The newbie to the site

mandelina81

Hello everyone!

I searched many sites to be a guide to my weight loss, and this site seemed to be the easiest to follow.

Let me start by saying that I recieved my BS degree in Nutrition, so I know what I should/shouldn't eat. I have a very strong background in the subject and was always surrounded by a healthy lifestyle growing up.

Ok, here is the funny thing. I have always been not the skinny type. I was chubby growing up and it really began to hit me and affect my self-esteem when I came to high school. I was always playing sports, even in middle school. But how I seemed to gain the weight, I don't know. So my after my sophomore year, I wanted to make the varsity volleyball team, so my Mom and myself opted to go on a diet. In one summer, I lost 25 pounds. I came back to tryouts that fall and busted my *kitten* to make the team, which I did. The coach was so proud my weight loss, and it was the weight loss that made an improvement in my ability to get better at volleyball. I continued on and lost another 35 pounds. Which then brought me to 190lbs. my junior year of high school. I was happy with that weight (being at 5'9''). My father and brothers had the athletic body and were never skinny, so we were genectically predisposed to having large frames.

So I came to college and gained the infamous freshmen 20+. Arrggghh, so my sophomore year, I did the same diet and lost the weight again. I don't know what it was about the sophomore years. Anyways, I began lifting weights and it made a world of difference. I continued to work with a trainer to learn the fundamentals of weights and then began making my own workouts.

I graduated college and got a job right after graduation. Within the next year, with stress and working long hours, I lost about another 10 pounds. The lowest I have ever been is 180. Now that I am 26 and still in the same stressful and long hour days, I am finding that gaining weight has become "easier" and losing it has become "harder" than it was when I was 17 and 21. Also, the older I have gotten, the more I have filled out in my hips and butt. Men don't complain, but I am not used to having a bubble butt :-). I have increased to 203 and I know I need to really up my cardio to lose this weight. My ultimate goal is to be at 170.

I am a strong woman, in that I have been able to squat 225 pounds and bench about 100+. I have sculpted shoulders and the "softball" legs as my Mom likes to call them. Let's just say that I carry 203 well.

I currently spend about 4 days lifting, but I am going to change that up soon and get back with a trainer.

So I look forward to making new friends on the site and hearing the motivation from others. I will also root for people as well who are struggling like myself.

Until next time, happy exercising!

~Amanda

mandelina81

Hello everyone!

I searched many sites to be a guide to my weight loss, and this site seemed to be the easiest to follow.

Let me start by saying that I recieved my BS degree in Nutrition, so I know what I should/shouldn't eat. I have a very strong background in the subject and was always surrounded by a healthy lifestyle growing up.

Ok, here is the funny thing. I have always been not the skinny type. I was chubby growing up and it really began to hit me and affect my self-esteem when I came to high school. I was always playing sports, even in middle school. But how I seemed to gain the weight, I don't know. So my after my sophomore year, I wanted to make the varsity volleyball team, so my Mom and myself opted to go on a diet. In one summer, I lost 25 pounds. I came back to tryouts that fall and busted my *kitten* to make the team, which I did. The coach was so proud my weight loss, and it was the weight loss that made an improvement in my ability to get better at volleyball. I continued on and lost another 35 pounds. Which then brought me to 190lbs. my junior year of high school. I was happy with that weight (being at 5'9''). My father and brothers had the athletic body and were never skinny, so we were genectically predisposed to having large frames.

So I came to college and gained the infamous freshmen 20+. Arrggghh, so my sophomore year, I did the same diet and lost the weight again. I don't know what it was about the sophomore years. Anyways, I began lifting weights and it made a world of difference. I continued to work with a trainer to learn the fundamentals of weights and then began making my own workouts.

I graduated college and got a job right after graduation. Within the next year, with stress and working long hours, I lost about another 10 pounds. The lowest I have ever been is 180. Now that I am 26 and still in the same stressful and long hour days, I am finding that gaining weight has become "easier" and losing it has become "harder" than it was when I was 17 and 21. Also, the older I have gotten, the more I have filled out in my hips and butt. Men don't complain, but I am not used to having a bubble butt :-). I have increased to 203 and I know I need to really up my cardio to lose this weight. My ultimate goal is to be at 170.

I am a strong woman, in that I have been able to squat 225 pounds and bench about 100+. I have sculpted shoulders and the "softball" legs as my Mom likes to call them. Let's just say that I carry 203 well.

I currently spend about 4 days lifting, but I am going to change that up soon and get back with a trainer.

So I look forward to making new friends on the site and hearing the motivation from others. I will also root for people as well who are struggling like myself.

Until next time, happy exercising!

~Amanda

Eve23

Welcome to the site. I am sure you will find alot of support here. We can all benefit from working togethor in towards our end goal.

Eve

Razboo

Welcome!

...I started to write stuff, but you sound way on top of everything! So, I hope you stick around so we can all benefit from your knowledge and experience.

pamelawh

hi amanda

keep me posted for your trainer's recommendations. i always like to compare notes and getting fresh ideas is great! welcome! -Pam