My Summer Weight-loss Diary
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Lucy- Thanks! I think I look smaller than I actually am, without something to compare size with, because of my body shape. I've got narrow hips but a wide rib cage/waist, so I'm not very curvy, whether I'm 50 kg or 70 kg! And I'm pretty lucky- at the Y nearest my house, there are quite a few women that use the free weights regularly, so I don't feel too embarassed! Either that or I try to go early in the morning, when it's mostly old people, lol.
Lisa- Thank you so much for the compliments! It's nice having a lot of free time to run and workout; although, I start working next week, so I won't be able to do quite as much probably. My waist is actually closer to 27 inches at the moment, especially on average throughout the day, and that's at the narrowest point, though I don't really have a very defined waist anywhere. About 3 years ago when I was 50 kg, which was right before college, I'm not exactly sure of my measurements, but I know wore a size 24 jean, or size 1-3 in junior's, pretty comfortably (because I still have them, haha). I don't know if that's attainable anymore, and I don't want to go to extreme measures to get there, but if I can do it just by following a healthy plan, that'd be awesome, obviously!
Silversys- I'm flattered that your first post ended up on my thread, though I'm not sure you intended it. xD Welcome to the community!
Srynxie- Thank you very much!!
Lisa- Thank you so much for the compliments! It's nice having a lot of free time to run and workout; although, I start working next week, so I won't be able to do quite as much probably. My waist is actually closer to 27 inches at the moment, especially on average throughout the day, and that's at the narrowest point, though I don't really have a very defined waist anywhere. About 3 years ago when I was 50 kg, which was right before college, I'm not exactly sure of my measurements, but I know wore a size 24 jean, or size 1-3 in junior's, pretty comfortably (because I still have them, haha). I don't know if that's attainable anymore, and I don't want to go to extreme measures to get there, but if I can do it just by following a healthy plan, that'd be awesome, obviously!
Silversys- I'm flattered that your first post ended up on my thread, though I'm not sure you intended it. xD Welcome to the community!
Srynxie- Thank you very much!!
juni
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I agree with everyone, you are tiny. And you are going to lose the excess weight in no time.
I can soo relate to you and your sister's thing. My cousin, who was visiting and now kinda lives with me, is smaller (shorter) than me, her bone structures are small. There have been instances where she hasn't been nice to me abt my weight issues. Her frame is small, but she has a belly. So when I started running she started running too. Which is great for her and I guess to a certain extent me too. But I often feel running is my thing. She always wants to go running together and is always asking me how many minutes I ran. When I go for longer runs (usually 45 mins because I am pushing myself beyond what c25k program recommends) she says, "so did you run two hours today?" sorta in a condescending way. She's my cousin, and I am really close to her and she is gem of a person, but with weight loss she has started to get competitive and I have started to get very defensive. I hate that I feel this way. Yesterday I went for a long run, and she coudn't go, so she asked me if i ran for two hours. I made an innocent face and said, that I couldn't run properly because it was so hot. Then felt really bad about lying. I still feel horrid about it.
Anyways, enough rambling. Have a good weekend, hanabi. You look great in the pics, and you are working really hard. Those lbs are going to go away in no time.
I can soo relate to you and your sister's thing. My cousin, who was visiting and now kinda lives with me, is smaller (shorter) than me, her bone structures are small. There have been instances where she hasn't been nice to me abt my weight issues. Her frame is small, but she has a belly. So when I started running she started running too. Which is great for her and I guess to a certain extent me too. But I often feel running is my thing. She always wants to go running together and is always asking me how many minutes I ran. When I go for longer runs (usually 45 mins because I am pushing myself beyond what c25k program recommends) she says, "so did you run two hours today?" sorta in a condescending way. She's my cousin, and I am really close to her and she is gem of a person, but with weight loss she has started to get competitive and I have started to get very defensive. I hate that I feel this way. Yesterday I went for a long run, and she coudn't go, so she asked me if i ran for two hours. I made an innocent face and said, that I couldn't run properly because it was so hot. Then felt really bad about lying. I still feel horrid about it.
Anyways, enough rambling. Have a good weekend, hanabi. You look great in the pics, and you are working really hard. Those lbs are going to go away in no time.
