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10-26-2005, 11:21 AM
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All That's Left of Me
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Michigan (South East, Lower)
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Weekly Averages
Okay, so I posted this within my journal, but wanted to aske everyone's opinion. Do you gals see any patterns that may be affecting my weight loss efforts? As many of you gals have said...sometimes it helps to look at the big picture
Week #1: 7/01/05 - 7/08/05
Starting Weight: 211.6
Total Cardio: 1 hour 35 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 3
Days I Did Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,459
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.86
Total Caloric Defecit: 5,518
Days I Drank 80 oz. Water: 2
Ending Weight: 206.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 5.0
Week #2: 7/09/05 - 7/15/05
Starting Weight: 206.6
Total Cardio: 3 hours 20 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 4
Days I Did Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: 1,177
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.14
Total Caloric Defecit: 8,207
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 7
Ending Weight: 203.0
Total LBS Lost This Week: 3.6
Week #3: 7/16/05 - 7/22/05
Starting Weight: 203.0
Total Cardio: 4 hours 00 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 5
Days of Weight Training: 2
Average Daily Calories: 1,277
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.71
Total Caloric Defecit: 6,408
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 6
Ending Weight: 201.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.4
Week #4: 7/23/05 - 7/29/05
Starting Weight: 201.6
Total Cardio: 4 hours 20 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 6
Days of Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: 964
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 5.29
Total Caloric Defecit: 9,420
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 7
Ending Weight: 197.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 4.0
Week #5: 7/30/05 - 8/05/05
Starting Weight: 197.6
Total Cardio: 3 hours 15 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 4
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 969
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 5.00
Total Caloric Defecit: 8,922
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 7
Ending Weight: 195.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.0
Week #6: 8/06/05 - 8/12/05
Starting Weight: 195.6
Total Cardio: 1 hour 30 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 2
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,172
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 5.29
Total Caloric Defecit: 8,203
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 7
Ending Weight: 193.0
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.6
Week #7: 8/13/05 - 8/19/05
Starting Weight: 193.0
Total Cardio: 4 hours 00 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 4
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,071
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.43
Total Caloric Defecit: 7,815
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 3
Ending Weight: 189.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 3.4
Week #8: 8/20/05 - 8/26/05
Starting Weight: 189.6
Total Cardio: 1 hour 30 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 2
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,191
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.57
Total Caloric Defecit: 6,663
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 6
Ending Weight: 186.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 3.0
Week #9: 8/27/05 - 9/02/05
Starting Weight: 186.6
Total Cardio: 1 hour 30 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 2
Days of Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: 1,251
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 5.14
Total Caloric Defecit: 6,005
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 6
Ending Weight: 184.8
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.8
Week #10: 9/03/05 - 9/09/05
Starting Weight: 184.8
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: 1,304
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.29
Total Caloric Defecit: 5,362
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 1
Ending Weight: 182.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.2
Week #11: 9/10/05 - 9/16/05
Starting Weight: 182.6
Total Cardio: none
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,088
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.43
Total Caloric Defecit: 6,767
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 1
Ending Weight: 179.8
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.8
Week #12: 9/17/05 - 9/23/05
Starting Weight: 179.8
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,387
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.14
Total Caloric Defecit: 4,592
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 1
Ending Weight: 178.2
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.6
Week #13: 9/24/05 - 9/30/05
Starting Weight: 178.2
Total Cardio: 1 hour
Days I Did Cardio: 1
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,479
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.86
Total Caloric Defecit: 3,916
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 6
Ending Weight: 176.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.6
Week #14:10/01/05 - 10/07/05
Starting Weight: 176.6
Total Cardio: 1 hour 30 minutes
Days I Did Cardio: 2
Days of Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: 1,488
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.57
Total Caloric Defecit: 4,103
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 4
Ending Weight: 175.4
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.2
Week #15:10/08/05 - 10/14/05
Starting Weight: 175.4
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,140
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.57
Total Caloric Defecit: 6,133
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 4
Ending Weight: 172.8
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.6
Week #16: 10/15/05 - 10/21/05
Starting Weight: 172.8
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,185
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.86
Total Caloric Defecit: 5,734
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 0
Ending Weight: 171.4
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.4
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10-26-2005, 01:46 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Detroit, MI
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I will PM you.
SJ
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10-27-2005, 03:05 PM
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Chuggin' along...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Northwest Florida
Posts: 2,719
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Hey Amanda,
You may not want to hear this but:
I'm actually kind of concerned about how few calories you're eating. Everything I've ever read or heard says that under 1200 is too few and will send your body into starvation mode. You put little frownies after every week where you went over 1200. Your body NEEDS that fuel, especially when you're working out!
