I need nutritional and diet advice please?

[Anonymous]

I am seeking some advice on my diet and exercise. I am 5"1 and not sure of my exact weight but last time I went to the doctor she said I was within my weight range and this was about a month ago. I have not gained weight but I would like some help and advice on my workout and eating. I'm not looking to lose a lot but definitely maintain and maybe drop a few pounds would be nice.

Exercise:

I do cardio 3-5 times a week...usually 4 times. When I do I go to the gym I do either elliptical for an hour or I rotate between elliptical, stairmaster, and treadmill for between 50-60 minutes between all of them. Once in a while I also do stairmaster for an hour but that is usually too hard. When I do the treadmill I don't run fast I walk at a high incline since I hate running. Then I finish with some leg and ab weights..I do the hip abductor and leg curl and stomach crunches with weights. I always sweat a lot from the gym.

Eating: I am not really on a set plan. I try to cut carbs as much as possible but I don't have a set plan and I would like a good nutritional plan perhaps if anyone has ever followed a good diet or nutrition plan from a professional and can give me the guidelines? Thanks!

[funkadelic5]

The most ideal diet is to eat foods with the least amount of processing involved - the closest that you can get to food in nature.

- Wild Fish

- Free Grazing Livestock

- Vegetables

- Fruits

- Whole Grains

- Nuts

- Eggs

- Milk

- Cheese

ALL of these should be organic.

Don't be fooled - organic cheese for instance, can have very healthy bacterial cultures, but there is cheese so heavily processed that it is terrible for your health. You have to differentiate.

[WoIIie]

The only foods you should be focusing on cutting is sodium, sugar, fat, and simple carbs (not complex carbs like whole grains and oats).

Your cardio routine is fine, you should add a dumbell routine in there as well. A light dumbbell routine will get more muscles involved and burn more calories. Since it is light, you won't be tearing your muscles down, so you can do the same routines 6 days a week.

[Ezmotts]

The only thing I would add is to try to add some weightlifting and cut back a little on the cardio. Muscle makes you look better and burns fat and calories all the time.