Newer lady member needing diet & workout guidance

[SexySweetheart]

I am trying to just push thru the end of this week! I was stressing out about all the dang fat and decided I just needed to stop all that negative energy....I couldn't change it so I ate with gusto! I have gained about 7 pounds, but have been told that I will likely drop between 10 and 30 pounds in the next 3 months during the second phase of treatment. Even if it doesn't melt off me, I know that I can lose it again, just by getting back on my Gbrice eating plan.

I grocery shopped tonight and bought all my favorite foods...tipalia, 0% fat greek yoguart, asparagus, low fat cottage cheese, egg whites.....I am in heaven.....I can't hardly wait to cook tomorrow!

what a strange group of gals we are... our fav foods are what most people pass by as they reach for cheesecake cookies and ice cream for their fav foods lmao

CHEERING YOU ON... totaly get the med stuff throwing you for a loop and playing with your fitness mojo, GLAD TO SEE your turning it around gal!!!!
I just re~ampted mine as well and have weightloss/ cardio improvment in 1 week....WE ROCK! lol

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^Awh....I CHEERING YOU ON I just love that we don't give up!

I was on a biz trip this week and squeezed in a workout with 3 guys. Half the team were fitness minded and we all went to the gym together. We make choices and you and I are choosing to fight the good fight! WE DO ROCK!

[SlimmerMe]

what a strange group of gals we are... our fav foods are what most people pass by as they reach for cheesecake cookies and ice cream for their fav foods lmao

CHEERING YOU ON... totaly get the med stuff throwing you for a loop and playing with your fitness mojo, GLAD TO SEE your turning it around gal!!!!
I just re~ampted mine as well and have weightloss/ cardio improvment in 1 week....WE ROCK! lol

^^^Awh....I CHEERING YOU ON I just love that we don't give up!

I was on a biz trip this week and squeezed in a workout with 3 guys. Half the team were fitness minded and we all went to the gym together. We make choices and you and I are choosing to fight the good fight! WE DO ROCK!

x 3 trillion

[BrownGirl]

x 3 trillion

^^ Haha absolutely! We're a bunch of dedicated girls aren't we! And speaking of fav foods...rice cakes have become my fav!!! Love 'em.

[SlimmerMe]

^^ I think mine is the plain greek yogurt with splenda.....

[GirlyGymRat]

After 3 weeks of getting back to a normal diet, I am down 6 pounds to 142. I have been focused on cardio, as the rotator cuff is still a bother. Been sleeping with a heating pad, but I think I need to get it looked at. Been almost 3 months and no significant improvement. Need rehab, but gosh that takes time!

[Kk570h]

After 3 weeks of getting back to a normal diet, I am down 6 pounds to 142. I have been focused on cardio, as the rotator cuff is still a bother. Been sleeping with a heating pad, but I think I need to get it looked at. Been almost 3 months and no significant improvement. Need rehab, but gosh that takes time!

Have you been to a chiropractor? Some stim will help and having it taped up.. But yah it definitley takes time to heal.. My fiancé recently was having problems (last 6 months) I advised her to go to my chiro and she's been feeling A LOT better

[GirlyGymRat]

Have you been to a chiropractor? Some stim will help and having it taped up.. But yah it definitley takes time to heal.. My fiancé recently was having problems (last 6 months) I advised her to go to my chiro and she's been feeling A LOT better

I just went this morning!!! The rotator cuff is just not healing at all. My gym friends said I should get a cortisone shot. I need some relief. It even hurts to pull my right hand in to type this message on my laptop. I had to stop lifting this morning. too much pain. I may just walkin to the clinic today and get the shot!

Thanks for stopping in and the advice!

[bikeral]

GGR hope that takes care of it for you. Good luck.

[Kk570h]

I just went this morning!!! The rotator cuff is just not healing at all. My gym friends said I should get a cortisone shot. I need some relief. It even hurts to pull my right hand in to type this message on my laptop. I had to stop lifting this morning. too much pain. I may just walkin to the clinic today and get the shot!

Thanks for stopping in and the advice!

Cortozone shots will mask the problem...without a doubt help your pain ..but if u lift while on them u might just do more damage..good luck.

[GirlyGymRat]

Thanks Bilateral and KK for the encouragement and wisdom. I went to clinic and xrays showed calcified tendonitis. I figure that is better then torn rotator cuff I did get the cortisone shot. Waiting for it to take over. I Know i have to rest the shoulder, and not lift for a while to avoid injury....so off on the cardio route and my favorite spinning class I come!!!!

[BrownGirl]

Great job on the weight loss hon! And so sorry about your rotator cuff. Hope it gets better soon!

[RaginCajun]

After 3 weeks of getting back to a normal diet, I am down 6 pounds to 142. I have been focused on cardio, as the rotator cuff is still a bother. Been sleeping with a heating pad, but I think I need to get it looked at. Been almost 3 months and no significant improvement. Need rehab, but gosh that takes time!

down anything is good, especially after what you been thru. glad to see you are back focused and i feel your pain with injuries. hopefully the shot will do some good for you, it works on some and not on others. its almost summertime and our time to shine! hope ya heel fast

[GirlyGymRat]

Thx BG and RC for the encouragement!!!! Shot is working but still tender to touch. I am down another pound and just ounces away from where I was in mid Dec.

