Please help ! Not sure what i am doing wrong here.... I want

kerrilucko

This is just an opinion... but are you maybe being too strict?

I really agree with you. NO red meat? NO sugar? NO butter? It's ok to have these things sometimes as long as you watch your portion sizes. Also, like you said, you've lost 30 lbs... So I don't know why you are concerned about your progress. The last few lbs can take FOREVER to lose. It's all about patience.

kristie874

I read an article on self.com that said intervals are one of the fastest ways to shed fat. It stated that women who spent 20 minutes mixing sports with jogging lost three times the fat than those jogging steady for 40 minutes.
Hop on any cardio machine and and use an exertion level of 1 easiest and 10 being next to impossible.
warm up 4 minutes level 3
sprint 30 seconds level 7
recover 90 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 8
recover 90 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 9
recover 30 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 7
recover 90 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 8
recover 90 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 9
recover 30 seconds level 4
sprint 30 seconds level 7
cool down for 3 minutes, 30 seconds at level 3

Mix up your exercises to shake up your metabolism and see how that works for you. And eat your allotted amount of calories. DO NOT GO UNDER YOUR CALORIES NOT GOOD!
Remember diet and exercise changes with our bodies all the time and you have to adjust accordingly.

You are doing great!

GO GREEN!!!!!!!


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A co-worker just sent me that article! I printed it off and am going to do it tomorrow!

aprilvet

I've noticed on a few of the posts by people like you- overly restrictive with calories but don't seem hungry- that you're drinking A LOT of water. 8 cups a day is what's recommended. That's 2 liters a day. If you're drinking 3L a day, maybe you're filling up too much with the water! It's often recommended to drink a lot of water to decrease your appetite.

Does anyone else agree? Too much of a good thing...:grumble:

allaboutme

I have also read too much water can be harmful as well? Any other thoughts on that? Your body is set to handle so much, too much can throw things really off?

ChubbyBunny

I have also read too much water can be harmful as well? Any other thoughts on that? Your body is set to handle so much, too much can throw things really off?

It takes A LOT (I mean HUGE amounts) of water to throw your body off enough to be harmful.
As a nutrition teacher my kids always say, "I heard too much water is bad for you..... I heard you can drowned from drinking too much.....etc"

It's about electrolytes and there have only been a few, extremely rare, cases where people actually drank enough to cause that issue... Also, typically it was involved in physically demanding situations... like races, etc where OTHER factors were also having an impact.

aprilvet

ChubbyBunny,
I didn't mean these people are drinking TOXIC amounts of water, just enough to be overly full- no room in the tummy!

ChubbyBunny

ChubbyBunny,
I didn't mean these people are drinking TOXIC amounts of water, just enough to be overly full- no room in the tummy!

Oh no.... my comment wasn't in response to yours.
I get what you are saying.

gone2gym2befit

Go back to your boxing work out!! That is awesome!!! Try to eat more protein/fiber at breakfast.

pettmybunny

I have also read too much water can be harmful as well? Any other thoughts on that? Your body is set to handle so much, too much can throw things really off?

It takes A LOT (I mean HUGE amounts) of water to throw your body off enough to be harmful.
As a nutrition teacher my kids always say, "I heard too much water is bad for you..... I heard you can drowned from drinking too much.....etc"

It's about electrolytes and there have only been a few, extremely rare, cases where people actually drank enough to cause that issue... Also, typically it was involved in physically demanding situations... like races, etc where OTHER factors were also having an impact.

I drink a gallon a day (the doctor has told me to try and keep it to a half a gallon) because I am always thirsty. I was up to 2 1/2 gallons a day, and was tested for diabetes (nope, tests are all good). The doctor was concerned about me messing up my system, which is why he told me to only drink the half gallon a day. (Oh, and no, my sodium intake in my diet isn't especially high, generally 1600-2000, 2600 maybe once or twice a week).

I only found drinking so much water to affect my hunger when I hit the 2 gallon mark. But then again, when I was drinking that much, I was also drinking to the point where I couldn't physically drink anymore because I was so full, I was going through 32 oz at a time, like chugging a beer.