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Is my goal possible?

goodgodholmes · 2008-09-10 12:29:23

Guys, just wondering what you think. I've always been a little over weight. I decided to make a change for the better this year and get the body I've always wanted. (I'm a 5' 8" woman, age 19). I currently take a dress size 12 (sometimes 14 on the bottom, sometimes 10 on top). Earlier on in the year (around Feb) I weighed…

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goodgodholmes

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Guys, just wondering what you think. I've always been a little over weight. I decided to make a change for the better this year and get the body I've always wanted. (I'm a 5' 8" woman, age 19). I currently take a dress size 12 (sometimes 14 on the bottom, sometimes 10 on top). Earlier on in the year (around Feb) I weighed about 190lb. About 6lb came off unintentionally, through a show I was participating in and I lost 4lb on a 5 week holiday through activity.

I then decided, about 6 weeks ago, to keep off the weight and lose a lot more. Since then I've lost 13lb, and am now at 167lb.

My ultimate goal is in and around 125 which is the lower end of normal on the BMI scale.

Typical day:

Breakfast: Banana. Slice of fresh pineapple.

Lunch: Bag of popcorn, can of Diet Coke. (135 kcals)

Dinner: Chicken Kiev, 3 potato croquettes (544 kcals)

Snacks: 2 Slices of wholegrain bread, low-fat butter substitute. Usually half a bar of chocolate to keep the cravings away! (about 340 kcal altogether)

I allow myself unlimited fruit.

Exercise: 5 mile walk - burns approx 480 kcals at my speed.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is - is my goal possible? Is 125lb an unrealistic target?

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#2 10-09-2008 12:33PM

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Jesus i'm suprised your still alive.
Go read the thread underneath this.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055374468

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#3 10-09-2008 12:43PM

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Vegetables? Where are your vegetables?

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#4 10-09-2008 12:47PM

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I find it hard to fit them in... the thing is I've adapted my diet for convenience. I know that if it's not convenient I won't stick to it. I hold my hands up, I'm totally lazy :P So my dinners are generally pop-in-the-oven.

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#5 10-09-2008 12:48PM

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Hi,

Your goal is certainly not impossible but not with your current food intake.... Take help from a professional, do not eat any food which contains fat... eat food up to satisfactory not lightly neither heavily...

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#6 10-09-2008 12:58PM

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ronaldace wrote: »

Hi,

Your goal is certainly not impossible but not with your current food intake.... Take help from a professional, do not eat any food which contains fat... eat food up to satisfactory not lightly neither heavily...

As in I'm taking in too much or too little?

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#7 10-09-2008 01:00PM

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Ditch the coke, ditch all sodas, pure muck. Believe me give it a couple of week off them and you'll never go back

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#8 10-09-2008 01:12PM

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ronaldace gave bad advise on fat!
it is essential for many reasons, best off staying away from processed food and limiting your saturated fats, eat small and regular and try to get some weight training in if possible..

Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.

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#9 10-09-2008 01:15PM

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goodgodholmes wrote: »

As in I'm taking in too much or too little?

Too little... A banana and A slice of pineapple for breakfast?? Let me tell you Breakfast is very important part of food intake in the day, coz there is too much of gap between a breakfast and the previous day's dinner... I'll explain in detail if this is confusing for you...

morning around 8 a.m - breakfast
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gap of 5 hours:)
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afternoon around 1 p.m - lunch
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gap of 8 hours:(
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night around 9 p.m - dinner
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gap of 12 hours- in this gap, your stomach stays idle and starts produces enzymes which are responsible to break the food into energy sugars:(:(:(:(
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Next day morning 8 a.m - breakfast

thus results in building of harmful chemical in your stomach and this may go up to appendicitis:eek:...

So, all i wanna say is, if you really want to, then skip your lunch.... but do not skip breakfast, or do not have too little food... body need energy to go on... too little food does not cut down your body weight, there are many cases where because of this type of diet people have gained more body weight, Consult a professional fitness trainer and you will find solution to your problem... :cool:

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#10 10-09-2008 01:18PM

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Im not an expert but I think what people are trying to say is that there is nothing nutritious in your food. And when your body is starved of good nutritious food it stops working correctly ! Firstly you need to work out how many cals you should be taking in in a da. Gem gave great info in the stickies ! And then divide your cals in 5-6 meals per day 3 meals / 3 snacks. And you should try and make these as nutritous as possible. When you dont eat enough your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows down and stores fat. If you eat meals that are nutritious you will stay full for longer , have more energy and burn more fat.

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#11 10-09-2008 01:18PM

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ronaldace wrote: »

Hi,

Your goal is certainly not impossible but not with your current food intake.... Take help from a professional, do not eat any food which contains fat... eat food up to satisfactory not lightly neither heavily...

Don't listen to that....

Your diet's pretty brutal tbh, it's like reading something out of Ross O'Carroll Kelly!! Have a read of the stickies and do some more research!

Are you doing any gym work or weight training?

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#12 10-09-2008 01:22PM

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ronaldace wrote: »

thus results in building of harmful chemical in your stomach and this may go up to appendicitis:eek:...

That's twice.

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#13 10-09-2008 01:25PM

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100% record for bad advice! good start..

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#14 10-09-2008 01:29PM

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ronaldace, you're new here, so

1) please read the site rules of the site which you would have received on sign up re: having 50 posts before having a signature - advertising in a post will earn you a site ban.

2) please read the forum charter re: useless and potential harmful advice

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#15 10-09-2008 01:45PM

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Thanks for the warning MOD....

yup i am new here, and i could not convey what i wanted to say exactly... there are people in my family who have got the appendicitis thingy just because of irregularity of food intake... and i did not mean to quit eating all the fat contained food... duh... anyways this is a bad start for me... thanks a tonne guys for a wonderful welcome party... chao....:p

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#16 10-09-2008 01:47PM

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and one more thing... i too had tried the "eating nothing and lose weight"... it didn't workout...

i told you the exact things which i could recall from my fitness trainers preach to me..

some so called friend of mine said that people in this forum are too friendly... i would not pop his name though...
well enjoy your day guys thanks a tonne again....:(

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#17 10-09-2008 02:01PM

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ronaldace wrote: »

and one more thing... i too had tried the "eating nothing and lose weight"... it didn't workout...

i told you the exact things which i could recall from my fitness trainers preach to me..

some so called friend of mine said that people in this forum are too friendly... i would not pop his name though...
well enjoy your day guys thanks a tonne again....:(

ronald I realise your posts were well meaning but some of the things you advised were more than a little dubious.

It's completely up to yourself if you choose to stay or go, but if you stay we simply ask that you stick to the site rules like everyone else.

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#18 10-09-2008 03:50PM

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Just did that calorie thing, my current maintenance level is 2707. What does that mean for me? How much calories should I be taking in a day?

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#19 10-09-2008 05:49PM

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With a diet like that, where did you get the energy to hit the keys on the keyboard ?????:eek:

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