I need FIT and FABULOUS people to help me! (either/or works,

MagicalLeopleurodon

put this on the introduciton board, but WOW is this site popular! Im scared nobody even saw my thread, haaha! so here is is somewhere else, hope to meet you guys soon!

a friend told me about this site and i wanted to see if anyone here could help me out! I;m 21 years old, a woman (hear me roar!) and here are my measurements:
weight 110.6lbs
BF:22.2%
chest 28.5
waist 23
hips 32.5
thighs 20
biceps (flexed) 11

I eat anywhere from 1600-2000 calories a day (the higher on wed. and sun., non workout days) and get 150g protein a day. right now im cycling carbs (at the end of the month i'll see if it helped, haha!) and staying under 50g a day on low days, no more than 130g on high days.

I do HIIT 5-6 days a week for anywhere from 20-45 minutes depending on what kind of time i have, and i try to lift heavy weights (no lighter than about 15-20lbs) 4 days a week. I work from home (my mother's home-stupid economy ) as a pet sitter while trying to do online courses to be a personal trainer (i watched my family struggle with weight related disease all my life, and i want to make sure i can help the cycle end! i want to work myself out of a job someday!) My day is super-hectic and starts really early and ends really late. my pedometer usually hits 20,000 steps by about 4pm. I am constantly moving anyway, but i try to set a few hours (even just 15 minutes at a time) to seriously workout-that's my "me time" ya know?

What i'm really getting to though is that i need help reaching my goals. I have been at this seriously for less than a year (fitness in general for almost 3 years, but i've only recently decided that i want to go somewhere with it) and i've decided to train and eat to get my bodyfat down to 13-16%. I know that is figure competitor low, which is exactly what i want. Ultimately by nxt year i want to enter an ametuer competition and feel like i belong on stage with the other women

I tried bodybuilding.com but they got really rude, like i should already KNOW the answers to my questions and am boring them by asking

I only eat chicken and turkey as far as meat goes, no fish (ick!). I am also lactose intolerant to a degree (yogurt is good in moderation, milk and cottage cheese are not. i really don't get it ) So finding ready made meal plans are next to impossible with my tastes. I would love a gym membership with a trainer myself, but saving up for a house, school (both my fiance and i), bills, and a big wedding (big family, haha) we just can't make ends meet with things like that in the mix, so i'm stuck with whatever i get. And what i've been getting ain't workin!

So i need some buddies with more knowledge than i've got right now!
It's great to meet similar people with similar goals, i hope you all have a happy workout today!

UponThisRock

Strength training to maintain muscle mass, high protein, stay in a caloric deficit.

Be prepared to be miserable.

MagicalLeopleurodon

if misery works i'll go for it

Tujitsu56

Miserable??? I would say no to that, but I haven't achieved my goals so I cannot say for sure that misery isn't required. I'm more on the side of patience though and hoping that pays off, haha. But clukis has good knowledge and just scared me lmao.

Strength training to maintain muscle mass, high protein, stay in a caloric deficit.

Be prepared to be miserable.

MagicalLeopleurodon

Miserable??? I would say no to that, but I haven't achieved my goals so I cannot say for sure that misery isn't required. I'm more on the side of patience though and hoping that pays off, haha. But clukis has good knowledge and just scared me lmao.

Strength training to maintain muscle mass, high protein, stay in a caloric deficit.

Be prepared to be miserable.

Maybe it's a winning combo of being miserably patient? Sounds good either way, haha

UponThisRock

Miserable??? I would say no to that, but I haven't achieved my goals so I cannot say for sure that misery isn't required. I'm more on the side of patience though and hoping that pays off, haha. But clukis has good knowledge and just scared me lmao.

The OP wants to get to the male equivalent of single digit body fat. That this is a miserable experience is scientific fat. As far as your hormones are concerned, it's no different than starving to death.