Juni- That sounds sooo like me, too! Glad to know I'm not the only one that's a bit selfish about getting in shape...
Well, yesterday did not go exactly as planned. I ended up having a really busy day: helped my sister move out of her apartment, helped me mom at her job for a bit, then drove out of town back to my apartment to turn in my keys for the summer and got together with a friend for tea. And whenever I'm busy like that, eating well is much more difficult!
All I had was a sandwich (300) for breakfast/lunch and then grabbed a string cheese and V8 (120) a bit later, and didn't get home for dinner until later. I knew I'd missed out on enough food, and part of me wanted to just say, Oh well, and isn't it better that I haven't eaten enough anyway? But that's exactly what I'm trying to stop doing! So I doubled up my portion of broccoli (or quadrupled...broccoli is my favorite food!) and nuts in the evening, and since I ended up staying up later than usual, added another snack of an apple and cheese (150). So all in all, I think I ended up in my calorie range after all, just not as I had planned.
I did get a good workout in in the morning, though: elliptical machine for 60 minutes, then legs.
Today, I'll probably go to the gym again, and make tomorrow my rest day (since the gym doesn't open until later in the afternoon Sundays anyway). And make it an upper-body strength day. I also want to do yoga in the evening! I bought the DVD, so I can keep doing it all summer.
To eat:
breakfast- none, still feel full-ish from the late snack last night
lunch- turkey sandwich (300), apple (100)
snack- string cheese (80)
dinner- going to ask my mom to make her delicious (and healthy!) chicken and vegetable soup, and probably will end up eating a lot! (300-600)
snack- macadamia nuts (200)
2 days until my next weigh-in, on the last of the month!
Well, yesterday did not go exactly as planned. I ended up having a really busy day: helped my sister move out of her apartment, helped me mom at her job for a bit, then drove out of town back to my apartment to turn in my keys for the summer and got together with a friend for tea. And whenever I'm busy like that, eating well is much more difficult!
All I had was a sandwich (300) for breakfast/lunch and then grabbed a string cheese and V8 (120) a bit later, and didn't get home for dinner until later. I knew I'd missed out on enough food, and part of me wanted to just say, Oh well, and isn't it better that I haven't eaten enough anyway? But that's exactly what I'm trying to stop doing! So I doubled up my portion of broccoli (or quadrupled...broccoli is my favorite food!) and nuts in the evening, and since I ended up staying up later than usual, added another snack of an apple and cheese (150). So all in all, I think I ended up in my calorie range after all, just not as I had planned.
I did get a good workout in in the morning, though: elliptical machine for 60 minutes, then legs.
Today, I'll probably go to the gym again, and make tomorrow my rest day (since the gym doesn't open until later in the afternoon Sundays anyway). And make it an upper-body strength day. I also want to do yoga in the evening! I bought the DVD, so I can keep doing it all summer.
To eat:
breakfast- none, still feel full-ish from the late snack last night
lunch- turkey sandwich (300), apple (100)
snack- string cheese (80)
dinner- going to ask my mom to make her delicious (and healthy!) chicken and vegetable soup, and probably will end up eating a lot! (300-600)
snack- macadamia nuts (200)
2 days until my next weigh-in, on the last of the month!
Did not go as planned today, AT ALL! Hehe. Turned into a mega-cheat sort of day...
I had that delicious soup for lunch (maybe 800 calories worth! there were a lot of potatoes in it), and then had too much fun cracking nuts and eating them a few hours later. And then, I had half a cantaloupe, 2 bags of popcorn, 4 apples, 3 eggs, and goodness knows how many more nuts! So definitely at or above maintenance calories for the day.
Howeverrr, I did check the scale this morning- 61.8 kg! So I am right on track, and I suppose one off day won't do too much damage. Going to do my best to try not to compensate and eat a lot less tomorrow.
Lesson learned: if I am going to go off my scheduled eating plan, I should do it in the evening, because if I do it earlier, it tends to run on and last the whole day long. vv
I had that delicious soup for lunch (maybe 800 calories worth! there were a lot of potatoes in it), and then had too much fun cracking nuts and eating them a few hours later. And then, I had half a cantaloupe, 2 bags of popcorn, 4 apples, 3 eggs, and goodness knows how many more nuts! So definitely at or above maintenance calories for the day.
