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Well, thanks for the little endo. lesson! :slight_smile:

Tammy- thanks for checking up on me here! I hope everyone can understand why I moved…
Anyway, the nutritionist was kind of old fashioned IMO…three square meals and an afternoon snack?

Or maybe we’ve all made eating so complicated, that keeping it simple is the way to go?
The other weird thing is that she doesn’t recommend fish oil cause she says ‘It can come from goldfish for all we know!’

She also says that weight loss mainly comes from eating and exercise is more important for weight maintainence…(scratches head)

She doesn’t measure the amount of protein, but I’m to aim for 30-45 grams of carbs per meal and 15 grams or less of fat per meal…But she also gave the same plan to the girl sitting right next to me, who outweighs me by 50lbs and doesn’t exercise…

No one ever said I had to stay with her though…but what’s a girl to do?!

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:

The other weird thing is that she doesn’t recommend fish oil cause she says ‘It can come from goldfish for all we know!’

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If you get your fish oil from a reputable source, then you won’t have to worry about goldfish. That statement from a nutritionist is just crazy, she should have recommended a good brand. Try Nordic Naturals or Flameout.

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Thanks Diana-
Flameout is on my shopping list!

For those here that have HT, is HOT-ROX a no-no now? Thanks. :slight_smile:

Ok, I thought I would give a brief history of ME, since my other thread was lost in transfer, lol!

My name is Betty,aged 29(this month) I’m a NAVY wife and a mom of 2(6 yr old son;15 month old daughter) We recently just moved to MD from living in ME for 4 years… we miss it!
Anyway, I originally started off in the f-heit forums, when I became curious about taking that supplement…I started poking around the computer for more info, and thats how I came about the site…it was so cool(and less complicated back then, lol)
I never thought I had a weight ‘problem,’ until I was told I had to drop 10 pounds just to get into bootcamp( I am former NAVY myself.)

So my recruiters had me doing all these crazy things to try to lose it, and I still had to get a waiver for the last 5lbs…During bootcamp I lost another 20lbs, and I never felt better…But after I got out and was at my first duty station is when the vicious cycle of losing and gaining weight started…I would go on ‘deployment diets,’ whenever the hubby would go out to sea, he’d come back to see the weight loss… but the weight would start creeping back on within months…I guess eating 1,000 cals a day and working out for 2hrs/day/7 days a week wasn’t something I could keep up with while he was home…duh!!! lol…

Fast forward two kids and 8 years later I am at a weight I am not comfortable with(and who would be comfortable being overweight?) NOT ME!! I really put on the lbs with our last little one, and have just been STUCK…
I started really focusing on the weight loss when the hubby got back from his last deployment in DEC of '07(he left when our daughter was 7 weeks old, so I was pretty busy those 6 months!)…I thought I was doing all the right things, and with small changes and breaking of bad habits I expected to at least see small changes here and there…NOTHING!!

In March this past year I hired a well known online coach(Jen Heath) and while it was really cool working with her, I still felt all kinds of frustrated and kept doubting what I was doing all the time…cause I still wasn’t losing any weight, even though I was doing everything to a ‘T.’ I was losing inches thankfully, but I couldn’t get the scale to budge…and I know many will say don’t bother with the scale, etc…but it was hard for me, especially when reading about other’s steady progress in losing scale weight AND inches( SIC is one that comes to mind) And it had been 6 months without moving that scale!! That didn’t seem right to me, despite everyone telling me, 'oh, it takes time, etc…

So I finally put my foot down last month and went to the Doc…if there wasn’t anything wrong(which I was hoping there wasn’t) at least I would get some help and counseling about what was going on…but it turns out that I do indeed have hypothyroidism…which explains A LOT!!
SO now I have an appt on the 11th to go over the lab results, figure out if I need more testing, and to get started on meds…I’m looking forward to feeling better, and to finally FINALLY getting some pounds to drop! :slight_smile:
I’m also seeing a nutritionist, but if you’ve read above, I don’t have a very good feeling about her…

There’s a book I was going to get called ‘The Thyroid Diet.’ Anyone read it? Or maybe the HT girls can PM me offline about which direction I should possibly go in…Diet is so hard to begin with, cause its really about finding what works for YOU!

So that’s my story! If you read all that, you are AWESOME!!!

I should add, that I’ve always enjoyed working out, even when I didn’t know what I was doing, lol…but over the past few years or so, I’ve developed a whole new view on lifting…Its become something I take pride in, not just something to do to aid in weight loss…I am thakful to be a part of a place like this, surrounded by some many like-minded women!! And I’m so happy to see a renewal of sorts…I recognize many from the f-heit days and we all really look up to them! And I hope a few more will decide to at least lurk and respond time to time(AHEM SIC!!! COUGH) And I also appreciate all the advice and encouragement I get from the many different people that are here! I know I’ve read before that fat loss stories aren’t as exciting, but I’d like to think I’m more than that…I’m a work in progress :)…trying to lose fat and gain strength/muscle at the same time…and who knows? Maybe compete one day!

I get so inspired from EVERYone’s stories, and one day I hope to be an inspiration to someone else that may be following along my ‘work in progress!’

