[6sixty2two]

i am a 20 year old girl, and i currently weigh 116 lbs. i'm 5'5 in height.
last year, around october, the parties lined up almost everyday, and as a result, i gained around 6-8 lbs. even before that, i guess i hadn't really kept track of what i was eating, as i was used to having a slim body and felt i could eat as much without gaining as much. however, i think the food binge was what did me in.
i used to have a totally flat stomach, and a 27inch waistline. now it's got a little bulge, and my waistline is now up to 28.5inches. my hips measure around 36.5inches.

i recently started working out on the crosstrainer, but i'm bad at endurance. i only manage 15minutes a day and try to do around 15crunches afterwards, and i'm slowly working that number up until i can manage around 90-100 a day. (since i read some advice that it's better to start at 10 and increase 1 per day to get to the bigger crunch numbers.)

so how should i set my goals? i want to get down to around 106lbs, but i don't know if this would actually really decrease my waistline. furthermore, i've tried eating less, as recommended, but not to the point that i would starve myself.

do you have any advice on what i could do about this and if i should make any more changes?
i used to never exercise but i feel its importance, specially since i have a slightly higher resting heart rate than normal, usually around the 120s. (this is also why i feel i cannot do more than 15minutes, because by then, my heart feels like it's about to explode.)

any advice/comments/suggestions would be appreciated. thank you so much.

[jeepgirl3041x]

How has your diet and exercising been going? I am in a similar situation and found that it works really well to keep a log of what you have been eating and drinking on a daily basis. If what you are doing is working, please share your tips.

[carrina]

I jumped up to 185 pounds through similar party type activities. I am now down to 165 and my goal is to get to about 135 pounds. That would be a 50 pound loss.

I just started on a new program a couple weeks ago and things have been going (you can check out my blog linked below... and dont worry, I am not selling anything )

One thing that has worked really good for me is interval training. It's supposed to burn of fat up to 9X faster than doing cardio alone. You do this outside in a park or on a treadmill. I like doing it outside and bring my dog with me.

What you do is you warm up and stretch, and then you sprint as fast as you possibly can for 30 seconds across the field. Bring a stop watch so you dont stop before then. Once you get to the other side, you should be winded. If not, then increase it to 45 second or even 1 minute. if you can spring at full speed for 1 minute, you are in great, great shape!

Anyway, you then walk back to where you started. That should probably take you 3 to 4 times as long as it took you to sprint. When you get back, you immediately sprint and do it again. Do this 4 times and then call it a day.

Your body will be a furnace the rest of the day. Combining that with the appetite suppressent I am taking ( Hoodia Prime ) and cleaning up my diet, has put me on an accelerated path to weight loss.

Once I get down another 10 pounds or so, I am going to try some new thermogenics to see what happens there. I'll post the results on my blog.

Take care,

I thought I would start a thread to see what type of Hoodia people have used and what works.

ONE RULE: No posting of affiliate links. If you're going to post a link, ONLY post to the manufacturers site and not some page that talks about the product (and is trying to sell the product), or that will be immediately flagged as spam.

This isn't a place to promote your new diet or product. I want to hear what people have tried and what has worked or failed.

I have used two products that did NOT work. One was Hoodia 57 and the other was Hoodia Gordonii Plus.

The one I am using now that IS working is called Hoodia Prime and is made by a company called Nature's Biology.

If you go to Google and you type in "Hoodia Prime Video" you'll see some pretty good evidence that people are really liking this.

I like it. It worked for me in less than 3 days.

The Manufacturer's website is located at: www.HoodiaPrime.com

I hope this was helpful.

-Carrina
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[jeepgirl3041x]

I really like your tip on sprinting, I'm going to add that to my regimen and see how that goes, thanks!

[Lionsroar]

Do you do any weight training? Women usually shy away from this, but it's the best way to increase your metabolism. You can do it in circuit fashion and get a cardio workout at the same time. Check out my vid for an example and some motivation. Hope you like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi7hfqCet3g