having a hard time

catey2015
catey2015 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 15 in Introduce Yourself
With my metabolism, my weight, my attitude. In my mid 40's, don't eat red meat or chicken and weight won't BUDGE. Nutritionalist has me on 1500 cal, amd I gain friggin weight. :s

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  • catey2015
    catey2015 Posts: 4 Member

    Not happy with myself, I'm hungry all the time but want to do this for myself...
    Anyone else like this?
  • qjackson14
    qjackson14 Posts: 1
    Man I just think it's a matter of working out regularly, a lot of cardio & I mean ALOT. I lost like 3 pounds in 2 days just doing straight cardio. & chicken is good grilled or baked cus it's high in protein & when I get to craving I try to get veggies like celery or corn it helps really
  • aurmston
    aurmston Posts: 31 Member
    I'm 45, 5'1" and in August I weighed 135. When I started using MFP then I was aiming for about 1250-1300 calories. I wasn't doing much for exercise other than walking my dogs, I wanted to regulate my food intake first. I did lose about 10 pounds by Christmas. Then for the winter I started doing HIIT (high intensity interval training) for about 20 min/day 4-5 days/week. Recently I stepped it up to T25 6 days/week (2 weeks in). Since Christmas I've lost almost another 10. As I dropped pounds and increased my exercise I did up my calorie intake... to 1350, 1420 and now I'm around 1500 to maintain.

    What are you doing for exercise? What are your main sources of protein and typical meals like?

    Hopefully staying connected here helps your motivation... try to stay positive and look towards the you that you want to be!
  • catey2015
    catey2015 Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you.. I hope so. About motivation. Exercise is walking right now, I go past my goal for they day.. protien is beans, tofu, bulgar wheat... I don't do high cardiovascular yet..she wants me to start out slow.
  • aurmston
    aurmston Posts: 31 Member
    If you can, mix in some light strength training with your cardio. You can build some muscle while burning more calories.
  • teresaryan67
    teresaryan67 Posts: 71 Member
    You have to stop stressing!!! :) are you working out? What are you eating? You can do this!!
  • catey2015
    catey2015 Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you!! :D
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