What do I do?

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ORIGINAL: Jane

Sorry-This is a lot to read.

Age: *gulp* 29 - hey don't you gulp me..........your a spring chick!
Sex: female
Weight: 138
Height: 4’11
Meals:
Breakfast:
1 cup of oatmeal w/ 1 tablespoon of ground flax, coffee (with two Splenda, cinnamon, and a splash of non-fat milk
-or-
6 egg white w/ one yolk omelet, mushrooms, olives, onions, bell pepper and coffee
-or-
the omelet with a wheat tortilla
-or-
Peanut butter sandwich: wheat bread, natural PB with coffee, banana
   
Lunch/Dinner  
½ cup brown rice, 1 can of tuna (or use chicken breast or ground turkey), 1-2 cup broccoli, spinach, carrots, cauliflower (a mix of vegetables/or salad).
-or- turkey wrap: turkey with wheat tortilla and mustard and a cup of broccoli
-or- egg salad sandwich (egg salad is all egg whites, 1 yolk, mayo, mustard, salt and
       pepper)
 
 
I will take two scoops of whey w/water a day. One scoop before work out. The other scoop I take after dinner. I’ll also eat some almonds or carrots before lunch.
 
My week-ends suck because I will have some junk like chips. Week-ends is the only time I have free time so I go out to eat with friends. Sometimes I don’t make the best food choices. I will have some alcohol about 3x/mnth. I know this is bad!  
 
I don't see too much change needed in  your diet!!  So it must be a need to change up training, even with weekend cheats............unless you want competitor lean, your diet is a good example for others for a healthy diet!!!  You have your snacks and shake in there eating every 2-3 hours so its very good.
 
present sample of workout regimen:
I take a kickboxing class about 4-5x/wk.
I jump rope 15-20 mins a 4-5x/wk day.
We do a lot of work with hand weights. I usually use 20 pound dumbbells. I don’t do anything with barbells/machines. Everyday is usually a muscle group specific
Mon-legs/glutes
Tues-chest/shoulders
Wed- bis/tris
Thurs-abs
Fri-back  

Awesome!  at this point I am thinking........what the heck could this chick need, her workout and diet rocks!  Excellent balance of weight, cardio and types.

Goals:
I want to be healthy (my family/relatives have a lot of issues with diabetes, heart, fatty liver, etc)
To maintain my current weight loss At my fattest, I was about 198/200 lbs. The past year and a half or so, I was able to get rid of 50 lbs. I am now at 138.
Well yeah, you are a walking bill board with your workout and meals and congrats on all he hard work and well deserved new body!!!!  You are definately putting most illness at bay with your workouts and diet, as best any of us can do!!!

 It makes it a total of approx 60 lbs. AHHH--I did not realize how much weight I lost. That is like a whole little kid!!!!!! DANG I WAS FAT!!!   
I want to lose fat I would like to lose enough fat so that I have a smaller/flatter stomach. I really cannot say a number because I don't know how many pounds I need to lose. My body is apple shape or endomorph. At this, point it really comes down to what I am eating. I know that I could be eating better and if I did I would be in better shape. What I have done up to this point is not helping me make anymore progress. 
I think your diet is not too bad, I mean yeah, you can limit your cheat to ONE meal per week, you can eliminate the tortilla, all bread stuffs, dairy, fruit and carrots too, and replace them with stuff like broc n more whey shakes but otherwise your not doing too bad.  If you drink, stop, at least just to test it out and see the diff.  It reallly makes a diff.  Otherwise I wanted to ask you:

How long have you been doing the workout you do now, especially the cardio?
 
injuries/health issues: none.
photos I know it will help a lot. So what I will do is e-mail a current one within a week.
perfect.
It is kinda intimidating to post my pictures so I just don’t. Sometimes I still see (or feel like) the 200 pound girl in the mirror or in pictures-but I’m not.
I can relate somewhat believe it or not......I am proud of you that you did not fall deep into eating disorder........those eyes you have, you mention that you sometimes still see the 200lb girl............those are anorexic eyes I call them.......no matter how skinny you get you see different and its something many with eating disorders still have to work with even after they get out of the ED.  I am not saying you have one but just saying its a sign I think that you could have fallen into this in some way small or large.  I suffered an ED and my eyes still do the same thing, which is what I meant when I said I can relate.