Frankly I don't think there's anything wrong with the rate at which you're losing weight. 1-2 lbs per week is a very respectable loss! Don't listen to whoever or whatever is telling you to lose more. I hate shows like the biggest loser or fad diets that promise to you'll lose 30 pounds in 30 days or whatever because they're SO misleading. You want to lose weight in a healthy way, by making changes that will stick with you after you're done losing. It's about health, not just weight.
Good luck.
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10-27-2005, 03:48 PM
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Obsessive Poster
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 90
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If you eat less than 1200 calories a day, you're going to lose muscle before you ever start losing fat. Then, you'll lose weight more slowly, because the more muscle you have, the faster you lose weight. You might be seeing results on the scale, but are you seeing results in inches?
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10-28-2005, 08:20 AM
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aka Superwoman!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Finchley, London, UK
Posts: 6,461
S/C/G: SW:226/16st - about 50lbs lost
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There is nothing affecting your weight loss efforts! YOU ARE STILL LOSING WEIGHT! There isn't a week where you don't! Don't get down on yourself when you lose less than you want to! I lose at about 1lb a month and I'm ecstatic about that most months!
You will find your weight loss will slow as you get closer to goal. You are doing great, don't be so hard on yourself. I think you're doing great, spesh with your dodgy thyroid thingy!
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10-30-2005, 02:15 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Michigan (South East, Lower)
Posts: 370
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Thanks Gals!
Megan - You're absolutely right! 1-2 lbs a week is a good rate of loss. I guess I was just being hard on myself. As far as my calorie level goes, I know you're new and don't know my medical history. Many people don't, although I have gone about explaining it several times. It's hard to know who has read my previous posts in regards to it, and who hasn't. I have a specific type of thyroid disease that causes my immune system to continuously attack my thyroid/hormones as if they were a virus. Because of this my doctor recommended I have a daily intake of no more than 800 calories. My metabolism is different than yours, and therefore the rules that apply to you do not necessarily pertain to me. I appreciate your input though, and I still agree with you that I have been way to hard on myself. Oh yeah, and you also mentioned that I needed the fuel for exercise...but just so you know, I haven't hardly exercised at all in quite some time. It's been sporadic, and I need to work on it.
WinterWonder - I almost always agree with what you say, but this time we have a slight difference of opinion. I have read a lot of exercise and nutrition literature as well, studying it for years in my spare time. I do agree that when someone eats way too few calories that they will lose muscle. However, they will lose fat too...at the exact same time. In someone who is clinically obese the fat loss will far outweigh the muscle loss, as it takes time for the body to break down muscle tissue for use as fuel. As the person gets closer to their ideal weight the fat loss will slow, and the muscle loss will remain nearly consistant (this is the case with those who are not doing any exercise). But, as I told Megan, this does not apply to me in the same manner as it applies to you, or anyone else with a normal metabolic system. If I ate 1,200 calories a day, every day...I would GAIN weight. I know it goes against a lot of what you've read, but there are those of us out there that happen to be exceptions to the rule. According to my doctor the only thing I'm still doing wrong is eating TOO MUCH. Go figure, trust me...it's no fun!
2Frustrated - Hey girl! I didn't mean it like that...I was just wondering if anyone could see any patterns in what I'm doing that maybe I was missing. A second set of eyes can always help! And thank you, yes I do agree that I have been too hard on myself, but I'm going to change that. Good luck on your weight loss chick!!!
Last edited by amandaholly; 10-30-2005 at 02:20 PM.
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10-30-2005, 02:22 PM
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Opulent
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 650
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Well, these thing certainly affect your weight loss efforts (remember, you asked! ):
Your drinking while using the medications you take is a dangerous and scary thing, IMO. Skipping the medication for an evening of drinking does not make it safe or reasonable, let alone healthty and it *does* impact your weight loss (taking medication intermittently and drinking alcohol).
I really wish you would eat vegetables and fruits instead of " a sip" of this and "5 bites" of that for your calories, you'd get much more fiber, bulk, nutrients and so on.
Exercising daily is the best thing you could introduce. Consistency is key.
Best of luck as you continue to lose weight. Which thyroid disorder is it that you have? Your son sure is a cutie
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10-30-2005, 02:26 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Michigan (South East, Lower)
Posts: 370
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Week #17: 10/22/05 - 10/28/05
Starting Weight: 171.4
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,223
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 3.57
Total Caloric Defecit: 5,440
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 3
Ending Weight: 169.8
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.6
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10-30-2005, 03:03 PM
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Opulent
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 650
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yogini
Well, these thing certainly affect your weight loss efforts (remember, you asked! ):
Your drinking while using the medications you take is a dangerous and scary thing, IMO. Skipping the medication for an evening of drinking does not make it safe or reasonable, let alone healthty and it *does* impact your weight loss (taking medication intermittently and drinking alcohol).
