mizzourunner Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) . Edited September 1, 2010 by mizzourunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 What are your goals right now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzourunner Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 I would like to get really ripped but not bulky. I don't really want to gain anymore weight right now. I also want to get back into running. I used to be a real cardio girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Cool. If you want to be ripped try to do some cardio that also involves muscular effort on the full body, like the elliptical, rowing, shadow boxing with light free weights, probably at your gym there's some class of energy cardio with lifting free weights, jumping, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzourunner Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 That's exactly what I did today. 30 minutes on the elliptical. I am really out of shape though. Were you able to see my pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcina Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I couldn't see your photos. Btw, if your goal is to build muscle, you WILL gain some weight. Some of it will be fat, just to be forewarned. It's just part of the process. Building muscle requires a lot of energy that you'll need from food. If you don't eat enough, you'll end up feeling drained and your body won't be able to repair itself efficiently.. resulting in you getting sick easily and all that stuff. This is known as "overtraining". I suffered from anorexia as a teenager, and I relapsed in 2008. Be careful, and know when to ask for help if you need it Other than that, weight-training is very rewarding and you'll feel amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFrasier73 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 If you can find a Crossfit class near your home, that's a great workout. Once I incorporated that into the mix, the muscles were popping out....I do a ton of cardio and weights, too. I had to really up my intake of food in order to start to see results. I wasn't eating enough or often enough and felt so drained. When you're pushing your body, you need to also fuel the body. At first I thought I was going to gain fat, but I didn't. I did see the number on the scale increase, but my inches went down. It's all a process...but it's well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzourunner Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 TFraisier I live in a town of 40000 people. No crossfit anywhere to be found. My gym offers a lot of other classes. Maybe I will check the gym in the next town over where the population is closer to 100000. I read an article about crossfit in one of my magazines this month. I can't remember which one. I think it was Oxygen. Maybe I can design my own workout at my gym but I doubt that I'll be able to line up all those exercises in one portion of the gym and just rotate. Isn't that how it works? 4-6 different exercises. You do one for like a minute or so and then rotate to the next one and so on. marcina You'll be happy to know that I gained 3 pounds this week. I hope it was all muscle but obviously I can't be sure and I don't know where it went because I can't see any difference. I'm willing to maybe get up to 105 at the most but even that idea is very scary to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I think crossfit.com posts a workout of the day each day. You could follow it or modify it to suit the equipment you have available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcina Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Your weight can fluctuate between 2-5 pounds just in water every day. To be honest, ever since my last bout with my ED, I stopped weighing myself. I don't own a scale at all. I'm still very active, and I workout almost everyday, and I probably weigh about 120, but my legs are totally solid now. It's pretty awesome. I worry more about being healthy than I do about being lean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopussoir Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 if you wanna be "ripped" sculpt those muscles more and target specific areas like a bodybuilder does. youre already lean enough you just need to be doing isolation movements and working on increasing the muscle size a little. PM me if you have any other questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameSchmetterling Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Mizzorunner, I know it is very hard to live with a constant eating disorder, but to be honest to you. You are too skinny even in the last pictures. If you wanna be ripped and muscular you need to eat small portions of food (1 palm size fatfree protein & 1 palm size complex carbo) at least six times a day! Your body need to built up again the muscle mass and therefore it needs fuel aka FOOD, its all gone. Too much cardio will make you even more skinny and not muscular (stop at 40minutes!). You should concentrate on weight lifting at least 3 times a week and EATING. Without frequently eating you won't reach that goal. Please think about an appointment at a psychologist before starting training. I struggeled with this as a teenager as well. You need a therapist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganResistance Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Wow, I really do think you should be a bit bigger, you look way too thin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzourunner Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Thanks everybody for the feedback. I've been seeing various psychologists for years. I have been in many treatment centers. I know I am still too thin but I'm so afraid of getting bigger. I'm trying to work on it. I'm trying to work on my eating. It's just a constant struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazios2002 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Easy tiger you're doing great. Slow and steady wins the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazios2002 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Where did the pictures go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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