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11-18-2005, 02:32 PM
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"The Attorney"
Age: 28
Height: 5'5"
Weight Loss Mantra: To have a powerful body
Goal Item: Sexy Top
Hometown: Bloomington, MN
Occupation: Attorney
Kathryn is a lawyer who can win any debate. Self-described as arrogant, her confidence and fierce intelligence just may defeat the others. The only realm in which Kathryn is not confident in, is her weight. Like so many women, she is self-sufficient and independent and stops at nothing. She just needs to learn the right "tools" to lose weight. Passionate about her work and all aspects of her life, she doesn't have enough time to focus on herself. Kathryn wants a more powerful body to match her most powerful mind!
Kathryn's Q and A:
Congratulations on your weight loss! I am a huge fan of the show and every time I watch I get even more motivated! I joined Ladies only about 3 weeks ago, and I am loving it so far. I usually go every day throughout the week and I do my weights every day. Should I be doing that or should I only be doing it every other day?? Also, about how many calories do you burn when you do weights? Thanks so much for the inspiration!! :) --Lindsay
Answer: Thanks so much for the congrats! Support and encouragement is so important when, for me, I feel like I'm still constantly dealing with my self esteem and weight loss issues. Just because I was lucky enough to be chosen to be a part of the show does not mean that my weight loss issues and efforts are any different from all of us. So with that in mind, congratulations on your motivation, joining a fitness club, and doing all you can to create the lifestyle and the healthy body that you deserve!
Weight training can be a tricky thing so I have a couple of things to say about your question. First of all, like Bob says, at the end of the day, weight loss is all about the calories you take in every day minus the calories you burn. That being said, cardio fat burning exercise is necessary for weight loss. However, muscle building through weight lifting is an important way to increase your overall metabolic rate so that you burn more calories whether you are working out or not. Weight lifting is also a very good thing for women and is often overlooked because we are afraid that we will "bulk up." Not true. Weight lifting for women is great because, as previously mentioned, you will raise your metabolic rate and weight lifting is great for your overall shape (I love it when my arms start to feel sculpted) and it strengthens our bones (very important for women's overall health both now and in the future).
I am not familiar with the gym that you joined so I looked it up online. I'm not sure if you are doing a more static weight lifting program every day or if your gym is like "Curves" where the gym sets up a circuit training type workout for you. Circuit training is great for you. Spending thirty seconds or so lifting on a machine and then raising your heart rate in between weight lifting exercises is a way to weight train and get cardio calorie burning benefits as well, however, when lifting, don't forget that you need to let your muscles rest and rebuild to get the best benefits. If you are just lifting every day, you might not be burning calories fast enough to feel like you are seeing the weight loss you want to achieve.
The best system I've been taught is to do this: Find a couple of different cardio exercises that you like, elliptical machines are often my favorite. Spend 30 minutes to one hour doing a cardio exercise to burn calories and to be good to your heart. Then spend about 30 minutes weight lifting for the upper half or the lower half of your body. The day you lift for your upper half, you are resting your lower and so on. This way you can burn calories every day and build muscle while also getting adequate muscle rest time. The calories you burn in any amount of exercise are going to depend on your weight and the amount of exertion you expend among other factors like age etc. There are guides online that you can search for so that you can research the approximate amount of calories you burn per type of exercise in any given amount of time, depending on your individual factors. I would recommend you look something like that up so you can search with your own parameters but for a girl my size, general weight lifting burns about 136 calories in a half hour and circuit training burns about 364 calories in a half hour. See what I mean about the cardio factor? Again, don't be discouraged about lesser calories burned during weight training, building muscle is good for you and will help you naturally burn more calories in the future, even when you are at rest. You sound like you are well on your way. Take good care of yourself!
Question: What do I do to get rid of a craving for Diet Mountain Dew? I have never enjoyed drinking water? HELP!!! --KYDS99
Answer: A: I know how addictive that stuff can be. There were many a late study evening in my college years where my friends and I thought we might lose our minds from "Doin' the Dew." Don't become another victim!
