingrain some good habits from it.
I have no goals in regards to pounds lost or inches lost - well, not in this two month period. Rather, it's based on things to actually DO - you know, measurable and accountable actions.
Calorie wise - my plan is based a little on that dreaded 'Lose 10 lbs in 10 days' plan by Jackie Warner. I'm not doing the actual plan itself but using the calorie allowances for the whole 30-day plan, but eating my exercise calories back (there's no eating of exercise calories in the actual plan itself). Oh yeah, and as for food - eating as clean as possible, and as little processed food as possible.
So, for 10 days I eat 900 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
For the next 10 days I eat 1200 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
For the next 10 days after that I will eat 1500 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
Then, I'll repeat the 30 days again for the remainder of my two months. After that, I'll stick to 1600 or so (I'll have to determine that when I get there).
I think that a little calorie shake-up will help kick-start some fat-loss, as I'm eating NET calories it's not too low either, and as the really low days are only 10 days long it's not to arduous nor damaging either.
For exercise - I'm a DVD exerciser. I've done good old 30 Day Shred, so I'm gonna do Ripped in 30 for...well, 30 days. Then Killer Buns and Thighs for 30 days. On top of that, I'm gonna alternate between Banish Fat Boost Metabolism and No More Trouble Zones (yeah, I'm a Jillian fan if you can't tell!)
That's doing the above 6 days a week with one day for rest. This is what I did last month, exercise-wise, but with 30 Day Shred. On the two weeks I added other exercise DVD's I felt my body changed quite a lot - I just didn't keep it up!
So yeah - starting this Saturday that is my plan! I will try and update you all (whether you like it or not!) and see if this shake-up will help me lose the pounds.
I was reading a whole bunch of articles and topics about the last 10/20 lbs and pretty much most of them say that, obviously, it's going to be hard-going because your body wants to hold on to every last pound of fat it can. Also, what with your body getting used to an exercise routine, and the fact that personally I've been a little unmotivated as of late, I decided to devise a 'Let's Go Crazy' routine for two months.
Two months because I'm in a weight loss competition at the moment that has two months left, it's a reasonable amount of time to affect some change and long enough that I might ingrain some good habits from it.
I have no goals in regards to pounds lost or inches lost - well, not in this two month period. Rather, it's based on things to actually DO - you know, measurable and accountable actions.
Calorie wise - my plan is based a little on that dreaded 'Lose 10 lbs in 10 days' plan by Jackie Warner. I'm not doing the actual plan itself but using the calorie allowances for the whole 30-day plan, but eating my exercise calories back (there's no eating of exercise calories in the actual plan itself). Oh yeah, and as for food - eating as clean as possible, and as little processed food as possible.
So, for 10 days I eat 900 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
For the next 10 days I eat 1200 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
For the next 10 days after that I will eat 1500 calories PLUS my exercise calories.
Then, I'll repeat the 30 days again for the remainder of my two months. After that, I'll stick to 1600 or so (I'll have to determine that when I get there).
I think that a little calorie shake-up will help kick-start some fat-loss, as I'm eating NET calories it's not too low either, and as the really low days are only 10 days long it's not to arduous nor damaging either.
For exercise - I'm a DVD exerciser. I've done good old 30 Day Shred, so I'm gonna do Ripped in 30 for...well, 30 days. Then Killer Buns and Thighs for 30 days. On top of that, I'm gonna alternate between Banish Fat Boost Metabolism and No More Trouble Zones (yeah, I'm a Jillian fan if you can't tell!)
That's doing the above 6 days a week with one day for rest. This is what I did last month, exercise-wise, but with 30 Day Shred. On the two weeks I added other exercise DVD's I felt my body changed quite a lot - I just didn't keep it up!
So yeah - starting this Saturday that is my plan! I will try and update you all (whether you like it or not!) and see if this shake-up will help me lose the pounds.
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If it was me- I'd be binging after a few days if i was eating that low. Those programmes will only get you a couple of hundred calories
Have you seen Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Slimdown plan?0