I really wish you would eat vegetables and fruits instead of " a sip" of this and "5 bites" of that for your calories, you'd get much more fiber, bulk, nutrients and so on.
Exercising daily is the best thing you could introduce. Consistency is key.
Best of luck as you continue to lose weight. Which thyroid disorder is it that you have? Your son sure is a cutie
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10-31-2005, 11:19 AM
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All That's Left of Me
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Yogini - I'm sorry Yogini. We posted at about the same time, and I got off my computer as soon as I left my post, so I didn't see yours. In reply to your very kind post:
1. I did not skip my medication for just 1 night in order to have a night of drinking. I had not had my meds in 3 days, which means that all of the medication was out of my system.
2. Phentermine is not a drug like a replacement hormone or such. After speaking with my doctor I discovered that you can take it as frequently as you want (up to once per day), and as infrequently as you want (a few times per week, if that is all you need). I do not want to, nor do I need to, take it every day.
3. As far as fruits and veggies go...I know, and I'm trying to fit more in. I have been eating a little, trying to get acclimated to the taste, but it's taking me some time. I was not raised eating healthy foods, and I'm finding it a pretty hard habit to break. I am, however, going to make a more concentrated effort starting November 1st, but I need accountability to help me stick to it. If you check my journal hopefully you will see a change during the next month.
4. Exercise...I hate it, but I need it. I am going to be posting my own November challenge within my journal which will begin November 1st. I will be concentrating on it a lot more next month.
So, sorry there was a mix up, but keep in mind that there is frequently a time delay on these boards. I would never ignore your, or anyone else's post!
Last edited by amandaholly; 10-31-2005 at 11:21 AM.
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11-05-2005, 02:48 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Week #18: 10/29/05 - 11/04/05
Starting Weight: 169.2
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,329
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.43
Total Caloric Defecit: 4,941
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 2
Ending Weight: 167.4
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.8
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11-14-2005, 11:00 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Michigan (South East, Lower)
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Pulling Several All-Nighter's Must Burn Extra Calories!
Week #19: 11/05/05 - 11/11/05
Starting Weight: 167.4
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: 1,514
Average Meals Eaten Daily: 4.00
Total Caloric Defecit: -3,227
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: 7
Ending Weight: 165.0
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.4
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11-15-2005, 10:50 AM
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Eating for two!
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I know it was sarcastic, but no, all-nighters does not burn extra calories In fact, getting too little sleep can actually make it harder for you to lose weight.
Also, I'd just like to point out that in the week where you had an average of 1514 calories per day instead of 1200 or less, you lost 2.4 pounds, whereas you only lost 1.8 pounds when your average was only 1329, and only 1.6 pounds when your average was 1223. Hmm...maybe there's something to these crazy theories about INCREASING your calories to lese weight
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11-15-2005, 04:23 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Hey Jill!
Jill - Isn't it funny? 2.4 lbs with more calories. Hey, I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but personally I think it's a fluke. So I'll keep it up (actually, I have been) and we'll see what happens next week. As of this morning (Tuesday) I am up to 166...so I'm officialy up a pound from where I was on Friday...depressing! But let's wait and see. Maybe the phentermine has upped my metabolism to the point where I'm actually burning a normal amount of calories...wonders never cease So, until next week...
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12-10-2005, 12:50 PM
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All That's Left of Me
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Week #20: 11/12/05 - 11/18/05
Starting Weight: 165.0
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: ?
Average Meals Eaten Daily: ?
Total Caloric Defecit: ?
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: ?
Ending Weight: 163.4
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.6
Week #21: 11/19/05 - 11/25/05
Starting Weight: 163.4
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: ?
Average Meals Eaten Daily: ?
Total Caloric Defecit: ?
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: ?
Ending Weight: 161.0
Total LBS Lost This Week: 2.4
Week #22: 11/26/05 - 12/02/05
Starting Weight: 161.0
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 1
Average Daily Calories: ?
Average Meals Eaten Daily: ?
Total Caloric Defecit: ?
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: ?
Ending Weight: 159.2
Total LBS Lost This Week: 1.8
Week #23: 12/03/05 - 12/09/05
Starting Weight: 159.2
Total Cardio: None
Days I Did Cardio: 0
Days of Weight Training: 0
Average Daily Calories: ?
Average Meals Eaten Daily: ?
Total Caloric Defecit: ?
Days I Drank 80 oz. of Water: ?
Ending Weight: 154.6
Total LBS Lost This Week: 4.6 *Broken Heart*
Last edited by amandaholly; 12-10-2005 at 01:04 PM.
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