All joking aside, caffeine and all those scary ingredients that you can read on the side of those cans are just plain not good for you and will get in the way of your progress. I understand the caffeine addiction, so it may be best not to deprive yourself of caffeine altogether while you are working on your diet and your body because you should not set yourself up for failure by trying to overcome every "addiction" all at the same time. That being said, there are healthier ways to beat the Dew and take in more water without being totally miserable.
First of all, check out the nutrition facts on your diet pop. There are no calories, but you'll be surprised how much sodium is in those drinks. If you need the caffeine, the convenience, or the taste of a diet pop, just limit yourself to one a day (I'm a total Diet Coke junkie, so I know how hard this is). You'll find that if you do replace the constant pop drinking with more water and an alternate beverage, it's not so tough to only have one can per day. If you can put down the Dew, look for a diet soda with the least amount of sodium possible.
Next, here's what I do to up the fluid intake. Make iced tea. Go to the grocery store - there's a staggering amount of tea varieties. Green and black teas have great anti-oxidant properties and they make all different kinds of flavors. My favorites are raspberry and blackberry. Again, with the tea option, you can choose decaf if you like. Throw some bags in a quart jar in your fridge and leave it sit there until you have iced tea (or follow the directions on the box-but it's kind of a pain when you can just let the stuff seep overnight in water and have it ready to go). This gives me the taste I want when I would be drinking something like diet soda, but you're really chuggin' water with anti-oxidants. If you need sweetener (I do) use Splenda - no calories. I would stay away from the instant powder iced teas because of the extra ingredients and you may be missing out on the health benefits of making unprocessed tea for yourself.
Lastly, if you are working out, your body is likely to just want water. Between a limited amount of a low sodium diet soda, a good iced tea, and working out so your body wants to drink water, you should dramatically improve your intake. I hope that helps! --Kathryn
Question: How did you fit 3 hours of cardio a day in along with the resistance training? Did Jillian recommend you do the workouts in a certain timeframe (i.e. before b'fast, after lunch) or was your schedule left up to you? Congrats on your success so far! -- THETIMEISNOW
Answer: The ranch schedule was really set by Bob and it was up to us to do what he told us to do in the time he wasn't actively training us. Bob generally told us to do 45 minutes of cardio in the morning, before he would arrive to train us, and do another 45 minutes in our evening before bed. If I woke up hungry I would go down to the kitchen and eat something very light like yogurt and go do my cardio, then eat the rest of my morning calories and wait for Bob arrive to train us. Bob would do things like take us on cardio trips (walking and running to the gate of the ranch and back or longer hikes in the hills and mountains around the ranch) and then set us up for circuit training where we would alternate between weight lifting and cardio. The workouts with Bob would last for two to three hours. He pretty much kicked our butts. It was a good feeling when it was over, if I could stay awake to experience the good feeling. Often the only thing I wanted to do more than go to bed was take a shower. After rest and calories it was easier to be motivated enough to go do evening cardio, especially since I didn't ever have document deadlines or have to be in Court in the morning. That was nice.
Once I got home I had to ramp way back. First of all I had a stress fracture (the bone in the heel of my right foot had a big ol' crack in it and I was pretty swollen, I had to wear this immobilizer thing - especially when I was working out- my friends and I called it the BOOT!). I had to find low to no impact cardio so I did a lot of biking while using my arms with five-pound weights and swimming. I was also weight lifting with a trainer of my own here in MN. Even once my foot healed, I really could only manage about 1 hour per day, 2 if I had an appointment with my trainer, because my job is incredibly demanding and requires long hours, a lot of emotional energy, and putting my clients needs and the Courts' demands ahead of everything else in my life. No wonder I needed to learn how to make time for myself.
