Anyone getting in shape?

[goingformydream]

I am! I am on the waiting list and decided to make the most of it. In January I started working out 5-6 times a week. First it was just cardio, however I had a family friend fall down last month. I tried to lift her and was sucessful, but I suddenly realized that I need to get my arms in shape! Sooo... I am now working on my upper body strength as well. It is very important to me to be a "fit" nurse in order to help my future patients.

I am down 20 lbs and have 40 more to go to get to my "lean weight" I am doing weight watchers.

Anyone else getting fit?

[stpauligirl]

thanks. i appreciate that!

awesome!!!!! the proof is in the puddin'!

throw it out anyway. my guess is that your size 6 pants tell you just as well when you need to step it up for a few weeks. look at the words you're using: panic and obsess...?!? why make yourself feel that way! you said it yourself: you "panic" if you reach 150.....so.....stop panicking and throw the scale out! you'll never have to feel that way again!! try it for a month and see...if you don't like it you have the rest of your life to have a relationship with the scale. remember: life-long changes. you've already made the changes, so now enjoy your life! ok, i'll leave you alone about the scale.

anyway, i hope everyone else is soaking this up! i know it's encouraging me!!!!

of course i don't want to hear it about the scale!

[Cinqly, BSN, RN]

I've been wanting to get in shape soooo bad but I always give in!! I just can't stop eating my favs( junk /fattening foods)!! I have a exercise Ball which I rarely use..when I start a day eating healthy, I end up over eating later on ...AND , I get discouraged when I dont see any results.I know it takes time but I need the motivation!I also hate going to the gym.Any advice on how i can get in shape in the privacy of my home ?Good luck to you guys!!

For exercise at home, you can start with a resistance ball (for lying exercises like chest press) and a set of multi-resistance bands (get them at Target for 20 bucks). Start with a basic, full body routine, 2 or 3 times a week. Do cardio only 2 or 3 times a week on the off days. You would probably see results in as little as 3 weeks.

As for food, NEVER make a food taboo-you'll just end up wanting it more. Allow yourself to have your favorite foods, but eat them less often, or less of them at one time. And don't starve yourself--eat more food (see my previous post).

[summersent]

I really need to start getting my act together. My goal is to lose atleast 10 pounds now before I start nursing school(which is in about a month). I'm watching my calories today. tommorrow I'm watching my calories and exercising. I'll check in tommorrow.

[Have4nomore]

Yes, I started working out again in March a year after the birth of my fourth son. I work out in the gym an hour and a half (30 cardio, 60 heavy weight training) 5-6 days a week. I lost 18 pounds of fat, gained 12 pounds of muscle and went from a size 12 down to a 4! I love working out. It is such an energizer and a much needed break from the routine of family etc.. I have always beem into fitness. Was in the Army and then became a certified personal trainer in my twenties and also taught cardio kick boxing but then at about 33 I got lazy, distracted and quit it all. I gained and felt lousey. Now that I am back in shape I will never stop working out again! YOu keep it up. You are doing Great!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!

[RNBSNGRADUATE]

Oh my! I wish I'd felt motivated when I read those posts! I NEEEEED SOMETHING!!! I'm extremely disgusted w/my lack of motivation to do ANYthing to change my weight:( ....I'm big on "what is your motivator?" -- ya know ..what'll keep you going (SHOOT! I need something TO START!!!) -- a couple years back I had decided I was going to go back into the military ..so I HAD to lose the weight....I had MAJOR motivation at that timeframe...lost 30 lbs in 7 months. Have gained back every lb. and then some:( I have NO idea what it's going to take for me:(

[apnea]

i'm so glad i'm not the only one...

Right now i wake up, run a couple miles, then go to school, yoga for an hour M-Th (class), go to studio, 30 mins barre warmup and then 1 and a half hours of pointe work.

But i can't stop stuffing my cow face full of food Food alllll the time, yesterday i ate 927 calories, this morning i woke up having gained THREE POUNDS.

i'm not throwing out my scale. It's the only thing that tells me the truth anymore.

