Hello - newbie alert! Need help please.

Hello
 
Back in May i decided i needed to get fit and lose a bit of fat, i wasn't overweight, 5' 5'', size 10 and 9st 4lb, but had wobbly bottom, thighs and belly.
 
I started jogging on a trampette, building up to 30/40 mins every other day plus body resistance and weights (unfortunately i only own one set of 2kg weights!) every other day.
 
Unfortunately i nearly completely lost my appetite and ended up 'skinny fat' at 8st. I've tried to eat more protein but after a few mouthfuls i just can't eat. I stopped cardio and just continued with the weights but it hasn't made much difference, i have lost some fat - jeans definitely fit better now there's no muffin top - i feel so disheartened, i'm at a complete loss as what to do. I can feel muscle under the fat but what's the use in that!?
 
My diet is sporadic, the only thing i force myself to eat is breakfast, which is usually porridge/weetabix with fruit on top, other foods might be spag bol, scrambled eggs mixed into wholegrain rice, a handful of almonds, chocolate milk, fruit with o% fat greek yoghurt, chicken in a sunday type dinner or in a curry, if i eat bread it's usually an oatmeal one, toast with peanut butter. I used to love my food but now i can take it or leave it but i know i need to eat properly to get the results i want.
 
Also at my age i can't afford to lose that much weight as it really shows in my face.......and i lost my boobs!! :(

Forgot to say, the excersises i've been following are from The Abs Diet by David Zinczenko plus some extra lunges.

Eating is the hardest part. Unfortunately if you don't eat correctly it's like trying to build a brick house without bricks and you can train until you are blue in the face muscle does not get built on fresh air.

I would also hazard a guess that the training programm you are following is probably not sufficient. If it was...trust me...you'd be starving. It appears that you have shut your system down by undereating so your metabolic rate as slowed to a bare minimum to conserve what little you are putting in.

It would really help to evaluate where you are going wrond if you could put exactly a typical days eating PLUS the routine you are following. It's no good saying it's Bill Smith Get Me Thin routine as there are so many out there to know them all!

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Ha, yeah it was a bit optimistic expecting you to know which book i meant.

The exercises i've been following are:

3 sets of - all with 2 kg dumbbells

Squats x 12
Pressups x 12
Bent over row x 12
Military press x 12
Upright row x 12
Triceps kickback x 12
Travelling lunge x 20
Biceps curl x 12
Leg curl, home variation, lying face down on floor x 12
Leg extension , home variation, squatting, back flat against wall, hold for 45 seconds
Bulgarian split squat x 10 each leg
Using coffee table for more triceps! x 12

For abs:

3 sets of

Lie on floor, raise left leg straight up, bring right shoulder across body, both sides x 15
Lie on floor, left ankle on right knee, sit up x 12
Lie on floor, right ankle on left knee, sit up x 12
Reverse crunch x 15
Lie on left side - bit like plank position - raise hip up and down, both sides x 15
Crunches x 15

Also yesterday and today, did some glute exercises posted on youtube by Malika and Rachel.

Today's food:

Exercised before breakfast but don't usually do this and normally have chocolate milk afterwards but after reading an article on here about oestrogens contributing to cellulite, gave it a miss. I don't have set times for eating or exercising.


Breakfast - 3 scrambled eggs, first time i've had this, usually it's porridge with fruit

Snack - nectarine and almonds

Dinner - chicken breast (?g) low fat mozzarella (60g), 1 tomato, few strips red pepper

Will eat again before bed but it will probably be cereal with a banana sliced on top, this is quite good for me, i need to keep a food diary, then i can come back here and hopefully you will be able to tell me where i'm going wrong and i can get on track. I'm also looking to get a better selection of weights.

Thanks.

If you are going to be training at home, why not try a stability ball instead of the coffee table lol!  You can use the ball for dips, bend-over fly, chest press, abs tovary your exercises.  Keeping a food diary is a good idea to help with timings and help you stick to a plan.  Chocolate milk is not ideal,have you though about protein drinks?

Healthy Action Nutrition Consultancy
 

Thanks Hazel, i deflated the stability ball to save on space in our little flat! I'll have to get it out again. I read in a couple of magazines that chocolate milk was supposed to be good for after exercise......i can't drink whey it makes me feel really sick, i've had a look at hemp protein which i think would be better but it's expensive unfortunately.

Bought these today as well
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9003204/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C14419152/c_2/2%7Ccat_14419152%7CHome+gym+equipment%7C14419293/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419293%7CWeights+and+dumbbells%7C14419310.htm