If you are trying to lose weight 1.5 hours (1 hr cardio, 30 min weight training) should be adequate daily amounts of exercise. Please remember that we were contestants in a game that allowed us to escape the responsibilities of our entire lives to work out all day long, you don't have to do that to be healthy and successful. Don't forget to listen to your body, drink enough water and get some rest when your body tells you that you need it. Take good care of yourself. --Kathryn
Question: Please help. I found two different diets on the website???? One everyone else is using and another for the Blue team. Although I am no longer able to find the "Blue team diet!" Please help me find the "Blue team diet!" Also please let me know how long I should be on the program. Do I need to start with the blue team diet then switch or stay on this the whole time. I agree with many others --- the contestants are not on the program where you lose 2 pounds a week. Why are there two different programs? I am a member of Curves. Will this fulfill the weight training portion of the program? --WANTTOLOOSE
Answer: Don't be confused by too many different recommended diet plans. The most basic part of the blue team plan (for women) is to consume 1200-1500 calories per day. The best thing you can do is get yourself a good calorie count reference. While I was on the ranch Bob gave us all a book titled, "Calorie King Calorie Fat and Carbohydrate Counter." The best thing to do is grocery shop for things that you know you like and will eat from the fresh veggies, fruits, proteins (chicken and turkey and occasional red meats), good dairy like skim milk and lower-carb yogurts and lots of water (my previous answer about iced teas helps with liquid intake). Shopping for your taste will help you learn how to eat healthy later on without having to count calories all the time because you will have a better basic idea of what foods you like and the kinds of calories those foods contain. Here's a sample of my daily menu:
1 egg - 70 calories
Oat and Whole Wheat Pita Bread - 1 pita - 45 calories
1 tbsp. of fat free cream cheese - 15 calories
Light and Fit Yogurt - 90 calories
2 tbsp ground flax seed (good for fiber intake and detox) - 60 calories
AES Carb Control Chocolate Shake - 170 calories
Oat and Whole Wheat Pita Bread - 1 (larger size) pita- 60 calories
Real Creamy natural peanut butter (no preservatives - buy in refrigerated section) 1 tbsp - 100 calories
Sugar Free Raspberry Preserves - 1 tbsp - 10 calories
skim milk - 1 cup - 90 calories
Red grapes - 5 oz - 100 calories
Spinach leaves - 30 calories
Miso Salad dressing - 2 tbsp. - 28 calories
4 oz baked chicken breast (use 0 calorie Pam and Mrs. Dash for seasoning) - 110 calories
(a food scale will be just as handy as the calorie count reference)
That leaves about 220 calories to play with here and there - often it help to be able to have yogurt or a sugar free fudgesicle in the evening after workout.
I hope that helps!
--Kathryn
credit: http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/contestants/kathryn/
"The Attorney"
Age: 28
Height: 5'5"
Weight Loss Mantra: To have a powerful body
Goal Item: Sexy Top
Hometown: Bloomington, MN
Occupation: Attorney
Kathryn is a lawyer who can win any debate. Self-described as arrogant, her confidence and fierce intelligence just may defeat the others. The only realm in which Kathryn is not confident in, is her weight. Like so many women, she is self-sufficient and independent and stops at nothing. She just needs to learn the right "tools" to lose weight. Passionate about her work and all aspects of her life, she doesn't have enough time to focus on herself. Kathryn wants a more powerful body to match her most powerful mind!
Kathryn's Q and A:
Congratulations on your weight loss! I am a huge fan of the show and every time I watch I get even more motivated! I joined Ladies only about 3 weeks ago, and I am loving it so far. I usually go every day throughout the week and I do my weights every day. Should I be doing that or should I only be doing it every other day?? Also, about how many calories do you burn when you do weights? Thanks so much for the inspiration!! :) --Lindsay
Answer: Thanks so much for the congrats! Support and encouragement is so important when, for me, I feel like I'm still constantly dealing with my self esteem and weight loss issues. Just because I was lucky enough to be chosen to be a part of the show does not mean that my weight loss issues and efforts are any different from all of us. So with that in mind, congratulations on your motivation, joining a fitness club, and doing all you can to create the lifestyle and the healthy body that you deserve!
Weight training can be a tricky thing so I have a couple of things to say about your question. First of all, like Bob says, at the end of the day, weight loss is all about the calories you take in every day minus the calories you burn. That being said, cardio fat burning exercise is necessary for weight loss. However, muscle building through weight lifting is an important way to increase your overall metabolic rate so that you burn more calories whether you are working out or not. Weight lifting is also a very good thing for women and is often overlooked because we are afraid that we will "bulk up." Not true. Weight lifting for women is great because, as previously mentioned, you will raise your metabolic rate and weight lifting is great for your overall shape (I love it when my arms start to feel sculpted) and it strengthens our bones (very important for women's overall health both now and in the future).
