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Originally Posted by Bonnie
Just be patient and work hard and the weight will fall off, maybe do progress pics every couple of weeks or every month, so you can see how your body has changed, measure inches too!
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I gotta start doing this, the measuring and pics.
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Originally Posted by CFD
If you don't mind me making a few suggestions. First, right off don't expect to loose large amounts of weight quickly, it doesn't happen like that and if it does there is something wrong IE loosing lean mass not fat.
Where as you don't have your meal plan listed I am only going by what I see and that is you are restricting complex carbs to much and consuming too many simple carbs and this could explain why you're not seeing better results with fat loss.
You say your trying to eat no more than 1400 cals a day which is most likely ok but I don't see how it's possible if you are eating lots of fruits AND the biggest thing the juice. Are you adding what you are drinking to your caloric intake, YOU SHOULD BE, DO NOT DRINK YOUR CALORIES.Juices should for the most part should be avoided
Fruits are considered a healthy food BUT if your goal is fat loss, which I think is why you're here you should limit them to 1-2 pieces a day. Fruits are high in fructose, although it is natural IT IS A SUGAR.
Training 4-5 days a week is normally not to much BUT if you are training the same muscles 4-5 days a week you are not allowing adequate time for recovery, if you are recovering that quickly then you're not training hard enough. Even though your bottom half may be in great shape YOU MUST STILL WORK IT. You do not want to create muscular inbalances and muscle incinerates fat and some of our biggest muscles are in your lower body so working them ramps up fat loss.
The steady HR cardio is ok but no where as effective as HIIT. Basically this is where you will do your cardio for 5-10 min warm-up then increase it to a level where you are pushing hard for a min or 2 depending on your fitness level, then go at a reduced rate for a min or 2 to recouperate and then repeat. In a session of 20-30 min you will burn many more cals than steady HR and the cal burn will extend way past your workout.
If you are going to train 4-5 days a week you may want to try a schedule like this, weightlifting, next day HIIT, then lifting then HIIT. If you find this to much you can throw a rest day in between then resume the schedule When you do your lifting due whole body workouts, this will train every muscle group and still allow for adequate recovery.
I hope this makes sense to you, if anything needs clearification let me know and I will explain.
When I get home later I will post a whole body workout so you will have an idea of how it is structured
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When I say lots of fruits... I mean like a banana or apple a day-- I guess I call it lots because besides strawberries I've never really eaten fruit, so going from that to every day seems like a lot.
I am adding in what I drink. Same with juices; I drink a full glass of V8 Splash a day and I've never liked juices before, so again, this is new for me and I say 'a lot.'
I started out doing what you are talking about; running for a couple minutes, then fast walking for a couple minutes, etc-- alternating. The trainer said I just needed to keep my heart rate above 130, so I was trying for a constant HR but I like the other way (your way) better so I will go back to that. I've also been trying to do some lifting on the lower-body machines. I just hate when my legs get too muscled because they bulk up and I don't like the way it looks-- I'm very picky about my legs. Please continue with your thoughts, suggestions and ideas. I love it! Thank you!!!!
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Originally Posted by badgebunny
Also Sarah if you have gone from doing nothing to working out it may take a month for your body to really start letting go of the weight. Be patient! Like Bonnie suggested, take pics once a week on the same day. That helped me alot in the past.
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I'll do that, starting today!
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Originally Posted by Bonnie
Sarah, listen to CFD, he is absolutley right, the man knows his stuff! 
On a side note.........
the little Pac-Man Guys are CHOMPING!!!!! 
I'm so hungry and I just ate my third meal an 45 min. ago! :(
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