tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post8300895900305871315..comments2024-03-22T01:17:01.667-05:00Comments on Georgette's Jiu Jitsu World: Making weight... Questions at the end.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-48680660107446723982011-04-03T19:16:58.652-05:002011-04-03T19:16:58.652-05:00Hel said...
I am wondering as women how you deal w...Hel said...<br />I am wondering as women how you deal with additional weight at varying times of the month? I am concerned that at a certain point of the month I am lighter and at a certain point I am heavier and that may just put me over for a weight class. Does anyone experience this?? Thanks<br />--------------------<br />That is one of the reasons I carefully plot to be a few pounds safely under the limit. There are certain times of the month when I can wake up one morning and be two pounds heavier. I would be so ticked off if that happened on tournament morning and put me over weight.SavageKitsunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316123482167861940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-67394600054054546672011-04-02T12:07:00.609-05:002011-04-02T12:07:00.609-05:00Closet aesthetics. Have you considered ironing and...Closet aesthetics. Have you considered ironing and artfully arranging all of your gis in your closet? When you open the door, it will be a calming experience.<br /><br />Once you have experienced this sensation, we're sure you will want to take the same care with your gym bag. Some simple bags filled with fresh potpourri can add a little spice to an evening roll. Folding and tying your rashguards with some ribbon not only pleases the eye but makes them much easier to find in the dark recesses of a big bag.<br /><br />:-) sorry I couldn't resist.Zen Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557989107363853385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-65921369432725458462011-04-02T07:43:27.198-05:002011-04-02T07:43:27.198-05:00I am wondering as women how you deal with addition...I am wondering as women how you deal with additional weight at varying times of the month? I am concerned that at a certain point of the month I am lighter and at a certain point I am heavier and that may just put me over for a weight class. Does anyone experience this?? ThanksHelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-36140605240787370192011-04-01T22:21:11.007-05:002011-04-01T22:21:11.007-05:00I'm a 5'9 female. My walking around weigh...I'm a 5'9 female. My walking around weight is 140-145. Which is where would need to be to fight middle weight, where I compete most of the time. I did cut down to light weight once, which was 134. But, for my height 135 is considered slightly underweight.<br /><br />It just really irks me that my walking around weight is so close to the lower weight class. It is generally just a 5-10 pound drop, but that drop puts me below 10% body fat... so it gets REALLY difficult for me to lose... to the point I think it is unhealthy. So I have vowed to never cut that low again.<br /><br />To get to light weight (134), the only time I really had to cut, in six weeks I had to eat about 800-1200 calories a day.. I ate the same things I normally eat, just smaller portions... and of course nixing things like cheese and mayo. I trained for 2-4 hours a day 6 days a week, and ran 5-14 miles every night. (I would just run until my legs couldn't go any further, I averaged about 8).. I hit a hard wall around 139, which is where I started to get below 10% body fat, at that point I had to start cutting out carbs. Like I said, generally very not healthy. But, oh to be a 5'9 light weight! ... As fun as it may be... I will never do it again. It was way way too hard to do, and I think very bad for me physically. I wouldn't want to put my body through that again. <br /><br /><br />It probably wouldn't have been so bad if I had a longer period to lose the weight, but the competition was mid February, and I wasn't about to diet over Thanksgiving and Christmas... and I doubt I would have had as much to lose if again, it wasn't right after the holidays. =) <br /><br /><br />And btw, I checked my body fat percentage at our local gym... so I don't know how accurate it really was... However it seemed to at least be consistent. So while the actual percent of fat it was giving me may have been wrong, I think it was accurately telling me what percentage I was losing.... and then gaining back. lolJiujitsunistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041502171382772751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-37875227283125608112011-04-01T17:51:00.215-05:002011-04-01T17:51:00.215-05:008.5 % was the first thing to jump out at me. I kno...8.5 % was the first thing to jump out at me. I know it's already been said but that is too low. <br /> I'm 6 foot almost 6'1" walk around at 195 but I prefer to drop to 170-179 class when it is available otherwise it's 185 for me. <br /> I'm planning on doing the BodPod too after my current training cycle in May. I think having that information will help me make an informed decision about where I need to be for comps.Afroricanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474037272324217065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-19412794233823002422011-04-01T17:19:51.168-05:002011-04-01T17:19:51.168-05:00That's great news. The number on the scale doe...That's great news. The number on the scale does not tell the whole story.Shark Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614995646635993850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-4326642974100148272011-04-01T12:52:48.685-05:002011-04-01T12:52:48.685-05:00The Bod Pod can have some pretty interesting error...The Bod Pod can have some pretty interesting error rates, I hear. The people that I know that have used BP have all come away questioning the results. Not an expert, but I've heard it enough that I even remembered what it was.JCC-CSVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08362596261034747609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-72405085575802949862011-03-31T21:25:00.369-05:002011-03-31T21:25:00.369-05:00Hmm, now I'm really curious about my body fat ...Hmm, now I'm really curious about my body fat composition! I'm 5'0" and currently 126 lbs. My weight has climbed