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At 49, the only thing that works for me is low carb (5-10%), watch the calories (1500-1700) and working out 4-6 times per week. Doing this I have taken off 7 of the 10 lbs I gained this winter over the last month. Currently in a low energy period (last 3 days). Not sure if this is diet related or hormonal since I am in the…

I do heavy weight training only twice a week. I also run once per week, do interval training twice a week and swim once a week. Sometimes I insert a short swim after the weights as well as it really helps prevent injury. As I have gotten older I have noticed that lots and lots of warm-up/stretching ids the key to injury…

48 and finally proud of my strong body. I wish I had discovered weight training years ago rather than slogging through hours of cardio and seeing no results!

I am finally having some vety slow progress. I started using Vega all-in-ome as a morning and afternoon snack to help keep my carbs dow, protein up and ensure my nutrition is good. I think my body was hanging on to fat because of some nutrient deficits. That said, I am working out Hard and watching my food carefully but…

HOw do you estimate your % body fat? What should an endomorph aim for? Also, do you have trouble with water retention when you arw constantly pushing your weight limits?

Yes ... flatter stomach .... tighter calves .... stronger feeling core!!! My nsv this week ... ran 7.5 km (4.5 miles) without stopping and in 50 min (11 minutes per mile) My non-scale goal --> improve my pace ... break 11 min per mile

ran 7 km this weekend! getting ready for an 8 km organized run at the end of April.

Sometimes I throw in some ground hemp seen instead of flax.

Yes, I exeperienced this for 3 or 4 weeks when I began strength training but then it abated. I already eat protein with every meal and minimal carbs. I have also recently increased my fibre. In the am I have a smoothie with fat-free, lactose-free greek yogurt, frozen berries and 2 tbsp ground flax seed. In the afternoon, I…

My 26th wedding nniversary is June 8. A 10 lb loss would put me at my wedding weight. It's a challenge :-) CW 138 GW 128

So inspiring to hear everyone's non-scale victories. The scale still has niot budged but yesterday I ran 5 km with out any walking breaks!!!

Thanks ... I like the idea of having greens, too.

His is not a lifting nsv but I am alternating ... strength training Tuesday and Thursday, running Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Today I ran a full 5 km with only a 2 min walking break at the 3.5 km mark. I have signed up for an 8 km run at the end of April.

Anyone else have a nab?

Internal sunscreen? that sounds scary! what is that?

I am absolutely not hungry after I workout. No need to force myself to eat, right?

I did it! I ate 125 g protein today but also got my goal of 25g of fibre and stayed under my calorie goal!!! I am a little hungry but I have enough calories left to have a little skinny chocolate (coconut oil, cocoa and stevia) to celebrate!!

I'm not strictly keto but eat quite low carb as well along with strength training

Right now I run M, W, F, do strength training T, TH and swim Saturday The program for strength training is determined by the small group personal trainer who runs the group I attend T, TH. The last 6 weeks were pure strength training with a 5-10 min cardio workup and a 5-10 min cardio cool down. We are starting a new 6…

Thanks everyone. this thread is a great encouragement!! I have cut back on my carbs and am hitting 100 g of protein daily and am regularly running under my calories. The hunger is gone, too!! I just bought some of this to help on busy work days http://leanfit.com/completegreen-protein/ One of my strength training goals…

I ended up buying this at Costco yesterday http://leanfit.com/completegreen-protein/

I managed to get 100g today but fruit and my veggie intake was down due to all the protein consumed

Thanks for all the great replies!

I can use hemp protein or pea protein but their protein/carb ratio is much lower. Anyways, I ate protein with every meal and snack today and hit 78 g far from 1g per lb. thinking of cooking up a bunch of chiken breast to throw in everywhere tomorrow.

Some places I look say 1g per lb of body weight but others say 1 g per kg. That is a big difference.

So what should my total protein intake goal be in grams?

Brand new empty nester here enjoying having time to focus on working out more

Thanks for sharing, ladies. The hunger is subsiding. Tonight I start a running group so I will be doing ST Tues/Thurs and running Wed/Sat/Mon. I am happy to be adding in the cardio because I have a layer of fat over my relatively new muscle that I would like to shrink a little. So am I right in understanding that to…

Hello Athene! I did a tri-a-tri when I turned 40 (almost 8 years ago) and would like to get on track to do a triathlon the year I turn 50. I am also slow .... and not fat but not as fit as I could be :-)

Is it okay to do cardio on the day off between strength training days?