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Old 11-25-2009, 10:18 PM   #31  
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I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow and stay on track as much as possible. What ever you do, please enjoy it!

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Breakfast
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal

Lunch (Soup and Salad)
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Garbanzo Beans 50 Calories
Bacon Bits 30 Calories
Blue Cheese crumbles 50 Calories
Ranch Dressing 150 Calories
Cottage Cheese 80 calories
Mixed fruit 60 calories
Chicken Noodle Soup 120 calories

Donated Blood - Orange juice 80 Calories

Dinner
Cracker Barrel Grilled Chicken tenderloin sandwich (no mayo or butter on the toast) Grilled chicken tenderloins are 160 calories
2 slices of sour dough bread 220 calories
Sample of Coleslaw 50 calories
Cup Vegetable Soup 60

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~I Want Those Buns
~Walk Your Belly Flat 3 Miles
~50 Jump Ropes
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Old 11-26-2009, 08:58 AM   #32  
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Everyone Ok, I'm curious about these Body Buggs, or whatever they are called, that you are using. You say you ate X calories and used X calories, so you have lost .25 pounds. Is this really showing up on the scale every day? I have always been curious about that whole idea. If you over eat, how long does it take to show up on the scale (and your butt )
That's a good question!

when im not retaining water weight due to TOM , or water retention due to muscle soreness, and i'm being "regular" than the calculation pretty much is in the ballpark. and Jendiet nicely put it, it does help people who love number crunching and analysing, keep on track.

let me give you an example of this week. i also dont have a body bugg, so use my pedometer that i wear all day, at my hip to calculate my daily activity calories, then if i do exercise, i use my heart rate monitor. but in the past, i used this website, which gave me rough estimate of calorie burns for particular exercises. http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

and then i use my food journal to calculate the calories from food (i have an excel spreadsheet).



eg:

Tuesday:
I ate 1381 calories.

my BMR calories is 1496
(calculated by http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/)

calories burned through exercise = 570

daily activity calories (from my pedometer) = 711

total Active metabolic rate (my raised BMR) = BMR calories + calories burned through exercise + calories burned through daily activity (pedometer)
{1496+570+711 = 2777)

to calculate calorie deficit= AMR calories - calories eaten .
{2777-1381} = 1406 calorie deficit

calculated pounds lost = 1406/3500= 0.4 lbs.

So tuesday starting weight was 154.4lbs.
so predicted weight for the next day would be 154.4 - 0.4lbs = 154.0lbs.

on wednesday my actual weight was = 153.8lbs. so lost an additional 0.2lbs of water weight with 0.4lbs of fat. (maybe! hehe)
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then yesterday: my calorie deficit was 1518, predicted pounds lost = 0.4lbs
yesterdays weight was 153.8lbs. so predicted weight for today would be 153.3lbs

but today i weighed in at 153.6lbs. so in reality i lost 0.2lbs (less than the predicted 0.4 lbs)

OR you can look at it another way. cause my body lost an extra 0.2lbs on tuesday, it compensated for wednesday weight loss.

so in reality, if we take the calorie deficit over the 2 days. which is = 0.8lbs in total.

starting weight on tuesday was = 154.4lbs. and todays weight is = 153.6lbs = reality loss of 0.8lbs.. which matches the mathetmatical predicted loss (of 0.8lbs (2924 calorie deficit over 2 days).


so in reality, thats why they say to look at your overal calorie deficit for the whole week and your weight loss for the whole week.

as you can see, its in the ballpark. gives you a rough estimate. and as Jendiet eloquently put it, its not always very accurate, cause of water retention due to TOM, muscle soreness, salty foods etc etc. but definately gives you a rough estimate.

at the end of the day as Jillian Michaels says losing weight is an calorie deficit, its all maths. although its gets abit complicated when you're down to your last 20, 15 or 10lbs. thats why you should then eat your BMR calories and get your calorie deficit through exercise and daily activity, and have to really UP the intensity of your workouts. but not workout for more than 2 hours a day. and take 1-2 days of rest days. and avoid processed foods. and drink 80oz of water. get 8 hours of sleep. but also at the same time, dont sleep more than 9 hours, or less than 7 hours. dont eat after 9pm. stuff like that.