Howeverrr, I did check the scale this morning- 61.8 kg! So I am right on track, and I suppose one off day won't do too much damage. Going to do my best to try not to compensate and eat a lot less tomorrow.
Lesson learned: if I am going to go off my scheduled eating plan, I should do it in the evening, because if I do it earlier, it tends to run on and last the whole day long. vv
So, I am feeling pretty okay this morning. Ready to get back on, and stay on, track this week!
Today's my day off from intense exercise, so I did an hour of yoga this morning. It was really fun and relaxing, but still surprisingly difficult! I know it'll be great for my flexibility and endurance-strength.
I also went out bathing suit shopping this morning! The kid I am watching loves to go to the pool, so I needed one. I got a really cute suit: 2 pieces, a halter top with short-like bottoms. I'm not quite comfortable showing my stomach yet, especially later on in the day. :/ But I must say, I don't look half bad in the suit anyway, now that my body's balancing out a bit from steady food intake. The bottoms are a little bit tight, because there wasn't a huge selection to choose from- basically only size 6s and 16s left! But that'll be a good progress checker, fitting into them better as summer goes on.
Eating plan for the day: protein bar (250), turkey sandwich (300) and V8 (50), cheese stick (100), grilled tilapia and salad w/ dressing (300), carrots and a few nuts (150). Total of 1150...which I think will be good considering I overdid it a bit yesterday and am taking a rest day.
Today's my day off from intense exercise, so I did an hour of yoga this morning. It was really fun and relaxing, but still surprisingly difficult! I know it'll be great for my flexibility and endurance-strength.
I also went out bathing suit shopping this morning! The kid I am watching loves to go to the pool, so I needed one. I got a really cute suit: 2 pieces, a halter top with short-like bottoms. I'm not quite comfortable showing my stomach yet, especially later on in the day. :/ But I must say, I don't look half bad in the suit anyway, now that my body's balancing out a bit from steady food intake. The bottoms are a little bit tight, because there wasn't a huge selection to choose from- basically only size 6s and 16s left! But that'll be a good progress checker, fitting into them better as summer goes on.
Eating plan for the day: protein bar (250), turkey sandwich (300) and V8 (50), cheese stick (100), grilled tilapia and salad w/ dressing (300), carrots and a few nuts (150). Total of 1150...which I think will be good considering I overdid it a bit yesterday and am taking a rest day.
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So, yesterday went very well! Stayed on track all day, except in the evening when my mom cut up a watermelon by surprise, and no way was I going to not have any! Haha. So I just made my dinner a big larger and my late snack a bit smaller to try and balance things out.
I've been working for the past three days now at my job watching a kid for a couple hours in the afternoon. It's pretty fun! Good money for what I'm doing. It's kinda funny, actually: during the school year, I do research, and earn minimum wage ($7.25) slaving away in the lab doing complicated sorts of things; and then this summer, I'm getting $10/hour to lie by the pool and keep one eye on a kid. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to have to take her to school in the morning as well as watch her in the evening...but that won't be too bad. It'll work out well, in fact, since I'll already be out at the gym either before or after I drop her off.
Plan for today is the same as usual! 1200-1400 calories, and a lovely run in the park this morning, since the gym is closed for Memorial Day!
I've been working for the past three days now at my job watching a kid for a couple hours in the afternoon. It's pretty fun! Good money for what I'm doing. It's kinda funny, actually: during the school year, I do research, and earn minimum wage ($7.25) slaving away in the lab doing complicated sorts of things; and then this summer, I'm getting $10/hour to lie by the pool and keep one eye on a kid. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to have to take her to school in the morning as well as watch her in the evening...but that won't be too bad. It'll work out well, in fact, since I'll already be out at the gym either before or after I drop her off.
Plan for today is the same as usual! 1200-1400 calories, and a lovely run in the park this morning, since the gym is closed for Memorial Day!
Oh my gosh, I am so sunburned!! xD
I've been out at the pool for 3-4 hours every day for the past three days while nanny-ing, and the first day, I greatly underestimated the power of the sun and didn't wear enough sunblock, and now I'm paying for it!