I notice my stomach is flatter, seems tighter, tummy roll is gone....like what happened???? When I was almost the same weight in De***ber I had a little tummy roll. I have been spinning and doing HITT duirng spinning class...very popular here now. Last week we did a full hour of HITT. 30 seconds on/ 10 recovery, 9 reps and 3 sets with 2 minute recovery between sets. I been trying to cross train but the shoulder was preventing me from doing as much as I wanted. I don't seem as bloated...I have been eating less carbs AND less fat...really hitting the lean protein. I am off my macros, but I don't seem to care at the moment

[RaginCajun]

Thx BG and RC for the encouragement!!!! Shot is working but still tender to touch. I am down another pound and just ounces away from where I was in mid Dec.

I notice my stomach is flatter, seems tighter, tummy roll is gone....like what happened???? When I was almost the same weight in De***ber I had a little tummy roll. I have been spinning and doing HITT duirng spinning class...very popular here now. Last week we did a full hour of HITT. 30 seconds on/ 10 recovery, 9 reps and 3 sets with 2 minute recovery between sets. I been trying to cross train but the shoulder was preventing me from doing as much as I wanted. I don't seem as bloated...I have been eating less carbs AND less fat...really hitting the lean protein. I am off my macros, but I don't seem to care at the moment

you prob have more LBM than fat now so your weight may be the same but your look is HOTTER! do what you can for now and heal up. seems to me like you are getting back in that groove!

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^ maybe...same pants from Dec are looser in the waist, tush and thighs. I am gonna have to respect the shoulder for a few more months....which messes me up for my upcoming 5K little obstacle course competition. I had planned to start training for it April 1st. But I have a sinus infection, have springtime asthma, my dang shoulder is messed up and I am still taking meds for my other little big issue. Oh, and I am anemic...no I am not back yet, but I am DETERMINED!

[GirlyGymRat]

Weekly update. I am back down to 139. What a RELIEF! Docs kept telling me the weight would fly right off....of course I DIDN'T LISTEN and STRESSED MYSELF OUT. I think I am getting alittle help from the new sides....insomnia, lost appetite (I love this part ) and some others we don't talk about in mixed company. A little bit more to go and it will all be in the REAR VIEW MIRROR...yay!!!!!!!!

[bikeral]

Glad to hear things are going in the positive direction.

[SlimmerMe]

Weekly update. I am back down to 139. What a RELIEF! Docs kept telling me the weight would fly right off....of course I DIDN'T LISTEN and STRESSED MYSELF OUT. I think I am getting alittle help from the new sides....insomnia, lost appetite (I love this part ) and some others we don't talk about in mixed company. A little bit more to go and it will all be in the REAR VIEW MIRROR...yay!!!!!!!!

Like they say....DON'T LOOK BACK! Just forward~

[GirlyGymRat]

Thx Slimmer and BA! Really appreciate your support : )

I am down another 2 pounds. So officially back to my lowest ever weight 137 although I am alittle dehydrated from working out yesterday, so I expect this cup of coffee will add 5 pounds on...HAHAHA!

I realize that I need to back off some calories. I was guestimating how much I was burning for working out and now believe that I am off at leat 200 a day. I am going to buy a heart rate monitor strap when I can afford a really good one.

I can NOW handle knowing that I burned calories and not add back to my daily intake. I am stronger mentally now then I was when I first started this journey and can appreciate the knowledge of knowing without using it to cheat myself and eat more! : ))))))

[BrownGirl]

You're doing amazing girl...Keep it up! So proud of ya!

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^ as I am of you...awhhhh....

[RaginCajun]

Thx Slimmer and BA! Really appreciate your support : )

I am down another 2 pounds. So officially back to my lowest ever weight 137 although I am alittle dehydrated from working out yesterday, so I expect this cup of coffee will add 5 pounds on...HAHAHA!

I realize that I need to back off some calories. I was guestimating how much I was burning for working out and now believe that I am off at leat 200 a day. I am going to buy a heart rate monitor strap when I can afford a really good one.

I can NOW handle knowing that I burned calories and not add back to my daily intake. I am stronger mentally now then I was when I first started this journey and can appreciate the knowledge of knowing without using it to cheat myself and eat more! : ))))))

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! sounds like you are back in it! glad to see that your spirits are higher!

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^ Thx RC. I, too, had a bad weekend of eating, so weighed myself today and down to 135.6. I didn't eat much on Sunday, but I made up for it today (with carbs).

I am officially down 40 pounds since Dec 2010/Jan 2011. I was 142 when had calipers measure body fat @ 20%. Had measured at same weight with handheld electronic device at 25% (which I wasn't buying since I wasn't given a chance to practice by the trainer at gym).

