31 year old lady from Puerto Rico. I joined this community with the interest of finding another people that has the same objective in loosing weight, being healthy and looking GREAT!!

Before this summer I never exercised and ate a lot. I started working out with my little brother when I was home for a few weeks, and after that joined a gym. I've built a lot of muscle since then, but now I want to lose some weight so that it actually shows.

I'm 23, and a Software Engineer in California, US. I've been mildly overweight most of my life (reached a whopping 215 lbs when I was in college last year).

After graduating college I decided to let go of the DELICIOUS cheese burritos and start adopting a healthier diet. New diet consisted of more fish and less red meat and less fast food. Within 8 months my weight dropped to 185 lbs with very little physical activity (once a week racquetball).

Couple months ago I checked my body fat percentage on my brother's bio-electrical impedance weight scale and saw that I had 22% BF!! I'm sure I lost a lot of muscle mass during my low protein diet.

ARRRRGGHH.. New goal: Get "cut" (Bruce Lee), I'm planning on dropping my body fat to 12%, and at the same time build muscle definition. I have average "genetics", so I won't be able to build muscle and lose weight at the same time. The next few months (3-4) I'm going to focus on lowering my body fat, and then focus on building muscle.

That said, the last four weeks I focused on building a little bit of upper body muscles (abdomen, chest, triceps) since muscles burn calories AND it was relatively easy for me to gain a little bit of muscle. A month ago I started with 15 lbs dumbbell for flat chest press, and now I can do same reps x sets with 30 lbs dumbbells.

Weekday schedule:

08:00- Saad wakes up :-)
08:30- Drink BOOST High Protein Shake (6g fat/ 33 g carbs (16g sugar) / 15 g protein)
09:00- At gym. Begin 5 minute stair master to warm up.
09:10- Weight Training:
10x3 30 lbs Dumbbell Flat Bench Press
10x3 40 lbs Dumbbell Shrug
10x3 12 lbs Side Dumbbell Lateral Raise
10x3 7 0lbs Chest Fly (Machine)
10x3 130 lbs Abdomen Sit-up (machine)

09:30- 30 Minutes Intense Running on Treadmill OR 30 minutes of elliptical (alternating days)

10:05- 35 Sit-ups on decline bench.

10:15- 100% Whey Protein powder l-Glutamine. Add whole bottle of Gatordate to my shaker bottle, shake, and enjoy. Total Nutritional Value: 40g Protein / 45g carbs (40g sugar) / 0g fat / 7g l-Glutamine

11:30- 5g L-Glutamine
12:20- Gyro sandwich.
03:00- 1 Apple
05:00- 1 Orange
08:30- Decent dinner

I usually drink equivalent of about 8 bottles of water throughout the day.

Following this schedule 4days/week, 1 day/week I play racquetball, and the other two days I don't do any exercises.

Results over the past four weeks:

Body Fat Percentage at 18% (decreased 2%) and body weight dropped to 173 lbs. These numbers fluctuate a lot (even on a daily basis), but at least I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life.

I'm looking for a motivator who preferably knows about nutrition weight training and can help me achieve my goals. Of course, friendly comments/tips on my progress are always appreciated from ANYONE :-)

I love to eat. Carbs is my weakness link that I always lose control in front of it.

I started running for fitness in 2007. Ever since I finished the 1st marathon (San Diego RnR 2007), I am addicted to running.

I started traineoing in Nov 2007. I have reached my goal weight in Jun 08 already. But, now, I don't care much about my weight. I care about it only if it affects my running performance.

31 year old lady from Puerto Rico. I joined this community with the interest of finding another people that has the same objective in loosing weight, being healthy and looking GREAT!!

HIGHEST WEIGHT 240 in 2000-2002
HIGHEST BODY FAT MEASURED-44% AT 170

CHALLENGE 1: SEPT 07-DEC 07
-LOSE 10 POUNDS-158-148-
achieved
new goal-lose another 10 by Dec 15
not achieved-Dec 15-weight 142.5
(total weight loss during challenge=
15.5 pounds)
-RUN A MILE- achieved on-NOV 7
new goal-run 2 miles-surpassed
new goal-run 2.5 b/w Nov 7 and
Dec 15.-achieved
-LOSE 5% BODY FAT-achieved

CHALLENGE 2 DEC 15-MARCH 15

-LOWER BODY FAT by 5% ( not achieved fully but as of 1/08-need to reevaluate-add muscle instead)
-RUN 5 MILES-Achieved on 1/11/07
new goal-6 miles by March 15 at
5.0 speed or 5 miles at 5.5(neither achieved and not goals anymore-may try for fun)
-LOSE 10 POUNDS -142.5-132.5 (not achieved but very close- 132.6)

6 month progress
-lost 25. 4 pounds
-lost 9% body fat
-ran 0-5 miles

Challenge 3 March 15, 07-June 15
-goals -follow plan by nutritionist and trainer
-main goal gain lean mass

Daily goals-
-follow meal plan and move every day

Goal of beating personal best-
run a marathon

weekly goals
-gain muscle to the best of my ability

3 month goals
-see above-reestablish every 3 months

12 month goals
-maintain all the above goals

ultimate long term goal
-be fit, healthy and confident with body