am i doing it right?

[lena410]

since everyone is asking i decided i'll do the same

i have a question whether i'm doing this the right way.

i'm 28, female
i have 220 lbs (i last weighed myself on March 2), my start weight was 236 on january 5 2007
my height is 5,57

my usual day nutrition wise goes like this:
breakfast: kellogs special k with low fat yogurt (most often); sometimes i would have two slices whole grain bread with turkey breast ham and cheese; or low fat yogurt with one hard boiled egg
snack: mostly i have probiotic yogurt
lunch: my usual lunch consists of stir fried veggies (with 1 tea spoon olive oil and some soy sauce) and one turkey/chicken breast fillet or fish
3 or 4 times a week i have brown rice or pasta (either for lunch or dinner) - small portions
snack: handful of nuts; apple; orange; soy pudding...things like that
dinner: mostly salads, scrambled eggs on no oil, cottage cheese..usually something light
i try to have at least 8 glasses of water daily, on exercise days i have more

according to sparkpeople i tend to be calorie wise somewhere between 1300 and 1700

i exercise 3 times a week
mondays and thursdays i do 1 hour circuit training and once a week i do either 30 minutes elliptical and some sit ups or i walk for 1 hour.

so far i lost 16 pounds. my question is am i doing it correctly cause it seems to be working. i'm not depriving myself of anything. i just try to control my portions.

Any advice will be very much appreciated.

Lena

 

[tonymcclellan]

If it is working, thats good.

What does your circuit training consist of? Have you only been exercising since January, or did you just buckle down at that time. I would try to keep the calories at the upper end of the spectrum, around 1700. I posted a good recipe recently, maybe you'll like it.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/recipes/10016-beef-zuccini-tomatoes-easy.html#post205355

 

[lena410]

i started exercising in january. i have an elliptical home but i used it rarely, mainly because i had back problems.
my circuit consists of following:
20 - 30 minutes aerobics (hi-low, step, tae-bo...depends on what the instructor feels like doing lol)
20 minutes arms and legs (arms with dumb-bells, legs with all sorts of squats) i can't do some exercises because of my lower back, so i lose the dumb-bells and do the exercise without them
15 minutes- sit-ups, crunches, push-ups and similar - mostly floor exercises
last few minutes we strech and relax

it usually lasts for about an hour

and i love the recipe i make lots of those but use also chicken breasts, or just veggies without the meat.

thanx tony , Lena

 

[Weight Looser]

I think you are doing it perfect!