I am not familiar with the gym that you joined so I looked it up online. I'm not sure if you are doing a more static weight lifting program every day or if your gym is like "Curves" where the gym sets up a circuit training type workout for you. Circuit training is great for you. Spending thirty seconds or so lifting on a machine and then raising your heart rate in between weight lifting exercises is a way to weight train and get cardio calorie burning benefits as well, however, when lifting, don't forget that you need to let your muscles rest and rebuild to get the best benefits. If you are just lifting every day, you might not be burning calories fast enough to feel like you are seeing the weight loss you want to achieve.
The best system I've been taught is to do this: Find a couple of different cardio exercises that you like, elliptical machines are often my favorite. Spend 30 minutes to one hour doing a cardio exercise to burn calories and to be good to your heart. Then spend about 30 minutes weight lifting for the upper half or the lower half of your body. The day you lift for your upper half, you are resting your lower and so on. This way you can burn calories every day and build muscle while also getting adequate muscle rest time. The calories you burn in any amount of exercise are going to depend on your weight and the amount of exertion you expend among other factors like age etc. There are guides online that you can search for so that you can research the approximate amount of calories you burn per type of exercise in any given amount of time, depending on your individual factors. I would recommend you look something like that up so you can search with your own parameters but for a girl my size, general weight lifting burns about 136 calories in a half hour and circuit training burns about 364 calories in a half hour. See what I mean about the cardio factor? Again, don't be discouraged about lesser calories burned during weight training, building muscle is good for you and will help you naturally burn more calories in the future, even when you are at rest. You sound like you are well on your way. Take good care of yourself!
Question: What do I do to get rid of a craving for Diet Mountain Dew? I have never enjoyed drinking water? HELP!!! --KYDS99
Answer: A: I know how addictive that stuff can be. There were many a late study evening in my college years where my friends and I thought we might lose our minds from "Doin' the Dew." Don't become another victim!
All joking aside, caffeine and all those scary ingredients that you can read on the side of those cans are just plain not good for you and will get in the way of your progress. I understand the caffeine addiction, so it may be best not to deprive yourself of caffeine altogether while you are working on your diet and your body because you should not set yourself up for failure by trying to overcome every "addiction" all at the same time. That being said, there are healthier ways to beat the Dew and take in more water without being totally miserable.
First of all, check out the nutrition facts on your diet pop. There are no calories, but you'll be surprised how much sodium is in those drinks. If you need the caffeine, the convenience, or the taste of a diet pop, just limit yourself to one a day (I'm a total Diet Coke junkie, so I know how hard this is). You'll find that if you do replace the constant pop drinking with more water and an alternate beverage, it's not so tough to only have one can per day. If you can put down the Dew, look for a diet soda with the least amount of sodium possible.
Next, here's what I do to up the fluid intake. Make iced tea. Go to the grocery store - there's a staggering amount of tea varieties. Green and black teas have great anti-oxidant properties and they make all different kinds of flavors. My favorites are raspberry and blackberry. Again, with the tea option, you can choose decaf if you like. Throw some bags in a quart jar in your fridge and leave it sit there until you have iced tea (or follow the directions on the box-but it's kind of a pain when you can just let the stuff seep overnight in water and have it ready to go). This gives me the taste I want when I would be drinking something like diet soda, but you're really chuggin' water with anti-oxidants. If you need sweetener (I do) use Splenda - no calories. I would stay away from the instant powder iced teas because of the extra ingredients and you may be missing out on the health benefits of making unprocessed tea for yourself.
