Quit the Ring but still fat???

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Registered: 04-11-2006
Quit the Ring but still fat???
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Thu, 03-29-2007 - 3:36pm
I was on the ring for 5 months and I loved everything about it except for the fact that it caused me to gain 20lbs. I’ve been off of it for 6 weeks now and am trying to loose the extra weight. I do cardio for 30min 5 times a week and strength train 3 times a week and am on a low fat low calorie (less that 1000 cals a day) diet. I haven’t lost any weight. Not even one pound! What is up?? Is birth control weight harder to loose than it would be to loose weight from eating too much??? I’m at 150 right now and I want desperately to get back to 130. What am I doing wrong?
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Registered: 04-18-2003
Thu, 03-29-2007 - 4:30pm

I would guess that your calories are much too low. I am 150 wanting to be 130 as well. I’m doing a boot camp challenge led by a few personal trainers and they recommended that I eat 2000 calories per day. I work out vigorously for an hour 4x per week, average 1800 – 2000 calories per day, and I am losing weight & inches.

FYI: I’m on depo, which is well known for weight gain, but will switch to something else when my next shot is due in May.

HTH,
Holly

Holly
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 03-29-2007 - 5:27pm

Hi work_for_shoes, welcome back!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 7:29pm

I agree that you should be talking to someone about a program.

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