As it's the first of the month, I had a weigh in.... and it said 60.8. Normally, I would be excited about that, I think, but now...it's too much! I did promise myself that I wouldn't be concerned will all the fluctuations and things, take whatever weight I happened to see on the weigh-in days and that's that, but I'm still disappointed it's abnormally low (not accurate; I didn't have enough of a deficit to lose that much!), because it just means that next time, it'll probably have barely changed or even gone up. Oh well. And for my measurements: waist- close to 26.6, upper thigh- about 21.7!
I'm starting full-time work today....not so bad from a financial perspective, obviously, but not a lot of fun either. I mean, I do get to play with a 5-year-old girl all day...but it was still nicer having nothing at all to do. The worst bit maybe is that I have to change my workout a bit, go to the gym from about 7-8. I don't like being so rigidly scheduled with my exercise: I like to get up, laze around until whenever I'm ready to workout, and then do it for whatever length of time I feel like it! Maybe that's just me being a baby. xD Whatever, I'll get it done! Having a set hour is better than missing a workout all together.
Oh, and speaking of workouts, yesterday's was really fun! I went for a run in the park, and since it had rained really hard the night before, there were tons of puddles across the path! Zig-zagging through or hurdling over them broke up the monotony and made it really enjoyable. Felt like a little kid, kind-of. : D
I've been out at the pool for 3-4 hours every day for the past three days while nanny-ing, and the first day, I greatly underestimated the power of the sun and didn't wear enough sunblock, and now I'm paying for it!
As it's the first of the month, I had a weigh in.... and it said 60.8. Normally, I would be excited about that, I think, but now...it's too much! I did promise myself that I wouldn't be concerned will all the fluctuations and things, take whatever weight I happened to see on the weigh-in days and that's that, but I'm still disappointed it's abnormally low (not accurate; I didn't have enough of a deficit to lose that much!), because it just means that next time, it'll probably have barely changed or even gone up. Oh well. And for my measurements: waist- close to 26.6, upper thigh- about 21.7!
I'm starting full-time work today....not so bad from a financial perspective, obviously, but not a lot of fun either. I mean, I do get to play with a 5-year-old girl all day...but it was still nicer having nothing at all to do. The worst bit maybe is that I have to change my workout a bit, go to the gym from about 7-8. I don't like being so rigidly scheduled with my exercise: I like to get up, laze around until whenever I'm ready to workout, and then do it for whatever length of time I feel like it! Maybe that's just me being a baby. xD Whatever, I'll get it done! Having a set hour is better than missing a workout all together.
Oh, and speaking of workouts, yesterday's was really fun! I went for a run in the park, and since it had rained really hard the night before, there were tons of puddles across the path! Zig-zagging through or hurdling over them broke up the monotony and made it really enjoyable. Felt like a little kid, kind-of. : D
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chubbygirl
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I know that feeling! Sounds like a fun time - always good to enjoy what you are doing rather than it feeling like work. Sorry to hear you have to go back to full time today - I agree I would love to get up and have nothing planned all day - it would probably get boring after a couple weeks though - I need interaction! Good job on the loss - looks like it was time for a whoosh!
juni
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hana, a loss is a loss.. you are good with food, exercise a lot, so i wouldn't worry about whether you would stay the same/go up next time. you had an awesome week, and you lost. and this is not the only week you will see a loss. you are also getting the hang of things. some weeks the loss will be big, some small. i say celebrate every loss. and it is not just the loss in weights, you are also losing inches, right? don't be so hard on yourself. i am celebrating your loss with a piece of dark chocolate right now.
amsterdam1
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thats amazing!! your shrinking at every post!!! Keep it upp!!!
I totally understand the full time ordeal, especially with having to balance it out with working out. Luckily, my schedule isnt constant, so this week i have less hours, but you can do it! You have the motivation!!
AKJSALKJHASIOJSAPOAlsakj!!
thats amazing!! your shrinking at every post!!! Keep it upp!!!
I totally understand the full time ordeal, especially with having to balance it out with working out. Luckily, my schedule isnt constant, so this week i have less hours, but you can do it! You have the motivation!!
Srynxie
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Whoa! That is such a difference in weight. :O
I had something like that happen yesterday actually... I stepped onto the Wii and got a weigh-in and it dropped 1.6kg since the day before which I think had more to do with the day before the day before yesterday I had an extremely late supper so the weigh-in, though I took it at the same time of day as all the others was actually probably like leftovers in my body or something and it seemed like such a crazy drop to be real.