Lastly, if you are working out, your body is likely to just want water. Between a limited amount of a low sodium diet soda, a good iced tea, and working out so your body wants to drink water, you should dramatically improve your intake. I hope that helps! --Kathryn
Question: How did you fit 3 hours of cardio a day in along with the resistance training? Did Jillian recommend you do the workouts in a certain timeframe (i.e. before b'fast, after lunch) or was your schedule left up to you? Congrats on your success so far! -- THETIMEISNOW
Answer: The ranch schedule was really set by Bob and it was up to us to do what he told us to do in the time he wasn't actively training us. Bob generally told us to do 45 minutes of cardio in the morning, before he would arrive to train us, and do another 45 minutes in our evening before bed. If I woke up hungry I would go down to the kitchen and eat something very light like yogurt and go do my cardio, then eat the rest of my morning calories and wait for Bob arrive to train us. Bob would do things like take us on cardio trips (walking and running to the gate of the ranch and back or longer hikes in the hills and mountains around the ranch) and then set us up for circuit training where we would alternate between weight lifting and cardio. The workouts with Bob would last for two to three hours. He pretty much kicked our butts. It was a good feeling when it was over, if I could stay awake to experience the good feeling. Often the only thing I wanted to do more than go to bed was take a shower. After rest and calories it was easier to be motivated enough to go do evening cardio, especially since I didn't ever have document deadlines or have to be in Court in the morning. That was nice.
Once I got home I had to ramp way back. First of all I had a stress fracture (the bone in the heel of my right foot had a big ol' crack in it and I was pretty swollen, I had to wear this immobilizer thing - especially when I was working out- my friends and I called it the BOOT!). I had to find low to no impact cardio so I did a lot of biking while using my arms with five-pound weights and swimming. I was also weight lifting with a trainer of my own here in MN. Even once my foot healed, I really could only manage about 1 hour per day, 2 if I had an appointment with my trainer, because my job is incredibly demanding and requires long hours, a lot of emotional energy, and putting my clients needs and the Courts' demands ahead of everything else in my life. No wonder I needed to learn how to make time for myself.
If you are trying to lose weight 1.5 hours (1 hr cardio, 30 min weight training) should be adequate daily amounts of exercise. Please remember that we were contestants in a game that allowed us to escape the responsibilities of our entire lives to work out all day long, you don't have to do that to be healthy and successful. Don't forget to listen to your body, drink enough water and get some rest when your body tells you that you need it. Take good care of yourself. --Kathryn
Question: Please help. I found two different diets on the website???? One everyone else is using and another for the Blue team. Although I am no longer able to find the "Blue team diet!" Please help me find the "Blue team diet!" Also please let me know how long I should be on the program. Do I need to start with the blue team diet then switch or stay on this the whole time. I agree with many others --- the contestants are not on the program where you lose 2 pounds a week. Why are there two different programs? I am a member of Curves. Will this fulfill the weight training portion of the program? --WANTTOLOOSE
Answer: Don't be confused by too many different recommended diet plans. The most basic part of the blue team plan (for women) is to consume 1200-1500 calories per day. The best thing you can do is get yourself a good calorie count reference. While I was on the ranch Bob gave us all a book titled, "Calorie King Calorie Fat and Carbohydrate Counter." The best thing to do is grocery shop for things that you know you like and will eat from the fresh veggies, fruits, proteins (chicken and turkey and occasional red meats), good dairy like skim milk and lower-carb yogurts and lots of water (my previous answer about iced teas helps with liquid intake). Shopping for your taste will help you learn how to eat healthy later on without having to count calories all the time because you will have a better basic idea of what foods you like and the kinds of calories those foods contain. Here's a sample of my daily menu:
1 egg - 70 calories
Oat and Whole Wheat Pita Bread - 1 pita - 45 calories
1 tbsp. of fat free cream cheese - 15 calories
Light and Fit Yogurt - 90 calories
2 tbsp ground flax seed (good for fiber intake and detox) - 60 calories
AES Carb Control Chocolate Shake - 170 calories
Oat and Whole Wheat Pita Bread - 1 (larger size) pita- 60 calories
Real Creamy natural peanut butter (no preservatives - buy in refrigerated section) 1 tbsp - 100 calories
Sugar Free Raspberry Preserves - 1 tbsp - 10 calories
skim milk - 1 cup - 90 calories
Red grapes - 5 oz - 100 calories
Spinach leaves - 30 calories
Miso Salad dressing - 2 tbsp. - 28 calories
4 oz baked chicken breast (use 0 calorie Pam and Mrs. Dash for seasoning) - 110 calories
(a food scale will be just as handy as the calorie count reference)
That leaves about 220 calories to play with here and there - often it help to be able to have yogurt or a sugar free fudgesicle in the evening after workout.
I hope that helps!
--Kathryn
credit: http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser/contestants/kathryn/