[wannaBsize7]

ARGHHHH, I just typed all of this out, and lost it while downloading spell check

OK People Your advice was really helpful on my last post, so I thought I would see what you thought about this.

I wanna lose 10lbs by the end of may.

Here is what I'm doing

Tuesday and Thursday is one hour of cardio

Monday, Wednesday, And Friday

At the gym
4 sets of 25 on the ab machine

2sets to failure on the following
Shoulders

over head shoulder press (DB or smith machine)
Shoulder side raises (not sure this is the correct term)

bi's
Preacher curls
Alt db curls on incline

tri's
Overhead tri press or overhead cable pull down
tri pull down

chest

Bench press w/db or bb
peck deck

back
Smith machine Tbar
Wide grip cable pull down

legs
Leg press
Straight leg dead lifts

This usually leaves me sore the next day, but I am usually fine the day after, ready to do I t all over again.

I usually mix up the order, and I will do different exercises to hit each body part, for instance. I Will do squats and hamstring curls on legs, or on arms do concentrated curls, and standing hamercurls, and so on...

My diet is mostly calorie based. between 1200-1500cal a day depending on how hard I worked out. I try to get in high protein. Ive learned that I do better if I don't omit anyone food (with the exception of refined sugar, and I try to only eat whole grain)

So what do ya ll thing. Is It possible to lose 10lbs in 31 days?

[Mel]

I really don't want to say yes or no.... Sure, it's possible to lose 10 pounds in a month somehow. What is really your goal? A particular size? Wearing a specific dress or bathing suit? Or being at the scale weight at which you graduated from high school?

What you are doing now sounds like a good plan, but you've been doing it for a while. At what rate are you losing now? If you crash diet, you are going to lose muscle even though you are lifting, and you know that's going to affect your metabolism and sabotage you in the long run. The only thing I'd add to speed weightloss would be 20 minutes of high intensity interval training first thing in the morning on an empty stomach on your gym days. That would give you 3 more days of short, but intense cardio.

Putting a date on a scale weight for me is a dicey situation. I think that rate of loss is too fast for someone who has already been dieting and exercising. What if you don't make it? Is it going to derail you or make you feel like a failure?

Instead, how about setting behavior goals. You laid out your plan. If it's working, stick to it. Maybe add more cardio in the form of HIIT, but don't use only the scale as your measure of success. I really think if you try to lose more than 1-2 pounds per week, you are going to lose more muscle than you want and not be happy.

Mel

[wannaBsize7]

Actually, I have just started this routine this week. Before, I was not consistent with my work out. I was letting "life" get in the way. My ultimate goal...I am trying to reach 135lbs. Four pounds more that my pre pregnancy weight in 2003. I would be happy if I could just drop pants size in a month.