Either way, be pleased to see the number and if it does go up because it wasn't a completely accurate reading then use that number as your next mini-goal to see legitimately. Keep at it!
I had something like that happen yesterday actually... I stepped onto the Wii and got a weigh-in and it dropped 1.6kg since the day before which I think had more to do with the day before the day before yesterday I had an extremely late supper so the weigh-in, though I took it at the same time of day as all the others was actually probably like leftovers in my body or something and it seemed like such a crazy drop to be real.
Either way, be pleased to see the number and if it does go up because it wasn't a completely accurate reading then use that number as your next mini-goal to see legitimately. Keep at it!
Thank you! And yeah, it wasn't as bad as I thought working all day long. I got tired out at the end, but it's not like I missed out on anything more than 8 hours of lying around the house!
hana, a loss is a loss.. you are good with food, exercise a lot, so i wouldn't worry about whether you would stay the same/go up next time. you had an awesome week, and you lost. and this is not the only week you will see a loss. you are also getting the hang of things. some weeks the loss will be big, some small. i say celebrate every loss. and it is not just the loss in weights, you are also losing inches, right? don't be so hard on yourself. i am celebrating your loss with a piece of dark chocolate right now.
Thanks for the encouragement! You're right, of course- I can celebrate every small or big loss. Especially when it's not the weight so much as the inches I'm concerned about. Thanks for celebrating with me. xD
Yay, thank you!!!
I'll do my best. : D
Whoa! That is such a difference in weight. :O
I had something like that happen yesterday actually...
Either way, be pleased to see the number and if it does go up because it wasn't a completely accurate reading then use that number as your next mini-goal to see legitimately. Keep at it!
Thanks, good to know I'm not the only one! It made me feel a little like I'm cheating or something somehow...haha.
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I had a pretty awesome day yesterday!
I worked, baby-sitting, for a whole 8 hours! It wasn't so very difficult, since the kid I watch had a friend over, and I mostly just kept them happy, rather than having to play all day, haha. Still was a long day for my selfish self to be not able to do whatever I wanted. xD
I made it to the gym in the morning: did an hour of ellipticizing and legs. I also did my yoga in the evening. I think I'm already getting better, more flexible!
My eating was not so good, since I was so busy...
breakfast- turkey sandwich (300)
lunch- string cheese, can of V8 (130)
dinner- 2 cups cauliflower, tilapia (200)
snack- ~2 cups watermelon, 2 apples, bunch of Macadamia nuts and almonds, carrots (600+?)
Obviously, got most of my calories at one late meal, which only happened once I realized how little I'd eaten the rest of the day. I know that's not a bad thing from a weight loss perspective, since it's all about total intake...but it's still not a habit I want have for life! I'll have to remember to bring more food with me during the day today.
Oh, and I tried on a pair of shorts I bought just a couple weeks ago...and I can tell a difference in how loose they are already! So I know I'm doing something right!
Random comment: Does anyone else watch Wipeout, the TV show? Ohmg, I love that show. I want to be on it so bad! xD
juni
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Is this true? I have been thinking (rethinking rather) about how I eat. I have a light breakfast because my cousin is visiting and i am too grumpy in the morning to make anything. But throughout the day I save my calories so that I can have a bigger dinner (because I usually eat with her), and often feel really guilty.This is going to change once she leaves and I no longer have to feel obligated to eat with her, but it is interesting that you mention it about getting most calories in one meal (my dinners are usually 300plus cal).
Yeah, I'm kinda the same way, I guess... I just don't feel like eating very much during the day, especially if I'm busy, so I end up eating up to half my total calories at dinner or after, sometimes.
I'm a little confused about what to do about this. On the one hand...it works for me. I enjoy having freedom in the evening to eat basically whatever I want, because I just don't want a lot the rest of the day. But I wonder if it would be better to get more of my fuel closer to after my workouts, in the morning, or something like that? I don't know. Maybe I've just heard the whole "many small meals" thing too many times to get over it completely. I don't know. :/
Penguinita
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Hey Hanabi!
Thanks for commenting on my journal. I've got to say you're doing GREAT. I thought you were already at good weight 140 when you started, but its what makes you feel good. You've done good... Gotta be like that!!