and in relation to how long it takes to see it on the scale. i see it the next day!

its not advisable to weigh yourself everyday cause people get discouraged and your weight during the week will go up and down cause of water retention and losses. but i've detached myself and use it more as a mathematical experiment. so it no longer affects my day. and i just like to monitor it cause i am making a graph and like Jediet said, it helps me to NOT binge, and distracts me, so if im number crunching and analysing, im not tempted to eat X, Y or Z. so whenever i get tempted to go over my calories or binge, i do my energy deficient maths. its like a coping mechanism for me.

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Old 11-26-2009, 09:31 PM   #33  
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Thanks for the info on the heartrate monitors and pedometers. That's so interesting. I'm a number cruncher, too, so maybe one day I will get me one.

I have another question. This is about rest days from exercise. Someone here mentioned about working out for three days and then taking a day off. I am a member of VF and people talk about having a rest day, but there is no particular explanation of how often, etc. I looked on my calendar and I have only had one rest day this month, so far. Any info on this subject would be helpful to me. TIA

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Breakfast:
Kashi Heart to Heart Cereal 140 Calories
1/2 cup 2% Milk 65
Coffee w/cream & sugar

Lunch:
A little bit of the items I wanted. I did not stuff myself. I won't even attempt to figure out the calories.

ETA: NO DINNER

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Punch Up Your Walk w/weighted gloves 4 Miles

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Old 11-27-2009, 12:09 AM   #34  
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Breakfast, 3 boiled eggs with soy sauce (245)
3-5 grapes, a very small piece of pork loin for tasting (about the size of a finger)

Lunch/Dinner...(these are all estimates...but it all fit on one very small plate and I didn't get seconds!)
Lots and lots of collard greens
1/2 cup of scalloped potatoes
1/2 cup cornbread stuffing
2 oz turkey, 2 oz pork loin
1 roll

That puts me at about 1200 calories for the day! WOOOOOT! I'm so proud of myself for not losing it. I got what I wanted, didn't go crazy on the portions...and I didn't deny myself. Sure, I could have had 3-5 rolls like normal. I could've had ALL the desserts. I could've had more pork and stuffing and definitely more of those deliciously cheesy scalloped taters. But I resisted. Yay me!
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Old 11-27-2009, 09:30 AM   #35  
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Thanks for the info on the heartrate monitors and pedometers. That's so interesting. I'm a number cruncher, too, so maybe one day I will get me one.

I have another question. This is about rest days from exercise. Someone here mentioned about working out for three days and then taking a day off. I am a member of VF and people talk about having a rest day, but there is no particular explanation of how often, etc. I looked on my calendar and I have only had one rest day this month, so far. Any info on this subject would be helpful to me. TIA
you're welcome!

Jillian Michaels stresses the importance of rest days.

i read on an internet site about how you should go no more than 3 days of intense workout without taking a rest day, and you should aim to have 1 to 2 days rest each week.

Jillian talks about how exercise is the architect and rest as the builder.

when you workout, thats when you cause little micro tears, and then at rest , its when your body makes the muscles stronger and leaner.

so you should definately take 1 day off each week from exercise, or 2 days depending on how intense your working out. but 1 day off exercise each week is a must.
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Old 11-27-2009, 09:31 AM   #36  
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ps Diana, what is VF?
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Old 11-27-2009, 09:38 AM   #37  
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since kept getting error server messages yesterday, my confession from yesterday.

hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving, i was so jealous, would have loved some turkey and cranberry sauce yum yum. heheh

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Thursday
no breakfast.

lunch:

1 onion bagel 210cal
butter 2g 11cal
boursin cheese 4g 16cal
cheese and onion spread 10g 35al

3 almonds 21cal
3 raisens 6cal
>>total 299cal

dinner:

