Author Topic: Shaping up for the con? (Read 136853 times)

The_Geek · « **Reply #850 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:11:18 pm »

Quote from: DemonSpawn on July 15, 2009, 08:00:43 am

I've been doing nothing. T~T Someone motivate me!!!

You've got to visualize! Imagine yourself as being healthy, fit, and in cosplay shape. Power of positive thinking.

On another note anyone go for a run at 5 AM? I'd like to know a few tips before I actually do it.

Namazzi · « **Reply #851 on:** July 15, 2009, 07:33:00 pm »

Well, I was eating a lot healthier, and dropped 24 pounds. (still am by the way. xD). I wasn't doing much in the way of working out though. =X
but.. I started a job today, and I'll tell you.. it IS a workout in itself. xD I'm suspecting that it'll help in the weight loss department anyway. I'm sooo sore. xP
Won't be cosplaying this year though., I just don't feel comfortable with it at my weight. =( .. Next year though!

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #852 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:31:35 pm »

I raged so hard at the Black Dahlia Murder concert tonight, I think it well compensated for not working out today. I had to burn at least 600 cals just sweating.

chelseahavoc · « **Reply #853 on:** July 16, 2009, 07:39:28 am »

ugh went to the park with work yesterday. there was a caged wheel.. spinny thing.. i pushed and pulled and run that thing at least 75 times.... yay workout xD??

nyahaha · « **Reply #854 on:** July 16, 2009, 08:45:50 am »

I've been being really lazy for the past week...but today I will be biking to joanns! so that is about 3ish miles there and back!

Hidamari · « **Reply #855 on:** July 16, 2009, 11:40:26 am »

Ii've biked to and from a house my friend is house-sitting twice. About an hour there and back. It gets easier every time

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #856 on:** July 16, 2009, 12:46:04 pm »

D: ive been slacking off TT_TT tonight I get back to work!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #857 on:** July 16, 2009, 01:49:34 pm »

I haven't done anything for the past two days. I really need to get back into it though. Tomorrow I will go jogging.

nyahaha · « **Reply #858 on:** July 17, 2009, 10:33:40 am »

I went swimming last night and my friends and I had a very tiring half hour long splashing fight. I was really tired after that and went straight to bed xD

nikkiolie · « **Reply #859 on:** July 17, 2009, 10:38:10 am »

I did another hour and a half of work out today. I jogged for about an hour then did some weights.

Hidamari · « **Reply #860 on:** July 17, 2009, 10:39:06 am »

Haha Is it bad to be eating sunflower seeds all day?

The_Geek · « **Reply #861 on:** July 17, 2009, 11:47:15 am »

Quote from: Hidamari on July 17, 2009, 10:39:06 am

Haha Is it bad to be eating sunflower seeds all day?

Salted, yes. Unsalted not as much. All you have to do is keep a careful eye on what you're consuming.

dshwshr55 · « **Reply #862 on:** July 17, 2009, 03:07:54 pm »

Back when I checked out this topic when there was only like 2 or 3 pages, everyone had a solid plan and mostly carried them out. It looks like people either cut down on work on they're promised routine, or it's just spontaneously working out on some days.

nyahaha · « **Reply #863 on:** July 17, 2009, 03:20:49 pm »

lol I'm mostly spontaneous xD

I might go swimming again today!! Yess!

chelseahavoc · « **Reply #864 on:** July 17, 2009, 04:09:03 pm »

for me its more like "ok... im bored enough... and im doing nothing and look! an empty space! ok work out time!"

StarryShay · « **Reply #865 on:** July 17, 2009, 04:33:04 pm »

It's too hot to do anything.
Ahh, I'll probably spend the rest of my day laying by the fan. xD

Tsuki-Ken · « **Reply #866 on:** July 17, 2009, 05:11:46 pm »

I had an ankle injury that only just healed up; I lost so much muscle in that leg T.T

StarryShay · « **Reply #867 on:** July 17, 2009, 07:04:45 pm »

-Pats head-
Waah, are you okay? D'=

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #868 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:22:37 am »

Yesterday I chased a four year old for like 20 minutes. Does this count as exercise? XD

nikkiolie · « **Reply #869 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:54:08 am »

I'm going to the dance (or I at least plan on it

) So that will be my workout. I'm debating if I should go to the gym as well =/

nyahaha · « **Reply #870 on:** July 18, 2009, 05:23:18 pm »

Yesterday I wen't swimming from 11pm to 3am xD It was very tiring. And today I went tp the roller skating meet up so that was kind of like a mini work out xD

Tsuki-Ken · « **Reply #871 on:** July 18, 2009, 09:27:09 pm »

I broke something, walked on it for six days, then found out how badly I'd "twisted" my ankle. All better now

except for some stiffness

Hidamari · « **Reply #872 on:** July 18, 2009, 11:32:13 pm »

Ouch! That's scary! I'm glad you know how bad it is now, though. Once i hit my leg really hard and was freaking out because i thought I'd broken it and nobody believed me and it would grow back all weird. I was watching Code Geass when I did that

Tsuki-Ken · « **Reply #873 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:01:01 pm »

(Warning: this part may gross you out)
It made a BIG cracking sound that other people also heard. I could barely walk the first day T.T
Now it makes small cracking sounds sometimes when I rotate it, and it didn't do that before...

