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12-15-2012, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Alabama
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The total honest truth
I've gotten quite a few people inboxing me asking what I eat, what I do to exercise and how long it has taken me to get to where I am. Well...I'm going to give it to you all in the totally honest truth and see if you have any suggestions and advice.
In July of this year when I decided to change my lifestyle this is what I was consuming on an average day :
Breakfast : 2 Honey butter chicken biscuit from Whataburger - 1,120 calories
Mid morning snack : Crispy honey mustard snack wrap McDonalds - 350 calories
Lunch : 2 Checker burgers (Rally's) - 780 calories
Snack : McFlurry from McDonald's (regular size) - 700 calories
Dinner : 2 regular Krystals, 2 chicken Krystals, and fully loaded fries from Checkers (Rally's) - 1500 calories
*This is not an exaggeration, this is what I was consuming daily. It's pathetic I know, but it's the truth, and though it may hurt to think about it, it's part of who I was and who I never want to go back to. That's right, I was consuming at least 4,450 calories a day!*
Eventually, I looked in the mirror while stuffing my face and it finally clicked that I was killing myself. Having an energetic three year old and not doing anything but gaining and gaining weight (my highest was 258), I realized I needed to change for myself, but also for him. So, I did just that. The next morning though I had little faith in myself, I cut everything out and consumed 1200 calories. I stuck to this each day and sure enough the weight started falling off. Now I'm at 194 pounds, and although my weight loss has started slowing to about a pound a week, I'm still thankful I am where I'm at today.
I'd like to get down to 160, then see if I need to lose more. But now that I've ranted I'd like to share what I eat now (although it does change up, I feel full and happy most days)
Breakfast : 2 boiled eggs - 120 calories...sometimes I add a tbsp of lite mayo (60 calories) and make them like deviled eggs
Snack : Pumpernickel bread with 2 tbsp hummus - 130 calories
Lunch : Lean Cuisine (ranging from 260 calories to 500)
Snack : Some sort of fruit usually around 60 calories, cottage cheese, and sliced turkey (250 calories)
Dinner : Grilled chicken from Sam's Club, with this vegetable rice stir fry that's low calorie and homemade and it's fan-freaking-tastic (this usually makes up for the rest of the calories.)...I drink water with dinner, but after I am done I have a glass of my beloved diet coke.
Anyway, I had a C-Section when I had my son, and well, I have that lovely pooch on my stomach BUT I found some awesome workouts on BikiniMommyBody.com and it's really working! Soooooo....this is my LONG rant, that I needed to get out there and get myself inspired to "step up my game"...any advice to help me get out of the 190's??
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12-15-2012, 12:22 PM
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I'm bringing sexy back!
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Congrats on making it this far!!!!
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12-15-2012, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Bowie, MD
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Great work!
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12-15-2012, 05:36 PM
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I Will Because I Can
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 550
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My first thought was that you must be saving a TON of money and gas now that you aren't eating fast food 5x a day!
Congrats on your lifestyle change and weightloss!
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12-15-2012, 09:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Northern VA
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You've done such an such an amazing inspirational job.
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12-15-2012, 10:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Floriduh
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Wow sounds like the diet I use to have :/ eating out 3 plus times a day.
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12-15-2012, 11:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Toronto, ON, CAN
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You're so brave to put it all out there but I'm sure you're not alone. I was eating a lot of fast food too. You're doing amazing! As for getting out of the 190's I'm the wrong person to answer that. I'm still a beginner.
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12-16-2012, 01:07 AM
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Proud Mom
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Western NC
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Great job!
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12-17-2012, 10:23 AM
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Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Alabama
Posts: 56
S/C/G: 258/182/165
Height: 5'7
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Thanks yall! I'm trying so hard and I know all of you are too! but I do have slip ups. If only it would speed up like it did when I first started
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12-17-2012, 11:07 AM
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Finally in control.
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: New York
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Thanks for sharing this! I signed up for a discount program at my local supermarket that gives you savings on your most commonly purchased items. When I was browsing through my purchase history, I was astonished at all the crap I was buying. And I had the nerve to tell myself that I wasn't eating that much.
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12-17-2012, 11:21 AM
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Fear does not = fate
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: WA
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I had to be honest with myself about what I was eating too..And my diet was almost the same, maybe worse..I actually told myself once that the two big macs and large fry I ate didn't count. Or the entire bag of gummie bears..The list is endless of foods that didn't "count". And to this day, I have no real idea why I thought it was ok to do that to myself.
Congratulations on doing so well, I'm always inspired by everyone on this forum.
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12-17-2012, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Height: 5'6"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VYork88
Snack : Pumpernickel bread with 2 tbsp hummus - 130 calories
Lunch : Lean Cuisine (ranging from 260 calories to 500)
Soooooo....this is my LONG rant, that I needed to get out there and get myself inspired to "step up my game"...any advice to help me get out of the 190's??
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What about swapping the bread for something less "carby" and swapping out the lean cuisine for a huge salad with protein?
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12-18-2012, 04:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,033
S/C/G: 245/ticker/125
Height: 5'2"
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Wow! You've made terrific progress. Way to go!
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01-02-2013, 03:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 203
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Height: 5'6"
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You've done well so far.
My thought is to try two things: a couple of days a week, eat more like 1600 calories. A lot of people who have stayed steady at 1200 or so for months actually lose after mixing it up a bit.
Second is playing with the macronutrients. Like someone suggested, you can cut out the rice/bread, and try replacing it with a big pile of veggies. Maybe even add back a little fat, since your program looks quite low fat.
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01-02-2013, 04:32 PM
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Sarah
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 802
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Height: 6'
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Breaking that fast food addiction is HARD(for some people its as bad as giving up cigs) 0.o so you should be proud of yourself for doing that as well...
I know people have had success with calorie cycling...bacially either
1) Keeping the same amount per week your currently eating, but have a few higher and lower days added in
2) Up your calories once or twice a week(this is what helped me)
Mixing up excering....once you become accustomed to what your doing, it isn't as effective...
Pick up new activities like yoga, zumba, martial arts, running/jogging, dance...anything that gets you to move
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