Someday, someday - maybe they'll be able to do a blood draw or a saliva test, and give you a printout of exactly what you ought to be eating. Wonder how many of us would do it, though? I know I'd at least try!
I've been saying this for a long time, I really think we do have individual metabolisms that dictate the kind of foods we thrive on. I know that if I try to do a low carb diet, I feel lousy. Yes, I can lose weight on it but at what cost? Feeling tired and achy and headachy all the time is not worth it to me. Yet there are others feel fabulous on low carb - lots of energy and very happy, but if they follow my way of eating, they feel as lousy on it as I do on low carb.
It would be nice to be able find more individualized approaches that worked for each of us, instead of having to do trial and error.
do you have a specific target you are trying to get to for May 1?
I'm hoping to get back to 221.8 (or below, but I think even 221.8 is ambitious!). That will about 2 lbs for the month, but since I've been on a roller coaster all month and have been as high as 226.4, I'd be happy to see a net loss for the month!
I talked to my weight loss coach tonight who was thrilled about me finally getting below 220. Goals for this week-25 grams of fiber a day, 4 days of exercise, and 48 oz of water. She has some high expectations. We'll see how it goes.
Do you have a specific calorie target? I try for 25+ gr of fiber a day too, and I also try to get above 85 gr of protein.
I saw on the other thread that you had gotten to 219 - I am sure you'll see that stick very soon. A lot of people seem to have a pattern like that, that they'll see a new low, bounce back up right afterwards, but then a couple of days later, get back down to the low and keep going.
Looks like we are all keeping a steady pace of doing the things we need to do. I also agree with getting a printout....I would love something to just tell me exactly what I need to do to lose this weight and keep it off. It is a constant game of try this, readjust, try this, tweak that, on and on.
I have walked every day since I started this challenge. I am doing mostly 3 miles, but Thursday it felt physically easier and I probably could have gone more. On the other hand the mental difficulty is still there, I had to talk myself into getting on the treadmill last night, I was just so tired.
My weight is down 1.2lbs this week, but I am obsessing daily over the numbers. Have a graph going and it is looking like a saw blade. I want a nice steady downslope. No such luck. I guess I am looking for that daily reinforcement that a slope would give. It is hard to keep going when you see the graph heading back up before it comes down. grr.
I weighed in this morning and I am down to 168. I believe that my problem has not been getting enough sleep and this has been making it more difficult to lose weight.
Yep Ivy-sleep is one of those puzzle pieces. You can do everything else right and if you don't get enough sleep, that scale will definately get stuck. I know that from experience too.
PM-there are several books that have attempted to give people answers to individual diet questions like the blood type diet which I personally think is just hocus pocus, and the schwartzbein principle which may have some logic to it and I don't know if you have read Jillian Michael's book Winning By Losing but she also gives you some ways to think about what kind of diet you might do best with that seems reasonable. I think the plan Becky follows might be metabolism based too-maybe she can enlighten us on that. There is no question that people just seem to thrive on one type better than another-there is no one size fits all answer but people do get really dogmatic about their ideas. I aim for 100 grams of protein and no more than 1800 calories. I've been staying below 1600 recently which is good.
Despite my 31 grams of fiber yesterday my scale still said 220.2 this morning so we'll see if this is it. I have 27 grams on the menu for today-maybe a little more depending on snack choices. I have a theory behind why all this fiber and if it works, I'll tell you what it is. It's just a theory but it does seem plausable.
Thanks for the well wishes and motivation! I saw 213 on the scale today and that really brightened my day. I have been doing my best to stick to 1,500 to 1,700 calories per day. It was rough at first getting back on the weight loss wagon but I feel confident that I am headed in the right direction.
Wow, in one short week it will be May. I am looking forward to walking more outside, too rainy right now to exercise outside, so I walked up and down the stairs to my basement 10 times today, I might try another 10 later.
PM - At this point, I'd just like to be seeing a consistent 147.5. 2 pounds a month is pretty good for me if I disregard the "wild water swings". I have a sensitivity to artificial colors that can add 3 pounds in a matter of hours ... and I blundered into one of them this weekend. So this morning was 149.5. Tomorrow, according to history if I keep it clean today, should be about 148. I promised DS10 a dinner tonight at Rainforest Cafe - will have to be vigilant and look that one up ahead of time!
My 219 was a flash. I haven't seen it again. And I think the fiber is a red herring. I think the fiber just allows me to eat less calories without starving.
148.5 today. 148.0 yesterday. TOM looming - if it starts today, I could possibly hit the 147.5 for Saturday morning. Geez, how I hate the siren calls of sugar in the 3 days before ... I beat the sugar monster a long time ago, but I have a terrible time with it right now!
Well, after a week of no scale movement and yesterday a complete blip in my eating as it was hubby's bday, the scale actually moved to a new low 166.8. I think I will wait to change it officially though and see if the 2/3 slice of cheesecake comes back to haunt me. I've only missed one day of walking on Saturday, so I'm feeling good about my exercise goal.
TGIF, friends! Have an awesome day of eating healthy and exercising.
I am still at 213 and that is ok with me. I was able to drop 4 pounds this month! I am focusing on just how close I am to onederland. Have a good day everyone!
Scale blipped between 147.5 and 148.0 - settled on 147.5. I had a couple of glasses of wine last night though, and that usually represents that 1/2 pound. We shall see ...!
Collectively, it looks like we all had victories of some sort! I know it helps me a lot to report in, so are we going to start thinking about May?
I fell pretty good about my goal of staying in the 160's by the end of the month. I am still at 168. So, I guess I can live with this. I wish it were a couple more pounds, but it's not.
