Cardio & A little about what to Eat

[amcoppolino]

Hey all,

I am revisiting this site after a while of not being on here.

I am currently a muscular build - 5'3 and 125, and I would like to drop at least 5 more in the next 3 months maybe 10 by Spring.

I have an hour during lunch to workout at the gym and currently I just do a 25 minutes of cardio on a treadmill followed by light weights for toning.

I do NOT want to bulk up at all!

Given current goals and a healthy diet, any workout/cardio advice you could give would be really appreciated.

Also, I already eat pretty healthy and theres not much I think I will probably change there, but if you have any suggestions, PLEASE feel free to give them!

Thanks,
Andrea

[KajolThappar]

You would first feel very weak (seeing black when you stand up and possibly feinting). If the diet is sustained, you will eventually feel chronically sick in the stomach, followed by being very cold all the time, probable constipation and pain, and after that you may lose your hair and your nails may turn blue from oxygen starvation. Losing weight very quickly typically causes gallstones, and they're excruciatingly painful.

The diet you mention is seriously lacking in essential nutrients including fibre, antioxidants, and pretty much every mineral and vitamin known to man. 800 calories a day is starvation, basic subsistance level. Less than this and your body will begin to destroy both the fat AND the muscle tissue in your body in order to feed your brain. This is what happens to people with severe eating disorders, and the muscles involved include the heart - that's right, your fitness regime will cause heart damage if you do not feed the machine (body) correctly.

The main issue is that a starvation level of calorie intake will send your body into starvation mode itself. Every gram you eat will be kept. Your metabolism will slow down and the weight will be extremely hard to shift.

No diet will allow you to lose more than 2 pounds or 1 kilo per week unless you are merely losing fluid. The people on the diet reality shows losing more are under strict guidelines from nutritionists, are eating far more than you, and are working out 8-10 hours a day.








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[amcoppolino]

This wasnt helpful at all, and I never even gave you a breakdown on current diet, sir. So I think what you are saying is extremely out of the element. Additionally, I do not think that it is impossible to drop something as simple as 5 pounds in a few months. I've got a pretty tiny frame, eat healthy and have tons of energy all the time.

I didn't ask to be ridiculed, I asked for advice.