Hidamari · « **Reply #874 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:38:17 pm »

Ewwwww! I'm sorry about that. I think the little cracking noises now are just ecess fluid, though.

Tsuki-Ken · « **Reply #875 on:** July 19, 2009, 02:52:09 pm »

Really? That's a relief. I've never really hurt myself before, so although I was limping pretty badly and my ankle was really swollen, I didn't think it was that bad. At least I didn't have to wear a cast

nikkiolie · « **Reply #876 on:** July 19, 2009, 10:33:25 pm »

I need to workout hard. I keep missing a few days, so I end up working out about three days a week. I will try to go every day this week.

suki · « **Reply #877 on:** July 30, 2009, 01:40:37 pm »

In addition to working out hard, it's also important to eat healthy too!

I hear eating smaller meals throughout the day and doing aerobic exercise at least 3 times a week is good. I also just started strength training, working out my abs and and legs. Weeeeeee~

nikkiolie · « **Reply #878 on:** July 30, 2009, 01:50:38 pm »

I had to skip out on jogging today because I had an eye doctor appointment this morning. But hey, I have new contacts now and I can probably get some blue prescription ones for my costumes

Tomorrow might also be cooler so we might jog before going to the gym.

suki · « **Reply #879 on:** July 30, 2009, 02:50:12 pm »

Yeah, oh man it was SO hot yesterday! I had no motivation to work out but I still did because I knew it'd be worth it in the end. Lucky you got blue contacts! My boyfriend was going to get them but it'd cost him extra money because his eyeball isn't perfectly round. o_O

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #880 on:** July 30, 2009, 02:52:52 pm »

my abbs are feeling flater : D

but this diet thing is killing me TT_TT *cut out snacks from diet so now its just breafast lunch and dinner* i mean im no thungry but its hard to fight off cravings D: oh well least im excersing so i should be able to pull of black rose

how are you all doing?

nyahaha · « **Reply #881 on:** August 07, 2009, 11:15:24 pm »

I've been biking back and forth from my mom's to my dad's house almost all summer, and I can actually see (and feel) a difference in my upper legs. They look thinner, and actually match my calves xD. I'm going on a bike ride with my grandparents, mom, and brother tomorrow.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #882 on:** August 08, 2009, 09:05:37 am »

I've been trying to go to the gym every day and I feel like I am getting in shape. I can run for much longer than I can before. I have a personal training session coming up next week

leonmasteries · « **Reply #883 on:** August 08, 2009, 10:57:32 am »

every day now, I'm doing sit up's, because I have a little pudge. I should also start doing push ups again.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #884 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:10:08 pm »

Sit ups aren't going to get rid of pudge, jogging and other cardio will get rid of the fat. Doing sit ups will just get the muscle stronger under the pudge.

leonmasteries · « **Reply #885 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:12:31 pm »

that's true, dang it, but at least my pudge isn't all that bad, it's just there, but your right, if I want to get rid of it, I have to do more and stuff. Luckily, my diet has gone down quite a bit lately, so I'm not eating as much, and I'm eating far in between, but I'm still having variety on what I eat.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #886 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:13:37 pm »

If it is just a little it shouldn't be too hard to get rid of. The sit ups might help tone a little bit though

Kagome219 · « **Reply #887 on:** August 08, 2009, 04:01:17 pm »

My original summer plan has gone down the drain. That's what happens when I don't do it in writing and sign it.

BUT! I have been doing some others things. I started going with Hidamari and her mother to a pilates/yoga class in Tigard every Tuesday morning and it has been really fun and I've felt the change already. ^^ I also took up a ballroom/Latin dance class with one of my other friends. It's Thursday evenings. Of course I still bike when I can, walk the dogs, and work on sit-ups, bicycle crunches, and push-ups. It's been far from what I originally planned, but it's helped me from gaining more weight and I've lost a couple pounds, apparently. (Though it never looks like it to me. >.>) My diet has become healthier over all this summer which has helped. ^^ (Bye-bye, Poptarts~) Though I do have the occasional sweet, it doesn't hurt.

Anyways, I will be pushing myself a bit more since K-con is sneaking up so quickly.

