No formal plan. Just eating less/better and exercising a lot more (but not so much lately. Life's crazy right now. Things will normal out in March, though). I can't give up entire food groups or cut foods out altogether; I'm doing the "everything in moderation" thang.
Well let's see, I have been trying to keep my calories at 1400, and so far only have enough exercise to amount to 3 times a week. I do want to add 2 more days of exercise to my week. So far I have mainly seen a dramatic loss in inches rather than pounds, but it feels good so I am happy with that. Maybe in a couple of weeks I can have more input on what is working for me.
Excepting 2 pairs of elastic jeans for pregnant women. (And I never been pregnant, but my belly looks like I'm in the 9th month with triplets).
Vek: I'm am sorry but I have to laugh and hope that you are seriously exaggerating the size of your belly. First of all, the majority of us triplet moms RARELY ever make it into the 9th month of pregnancy and secondly I was 294 lbs when I delivered the babies and a whopping 60 inches around in the waist (that's an enourmous 5 FEET ). At 190 lbs I hardly think you could achieve that girth unless you were really really really short. If you were measuring 60 inches around the waist - you wouldn't be able to get out of bed (I loved the bed rest -NOT!) and would need 24 hour nursing care like I did just to eat and get to the bathroom. I am not trying to say you don't FEEL like you are pregnant with triplets, I'm just saying I highly doubt you are actually as big as you FEEL.
I know we all have distorted views of our bodies and we all exaggerate how big certain features we have are. Has anyone seen the show "How to look good naked" It's really neat to watch and I love the line-up. It's when Gok (the stylist) takes the girl he is trying to help and asks her to place herself in a line-up of other women. The women are all in their undies and bras and his guest has to pick where she thinks she fits between all the other women (either by waist size or hips)....all the women on the show think they are about 4-8 inches bigger than they really are.
My plan is pretty simple: organic food, portioned food and lots of water and exercise.
I follow my own low carb diet, inspired by Kaiser as given at the nutrition class for diabetics. They recommended 2 servings of carb per meal and 1 per snack. 1 serving is 15 grams, so that's 30 grams per meal and 15 per snack. My own blood sugar told me what my body could handle without spiking.
I eat:
10 grams of carb at breakfast.
20 grams of carb at lunch and dinner
less than 10 grams at snacks.
In addition, they recommended that half your plate should always be vegetables (no corn or peas, they have too much carb). I do that for lunch and dinner always.
Also, they recommend one serving of protein in the meals. I try to make that leaner meats like turkey and chicken but I will also have red meat and sausage whenever I feel like it.
As I've lost more and more weight, I've cut down my portion of protein and fat but the only real counting I've done is carbohydrates.
Vek: I'm am sorry but I have to laugh and hope that you are seriously exaggerating the size of your belly.
Of course I am exagerating the size of my belly. But this is how I feel. And I realy wear pregnant woman elastic jeans. Actually, what is wrong about my belly is not only its size, but the way is splited into 2 different bellies, one over the belly button and one under it. Yeak!
I follow a food plan of aroung 1500 calories - give or take. I include everyday - 2-3 fruits, lots of veggies, protein at every meal, two dairy exchanges, 6 or so servings of starch. I aim to keep my fats under 50 grams, sat fat under 15 grams, cholesterol under 200, & carbs under 250.
I don't obsess if I go over once in a while.
I can't exercise much now because of a foot and back problem.
The biggest thing in my program that has helped is daily meditation.
Last edited by Beverlyjoy; 01-19-2008 at 02:22 PM.
. Actually, what is wrong about my belly is not only its size, but the way is splited into 2 different bellies, one over the belly button and one under it. Yeak!
2 bellies? !! I think many of us are there too...actually I have one above, one below and then another pouch a bit lower Yikes!!! But hey? We are all here to work on it and get slimmer and that's just what we are going to do!
It's easy to admit my belly is not my favorite body part - what's more sad is it used to be a wonderful belly back when I was 200 lbs. I actually quite liked my old tummy (before kids). But I know I am not the only one. I try very hard to appreciate what my belly was capable of doing and what it gave me in life (my beautiful boys) but...it's still very hard to look at.
Ok, guys! I added a little non fat steak of almost 300 cal at my today diet so I ended up at 1200 cal. Is it ok now?
Much better....just a tip...eat as many calories as you can while still losing! No sense in eating only 1200 if you lose just fine on 1,600...see what I mean? Then, if the weight loss stalls, you can go to 1,500 or whatever.
I can eat 1,800-2,000 calories and still lose...and I enjoy every last calorie, LOL.
Vek - it is a start! But I agree 100% with Cassie. At some point your weight loss will stall and you will need to lower your intake to keep losing weight, but you are already starting at the minimum. Try to up it another few hundred (I would think 1600 is a good starting point Cassie) and then when you need to drop 100 calories at some point you can!
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Originally Posted by Cassie501107
Much better....just a tip...eat as many calories as you can while still losing! No sense in eating only 1200 if you lose just fine on 1,600...see what I mean? Then, if the weight loss stalls, you can go to 1,500 or whatever.
I can eat 1,800-2,000 calories and still lose...and I enjoy every last calorie, LOL.
(And I never been pregnant, but my belly looks like I'm in the 9th month with triplets).
