Fatgene's Journal

[fatgene]

10/26/03

5'8" 178lbs

Goal: 140lbs

38lbs to drop

Must burn 3500 calories a week for 1 lb weight loss!
Must burn 7000 calories a week for 2 lb weight loss!

Need to burn 1166 calories 6 days a week!
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Today started great!

Fiber One Cereal
Banana
Soy Milk
Coffee (Cream and Sugar)

35 min on the bike
15 min on the treadmill

Only burned about 200 calories

Came home, had a can of beans

7:00pm hungry as hell

Ordered Chinese



Will try again tomorrow.

[fatgene]

breakfast
cereal (fiberone) soy milk, coffee orange juice

lunch
skipped

dinner
turnip greens, cornbread, sweet potatoe pie (small piece), jello
water



my plan was just to have greens and NOT all of those carbs and sweets


30 min bike
30 min treadmill
burned about 250-300 calories

[jay`]

Originally Posted by fatgene

30 min bike
30 min treadmill
burned about 250-300 calories

are you sure there accurate approximates of cal expenditure.....i remember using those cal counter doobies (which are only a rough guide at best) on the bikes and treadmills at the gym and it averaged like 300-400 or more in like 5-6mins....so it makes me think in one hour you would have burned alot more than 200-300 cals?? :confused:

[fatgene]

I wasn't prompted to enter my weight. So i was thinking the calorie counter may be off.

[fatgene]

30 on the bike.....15 on the treadmill .....

ton of school work yesterday, didn't hit the gym. will have to make up for it tomorrow. had 3 lean cuisine meals....today....lean cuisine, turnips greens, cornbread......doing good...then i saw the chocolate cake....

let's try this again tomorrow...

sweets are my downfall...

gotta get serious with this ....or call a plastic surgeon

[cursor]

Sounds to me like you're just starving yourself. Do you have a nutrition plan—some fixed concept of where you're going with your weight reduction plan? Understand that weight-loss through deprivation is a sure way of sacrificing your skeletal muscle. That's not a healthy plan.

[rookie]

do you have a lifting plan also, that burns alot of calories, and will help you burn your requirement, do a lift then after do like 30 min. of intense cardio. and if you eat 6 smaller meals a day that are well balnced in nutrients you should be better off then trying to eat lean cuisines and all that ****. dont eat carbs past 6 or 7 p.m. just become educated upon dieting, and that is where the real gains will come from because you will know how to tweak your diet for what your goals are. good luck man.

[fatgene]

had a grilled cheese sandwich for breakfast (wheat bread)

spaghetti for lunch

spaghetti for dinner

50 min on the treadmill

25 min on the bike

after the workout, had sliced pineapple and watermelon

didn't drink enough water. will have to work harder on drinking enough water.

[fatgene]

Originally Posted by cursor

Sounds to me like you're just starving yourself. Do you have a nutrition plan—some fixed concept of where you're going with your weight reduction plan? Understand that weight-loss through deprivation is a sure way of sacrificing your skeletal muscle. That's not a healthy plan.

no i don't have a nutrition plan. my goal was to try to eat lots of fruits and vegetables and to cut back on carbs and sweets. i have a weakness for sweats. plus i'm trying to burn 500 calories a day at the gym. so far i'm around 300+ oh and i'm trying to only eat 1200 calories a day. sometimes i go over that.

[fatgene]

Originally Posted by rookie

do you have a lifting plan also, that burns alot of calories, and will help you burn your requirement, do a lift then after do like 30 min. of intense cardio. and if you eat 6 smaller meals a day that are well balnced in nutrients you should be better off then trying to eat lean cuisines and all that ****. dont eat carbs past 6 or 7 p.m. just become educated upon dieting, and that is where the real gains will come from because you will know how to tweak your diet for what your goals are. good luck man.

no i stopped lifting. i "bulk" easily. i figured after i dropped some pounds i would start using light weights and do a lot of reps. April of this year i weighed around 155. Then i got sick (thyroid problems) and ballooned up to almost 180 Getting it off is proving hard. Last year i was around 148lb. I will make sure not to touch any carbs past 6pm

My boyfriend is using Xenadrine. Anyone have any info on that? Last year, i use to take a lot of aerobic classes but i was drinking SpeedS25. I stopped once i found out the drinks had ephedra in them.

[cursor]

While it looks like you're putting a lot of effort into burning calories, your results are being hampered by improper nutrition. There are many things that you could do to improve your overall plan—the end result would be substantially improved results and more permanent weight control. If you like, I can elaborate.

[fatgene]

Originally Posted by cursor

While it looks like you're putting a lot of effort into burning calories, your results are being hampered by improper nutrition. There are many things that you could do to improve your overall plan—the end result would be substantially improved results and more permanent weight control. If you like, I can elaborate.

yes, please elaborate

[fatgene]

breakfast

grilled cheese and juice


lunch

crabfish sandwich at subway (wheat bread)

cherry cheesecake for dessert

water

50 min treadmill
20 min bike

skipped dinner.

[cursor]

Will do ... tomorrow morning. Happy Halloween!

[Lady C]

Originally Posted by fatgene

breakfast
grilled cheese and juice


lunch
crabfish sandwich at subway (wheat bread)
cherry cheesecake for dessert
water

50 min treadmill
20 min bike

skipped dinner.

You skipped the MOST IMPORTANT meal of the day - Post-Workout!!!
You are killing yourself without feeding the machine right. You need to split the nutrition evenly across the day.