*closed group* Flab to Fab 3, Part 2!

*************LADIES**************

Ok, I got your attention
I just wanted to share some info that I learned today. I also plan on meeting with this woman again on Tuesday so hopefully I will have more to report!

I met with a woman I know who is very smart. She has a phd in biochemistry, microbiology and 2 masters degrees. She teaches nutrition to MD students at Wayne State University in Detroit (my alma mater and has a whole other long list of credentials. If you're me, you like FACTS and not some load of crap or band wagon people jump on, ESPECIALLY when it comes to diet and exercise. I told her everything there possibly is to know about me, JUST focusing my diet/exercise that is. I'm going to try and type out what I learned today and I hope it makes sense.

BMI=crap she said. It does not take into consideration anything important. She said it's a good "litmus test" for Dr.'s but other than that you need to take into consideration body fat % and your frame.

So for me, I am (rounded up) 5'9" and have a "medium body frame" so my GOAL weight should be calculated this way. 105 lbs to start at 5'0" then 6# every inch. For SMALL body frames it's 100 pounds to start at 5'0 then up 5# with every inch. SO I URGE ALL YOU LADIES TO USE THIS AND FIGURE OUT YOUR GOAL. Be honest about your frame. So for me, I am near my goal. She also said that this can be +/- 5%. SO, I would be great at 152-168 lbs.

Moving along, in terms of nutrition. She had this to say. "If you want to lose weight, eat your weight + a zero. SO for me being in the 160's, I should be eating 1600 calories a day to LOSE WEIGHT. This does NOT work if you are working out. SHE DEMANDED that I eat 80% of my exercise calories daily as well. SO if you know me before, you know I was eating 1400 a day and NOT eating (or tryiing to eat) my exercise cals. She said your body will hold on to FAT if you don't feed it. EEK. I had been given advice by a personal trainer and a nutritionist but they never explained the physiology to me.

All post workout meals should be about a 5:1 carb:protein ratio. I was eating way too much protein. The body can not store protein, it turns it to fat.

Finally I learned that warming up and cooling down during workouts is VERY important. She gave this analogy......
If you hop on a treadmill or start doing a high intense class/video you're heart rate SHOOTS up, which causes a spike in adrenalin, "like you're being chased by a bear!" and then you're body does something with it's cortosil levels (fat) and immediately starts to "hang on to the fat".. "so you're being chased by a bear and your body starts to freak out and hang on to the fat first".... lol, it made more sense when she was explaing it to me, sorry guys, I'm a bad story teller!
SO, get in the warm up to warn your body and same with cool down.

SO, that's what I learned today. She didn't really answer my questions about how much cardio/weights to do but that is on my agenda for our meeting on Tuesday!

Happy weekend everyone! I am working on the spreadsheet but I'm missing over 1/3 of the measurements and weights!! where is everyone!?!?