At 135 my face is drawn, My stomach is flat except for loose skin (which is getting tighter over the past year...SLOWLY) and I have butt sag (just a bit). I look really tiny according to my many friends and colleagues, even though I weight as much (or less) then gals that appear larger.

I do not know my current body fat %, but I need to get checked soon.

[RaginCajun]

^^^ Thx RC. I, too, had a bad weekend of eating, so weighed myself today and down to 135.6. I didn't eat much on Sunday, but I made up for it today (with carbs).

I am officially down 40 pounds since Dec 2010/Jan 2011. I was 142 when had calipers measure body fat @ 20%. Had measured at same weight with handheld electronic device at 25% (which I wasn't buying since I wasn't given a chance to practice by the trainer at gym).

At 135 my face is drawn, My stomach is flat except for loose skin (which is getting tighter over the past year...SLOWLY) and I have butt sag (just a bit). I look really tiny according to my many friends and colleagues, even though I weight as much (or less) then gals that appear larger.

I do not know my current body fat %, but I need to get checked soon.

WOW GGR, was not expecting to read all this. i love reading positive things like this knowing how hard you worked and what you went thru only a short time ago. you ought to be really proud of yourself!!! congrats on the new numbers girl!

[bikeral]

GGR that is fantastic. Have you reached goal at this point?

[Back In Black]

Well done you. Doesn't it feel great? Any new/revised targets/goals?

[GirlyGymRat]

^^^hmmm thinking I need to change up the routine a bit with more weights and "nurse" this worn out shoulder. But the two goals are in conflict with each other, so I am working on form, and switched to free weights (different weight right to left) and time for new pics. LOL. I am holding without holding.

Appreciate your checking in. I do feel awesome and I have so many peeps to thank on this forum. I couldn't do it without the support and accountability.

[GirlyGymRat]

i love reading positive things like this knowing how hard you worked and what you went thru only a short time ago. you ought to be really proud of yourself!!! congrats on the new numbers girl!

one of my cheerleaders : )

[SlimmerMe]

Love your descriptions, you comic!

[GirlyGymRat]

Not sure why I do this to myself. Reach a new low and then sabotage my nutritional plan....I have notice that
1. my clothes where getting loser
2. my loose belly skin sagging
3. stress level higher
4. off my workout routine
5. off my macros.............and now I am heavier....Imagine that.

It is a constant everyday stuggle for me. Not complaining...just whining....

[RaginCajun]

Not sure why I do this to myself. Reach a new low and then sabotage my nutritional plan....I have notice that
1. my clothes where getting loser
2. my loose belly skin sagging
3. stress level higher
4. off my workout routine
5. off my macros.............and now I am heavier....Imagine that.

It is a constant everyday stuggle for me. Not complaining...just whining....

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! i know what your saying, just get back on the saddle and get after it. you know what you have to do!

[GirlyGymRat]

i said i was whining...LOL....and I just had a huge piece of pizza...I weighed myself this morning and didn't gain as much as I thought I had.

one thing I have noticed is since I lost my tummy roll, as soon as I drink alot of water or eat a little bit of carbs, my stomach just bloats out. I guess that is a good thing cuz before with my fattie pants....i never noticed ROTFLMBO............

[RaginCajun]

i said i was whining...LOL....and I just had a huge piece of pizza...I weighed myself this morning and didn't gain as much as I thought I had.

one thing I have noticed is since I lost my tummy roll, as soon as I drink alot of water or eat a little bit of carbs, my stomach just bloats out. I guess that is a good thing cuz before with my fattie pants....i never noticed ROTFLMBO............

hahahaha! i know you clown, just had to get on ya

[bikeral]

Hey GGR hang in there. It's a constant struggle. Keep at it.

[GirlyGymRat]

Thanks guys. I decided I am refocusing starting tomorrow. And I feel good about that decision! My body is telling me I am not eating right. Need more veggies and water. Less bread (shouldn't be eating any bread). Yay for tomorrow! First thing I am going to do is spin first thing in the morning....no better way to start my new week

[RaginCajun]

thanks guys. I decided i am refocusing starting tomorrow. And i feel good about that decision! My body is telling me i am not eating right. Need more veggies and water. Less bread (shouldn't be eating any bread). Yay for tomorrow! First thing i am going to do is spin first thing in the morning....no better way to start my new week :d

get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bikeral]

How is it going GGR? I tried spinning but my ass hurt on that tiny seat.

[GirlyGymRat]

How is it going GGR? I tried spinning but my ass hurt on that tiny seat.

LOL! My butt bones hurt for the first month 2! and then the bump gets used to it. You can also buy a gel seat! And have to spin more then once! I luv to spin. I spin 3/4 times per week. It is the best cardio I have ever done in my entire life!!! I am addicted to spinning.

[GirlyGymRat]

get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am getting my TRX straps back out just cuz of YOU! My shoulder is still buggin me, but I am going to see what happens!!!!