Hi,
I am excited to have found this forum.
I'm a 51 year old woman, 5 ft, 4 in, 165 pounds.
I've been working out/eating healthier for a little over four years, and have lost around 70 pounds.
My mindset is transforming from thinking I am a fat lady, trying to lose wight to feeling like a fit lady, trying to eat clean, work out intensely. I am hoping to lose another 15 pounds, then evaluate whether I can get my weight lower than that. I never expected to center my life around working out but I am moving in that direction.
I lift with a personal trainer. I've been doing twice a week (upper body/lower body) but am about to mve to three days-splitting upper body into two days, doing a couple more exercises for each body part. Also to slightly shorten the sessions because we end up spending an hour/fifteen minutes and the sessions are supposed to be an hour. This is my choice, not the trainer-he has never mentioned that we go over time, but I notice that we alway do and sooner or later, I know he's staying later in the day to make up for it...
I also do a 10-20 minute cardio warm up on the days I lift, and then on two other days I either swim 60 minutes, or take a one hour Pilates class, or do a cardio 20 minute stairs/20 minute bike work out. I do an ab routines on the days I work out (except if I do Pilates), and usually one other day. On weekdays, I walk a minimum of 60 minutes, on weekend days a minimum of
20. I live in the city, have no car, so walking is my main means of transportation. I am a little nervous about adding the etra lifting because it will replace a more cardio based session. I am thinking I will lengthen my cardio warm-up, or put some cardio at the end, but that is unproven so far.
I have cleaned up my eating a lot. I eat 7-8 times a day. I mix protein supplement with oatmeal for breakfast, with yogurt as an afternoon snack, and have 1-2 shakes-always after working out, usually before bed. I also usually have a protein bar snack as a mid-morning snack. My lunch is usually salad with some protein-hard boiled egg, tuna, shrimp, chicken and sometimes some bread. Dinner is usually a protein source, 1-2 veggies and a carb. I also usually have a fruit snack in the afternoon, and cheerios(dry) at bedtime. It is a lot of food, and I am working to decrease some portion sizes.
I definitely fight the 'night-time eating' monster and I don't always win. And weekend eating is definitely not as structured as during the week.
I look forward to reading the great advice here and maybe contributing some questions and answers.
SJ
I am excited to have found this forum.
I'm a 51 year old woman, 5 ft, 4 in, 165 pounds.
I've been working out/eating healthier for a little over four years, and have lost around 70 pounds.
My mindset is transforming from thinking I am a fat lady, trying to lose wight to feeling like a fit lady, trying to eat clean, work out intensely. I am hoping to lose another 15 pounds, then evaluate whether I can get my weight lower than that. I never expected to center my life around working out but I am moving in that direction.
I lift with a personal trainer. I've been doing twice a week (upper body/lower body) but am about to mve to three days-splitting upper body into two days, doing a couple more exercises for each body part. Also to slightly shorten the sessions because we end up spending an hour/fifteen minutes and the sessions are supposed to be an hour. This is my choice, not the trainer-he has never mentioned that we go over time, but I notice that we alway do and sooner or later, I know he's staying later in the day to make up for it...
I also do a 10-20 minute cardio warm up on the days I lift, and then on two other days I either swim 60 minutes, or take a one hour Pilates class, or do a cardio 20 minute stairs/20 minute bike work out. I do an ab routines on the days I work out (except if I do Pilates), and usually one other day. On weekdays, I walk a minimum of 60 minutes, on weekend days a minimum of
20. I live in the city, have no car, so walking is my main means of transportation. I am a little nervous about adding the etra lifting because it will replace a more cardio based session. I am thinking I will lengthen my cardio warm-up, or put some cardio at the end, but that is unproven so far.
I have cleaned up my eating a lot. I eat 7-8 times a day. I mix protein supplement with oatmeal for breakfast, with yogurt as an afternoon snack, and have 1-2 shakes-always after working out, usually before bed. I also usually have a protein bar snack as a mid-morning snack. My lunch is usually salad with some protein-hard boiled egg, tuna, shrimp, chicken and sometimes some bread. Dinner is usually a protein source, 1-2 veggies and a carb. I also usually have a fruit snack in the afternoon, and cheerios(dry) at bedtime. It is a lot of food, and I am working to decrease some portion sizes.
I definitely fight the 'night-time eating' monster and I don't always win. And weekend eating is definitely not as structured as during the week.
I look forward to reading the great advice here and maybe contributing some questions and answers.
SJ