TY 4 input on meals-more ?'s on calorie counting

[Guest guest]

First-I notice that everyone is seriously counting their calories. I

organize my meals by the " palm of my hand " rule in the book but

don't really count the calories. Is their an easy method anyone is

using? I'm new at this-sorry if it seems like an no-brainer.

We're supposed to have 1400 calories a day???

Also, I have a belly fat and saddles on my legs problem!!!!!! I

can't decide which one I hate more, but when I'm taking a shower in

the morning, I look down at myself and I just think, uggg, when is

this fat going to dispear?

Then I read a post saying that if you don't eat the way you are

supposed to, (like to few calories, those abdmonial muscles are

feeding on themselves?) This may be happening to me. Maybe.

My legs are becoming bulky and I feel like my jeans are even tighter

in the leg area. Bulky quads + plus saddles + plus belly fat = very

uncomfortable fitting jeans.

Ugg, I'm sad, but I'm going to go do my cardio workout anyway.

Blaahhhh. (wiggling my fingers at the computer!!!)

m.d.

[Guest guest]

No, you don't have to count calories. The palm/fist method works and

it's extremely effective. Some of us have deeply-ingrained

number-crunching control freak tendencies though. :-) We can't help

but look at the numbers. Counting calories is not a part of the BFL

program though.

What's happening to your legs is extremely common. If you're feeling

big and clunky the problem isn't your new lean muscle, it's the old

familiar fat that's still covering it. Thighs are what cause most

women to completely freak out. I'll bet if we took a poll of female

Body for Lifers, most women would tell you that their thighs got a

little bigger before they got smaller. It's one of those BFLisms where

if I had a nickel for every time I heard it I'd be rich. :-) It's

muscle gain. Once the fat loss catches up, you'll have some sleek,

rock hard, jiggle free legs that are smaller than what you started

with. Witness the fat and muscle comparison photo:

http://www.skwigg.com/fat_and_muscle.jpg

Quite a few women never get there though. They gain 3/4 inch in their

thighs the first 2 weeks of training, wig out, and go back to being

flabby sissies. If they'd stuck it out for 12 weeks, they'd have found

that after 6-8 weeks the fat loss catches up and their legs start

looking amazing! It's not unusual for the measurements in your arms,

legs, and hips to go up slightly at first but then drop like rocks. At

the end of a 12 week transformation you'll be inches smaller all the

way around. Most people don't stick it out though. The " waaaaaah, I'm

getting bulky " phenomenon is an excellent excuse to quit and go back

to something safely ineffective. Change is scary.

If you're getting frustrated, check out Hussman's site. In

particular, read the part about how You Really Do Change From the

Inside Out:

http://www.hussman.org/fitness/#inside

If you're curious about calories and want to crunch some numbers, he

has a BMR calculator in his How Calories Work section.

Hang in there! :-)

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:56:17 -0000, deavila76 <deavila76@...> wrote:

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>

> First-I notice that everyone is seriously counting their calories. I

> organize my meals by the " palm of my hand " rule in the book but

> don't really count the calories. Is their an easy method anyone is

> using? I'm new at this-sorry if it seems like an no-brainer.

>

> We're supposed to have 1400 calories a day???

>

> Also, I have a belly fat and saddles on my legs problem!!!!!! I

> can't decide which one I hate more, but when I'm taking a shower in

> the morning, I look down at myself and I just think, uggg, when is

> this fat going to dispear?

>

> Then I read a post saying that if you don't eat the way you are

> supposed to, (like to few calories, those abdmonial muscles are

> feeding on themselves?) This may be happening to me. Maybe.

>

> My legs are becoming bulky and I feel like my jeans are even tighter

> in the leg area. Bulky quads + plus saddles + plus belly fat = very

> uncomfortable fitting jeans.

>

> Ugg, I'm sad, but I'm going to go do my cardio workout anyway.

> Blaahhhh. (wiggling my fingers at the computer!!!)

>

> m.d.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Just to add to what said...

I am going through the same thing right now. After 4 weeks, I gained

an inch or two on my thighs and a bit on my calves. I was annoyed at

first, but at 8 weeks when I did my measurements and pictures, the

inches still hadn't come off, but my thighs looked more firm and the

weird thing is, they looked smaller, even though there were more

inches on them. Kooky, eh? Long story short? Keep plugging along. A

year from now, if you keep it up, you will look great. I've learned

to love my big, strong legs! I know that this isn't a short-term

transformation. Good luck!

> >

> >

> > First-I notice that everyone is seriously counting their

calories. I

> > organize my meals by the " palm of my hand " rule in the book but

> > don't really count the calories. Is their an easy method anyone

is

> > using? I'm new at this-sorry if it seems like an no-brainer.

> >

> > We're supposed to have 1400 calories a day???

> >

> > Also, I have a belly fat and saddles on my legs problem!!!!!! I

> > can't decide which one I hate more, but when I'm taking a shower

in

> > the morning, I look down at myself and I just think, uggg, when

is

> > this fat going to dispear?

> >

> > Then I read a post saying that if you don't eat the way you are

> > supposed to, (like to few calories, those abdmonial muscles are

> > feeding on themselves?) This may be happening to me. Maybe.

> >

> > My legs are becoming bulky and I feel like my jeans are even

tighter

> > in the leg area. Bulky quads + plus saddles + plus belly fat =

very

> > uncomfortable fitting jeans.

> >

> > Ugg, I'm sad, but I'm going to go do my cardio workout anyway.

> > Blaahhhh. (wiggling my fingers at the computer!!!)

> >

> > m.d.

> >

> >

> >

> >