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lindsayp · Kenneth Cole

healthy weight loss

NCshopper · Hermes

How long do you have to lose this weight? If we're talking 30 pounds in a month, then I'm not sure that would be very healthy or realistic. If you have a longer period of time to do this, then you can do it healthfully.

The other question I have is that you say your trainer wants you to fight in the mid-140's. Is that the weight class that you want to fight in? Is that the weight you want to be? Do you think this is possible and that this is a good idea? The reason I ask all this is because YOU should be the one that's deciding how much weight you want to lose and how long you're going to take to do it. A trainer is great for giving you some motivation when you can't motivate yourself, but you don't want your trainer to set goals for you that you're not comfortable with. So make sure that before you do it, this is what YOU want to do, otherwise you might find that making the weight loss permanent will be very difficult.

Alikat · Kate Spade

Are you doing any weight lifting? That helps a lot with weight loss as your metabolism increases with more muscle mass.

Check out this website: http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html, it has beginner routines and also defunks a lot of the myths about women and weights.

Diet also plays a huge role in weight, so if you eat well - it will show.

I also agree that you should lose weight at the right pace, and that you make sure it is the right weight for you.

-- Edited by Alikat at 14:45, 2005-09-05

lindsayp · Kenneth Cole

I'd looooove to be in the mid 140s!! Also, if I go any higher, I'll be fighting amazon women! I'm really short (5'4") so I need to be fighting women more my size. Any heavier weight class and they'll literally tower over me by a couple feet! As for when I'll fight, I know for sure I won't be fighting a sanctioned bout before the end of the year. I may be fighting a smoker (kind of like a practice fight with headgear and shinpads and stuff) in November. It'll just be a gauge of where I'm at conditioning and skill-wise (is that a word?). I'm trying to find a nutritionist and I may look into WW. I haven't started weight lifting yet. We start actual fight training this week, so I'll see what they want me to do then.

I am nervous about how much weight I have to lose. I think I'm more nervous about whether or not I can do it. I think if I can, I'll look and feel amazing. Hopefully training for a fight will be the kick in the pants I need to get on track

Alikat · Kate Spade

lindsayp - you are just like me. I'm 5'4 and have a musclar frame! My GW is around 140 as well.

1-2 lbs a week is supposedly the safe way to lose weight, any more you will probably gain it back. So I'd consider 15 weeks a basic timeframe to lose the weight... I think you will definitely lose faster if you are doing serious training, though.

Good luck!

blubirde · Chanel

Alikat wrote:

http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html

What a great site!! Thanks for posting it. I've already got some tips from it (some to continue what I've been doing, some encouraging words with some problems I've run into, and some new ideas to try).