i'm looking to lose a bit of weight but i don't exactly know how to go about ... doing it and i was hoping you guys could help me out!
for the past week or two, i've been pretty vigilant with my exercise. i do some cardio and i hit the weights almost every day and on the off days where the weights are just devil-children, i go for a jog outside for a good half an hour to an hour. i also snowboard but right after, i polish the day off with a small coke, a cookie, and an egg sandwich. i know, it's not healthy but i figured a couple hours up on the slopes and one 'unhealthy' meal isn't going to kill me. i also read somewhere that snowboarding burns off about 400 cals/hour. but the thing is, i have no idea if my diet is correct or if its restraining me. i really really like hummus. it's this obsession of mine so every morning, i eat some hummus with some carrots or with rice crackers -- the low fat kind. my eating habits are okay, i'd say. i usually eat until i feel like i've had enough to feel content and not bloaty (on a scale of 1-10 i'd say a 6-7?) but i dont have a routine and a set time for eating. i only eat when i feel like it and i try to make smart choices. i eat quite a bit of fruit, hummus, antipasto, salads, grilled chicken, chicken wraps, and seafood. i dont really eat rice but i do have a thing for yams and edamame beans ... which is ... good for me? i hope? i googled the nutritional info and its got zero fat which i'm hoping is a good thing
anyway, maybe you guys could tell me what i'm doing right/wrong? i can definitely see the results of the cardio -- i can see the upper abs but the lowers arent as defined. my arms are harder but i'd like to get rid of the underarm 'flab' (or as i'd like to call em, my 'batman wings') and the inner thighs have to go. i'm thinking it's because i have a layer of fat covering all the muscles? i have no idea. i'm also taking up boxing on tuesdays and thursdays, yoga on wednesdays and the weekends and i run generally every day. i dont drink soda at all -- hate the stuff but i do dig my vodka. i do light weights at the gym (8 -10 pound weights) and i dont wanna 'bulk up' y'know? i want the 'slim and lean' figure. ideal body image would be jessica alba or miranda kerr (sexy bitches). my weight has not changed at all and i dont know if it will. i'm hoping it will but i'm fairly slim as it is, i'd just like to drop a few pounds and a size or two. so any help you guys could give me, i'd appreciate loads.
tia!
for the past week or two, i've been pretty vigilant with my exercise. i do some cardio and i hit the weights almost every day and on the off days where the weights are just devil-children, i go for a jog outside for a good half an hour to an hour. i also snowboard but right after, i polish the day off with a small coke, a cookie, and an egg sandwich. i know, it's not healthy but i figured a couple hours up on the slopes and one 'unhealthy' meal isn't going to kill me. i also read somewhere that snowboarding burns off about 400 cals/hour. but the thing is, i have no idea if my diet is correct or if its restraining me. i really really like hummus. it's this obsession of mine so every morning, i eat some hummus with some carrots or with rice crackers -- the low fat kind. my eating habits are okay, i'd say. i usually eat until i feel like i've had enough to feel content and not bloaty (on a scale of 1-10 i'd say a 6-7?) but i dont have a routine and a set time for eating. i only eat when i feel like it and i try to make smart choices. i eat quite a bit of fruit, hummus, antipasto, salads, grilled chicken, chicken wraps, and seafood. i dont really eat rice but i do have a thing for yams and edamame beans ... which is ... good for me? i hope? i googled the nutritional info and its got zero fat which i'm hoping is a good thing
anyway, maybe you guys could tell me what i'm doing right/wrong? i can definitely see the results of the cardio -- i can see the upper abs but the lowers arent as defined. my arms are harder but i'd like to get rid of the underarm 'flab' (or as i'd like to call em, my 'batman wings') and the inner thighs have to go. i'm thinking it's because i have a layer of fat covering all the muscles? i have no idea. i'm also taking up boxing on tuesdays and thursdays, yoga on wednesdays and the weekends and i run generally every day. i dont drink soda at all -- hate the stuff but i do dig my vodka. i do light weights at the gym (8 -10 pound weights) and i dont wanna 'bulk up' y'know? i want the 'slim and lean' figure. ideal body image would be jessica alba or miranda kerr (sexy bitches). my weight has not changed at all and i dont know if it will. i'm hoping it will but i'm fairly slim as it is, i'd just like to drop a few pounds and a size or two. so any help you guys could give me, i'd appreciate loads.
tia!