[Have4nomore]

Oh Apnea!!! You are going to counteract all the good exercise you are doing if you continue to eat such a minimal amount of calories!!! You should never eat below 1200!! You have to think of your body as a wood stove. You get up and put wood in a stove to warm the house but you have to go back every 4 hours to add more wood or the stove grows cold and stops working. Your bodies metabolism is the same. You need to get up and have a breakfast that is about 60% protein and 40% carbs. I make a smoothie. I use 1 cup skim milk, 1/2 a frozen banana, 1 tablespoon peanut butter, 1/2 scoop protein powder and a few ice cubes. Blend that up. It taste like a milkshake and it is good for you. (400 calories) then lunch have a medium garden salad(no cheese or bacon just veggies), with a bit of fat free or reduced calorie dressing, a peice of whole wheat pita bread toasted and you can put a little Hummus, or low fat cream cheese on it(400 calories) then have a snack 4 hours later keep it around 200 calories and atleats 50% protein, then have dinner keep the portions small(400-500 calories) but if you eat atleast 60/40 protein carbs you will be full and it will maintain your lean muscle mass and encourage your body to lose the fat storage. You can vary this menu but it works. I like to use the AES low carb shakes. They have 17 grams of protein and only 1g impact carbs in place of milk in my smoothies and then I will have that for a snack to. If you put a whole frozen banana and all the rest it will make it an icecream consistancy and it's good. You have the moving part down but if you starve yourself your body will shut down and stop burning the fat no matter how much you work out! Best of luck and for heavens sakes girl EAT!!!!! You have to eat to lose!!!!

[apnea]

i can't eat that much. Can't. Toooo many reasons...but i can't do it. i can't let myself feel "full," i get sluggish and lethargic, i have to drag myself through life feeling like a bloated elephant. i can't dance if i'm full, i can barely get off the floor. i'm the shortest one in the company (i'm almost 5'3), i have to jump a lot higher to stay uniform with the other girls. i'm getting absolutely enormous, this school has such an awful obesity problem that they just don't care about, so the healthiest thing here is full calorie yogurt and a few of the meatball subs come on wheat bread i've got class this summer 6 hours every day, so all i'm doing is sitting around beefing up. i live about 20 minutes from school and i drive a giant black SUV, i can't drive home for real food. i usually take a little with me, but it's all stuff that can either be crammed into my backpack or survive the heat in said giant black SUV.

ugh.

[Have4nomore]

You really need to try to get in a minimum of 1200 calories. If it is easier for you to consume very small portions at a time then actually eating more often ( say every 2 hours) would speed your fat burning without causing you to feel bloated. You can eat healthy without having to carry alot. Just divide the foods up into ziplock bags into the two hour intervals and throw them in your bag. Be careful not to get yourself into a bad cycle. I was anorexic at the age og 19 and I felt a lot like you. I could not stand the feeling of food sitting in my belly. Eat small but eat often. Best of luck to you! Get some rest too!! :)

[apnea]

You're sweet.

:icon_hug:

Really don't have to worry about me going anorexic though. i don't have that kind of time or dedication But if i go over 800 calories i wake up even fatter, few more weeks of this and i'll be back in triple digits again Semester is over 2 weeks from today...maybe it'll be better then. Summer semesters are sooo tough, i'm taking 12 hours in 8 weeks, so i'm stuck in classes alllll day, it's normally not this bad.

[azor]

I admit I am very strict with my food choices and I totally agree with you that it isn't good for mental well-being. I am totally obsessed with my weight, there is no doubt about it. I am afraid to have a cheat day. if I stray from my usual eating just a little I GAIN!!!!!! Have done so with my son here and there, where i said ok today we'll go to Dairy Queen and mom won't worry about calories . Drives me crazy not to be ablel to cheat every once in awhile! I was "programmed" to be fat and hold on to bodyfat in the winter time. Mother nature has been particularly cruel to me and wants me to look like my German aunt with the chicken farm My ancestors have been farmers, my dad has learned the trade of a blacksmith and is super built and very strong (his sister is the aunt with the chicken farm). He has always worked physically hard as long as I can remember. He build the house that I grew up in almost all by himself and I remember hanging out with him at the construction site when I was wee-little! Even now, after I reached my goal weight I am NOT skinny, no way! I will never be skinny. It will stay a never ending struggle for me to keep my weight down and I have surrendered to that thought. If I need to exercise any more to keep it this way I'll die!!!!!!! I already spend alot of time daily just to maintain!

Just learned that our metabolisms slow down by 50% when we get old.....well, isn't that encouraging News I am 47.....if it slows down any more, just digg a hole and throw me in because no way I will do more cardio than I am already doing

I am cursed and can't win:lol2:

More power to all of you lucky ones who can splurge here and there

My Dear,being fat or that you are fat doesnt make you a cursed person.You ned and have to embrace that lovely look God gave you ok!! exercising as you are doing is the best thing you are doing.Keep it up and embrace your look no matter what.You are beautiful and not cursed,tell yourself that.

[Have4nomore]

I second that!! LOVE YOURSELF!!!!