Whatcha think?

Stary714

So this year I am highly determined to get a nice, toned body before summer '14, *HIGHLY DETERMINED*!! I guess it's kind of vain, but when I go to the beach next year with my friends I don't want to be the only one in a 1-piece... I want to be in a bikini and look good too! I've got some hard competition... ;P

SW: 253
CW: 242
GW: 135-150

Now I don't want to be some toothpick that's 120-130 because I just wouldn't look healthy that way. I'm 5'10" and I have broader shoulders and wider hips so I'd just look sickly. I want to be toned with some meat still on me. I'm planning on losing 100+ pounds total, but 70-90 lbs by june meaning I want to be somewhere near (preferably under lol) 170 when summer starts. So I'm also highly paranoid about excess skin but I've heard about how drinking a lot of water and exercising can really help with that. I also know that age and how long you've been over weight can effect this. I'm 18 and have been overweight since elementary school.

My Plans: I ride my horse for 30-45 mins 3-4 times a week. I recently found a gym I really like not too far from my house. I want to try to work-out at least twice a week, maybe go on the elliptical for 45 mins. So to be toned you can't do all cardio, you have to do strength training, right? So what if I did strength training twice a week, also? Say upper body wednesday, lower body on sunday? And food wise, of course track my calories on here

So opinions? Suggestions? I wanna hear all your comments because I want this to work!!
Thanks in advance

michellekicks

Great determination!

Here are some thoughts:

If you're only going to strength train twice a week, make sure it is a full body workout both times.
Cardio twice a week is good; I'd aim for a bit more.
Riding a horse is kind of like a workout, but if you're not sweating from it, I'd consider it just activity, like walking the mall or something. I paddle board but rarely count it as exercise, because it's just not that strenuous. That's up to you; I don't ride horses.
You may not need to get anywhere close to 150 before you look awesome

If you're doing a total of 3-5 hours/week of moderate exercise (which is what I'd consider the above plan), you will be burning about 3000 calories/day (see: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ )

Your BMR is about 1960 (est.) so I would highly recommend you eat 2000 calories/day and exercise 3-5 hours/week... 2 hours strength & 3 hours cardio (or probably 2 hours cardio plus your horse riding is plenty... probably even more). Keep in mind, this creates a 1000 calorie daily deficit. If you are hungry or tired, eat more. If you can't complete your workouts, eat more. If this is likely to cause you to ditch your goals altogether, eat more. If you're burning 3000 calories/day you could of course eat up to 2500/day and still lose 1 lb/week.

I highly recommend you don't eat less than 2000 calories/day for now... until you plateau. Then you could bring it down 100 or so, to keep the losses going. While eating 2000 calories/day, be sure to get about 120g protein; that equates to a LBM of about 120 lbs. I'm not sure what yours is, but by the time you're done losing, it would be best if you have about that much or more for your goals.

So those are my $0.02

linsey0689

I will tell you a little about myself firstly. I have been at this for 7 months starting at 285 and currently down about 50 pounds. I am 5 foot 8 and 20 years old. So we are somewhat similar is size/age and I also have a large frame. Well anyway, I do have extra skin I don't think you will find me in a 2 piece in a year from now. There is no way I would feel comfortable. What I did in the start of things in work out about 10 hours a week at the gym. Now I am down to about 4 hours a week at the gym because I am in nursing school and it is just a little crazy now.

Anyway I think your plan sounds good but the goal is a little extreme in my opinion the scale part may be do-able if you really work at it. But as far as skin goes you don't really know what will happen and I don't want you to get disappointed in yourself if you can't rock the swim suit you want. Really just focus on making yourself healthy and you should be set. Best of luck to you! Any questions feel free to message me

Stary714

mrsbigrack your $ .02 is highly appreciated So that was a ton of information but if I understand correctly, it might be a good idea to increase my protein intake (current MFP recommendation is 54g - does anyone know how to adjust this?)? And to eat back my calories (but I do that anyways) :P

And it sounds like strength training will kind of drain me. So if after a while if I begin to feel tired or hungry on a regular basis that I should adjust my budget to allow for 100 more calories and see if that helps.

I hope I got that, I'm still learning the nutrition-jargon :P

Stary714

I will tell you a little about myself firstly. I have been at this for 7 months starting at 285 and currently down about 50 pounds. I am 5 foot 8 and 20 years old. So we are somewhat similar is size/age and I also have a large frame. Well anyway, I do have extra skin I don't think you will find me in a 2 piece in a year from now. There is no way I would feel comfortable. What I did in the start of things in work out about 10 hours a week at the gym. Now I am down to about 4 hours a week at the gym because I am in nursing school and it is just a little crazy now.

Anyway I think your plan sounds good but the goal is a little extreme in my opinion the scale part may be do-able if you really work at it. But as far as skin goes you don't really know what will happen and I don't want you to get disappointed in yourself if you can't rock the swim suit you want. Really just focus on making yourself healthy and you should be set. Best of luck to you! Any questions feel free to message me

Thanks for the honest opinion

jwelch7290

The protein up will help you build healthy muscle which is what is going to make you more toned and personally, when I'm doing strength training along with the rest, I get even more energy and feel much better rather than feeling drained. If you are nervous about feeling too drained, I would suggest trying to do maybe four days of strength training, 2 days be upper body and 2 days be lower body with a bit of Abs each of those days. The cardio will also help be toned.

I don't get to ride horses anymore but I know that it is a much better workout than people assume. If you are doing more than walking with the horse, it will be really good because you are working with your back, legs, abs, and even your arms (if you're holding the reigns up rather than arms down) and that will help you tone as well.

I think weight wise if you are eating back your workout calories, you may not lose as quickly as you are hoping to. I'm not saying eat a really low amount of calories but to me, 2000 sounds like quite a bit to me but I might be wrong. I'm trying to stick closer to 1500 myself and I'm 23 and at 207 right now. I work at a camp as a counselor so I'm moving all day long and would probably eat a bit more if I could but I find 1500 to be plenty. If you think about it calorie wise, 3500 calories is equal to about 1 pound of fat. But as long as you have more calories out than what you are taking in, you will lose weight. Can't promise You'll get to that bikini by the summer but you will get close Good luck and keep it up! Feel Free to message me

Ophidion

link for adjusting macros pertaining to protein....

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets