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2004/08/04, 01:01 PM
OK, so I will post this because I am about to go to a personal trainer for a face to face about the complete inability I seem to have to shed a few pounds, but someone convinced me to post here first for some advice :)
I currently way 155 (7 pounds heavier than last year). The reason for the weigh gain was a job I had that literally took up every spare moment of my time (14 hour work days on average- some 16, and one 21...) but now that job is done, and I need to lose that excess (and a bit more wouldn't hurt). So- I use the nutritional tool- I adjusted it slightly because I never seem to eat that many calories anyways and I figured slightly less carbs would be good too. My problem is I do seem to eat roughly 5-10 grams more fat a day than I should, plus I am a vegetarian (well I eat fish), so getting 155grams a day of protein is tricky too. The fat always seems to be high because I take flax seed oil daily... And I find unless I have 3 or more protein shakes a day there is no way I can get it to mt goal.
I do lift weights 3 times a week and am doing at least a half hour of cardio 3 times or more a week right now.
So- I guess what I need help with is figuring out how to eat low fat, high protein foods that are quickly obtained or made (I still work 10-12 hours a day). :) And should I be worried about the extra fat if it's "healthy"? I mean, I know fat is fat, but is that extra 10 grams really what's stopping me?
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