Help with weight/toning

Good thing you got rid of him. I'm sorry, that's ridiculous. You could aim for 2 pounds per week possibly but...I'm seriously blown away by this.

To lose weight, eat the amount of calories MFP gives you. If you exercise, log it and eat 50% back. Get a food scale and weigh your food.

Toning is not a thing. Your muscles have tone but you cannot change the tone of your muscles. Eat at a deficit, strength train, hit an appropriate protein goal-and you'll save muscle mass and reveal muscle as you lose fat.

And you have nothing to prove to that trainer.

KristenMarie1181 wrote: »

Yeah but he kept on saying if I don't lose 15 pounds in a month (for 2 months each i gotta lose 15 pounds) he won't wave my contract. When they were talking to me I kept on saying to myself that "all they want is your money" over and over again.. I know for sure that cardio makes me lose a lot more then what he has me do

He didn't push me at all. I wanted to be pushed and he didn't
The squats, and lunges I hated. I hurt myself (ankles and quads during the whole training) i wanna work my abs not my arms and my legs.. >.>

And I can't eat whatever I want. I have tried that and I didn't even lose weight. I have a bad thyroid and I am pre diabetic.. I was 6.6 now I am 5.5. (was diabetic few months ago but when I Started working out I beat that stage and now pre and hoping I quit pre soon!

I have to eat very good stuff for me and not eat all processed junk (which I haven't stopped) I eat fiber bars, protein bars but 1 a day not as much as I used to..

Listen. Someone telling you to lose ANY amount of weight in order to have your fees waived is ridiculous. And for all he knows, it is unhealthy for you to lose at that rate.

Second, get it out of your mind that you want to work your "abs" and not your arms and legs. If you're eating in a deficit, the only thing you need to do is try to SAVE lean body mass as you lose. When we lose fat, we lose muscle too. You want to work your ENTIRE body doing some sort of resistance training so that when you do get down to a healthy weight, you have some muscle left there. You have to lose the fat first. Period.

If you look at my progress pics that was from lifting in a deficit and I didn't do a single ab workout. Full body, compound lifts only. You can achieve the same or similar with body weight routines if you don't want to lift.

I cannot comment on your medical conditions. I do know that all you need to lose weight is a calorie deficit. Weigh your food, eat the foods you want or that are best for your condition.

Great progress so far. Were you counting calories? What does MFP have you set to?

These are helpful threads to get you started:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1290491/how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1

I get what you're saying about being able to lose more because you have a bit to lose, but really-shoot for 2 lbs per week. It's realistic and sustainable.

KristenMarie1181 wrote: »

Ty I will look into that! And yes I count my calories. I am eating close to 1540 or something like that. I rarely eat my work out numbers back. I do Zumba and now I am wondering what to do at the gym. haha at the guide to get you started sexy pants. (will read that now)

At 1540, eat some exercise calories back! I'm 5'4", 133 lbs, and I'm gonna lose weight eating that. MFP uses the NEAT method and you're supposed to eat the calories back. Maybe not all because it overestimates calories burned, but half or 75% should be good.

Zumba is good. Do anything you like that you'll keep up! Eventually you'll want to look into some sort of resistance training, whether it be weights or body weight. Otherwise, you could walk on the tread mill, use an elliptical, try a class that sounds fun.

Is that a typo? 1540 seems low. What do you have your activity level set at?

KristenMarie1181 wrote: »

He didn't push me at all. I wanted to be pushed and he didn't
The squats, and lunges I hated. I hurt myself (ankles and quads during the whole training) i wanna work my abs not my arms and my legs.. >.>

Why did you hate squats and lunges? How were you hurt? Those movements will do much to help get rid of belly fat.

arditarose wrote: »

Packerjohn wrote: »

KristenMarie1181 wrote: »

He didn't push me at all. I wanted to be pushed and he didn't
The squats, and lunges I hated. I hurt myself (ankles and quads during the whole training) i wanna work my abs not my arms and my legs.. >.>

Why did you hate squats and lunges? How were you hurt? Those movements will do much to help get rid of belly fat.

How are squats and lunges going to help her get rid of belly fat?

Obviously diet will get the biggest bang for the buck regarding weigh loss and some of that will come in the way of less belly fat.

If looking at it from a resistance training side, squats and lunges, being compound exercises, will burn more calories, but more importantly provide better core strengthening than a bunch of ab isolation exercises.