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Oh, and I’m currently doing the WS4SB program…have so for over a month now…I will stick with this until I manage to figure out where to go from there, but it pretty much gives me what I need…I’ve bastardized it slightly, trying to work up to 5x5 for each lift, and when I can do that I will increase the weight and start over!
Before I left for vacation(almost 2 weeks ago, eeek) my lifts were:

Bench- 3x3x120lbs
box squat-3x3-120lbs
deadlift- 3x3x185lbs(just started doing those!)

I plan on adding a 4th day to my training for deads…and I really like recording my lifts, even though I feel like a dork…the gym I go to is on base and tiny! I stick out like a sore thumb being the only female most of the time lifting stuff heavier than 20lbs, lol…and I have yet to see only ONE person doing dl’s in the past three months that we’ve been here! I’m in the process of finding another gym, but everything is so spread out here and I don’t really know the area…there is a gym just three miles up the road that hosted a PL meet not too long ago, so maybe that could be something?

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Actually, would that be a good, new thread name?..‘A work in Progress.’ lol…kinda like it! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Oh, and I’m currently doing the WS4SB program…have so for over a month now…I will stick with this until I manage to figure out where to go from there, but it pretty much gives me what I need…I’ve bastardized it slightly, trying to work up to 5x5 for each lift, and when I can do that I will increase the weight and start over!
Before I left for vacation(almost 2 weeks ago, eeek) my lifts were:

Bench- 3x3x120lbs
box squat-3x3-120lbs
deadlift- 3x3x185lbs(just started doing those!)

I plan on adding a 4th day to my training for deads…and I really like recording my lifts, even though I feel like a dork…the gym I go to is on base and tiny! I stick out like a sore thumb being the only female most of the time lifting stuff heavier than 20lbs, lol…and I have yet to see only ONE person doing dl’s in the past three months that we’ve been here! I’m in the process of finding another gym, but everything is so spread out here and I don’t really know the area…there is a gym just three miles up the road that hosted a PL meet not too long ago, so maybe that could be something?[/quote]

Wow, you are progression really quickly on DL.

You should absolutely check out the gym up the road. In the meantime, what’s wrong with sticking out? (Unless you farted or something - that’s embarassing) I always stand out at my gym. Few women venture into the free weight room. There was a guy doing DL last night though. Cool.

Here’s a question about the fish oil. Who cares if it comes from gold fish. That was a totally random statement by the nutritionist. Are goldfish endangered or poisonous or something? For God’s sake it’s a fish. (FYI-I’m not good with pets)

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Hi Betty, :slight_smile:

What weight would you like to get to?

How many grams of protein to you eat per meal?

The Gold fish comment was silly. I am taking Krill oil it supposedly does not have any mercury in it which is the biggest concern with taking fish oil

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Hi Betty, :slight_smile:

What weight would you like to get to?

How many grams of protein to you eat per meal?

The Gold fish comment was silly. I am taking Krill oil it supposedly does not have any mercury in it which is the biggest concern with taking fish oil

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[quote] I stick out like a sore thumb being the only female most of the time lifting stuff heavier than 20lbs, lol…and I have yet to see only ONE person doing dl’s in the past three months that we’ve been here!
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You should be proud to be the only one who knows what she’s doing! I feel like I stick out at my gym too, but it’s not a bad thing. Aren’t we doing this because we want to stick out from the average nincompoop? (this is the pep talk I occasionally give myself when all eyes seem to be on me)

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Yes, the more I think of the stuff that so-called nutritionist was saying, the more questionable I am becoming…all her info seemed so generic!! I could have taught that class! To me there isn’t anything wrong with sticking out…

I kind of like the positive attention(as long as its positive, lol) I feel weird when I bust out the camera to record my lefts, cause its like everyone stops to watch… the main reason for the switch is because the gym is tiny…theres only one squat rack, and most of the time its being used for you know what(biceps) :rolls eyes: There isn’t even a decent place to do DL’s!

Rose- I am 5’9" with a medium frame, and have always naturally carried a bit of muscle…I think I would be comfy anywhere between 155-170…I guess for now I am taking it pound by pound to see where I end up…but I at least want to be at a weight that is considered healthy for my age and height, which is 172?

I’m rather ashamed of the weight I am at now…I’ve actually GAINED 8 pounds since March…:grumble: And I’ve been eating the same and working out as well…

Interesting question about the protein…I was averaging between 30-34 per meal(5 meals a day) which was about 170/day…but I think that was a bit much…

you know what is really interesting? The “diet,” I was on before I started working with the trainer was a really low cal diet I put myself on…(1200cals/day) and while the weight loss was slow, I was losing!!! Matter of fact, the first week I lost 3 pounds and 2 inches!

Sooooo…I’m thinking about going on a challenge diet to see what happens…It will be for 28 days and I’m supposed to take my temp every morning…(ya, I was at the library today :wink: It’s supposed to challenge your metabolism to see just how sluggish it is…I guess it couldn’t hurt to get a little jump start on this fat loss…

I’ve been eating between 1500-1800 cals/day, so I’m going to drop back down to 1200 cals…the book calls for just 1,000 cals, I don’t know, too low???