2 parathas (194g) 854cal
1 fried egg 109cal
cheese and onion spread (60g) 212cal
70g baked beans 60cal
1 tsp halwa 50cal

total dinner>> 1285cal

dessert
2 oreo cookies 104 cal
50ml semi sk milk 25 cal

i hadnt had oreo cookies in over a year, and i sat down, turned the tv off, and ate in peace and quite to really savour the taste, but funnily enough they tasted quite salty!! weird. and not as tasty as in the past, or my imagination maybe hehe when i would have eaten 4 sitting infront of the tv. but still was nice


Thursday morning weight 153.6lbs
BMR calories 1492


total calories eaten 1713 calories

went over my BMR calories by +221calories

caloried burned 487 (cindrella workout- basically scrubbed wood floors for 2 and half hours, boy was i sore afterwards, wore my heart rate monitor to see my calorie burn hehe).

(pedometer) daily activity = 666 calories lol

total AMR 2645

calorie deficient 932calories


predicted pounds loss 0.27lbs


actual loss = 0.2lbs


weight today Friday = 153.4lbs

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Echo Thanks for the info. I don't really know how intense I workout. Maybe I will try the 3 days of working out and one rest day. I tend to be an all or nothing person. Not necessarily a good thing. I probably need to work on that, along with everything else, LOL. VF is Video Fitness. The website is videofitness.com and their forum is forum.videofitness.com The site is based on exercising with videos, although some people go to the gym, they do regular walking, or some type of exercise equipment. On that site, diet talk is prohibited, although we know in order to see results the two go hand in hand. Diet talk, religion, politics, etc are off limits because they tend to get really heated there.
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Old 11-27-2009, 01:15 PM   #39  
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Thanks Diana!

yah definately take at least 1 day off a week. doesnt matter how intense you workout, your body still needs 1 day off minimum from exercise

enjoy your rest day!
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Old 11-27-2009, 05:05 PM   #40  
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Alright, my confession is Thanksgiving dinner was sooo delicious. We ate at 1:00 pm. and again at 6 pm. so my plan didn't work out so hot. I ate 1800 cs. with a +225 cs deficit. But my pedometer registered -494. So totaly I ended up with a mere -269 for a deficit.

I did not work out yesterday either. However, I did get good news! I made my goal to lose 2 lbs. I set a goal on 11-20-09 at 176 lbs. To lose 2 lbs by Thanksgiving. Yesterday my weight was 173.8! yeah!!!

I can only hope I at least maintained that over the Holidays.

I had Thanksgiving stuff again for lunch and I am already at 1200 cs. I will workout out today. And I will eat only 1500 cs today.
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congrats Jendiet! that's great on meeting your goal!
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i over ate my calories today, whooopsy! had a few high calorie treats after dinner. it wasnt a mindless binge, i recorded everything methodically. will pay for it tommorow though on the scale! i just really wanted X Y Z

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no exercise today, felt really tired and sore from scrubbing the floor yesterday.

my confession:

breakfast:

onion bagel 210cal
4g butter 22cal
4g cheese and onion 14cal
12g cream cheese 19cal
30 choc milkshake 26cal
>>291cal

dinner:

136g daal 77cal
1 and half lamb kebab 288cal
32g cheese and onion spread 112cal
2 homemade naans 756cal
20g butter 147cal
30g chutney 44cal
cola 130cal
>>>1554cal

extra snacks:

210 ml choc milkshake 183cal
chili lemon crisps 158cal
100g halwa 234cal


Friday morning weight 153.4
BMR calories 1491

total calories eaten 2420

overate BMR calories by +929 calories

caloried burned 0 (no exercise today)

(pedometer) daily activity 480 calories

total AMR 1971

calorie excess +449

predicted pounds gain +0.1lbs
saturday morning weight prediction = 153.5
(probably more cause of the actual weight of the food).

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Jendiet Great job on the 2 pounds!

Echo Cleaning the house will kick your butt!