When you read this, you will see where I need help. As I am typing it up, I can kinda see what I am doing wrong. Most of it has to do with the nutrition. It is kinda embarrassing because I know better. BUT at least I am being honest.
absolutely, many times that is part of the reason why I tell others to journal or log their eating and training, it can be very obvious, not too many people who fight their body weight are stupid or that they don't know somewhat what they are doing wrong but it is a matter of denial, stress and just a rut you can fall in.
Let me know about the workout and cardio, how long you have been doing this program.

If something does not make sense, let me know. 

Thanks in advance!   

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ORIGINAL: Jane

SATURDAY
Breakfast: 6 egg white(no yolks) omlete, onions, broc, ground flax oh and I had coffee.
snack: 3 oz of tuna (I found these packets of tuna at the store and I put a couple in my purse)
lunch: 2 slices of wheat bread, lettuce, ham, broc, mustard
snack: 1 banana and peanut butter
Dinner: turkey loaf (made with ground turkey, eggwhites, onions, broccoli, olives oatmeal) and a cup of broccoli, onions, and mushrooms.

Sunday 
Breakfast: omlete- 4 eggwhites, 1 egg yolk, broccoli, onions, mushrooms, crumbled up turkey
Lunch: 3 oz tuna+broccoli  
Dinner:  1/4 cup of rice, turkey mixed with chicken, broccoli.   
Snack: I plan on eating 3 oz tuna
oh and I also had some coffee


*I did not take the whey this weekend because I did not work out AND just did not need it.
**NOT ONE drop of alcohol.


I am going to follow this plan this whole week. I will be using different vegetables in my meals. Using potatoes, oatmeal, and brown rice-I am getting rid of the wheat bread and wheat tortilla.      

What do you think? Do I need to change anything?

I will add the whey (2 scoops) because I will be working out during the week.

I am thinking about sprints on treadmill about 3/x this week.


Water of course.  



 

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ORIGINAL: Jane

I have sticking to diet and routine very well. This past week-end I did have a CHEAT MEAL. I emphasize cheat meal becuase before I was eating throughtout the week-end crap like chips/salsa/sips of coke here and there. I had Italian food.

I don't have access to a treadmill so I have jumping rope more. I don't know if this is as effective as sprinting-but I am doing it.

I have not lost weight. The scale says the same thing. My friend (she is a trainer I workout with her sometimes) told me that I am starting to have more of a "V" shape. Now I can see some ribs (yeah I had no idea I had some), but like I said the scale is not going down. So I guess this is good.


oye---the holidays are coming up.

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ORIGINAL: Jane

I have another question/comment. I did not read anything about it anywhere (obviously there are more guys here). Having a lost a lot of weight and gain some muscle, my body has changed a lot. Sometimes I think my thoughts&transformation mess up my own progress/goals. Like it is almost a fear (maybe it has to do with other things in my life-I don't know). Some of my fears are superficial like I am no longer a D but a C...and even then the fitting is not proper-it is too big. I have yet to lose my motivation...I get into slumps but I keep going. The health thing is what really motivates me.
Maybe it is just a self-image thing. Does any of this makes sense?
      

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ORIGINAL: Jane

I started up muay tai...that is so much fun and super hard!!! Whether I was hitting or taking the hits it was hard!!
the diets is kinda the same...it is hard becuase of the holidays and other stuff going on...if I can just maintain throughout I am good.
but the muay tai is motivation for me becuase I want to get faster so I feel like I NEED to lose some body fat so that I am.


muay tai (sp?) I dunno im too lazy right now