brittcody Member

I'd love that, thank you!

This is great advice. I turn it into a game. Logging meals and logging exercise. I can see where the obsession could begin to be a bit of a problem.

I wish I loved running. I love to hate running, and I don't know why. I don't know if that's an acquired exercise use and maybe the more I did it the more I'd like it, I just can't. I opt for the HIIT precor ellipticals, cycling and the rower. I envy you marathon runners, I really do!

Wait, 73 HOURS a week?!

Damn girl, good for you! I'd love to know what that meal regimen is. Trying to find different things that hold my energy after a high intensity cardio session can be a challenge.

No cardio isn't even an option for me. I have such bad family history of heart disease I don't want that to be my demise. My dad had an 8 vessel bypass back in 09. I work in a cardiac ICU and even I have never seen a bypass with that many vessels. I'd love to skip the cardio, but I know how amazing I feel afterwards and…

There are just so many different variations when it comes to how people adjust their cardio, lifting and diet. I know it's going to be about what works well for me. Right now I'm just trying to get ideas so I know exactly what that is. I'm having a hard time trying to find some consistency in that I guess. I log my meals,…

Uhh, I'm pretty sure I'd be a 'cardio kitten' too if they offered a hip hop cycling class here!! That's bad *kitten*!!

Thank you, I appreciate that. I feel like my body has a long way to go to get it to where I want it. I definitely won't be waiting on lifting lol

I don't think I'd survive on as little as 1200 calories a day. After all the research I've done, I definitely understand that putting my body into starve mode will do little to nothing for me if I want to achieve fat loss and muscle gain. Sometimes I have to force myself to eat or gag down my protein, but I do it because I…

She looks amazing!

That's amazing, good for her! I'd like to take alot of this advice and maintain the muscle I have while continuing to lose fat and eat at my target macros for the day. I need more patience in my life and on this journey. My motivation definitely comes from my monthly progress pictures where I can actually see where the…

And where might one find such a structured plan? lol

I rotate certain parts daily. So today was chest. Bench 3 sets multiple reps, incline 3 sets multiple reps, decline 3 sets multiple reps, bench dumbbell 3 sets multiple reps, and so on targeting different body parts daily.

I do 45 minutes of moderate/high intensity cardio and then go back a few hours later and lift for about an hour, daily.

When I initially set up my account, I set it to lose 2 lbs per week. Since then, I have only manually entered my daily macros goal. I'm allowed a little over 1900 calories and after working out, I'm struggling to meet that intake because I'm either full or there's not enough hours in the day!

Ohhh okay. I'm struggling to meet that as it is...

What does that mean exactly? To "eat in a deficit"?

So you're saying continue lifting just to maintain muscle mass and continue my regular cardio? My protein is set at 40%

Great article. I had actually just mentioned this to my fiancé today. About maybe putting lifting on hold until I got down to a comfortable weight. Maybe just focusing on cutting fat and then focusing on toning once I'm at a decent weight.