losing 30lbs in college

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Meal Plan for 30 day shred/ripped in 30!

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Working out CHANGES your body in GREAT and BAD ways ( depending on your opinion.)

I decided to write this post because theres somethings that we can only learn by experience. And this is about MY experience from working out, my routines and how MY body has changed. We are all shaped differently, I dont expect to look like a Victorias Secret model because I dont have her body shape but I do want to be lean. 

I always come across a post that says how lifting weights WILL change your body. Its totally true! Now how it will change your body is dependent on the excercises you choose to do.

1. Arm excercises increased my shoulder/bicep size.

Now muscles are great, yes if you work out your arms THEY MAY GROW, not NEARLY as big as a mans but you will see an increase in muscle mass. I believe its totally dependent on the amount of muscle you accumulate. My arms have a decent amount of muscle. My shoulders have changed completely. When I raise my arms over my head you can see the muscles in my shoulder are, something I never had before working out.

** Muscle will shrink if not used. 

2. Too HEAVY weighted chest excercises, loss of fatty tissue= loss of breast size

Yes chest excercises can firm up breasts but in my experience I did chest excercises with up to 60 lbs and saw a dramatic loss of breast size. Breasts are made up of fatty tissue, and when I was doing heavy weights my breasts lost alot of their size and I had alot of skin ( I could pick up the skin and grab it.) Alot of fitness models/competitors usually get breasts implants and Im guessing its because of this factor. After gaining back some weight and stopping heavy chest excercises my breasts are back to normal ( hardly any loose skin.)
** Muscle will shrink if not used. 

3. Heavy side bend excercise = bigger waist

I usually do side bends with 15 lbs/3 sets -12 reps

PROS: Stomach looks leaner 

CONS: Waist gets bigger

Right now you can feel the muscle in my waist, Aesthetically I would prefer a smaller one so to fix this “problem” I will reduce the weight on the sidebends until I lose more weight on my stomach area. 

In conclusion:

MUSCLE BURNS MORE FAT SO YOU NEED IT!
MUSCLE is AMAZING, it can make you look fit and wonderful and it can definitely CHANGE your body. Make sure you do your research on certain excercises to see if they are good for what you want your body to be molded into.

Disagree or Agree feel free to reply!!

My exact workouts: Strength

Mon-Wed - Cardio and Arms

I do bicep curls with the machine (30 lbs)

-overhead press (50lbs)

-12 lb dumbell and do overhead extensions.

 Tue-Thur -Cardio and Legs

leg extensions (105 lbs) (both machines for front and back of thighs)

Leg press (140lbs)

Each of these are 12 reps-3 sets till muscle failure.

Randomly:

Back machine (60lbs)

Side Bends (12 lb dumbell in each hand)

Hanging Knee raises 20 reps

As you guys can see I dont do too many exercises in strength but It has been working for me!! 

Youre supposed to use a weight that will allow you to do 12 full reps. If its too easy raise up the weight, too hard? lower the weight!

My workout/ How I lost weight

1. Count calories!:

I made sure I ate 1200-1500 calories a day. Some cheat days I ate alot more but still excercised and didnt worry too much cause I knew I would eventually hit my goal.

It so easy to caluclate how many meals and what you should. I use swole.me to calculate my meal some days.

Most of my meals are:

1. Chicken breasts(6 oz) Black Beans (1cup) or substitue beans for vegetables

2. Ground Turkey (6oz) and Brown rice (1/2 cup)

3. Snacks (random less than 200 cals w/low carbs)

4. Salmon/Tilapia with vegetables

5. Low fat yogurt 

I dont need a variety of food because I am a person made up of habits and can eat this for months without getting tired lol. 

2. Workout

I split up my days 

Mon-Wed

Cardio-Elliptical- 30 min- 400 cals

Arms- Any arm machine available to you!! 12 reps- 3 sets

Tue-Thur-

Cardio-Elliptical- 30 min- 400 cals

Legs- Any leg machine available to you!! 12 reps-3 sets

Its really that easy!