bridgetgirl

..with diet and I just learned how with exercise!! Woo hoo!

Last night at support group there was a fitness trainer on staff that attends the meetings, along with a nutritionist. The fitness part comes from him, the nutrition part comes from me and my stapler peeps results!

Diet: Wen in a stall or plateau you must "trick" your body into letting it know you are not in "starvation" mode. Goes back to when we were caveman and food and water were scarce. If you up your liquids to 80 oz, yup 80 peeps, and increase your calories by 500 calories at least, eat 6 times a day, and do this for one week, and then return to your normal routine you will let your body know that food and water are abundant and that will kick your fat burning metabolism back into gear.

Also you can do it with exercise. I learned last night that the way muscle and fat work together, if muscle feels threatened by losing water/fat and nutrients it too will hold onto it. For example, lets say you do the same cardio workout 3-5 a week, or walking. Your body willl only allow the same amount of water to be "let go" because it knows it is going to get replinshed as usual. If instead of doing 1 exercise of 30-60 minutes, stop and do 10 min exercises 3-6 times a week. Your muscle will go into a "shock" and start taking fat and water from fat. When you do this 3-6 tmes a day it takes from fat 2-6 times more than doing one continual 30-60 min rutine. Your body actually thinks its working out MORE when in fact minutes wise its the same. Its best to mix it though, 10 mins cardio, 10 mins strength training, 10 mins power walking, 10 mins swimming, jumping rope.. whatever. You can only do this for 6 weeks and see fat burning results before your body will recognize that this is the new/usual routine.
I hope this makes sense, I am trying to explain it in very lame terms so its easy to understand. The trainer gave his schpeel about it and did a demonstration using a large bucket of water and a small one and showed how utlimately the large bucket (fat) got extremely reduced by the smaller (muscle). It was very interesting.

I hope it makes sense to y'all and I hope it helps and works for ya (awhile).

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sherry7

Excellent info Bridget. Thanks for sharing.

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Godsblessedme

girl i know you didnt JUST learn this now the excersize part is a must anyway but i still stall with excersize and upping my calories but i will try the more fluid intake

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Deborah (before sugery)

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bridgetgirl

I learned how to break the plateau with exercise. It has to be fast short bursts, throughout the day. Not just changing the routine

WTF?! Only 2 of you got anythingout of this? Anyone who complains about a stall or plateau, Im ignoring!

Im glad you enjoyed it, and youre welcome!

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J.Bridget Fisher
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/155

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." - MaryKay Ash

mistymee

LOL.. I read it, but I was at work, where I can't reply... then I forgot to come back to it.. I DO appreciate the information. This is what I've been doing for a couple of weeks now.. short bursts of activity, several times a day. ... hasn't helped my stall yet, but I've not given up hope.

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PurplePolarBear

Gettin' hitched 10.11.08

bridgetgirl

stay strong lil sister, dont forget to INCREASE your calories too!

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J.Bridget Fisher
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/155

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." - MaryKay Ash

Godsblessedme

Bridget i have tried excersizing and its not helping me either i also increase my calories and nothing. I feel really bad that my "honeymoon" period is over. Nothing is working and i'm not dropping. i'm trying to increase my fluids too

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Deborah (before sugery)

PreOp/Current/Goal
268 /212 (5/12/08) /130

Surgery Date: 12/18/07 Lap RNY

Gym Rat #98

Amandazon247

I swear I read this girl... and forgot to come back and say thanks for the info..... you rock.. I am still in my honeymoon period... but start withthe trainer on Monday.....

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