StarryShay · « **Reply #888 on:** August 08, 2009, 04:12:40 pm »

I need Abs by Mewcon. ;3;

Kagome219 · « **Reply #889 on:** August 08, 2009, 04:13:32 pm »

Who are you going as, Shay~

leonmasteries · « **Reply #890 on:** August 08, 2009, 04:15:03 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on August 08, 2009, 01:13:37 pm

If it is just a little it shouldn't be too hard to get rid of. The sit ups might help tone a little bit though

ya, I was somewhat blessed with a decent matabolism, so it's easy for me to fit into smaller clothes. But I do about 20 sit ups a day, and pretty soon, I'll be upgrading to doing more again, but I'm to lazy to do other things.

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #891 on:** August 08, 2009, 04:43:40 pm »

So durring my pregnancy I put on 50lbs. Ive have lost 60lbs since he was born.....I look better in last years cosplays than I did last year. *Proud*

Things working in my favor: Cooking home meals, doing baby excercises (hes a good 20lb weight to lift!), Dealing with really bad colic for 2 months= not sleeping or eating normal scheduals, and being active

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #892 on:** August 08, 2009, 05:56:35 pm »

So I gave my friend my measurements a couple months ago so she could sew my cosplay (I have no sewing ability) and she got most of it finished, so we're trying it on me last weekend, and its way big, so we go 'Huh, that's wierd!' and she measures me again:

Well whadya know, all that excercise worked, I'd lost a couple inches in my waist and my hips so that's why nothing was fitting.
Go me!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #893 on:** August 08, 2009, 05:57:44 pm »

Well I hope that it will be easy to fix XD

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #894 on:** August 08, 2009, 05:59:49 pm »

It was thankfully, just had to take it in a bit and the cosplay was pretty easily adjustable so it didn't harm anything majorly. ^.^

nikkiolie · « **Reply #895 on:** August 08, 2009, 06:00:47 pm »

well that is good, and congrats on loosing the weight

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #896 on:** August 08, 2009, 06:04:03 pm »

Thank yoouu!
The only bad part is that none of my pants fit and finding pants is so hard cause I've always been right in between sizes. XP
But I guess this is why belts were invented. ^.^

mangakaluna · « **Reply #897 on:** August 08, 2009, 09:31:53 pm »

I'm trying to lose about 10 pounds before the con.

Here's my method (my mom has been doing this for weight loss/ keeping off weight for the past 7 years

) :
Find out the RMR (resting metabolic rate) of the weight you want to be. Click BMR & RMR Calculator
For example:
I'm trying to get down to 115 by the con. Just by living, a person with my height and my desired weight (115) burns 1,519 calories a day. I can have 10,640 calories total per week.

I use a spreadsheet to keep track of the calories in the food I eat, and I eat as if I weighed 115 pounds (Adding exercise in negates calories if you accidentally go over the calorie limit.)

Here's what my data is like for today: (I woke up at 11:30, so I wound up with a brunch instead of breakfast AND lunch)
1 Buttered toast 170
Yogurt 170
mochi    60
drink   25
soup   130
mochi    60
Pocky 67
For a total of: 682 calories today.
I also jumped continuously on the trampoline outside for 15 minutes, which negates -305.25 calories.
So I have ACTUALLY only had 376.75 calories (but I'm gonna eat some popcorn now...which is about 300 calories for a bag)

I started yesterday, and I have already lost 1/2 a pound

I am also making sure to take a vitamin supplement (just in case :3)

(if you want to try this method, you can send me a message for more info)
calorieking.com is a good website to find out the amount of calories certain food items have

nikkiolie · « **Reply #898 on:** August 09, 2009, 08:42:16 am »

Its good to cut calories and I hate to be mean and rain on your parade but if you are only getting 600 or so in a day that is very very unhealthy. You will start to lose muscle that way instead of fat because your body will think it is starving.

Also are you a vegetarian? If not then you need to get protein in you. Even if you are I noticed that you are really lacking in it. You could add a little peanut butter to the toast to give yourself some.

If you eat the full 1500 calories you wont lose weight so instead of cutting it in half you could take to 1000 and you would still lose weight and your body wont go into as extreme mode as it would if you only ate 600 a day. (I could be blowing this out of proportion and this could be one of the few days you done this but just in case it isn't).

Kagome219 · « **Reply #899 on:** August 09, 2009, 09:31:11 am »

I don't mean to butt in, but I strongly agree with Nikki. ><
When I first started cutting down I wanted to do the extreme as well, but then I read about the losing muscle before fat and that was the very last thing I wanted to happen. I find that the best route is to eat what you want, but only when you're hungry and make sure it isn't all junk. (One snack is alright; we are only human~) But then after that, exercise so that you about equal out what you've eaten. Remember, you need calories going in to stay alive, but to lose the weight calories going out are the most important. But you need energy to do that. Good luck~

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Author Topic: Shaping up for the con? (Read 136853 times)