and dropped for my entire jiu-jitsu career as I only started training BJJ a month or two before getting pregnant. I am still losing weight - no longer baby fat, as that was all gone 4 lbs ago. <br />I didn't realize just how much of an advantage those pounds gave me until they were gone. I don't know if it's because I've been walking around in calorie deficit mode for so long, or because I no longer have that extra heft, but I don't have the strength I used to. <br />I've only competed once, and I fell nicely into the middle of a weight class. I think if I had really tried to cut weight, I would have been at a serious disadvantage. But, then again, I'd have been competing against smaller women... <br /><br />Anyway, my only thing for making the scale say what I want it to say is taking metamucil at the same time every day - it stops weight fluctuations. And, as an added bonus, it mostly fills me up for a long time, so it makes it easier to follow a healthy eating plan. It's really hard to enjoy a bowl of ice cream when your stomach is completely full of 15 calories of fiber!<br /><br />If my refrigerator magically made itself aesthetically arranged, I bet that would be calming. However, if I had to do the arranging, it would be so very not calming...Emily Lemoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898018390592750173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-36794664849713097492011-03-31T18:58:33.577-05:002011-03-31T18:58:33.577-05:00I'm 5'2", walk around somewheres betw...I'm 5'2", walk around somewheres between 137-143... but ibjjf leve weight class upper limit (in gi) is 141.0. So I need to be about 137 to squeak in. Most leve girls seem 5'4"-5'7". Pena, 118.2-129.0 I think, would need me to be 125. And pluma 118.0 and under? Fugeddaboutit! I'm the right height for pluma-pena but.... yeah :)<br /><br />Since we weigh in right before the match I don't abuse myself or "cut" weight, though if I ate whatever I wanted the night before i'd easily fail to make weight. And medio girls are usually 5'5"-5'8" and solid. No thanks!Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705282002904234217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-65899204274414546872011-03-31T18:21:56.955-05:002011-03-31T18:21:56.955-05:00How tall are you? I'm only 5.0. My opponents a...How tall are you? I'm only 5.0. My opponents are usually taller. I'm thick (not fat, but muscular).SavageKitsunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316123482167861940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-3514342778099245122011-03-31T18:20:31.542-05:002011-03-31T18:20:31.542-05:00Discuss, and please include your gender, walking a...Discuss, and please include your gender, walking around weight, and competition weight. Thanks! <br />----------<br />Sorry, forgot to include.<br /><br />Female<br /><br />Walking around- I try to stay under 130, but I sometimes creep up to about 133-ish.<br /><br />Comp- our local comps have a 129.1 to 141 bracket for gi (this is WITH the gi on) and I usually weigh in at 127-129 with the gi on just before competing.<br /><br />No-gi: My bracket is 124.6-135.5 (this is in your no-gi outfit). Again, I usually weigh just under the lower limit.SavageKitsunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316123482167861940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-83007220195284938392011-03-31T18:15:30.545-05:002011-03-31T18:15:30.545-05:00I'm already 4-6" short for my weight clas...I'm already 4-6" short for my weight class, so there's no way I'm going to compete a weight class up! I envy you Kitsune :)Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705282002904234217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-30100440774239545822011-03-31T18:10:26.291-05:002011-03-31T18:10:26.291-05:00It's very important to me to not abuse my body...It's very important to me to not abuse my body before asking it to perform in a tournament. I want to be able to eat a decent breakfast and drink as much as I want on the morning of the comp, without having to stress that I might not make weight. Thus I always end up weighing in a pound or two below the cutoff for the NEXT LOWER weight class. I knew I could have squeaked into that lower one, but I wanted to feel okay about breakfast and decent hydration.<br /><br />The most recent comp I did, my opponent was slightly overweight- so these factors combined to give her a ten-pound advantage, and I was definitely feeling that while we were fighting. <br /><br />I have been eating a lot of chicken breasts and eggs... and when a comp is coming up, These foods make up a greater and greater percentage of my diet. <br /><br />I stay within about 3lb of my tournament weight. I don't "cut". I give myself several weeks to make sure I ease down those three pounds or so. <br /><br />I'd like to be about 5lb lighter than my tournament weight (which would put me comfortably into the low end of that next-lower bracket), and I know I could get there if I worked at it hard enough, but thus far I haven't wanted it quite badly enough to make the culinary sacrifices. I love candy, baked goods and pasta, and I have a terrible Dr Pepper monkey on my back.SavageKitsunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316123482167861940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30740798.post-91131262506952457402011-03-31T15:27:44.227-05:002011-03-31T15:27:44.227-05:008.5% body fat is too low!
I have been struggling ...8.5% body fat is too low!<br /><br />I have been struggling with my weight recently. I'm 5'2" and I used to weigh 110 lbs. but when I stopped doing BJJ, I ballooned to about 120-125 lbs! I haven't weighed myself lately, but I know I'm bigger because I don't fit in my clothes anymore.<br /><br />I started taking Bragg's apple cider vinegar last month. Not exactly to lose weight, but to cleanse my colon of all the fatty and oily things I have been eating especially when I wasn't training. Although I'm not sure if it had an effect on my weight (some people say it does), what I noticed is the increase in my energy. I feel better throughout the day, and I don't feel like a rug at night even after an intense training. Maybe that's why it helps you lose weight, because it gives you the energy to train harder?Jonnahttp://www.pinkjiujitsu.comnoreply@blogger.com