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Originally Posted by Reasons
Oh I am trying so hard to stay on track! It's really discouraging to see the scale staying the same or going up, but never down! Just yesterday I upped my cal intake to 1400 to see if maybe I wasn't eating enough calories. I would think 1200 would be good for me, but I'll try this and see. I track EVERYthing I eat with an app on my phone. A typical day for me is:
Breakfast: Slimfast shake & a 6oz yougurt
midmorning snack: yogurt and a piece of fruit
Lunch: Slimfast shake and a string cheese
afternoon snack: Pickle or yogurt or string cheese or fruit
Dinner: 6 oz lean meat, 1 cup of fresh green veggies and a starch (white rice or broiled baby red potatoes)
What is a typical day for you??
I've just started with power90 and I'm on my 5th day today.
Im really considering switching to the Atkins diet to see if that will work better for me. I started back in January on WW and didn't see a difference so I've been doing straight calorie counting for about a month now, and still no results. I've added the exercise to see if that would make the difference. I know I need to be patient, but I think all my patience left me some time last week.
Good luck with boot camp! and your 25lb goal!
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Thanks for the well wishes and I am going to say your typical day seems too light in calories, and when you don't eat enough calories your body begins to "hoard" calories for survival. Do you ever feel hungry? How much water are you drinking? And also, I agree with
aerogora, with something as exhaustive as P90X, you need to be consuming more calories, more complex carbs and more protein. Up those calories a bit (with good stuff...I'm bad at this, when I have extra calories, I fill it with crap too much of the time) and stick with it, give it about 2 weeks to see any real changes. HTH
A typical day for me depends on if I exercise or not...I'll do exercise:
Pre-workout: "green" smoothie (a veggie-heavy smoothie with some fruit to sweeten it and some almond milk usually about 200-250 calories)
Breakfast: Oatmeal (instant or regular depending on time it is filling and you can prepare it a ton of ways) with 100-calorie slenders as toast 300-400 calories
Lunch: Left-overs or frozen meal like Lean Gourmet/Lean Cuisine (I usually "doctor" it up with extra veggies or something if I have time) usually about 400-500 calories
Dinner: Depends, I eat whatever I have or make...try to keep it under 500 calories
Snacks: Eh...can be a sweet snack like pudding (130 calories) or rice cakes (45 calories each) or something
By the end of a typical day I've usually eaten anywhere between 1,400-1,800 calories...depending on how vigorously I've worked out and how I've eaten that day...I am shooting for 2 lbs/week and I like to work out Mondays-Fridays and my official weigh-ins are Monday mornings.
UPDATE: So the past two days (Friday and Saturday) I've been pigging out a little and I gained 2 oz so far, but that's okay...I'm going to a Baby Shower tomorrow (I think) and I'll probably have some crap there too...all I can do is try and minimize the damage and try my best to hold at 240 by my official weigh-in. Have a good Sunday ladies!!!
Lost 1.4 lbs this Week! Well on my way to my goal. Had a hard time thisweekend, but wasn't too bad and fully back on trak today 