Tag Archives: stomach

Realistic or unrealistic goal?

I am 5’4 120 pounds. I’m not fat, just out of shape. My stomach however has a pouch and I hate it. I was in amazing shape 2 summers ago and thats my plan for this summer. I plan to run 2 miles a day 3 times a week and do crunches, pilates. I also am going to eat healthier…lots of water, fruit, vegetables, special k cereals bc their low in calories, salad w/ low fat dressing, soup, healthy foods. Am i being unrealistic to be in shape my summer?

you can also make suggestions on if i should change anything in this diet or exercise

Pilates???

Does it work, I am a skinny girl who just wants to get tone and flatten on my stomach. Does pilates work?

How long on the treadmill?? help please?

i’m getting a treadmill in march and i would like to know about how long it will take to lose weight and how long to run/jog/walk everyday. right now i am about 140 pounds and around 5’6/5’7. i want to lose about 15 pounds and tone myself up a bit. right now i basically eat whatever whenever and it’s definitely catching up. i would say i have a medium build. i need to lose some fat on my stomach and upper legs/hips. anyone know how long it will take to lose the weight and how long i should go for? i know treadmills burn fat, but are they good for flattening your stomach too? what other exercises are there for legs & abs? would 15 pounds be good for someone like me? or is that too much? i dont want to be really skinny or anything. im aiming for 1300 calories aday & cut back on the carbs. im very unactive and im not involved in sports, i dont get much exercise right now..oh yeah, im going to do some pilates a few nights a week too, crunches, etc…

I think my friend’s 10 year old son broke his big toe, read the story for more details and to enter your input

My friend just got her kids back out of foster care in Jan 06, the kids were ages 8 and 10. Well, the kids were taken for “dirty house” issues. My friend has cleaned her house and is doing great! Well, the other day while she was napping, the 10 year old was playing with the 8 year old in the middle of the den. According to the 10 year old, he was gonna karate kick his 8 year old bro, the 8 year old drawed up his knee to his stomach, like a crouching position in self defense, (to block the kick) well the older boys foot hit the knee and they heard a small pop, and the older boy went crying to his mom. she felt it was broke and had her neighbor (a veteran 22 year R.N) to look at it. She thought it was broke too, but said that they don’t usually put cast on, the only thing a doc could do is make a diagnosis and administer pain medicine. My friend is scared to take the boy to the hospital because of past dealings with Child Protective Services, they just left her alone. What can she do?!!
The boy is able to walk on it and isn’t in any big pain as long as he doesn’t put too much pressure on his toe. he has been going to school and is doing good.

Can Pilate’s tone up stomach muscles?

I have chronic pelvic pain and hence cannot really do any strenous exercise. I need to tone my stomach up though and was wondering if pilates would help do that.
I am 5’3″ and weigh 105lbs, my belly isn’t flat though, so thats all I need to work on.