Help! I need to kick it up!

[artgirl7]

So, my bridal shower is coming in two weeks and I need to kick things up a bit. Majority of the folks have not seen my since I went from a size 18 to a size 2.

I would like to shave a 1/2 inch from the thighs, hips and stomache in those two weeks and am wondering if I should up my cardio by about 30 minutes or so AND/OR increase all my toning exercises. ( I usually do lunges, squats, leg lifts and so many situps that I think I lose count after about 400....)

Help, what do you think? I really need some advice to be looking as best as I can and I know you guys can give me some good tips.

Also, what about eating? Cutback on anything?

[iyamamaschke]

Re: Help! I need to kick it up!

What are you doing now for Food what is you waist at now. ARe you eating very clean how long do you usually do cardio??? I think the best thing to do is not necessaruily add time to your cardio just Kick it up DO some HIIT training not only will that spike your metabolism you will also notcie you are warmer for hours after as well it makes your metabolism kick up for up to 36 hours after. Basically what hit is is your regulat training with intervals of Sprinting thrown in there. If you are doing say 30 minutes of TM time add in about 6-7 intervals of sprints it doesn't have to be long Just you gotta run your heart out tongue hanging out and you wanna fall over that's how ya do it. The first few time you may not be able to do very many but, IT WORKS!!!!

You gotta get rid of the fat keep the diet clean or all the exercise in all the world won't spot reduce ya know so just keep it up and revampt your exercsie and you will get some amazing results.

Sarah

[artgirl7]

Re: Help! I need to kick it up!

Thanks for the tips!

My waist is around 26.5 right now maybe 26. I haven't measured this week

In terms of food, 30-40 carbs a day, nothing out of the normal. Eggs/bacon breakfast or a little Kaski. Tuna or salad for lunch, Fish for dinner this week. Any snacks I have is cottage cheese with a peach, maybe SF jello or cheese.

No soda or coffee ever, just water with lemon.

Typical cardio workout: 6 days of 60-75 minutes of high impact running outdoors or treadmill. Run as hard as I can, until I have to crawl those last few feet. Toning and weights 3-4 days. Situps every day.

And, for a bonus after a run, I will ride the stationary bike for 30 -40 minutes.

What is " HIIT training "? High Impact....?

[iyamamaschke]

Re: Help! I need to kick it up!

High intensity Interval training.

You do that much Cardio every day WOW girl. That's over 2 hours of exercsie a day and I ahve to honestly say you are really going to end up hurting your body at this rate I am not trying to be a meany or anything but that's a lot of exercise the recommended amount is only in the 1 hour range after that unless you are taking in some serious calories you start to catabolize your muscles which is NOT GOOD!! I have to tell you something though that if you don't take rest days you can actually slow down Progress and end up with none. It's called Overtraining syndrome. your work your body so hard to the point that it just doesn't respond to anything any more and you can actually end up in a huge rut. I ahve been there belive me. Sometimes more isn't better. When you exercise that intensively that many days a week and hard as you say your body actually starts producing more stress hormones and eating it's own muscles and such just to keep it going. The exercise is awesome but, To tell you the honest truth I think you are Pushing way too hard and are gunna burn out. There is nothing wrong with having easy days for recovery and hard days to really get the weight loss going. You can have Slow Sustained runs for your east days Log disdances and time and Interval training runs of say 30 minures so just go hard as you can.

I am just worried about you doing way too much.

Sarah

[artgirl7]

Re: Help! I need to kick it up!

Thanks for your concern and thoughts.

There are weeks that I may only work out for 4-5 days but for the most part, I am a regular exerciser. Since I started two years ago, the routine has been about the same.

Lately, I have eased up because my knees have been bothering me, which is a sign of them needing a break. I may have a casual run 2/3 days and the others more intense. I ice them after a workout and then sit in the hot tub for about 30 minutes.

I am not looking to lose any more weight, just tone up what I have.

I re-read what I wrote earlier and realized a typo,...I ride the stationary bike 30 -40 minutes 2-3 days a week after a run, not every day. WHEW, that would even tire me out.

What is your standard workout routine and how often do you go? And, are you trying to lose or maintain?

[iyamamaschke]

Re: Help! I need to kick it up!

I am trying to lose a Bit more I lift wiehgts 4-5 days a week and I have basically have not done a lot of cardio Due to the Extreme heat and also cause I have a dayhome and SUmmer time I ahve sooo many kids it's crazy.

DO you do upper and lower body weight routines on your 3 days of weight training. I sure hope so. Don't be afraid of lifting Moderate weights most woman are afraid of weight traing for fear of Bulking up. You will gain some muscle yes, but as for Bulking it ain't gunna happen unless you are doing steroids and taking high amounts of testosterone to get MAN Hormones HE HE. I think if you are maintaining that it would be good to start to incorperate more wiehgt trianing this will tone and tighten your entire body and you will get smaller measurements. My waist is 29 inches and I'm not sure what I weigh right now but it's around 190lbs, I can image how small my waist will be when I hit my goal of 160 lbs. I owe most of this to the weight training and building of Lean Body mass. Muscle weighs more in less surface area then fat which takes up more room and weighs less so you can actually be heavier and dramatically smaller by adding muscle mass to your frame.

Sarah