exercise plan

[happyevraftr]

I've been trying to get back in shape and I'm going to bore you with my health plan. =D

I was really thin in highschool and college- mainly due to cheerleading and dance. But now that I'm older (in my mid 20's), and as a result from dancing my entire life, my metabolism has slowed waaaayyyy down. Combine that with my depression over being unemployed and I'm the heaviest I've ever been :(

I've been having a hard time loosing weight because it takes such extreme exercise for my body to actually loose weight. The last time I had to loose significant pounds I only ate 700 calories a day and ran over two miles/lifted weights every day. On top of my seven hours of dance a week. It was brutal and I always felt terrible.

This time, I'm trying to loose the weight without starving myself. Besides dance, I'm doing P90X and running two miles on the elliptical every day. Crossing my fingers that this will work and that I can keep up with it. I always end up getting sick or crazy busy and it ruins my schedule.

I want my eighteen year old body back though!!!

Comments

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

I'm having a similar problem, re: my metabolism. Not that I was ever quite so active as you, but as a teenager I did horseriding and dancing, and even at uni I walked everywhere (lots of hills where I went to uni) and did ballet once a week and stretch class once a week too. Now I'm back home and my job involves sitting a lot and I'm the heaviest I've ever been and I hate it.

So far I've been trying to get out on my bike, since that's the most accessible form of exercise for me (along with walking) and obviously trying to not eat endless rubbish - my success varies at that, but the weight won't seem to go. I finally understand the correlation between feeling crap about your shape and eating stuff that will just make your shape WORSE but you do it anyway because you feel crap :/

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Based on your description of your metabolism, I would recommend upping your protein intake, eating protein 5 meals a day, and doing some body-building. You can do some cardio or dance as well to shed a few pounds, but what you need to do is shift your muscle/fat ratio to jumpstart a change in your metabolism.

I have a painfully slow metabolism, and I stall in weightloss all the time. It's counter-intuitive, but eating MORE makes me lose weight better, and feel better and more active and less depressed. It's the whole fueling your body for activity thing.

I'm terrible for following my own advice - I eat crap and feel depressed, and skip meals but don't lose weight. The protein/body-building trick is the only thing that really makes a difference (in weight-loss and in depression). Although not eating in the evening also works well for me for weight-loss.

Post about your progress lots! Maybe it will inspire me again. I went to Curves 4 times the week before last, and zero times this past week. Hoping to start again this week - but I didn't go today. :(