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Breakfast (430 Calories + coffee)
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal

Lunch
Spring Roll 120 cal
Won Ton Soup 150 cal
Chicken w/stir fry vegetables 650 calories (I spoke with the waitress this is one of their healthier options. I used daily plate to estimate these calories)
Steamed Brown Rice 150 Calories

Dinner
Mac-n-cheese 150
Bryers Light Ice Cream 1/2 cup 110 Calories

Exercise
I had a rest day. Thanks Echo

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Old 11-28-2009, 06:03 AM   #43  
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I managed to eat pretty much to plan on Thanksgiving, with just a few spoonfuls to taste off-plan foods. It helped a lot that I kept much of the food on the healthy side, except for desserts. I didn't feel deprived at all, and was quietly horrified by the amounts some others were shoving into their mouths. Like I used to!

Exercise: 30 minutes treadmill, 20 minutes weights

Breakfast: 1 cup plain yogurt, 1 cup strawberries

Lunch: (eating apps all afternoon) lots of raw veggies, some hummus, tzaziki and baba ganoosh; 1/2 pita; 3 (lowfat) stuffed mushrooms; 1 oz. cheese

Dinner: White meat Turkey with 1 Tbs. gravy; grilled vegetables, roasted brussels sprouts, roasted mixed mushrooms; sauteed greens; salad; 1 small spoonful (probably 2 Tbs.) stuffing; 1 small spoonful mashed potato; 1 glass wine

Dessert: fresh raspberries, 1 bite pumpkin pie, 1 bite chocolate mousse pie


Friday:

Exercise--30 minutes treadmill

Breakfast: spinach frittata
Lunch: salad with turkey
Snack: pita, veggies and hummus
Dinner: 2 whole wheat tortillas; 3 oz. grilled steak; sauteed peppers, onions and mushrooms; salsa
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:02 AM   #44  
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So I gained 2.6 lbs since Thursday. Blah. Thursday was just a food fest. I'm sure that I overate calorie-wise by quite a bit. Oh well. I'm not going to let the guilt get to me. Yesterday was more portion controlled and even a little walking!

I got two sz 8 dress pants for my interview and they looked good on me!! I finally looked slim and that made me happeh. It also gave me motivation to control my portions.

This morning I weighed in on my BIL's scale and it said 154.8. So, err...if one of those lbs is water weight from sodium-heavy food then er, I only have 1 more lb to go... No worries. I've pushed the idea of shopping on my BIL+wife so they're taking us to a big mall where I can get plenty of walking. Good thing the pedometer tagged along for the visit...

I'll check in with you guys later! Have a good weekend all, and hope all the Americans had a happeh Thanksgiving!
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Old 11-28-2009, 07:56 PM   #45  
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hey everyone! saw a gain of 1lb on the scale today. cause of my over indulgene yesterday. hoping most of its just water and food weight though!

today didnt do any exercise, felt tired

and slightly over ate my calories again.

will do better tommorow.

planning on definately working out tommorow.

Diana- you are so right! housework kicked my butt indeed!
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my confession:

lunch:

onion bagel 210 cal
4g butter 22
10g cheese and onion 35 cal
2g boursin 8 cal
1 bread slice 110 cal
200g saag 216 cal
3 marshmallow 78 cal

>> 679 cal


dinner:

yogurt 2 tbs 48 cal
200g pilaf veg rice 526 cal
2 jaffa cakes 92 cal

>> total : 666 cal - thats twice that number has come up this week. lol

snack:
half bagel 105 cal
saag 162 cal
choc treat 99 cal

>> 366 cal

total calories eaten 1711
calories over by +215

caloried burned 0

pedometer daily activity 173 - felt really tired and cold today.

total AMR 1669

calorie excess +42calories. (better than yesterday, but no calorie deficient)

predicted pounds gain +0.01

Saturday morning weight 154.4 (gain of 1lb from yesterday, predicted gain was 0.1lbs)

predicted weight tommorow morning = 154.4

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