Good luck on the rest of the weight
Thanks for commenting on my journal. I've got to say you're doing GREAT. I thought you were already at good weight 140 when you started, but its what makes you feel good. You've done good... Gotta be like that!!
Good luck on the rest of the weight
Thanks so much for the encouragement!! I really appreciate the comment.
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Had a long day yesterday. On top of my nanny job, I also worked helping put on this children's science camp we do every year, wherein I lead a group of kids and try to teach them about science and nature things. It's really fun, but exhausting!
I think I stayed within my calories...I need to keep better track. The thing is, I eat a lot of nuts, and those are so difficult to count calories for! They come in big tins usually, so I don't have premeasured serving sizes. Do I count every single nut? Divide it up into smaller servings and somehow figure out how much each one is? I have a feeling that could be difficult, since there's a variety of different nuts in there....
Took some more pictures for progress checking. I found an old pair of capris, not from high school, but from about two years ago I think, so I was probably around 55 kg when I bought them (they're New York Company size 2s). The pictures are a bit blurry, I think, but basically the capris are really tight, you can see them pulling in the upper thigh area, and they give me a bit of a muffin top. :/
I think clothes are a better body size tracker than measurements maybe, since I think I tend to pull the tape measure tighter some days than others... lol.
I didn't plan enough time to work out before I started work yesterday, so this morning I'm up extra early to get to the gym, run, and do a full upper-body strength workout.
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Flumes
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1 cup almonds 545 calories
1 cup walnuts 785
1 cup sunflower seeds (with shell on) 265 - my downfall now lol
1 cup pecans 822
1 cup pistachio nuts 713
1 cup peanuts 863
So you see...nuts are high in calories. So eat in moderation.
I would get a measuring cup and put one cup of your nuts in it. Then using the palm of your hand, try to be consistant and take an equal palmfuls and transfer the nuts into another container.
Lets say it takes you 8 palmfuls. Thats about 100 cals per palmful.
(I thought this was eyeopening cause I didnt realize how many calories I actually ate when I ate nuts either. (I would eat 1-1-1/2 cups sometimes for a snack!)
Thanks for bringing this up
Ohhh...just seen you posted pics! You look great! And I don't see no muffin. lol Really! Defo not a muffin!
Have a great day!
1 cup walnuts 785
1 cup sunflower seeds (with shell on) 265 - my downfall now lol
1 cup pecans 822
1 cup pistachio nuts 713
1 cup peanuts 863
So you see...nuts are high in calories. So eat in moderation.
I would get a measuring cup and put one cup of your nuts in it. Then using the palm of your hand, try to be consistant and take an equal palmfuls and transfer the nuts into another container.
Lets say it takes you 8 palmfuls. Thats about 100 cals per palmful.
(I thought this was eyeopening cause I didnt realize how many calories I actually ate when I ate nuts either. (I would eat 1-1-1/2 cups sometimes for a snack!)
Thanks for bringing this up
Ohhh...just seen you posted pics! You look great! And I don't see no muffin. lol Really! Defo not a muffin!
Have a great day!
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AlexPlatups
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As far as nuts, Flumes posted calories, and as you can see they are quite
high. Personally I eat only walnuts, because of their high Omega-3 content,
and simply take a handful and eat it with my 2nd meal of the day, and
another handful with my 3rd meal of the day.
Anything more is asking for trouble, unless you have a high metabolism or
will be doing cardio about 3 hours after you eat them. But still, if there are
too many calories sometimes cardio won't help unless you use HIIT for
45 minutes, which is not easy for most people.
As far as your picture, your body looks quite lean, and maybe you have a
few pounds to go if you want to reach a low body fat percentage, but imo
many, many, many folks would kill to have a body like yours.
Obvioulsy this doesn't mean that you should stop where you are now, but
still, the fact is that observing your photo I have to say you look really awesome!
If you want to reach your "ideal weight" I would recommend that you get a
skin fold caliper, can buy one online for really cheap, and aim at reaching
a certain body fat percentage. For a woman 15% body fat is ideal, and
anything less is very hard to maintain, unless you were already born with
a very high metabolism.
At 15% you will be able to see some of your abs and will look like a fitness model!