Help!!!!!

[wonderwoman]

Good afternoon ladies and gents. How are all ya doing today? I was wondering if anyone could educate me on something. I am 5'2 32 years old and currently weigh 125 pounds I'm trying to lose 5 pounds but am having trouble. You know what they say about the last few pounds they are the worst. I follow all of cathe's rotations and eat around 1500-1800 calories a day. A typical days menu goes somewhat like this 2 kashi frozen waffles 3 egg white omelet 1/2 banana or 1/2 grapefruit 1cup of coffee with 2tbspn of fatfree half&half snack myoplex lite protein bar (190 cal) snack-2 small tangerines handful almonds lunch-4oz of sweet potatoe or brown rice with 4oz of lean meat usually turkey or chicken small salad yogurt nonfat snack-1 piece of fruit dinner same as lunch. Then workout then protein shake 200-250 cal.
My day starts at 3:45am (I have to be at work at 5:00am)and ends at 9:30-10:00PM. I dont want to lose any muscle weight either. How can I find out how much muscle weight I have. Ladies I know that this a lot of information but I love the responses that you guys give its sooooo helpful and informative any response would be greatly appreciated.

 

[janiejoey]

Wonderwoman,

Here are three examples of the Ultimate meal combination. Try and eat 5 to 6 meals per day. Maybe 1400-1700 calories a day. Sounds like you have a loaded day.

Example 1:
Brown Rice (complex carb)
Mixed green salad (complex fibrous carb)
Salmon (lean protein)

Example 2:
Sweet potato (complex carb)
Broccoli (complex fibrous carb)
Chicken breast cutlet (lean protein)

Example 3:
Oatmeal (complex carbohydrate)
Egge white omelet (lean protein)
Grapefruit (natural simple carb - optional)

The idea is to eat lean proteins and complex carbohydrates together at every meal to maximize fat loss and muscle growth.

Good Luck,

Janie

"If you can't say anything nice about someone, then don't say anything at all."
-My mother, Mary Cooper-

 

[dreamyjeanie]

If you are doing the same thing, day in and day out, your body may need a change. Add a different type of cardio or just add 15 minutes more to each time you do cardio. Switch up how your doing weight training. If you currently do full body workouts, switch to 2 body parts a day or vice versa. As for checking your lean muscle mass, the cheapest way I know is to get an Accumeasure Caliper and use the formula that comes with it. I got mine at GNC for about $20.00. It's accuracy (compared to other ways of measuring body fat/lean muscle)is supposably within a few percent, and once you learn the proper placement of the caliper, it's consistancy is pretty accurate.

Good luck. Those last 5 are hard to loose. Unfortunately for me, my last five turned into fifteen after I slipped off the wagon and gained some weight. So I'm currently trying to get my eating and exercise back on track.

Jean