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:

I’ve been eating between 1500-1800 cals/day, so I’m going to drop back down to 1200 cals…the book calls for just 1,000 cals, I don’t know, too low???[/quote]

That seems really low to me but then I don’t know much about it. I know I would have a really tough time. I’m trying to lose a few lbs to compete in the 56kg class and I’m so freaking hungry I’d eat goldfish. I probably eat 2000 cal/day. What were you like when you tried 1200/day?

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:

I plan on adding a 4th day to my training for deads…and I really like recording my lifts, even though I feel like a dork…the gym I go to is on base and tiny!

I stick out like a sore thumb being the only female most of the time lifting stuff heavier than 20lbs, lol…and I have yet to see only ONE person doing dl’s in the past three months that we’ve been here!

I’m in the process of finding another gym, but everything is so spread out here and I don’t really know the area…there is a gym just three miles up the road that hosted a PL meet not too long ago, so maybe that could be something?[/quote]

Don’t worry about the sticking out.

When you get to your goal of doing pull-ups, then you will reallly stick out. Especially when you start to add weight.

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[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
mom-in-MD wrote:

I’ve been eating between 1500-1800 cals/day, so I’m going to drop back down to 1200 cals…the book calls for just 1,000 cals, I don’t know, too low???

That seems really low to me but then I don’t know much about it. I know I would have a really tough time. I’m trying to lose a few lbs to compete in the 56kg class and I’m so freaking hungry I’d eat goldfish. I probably eat 2000 cal/day. What were you like when you tried 1200/day?[/quote]

Are you sure the calculation is correct?

I agree with ouroboro. I’m starved on anything less than 2K calories. I know my energy is zapped if I stick with too low of calories.

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Its what the book says! Its a 1,000 cal/day diet for 28 days…

Well, I’m always tired being HT, I just didn’t know I was before…but now that I think about the past few months I’ve been feeling MORE fatigued the more food I’ve been eating, and I’ve been GAINING weight, despite working out and carb timing, etc…weird, huh?

When I was eating a low cal diet, I remember having more energy, and I was losing pounds!

Besides that, I’m pretty sure if I logged food choices according to the sheet the nutritionist gave me, it would come close to or below 1200cals…she even said it herself, meals should be about 350 cals each, which leaves room for 1 or 2 small snacks…

You also have to remember…my metabolism is already screwed AND I’m overweight as it is, so I could probably afford the low cals( Im talking myself into it, lol)
What do I have to lose?

I’ll log foods according to the choices the nutritionist gave me for a week and see where the cals come in at…the only thing that I see having a hard time with is the amount of carbs I’m supposed to eat with her plan…

I’d rather trade a serving of carbs for a double serving of protein…i dunno…whereas this book Im reading suggests higher protein sources( to feel fuller of course)

I’m rambling, lol…

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It’s time to get back to the gym!
The last time I went was July 21st… :gasp: We left for vacation on the 22nd, so that’s why…I ended that session pretty strong, so we’ll see…I’m not feeling very stong right now, more like BLAH…I’m adding a 4th training day this week to include deadlifts, yippee!

Oh and today is day 1 of my 1200 calorie challenge…I weighed myself and I am three pounds lighter than the Doctor’s scale…which makes sense cause I was fully clothed and it was in the middle of the afternoon…so I’ll just go with my scale :wink:

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I think the forum is acting up…just testing with this post…

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Sorry,

I really wasn’t thinking of your HT issues! I love to eat personally, and couldn’t imagine living off on 1,000-1,2000 calories per day. I know I wouldn’t be able to lift anything heavier than a pink dumbbell.

I would stick with the protein sources for your fat loss.

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I’m sorry if I just missed it, but what book are you getting your diet from?

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Are you still going to see the dietian?
1000 is a bit low and most likely thye will put you on 1200-1500 depending on your lifestyle. I would imagine closer to the higher end because a 1200 calorie diet for weight loss was designed for people who don’t do anything.
Good Luck!

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[quote]mominmaine wrote:
Thanks FightingIrish! I’ll have to check that out…

The name of my thread means many more things than just wanting to do a pull up, kwim?

Yes,I do enjoy lifting heavy, but I really want to strive for the endurance it takes to run a mile without getting winded and the strength it takes to do a a pull up or (10) :slight_smile:

Right now I am looking into the AD…any thoughts/opinions on this given the exercise I am currently doing? My concern is that it’s not intense enough for the AD?

Thoughts?
TIA![/quote]

As far as increasing endurance for running a mile (or more), I found running intervals to work very well. I know one of the coaches mentioned it a few weeks ago in an article. I used it to get back in shape for rugby after a foot injury 2 and a half years ago, and again now, and I feel better running than I have in a long time. I usually go 10 minutes alternating 1 minute off - 1 minute on using a treadmill set to a 3% incline. Usually use a speed of 3.5-4.00 mph for the slow intervals and 8.0-8.5 for the hard running.

What I found worked best for pull ups was dropping from 205 lbs to 175 lbs while lifting.

Good luck with both goals.