Guess I will start again

SW-155
GW-150


:mad:I could kick myself:mad:

The workouts are only 25 - 30 min long.. Because of that I always add some extra some days..

Hey MercerMom, everyone gains. Weight loss is never linear, or an exact science. Don't kick yourself, just keep on moving. :hug:

In my experience, the Daily Plate site does way over estimate the number of calories burned doing some exercises. I use a heart rate monitor watch to gauge calories burned a little more accurately.

If you just started lifting weights, it is very possible that you are retaining water from doing so because of the slight tears you make in your muscles as you are building them up and the subsequent repair process.

Regardless, don't let it get you down! Keep on doing what you are doing, and the scale will move in the right direction eventually!

I'm still at 156 today. Eh, I'll take it. I do need to start going back at this full-force like I was a month ago, though.

SW: 156
CW: 156
GW: 151

Do NOT trust the whole "eating back your calories" thing on Daily Plate. It's a great way to watch everything you eat and record your workouts, but eating back my workout calories caused me to stay at the same weight for three weeks. When I stopped doing that, I dropped big time.

Same here. Also I don't use DP to calculate exercise cals or "net" cals. I just set my calorie level at 1500 and use the site to track that. Then whatever exercise I do is "extra" if that makes sense.

I find that trying to figure out what cals I can "eat back" is overly confusing.

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I don't eat mine back either. If i do go over i will work out more during the week, but i don't let the # i burn effect eating more or whatever.

No loss today...just the same. Can't wait til tomorrow. TOM is upon me and i'm down to a new low the past 3 days, so i am hoping for my own woosh this weekend or early next week.

Ok its not much but I guess its a change....

SW 172.5
CW 172
GW 167.5

down .5!! I will take whatever at this point because I can't get below 172...been here for 3 weeks now. I'm trying to change things up a bit.

Congrats to everyone with a loss!

Thanks Melissa, that looks great!!
We had a nice visit and she brought candy for the kids, and us too ??? She cannot control herself. Then she'll tell me they are chubby or worry about how skinny they are-- all w/in the same week-- when they are NOT, either thin or fat...-- really, so not. They are fit and strong and eat great foods and fruits and veggies-- even salad.
:)

Thanks guys,

I am new to dailyplate too, so it did seem a little strange to burn 350 cal walking behind a power lawn mower for 30min:D

In your opinions do you think fitday is a better place to keep up with my cals. I haven't even looked at it ever.


If I continue to us DP I should just set a calorie level and go by that no matter the exercise calories? Right?

I think that is a good idea....if you want to lose say 3 lbs a week...thats 1,500 calories a day you need to cut from what it would take to maintain the weight your at. From what I have read....if you take your current weight and multiply it times 12 that should be the amount of calories to maintain your weight without any exercise...

so you would say 155 times 12 = 1860

So if you ate 1200 calories you would only need to burn 840 calories a day in exercise to burn your 3 lbs a week....that sounds a little tough....maybe you could shoot for 2 lbs a week???

Try www.shape.com and look under the tools section for calories burned. You can enter your wieght and activity and time and see how many calories burned.....or www.caloriecheckbook.com

hope this helps.


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I do have to say that 3lbs a week is not a reasonable amount to lose if you're starting at 155. Most conventional wisdom recomments 2lbs a week OR 1% of your bodyweight, if you're at the extreme high end or close to your goal.

For you, 1.5 lbs a week would be healthy and reasonable.

I know that we all WANT to lose quickly, but we all have to be realistic. When I first started losing weight at 237, I could drop 2 or even 3 lbs in a week. Now, I do well to drop 1.5 a week or less. And that's not even worrying about water weight, my TOM, etc.

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I don't believe it and I can't figure out what's happening -

this morning I was UP to 154.6 (from 152.2!!) - and I haven't been doing anything different and TOM is far, far away.

feeling very discouraged and disheartened. :(

Photochick - I'm the same - I consider it a good week when I manage to lose 1.5 or more. My current goal is a pound a week which I think is a healthy and achievable loss.

I managed to get back down to ticker this morning - yay!

SW: 149.2
CW: 148.6 (-0.6)
GW: 144.2

Morning gang! Down just a smidgen...

Start Weight: 159
Current Weight: 158.6 (-.4, 4.6 to go)
Goal Weight: 154


Miriam, hang in there, this isn't usually a linear process. If you haven't changed anything in your diet or exercise, then just keep moving forward. Eventually you KNOW the scale will reflect the changes.

Morning losers,

Miriam, don't despair. Push water today and try to get a very sweaty workout in. You'lll feel immediately better.

I am the same weight, happy for no gain... waiting for TOM.
Ate 50/50 wholegrain/reg pasta with vodka sauce and turkey meatballs for dinner last night. Made it for the kids but I was really hungry and it was WOW sooo good.
Bonus for me--it did not lead to an out of control moment.

I'm out of town for the holiday weekend. I'm going to try to keep my wits about me. I don't want to blow all this work on some fleeting bbq tasties...

see you when I get back!! Have a nice weekend...

Same thing happened to me this morning.. I was at 137 yesterday and today at 139... I didn't do anything special yesterday, had a long workout, and only ate healty after that.. :(

SW 138
CW 139
GW 133

Current Results

Teresia and Miriam - I bet you two post a loss tomorrow if you keep it up today!

Miriam - didn't you just have a big big whoosh....maybe it was mostly fat with just a little water weight and maybe you just gained a little water weight back.....its okay....you could lose it again tomorrow!!

I gained up a pound yesterday and lost it today??? TOM....nuff said!!

SW: 253
CW: 253 --> :( TOM making it tough :(
GW: 248


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Hey Girls,

I'm down another pound, which is exciting.

SW-214
CW-211.5
GW-209

Hang in there miriam and theresia! Like Josephine said, weight loss is rarely linear. I'm on my millionth 5 lb. challenge and I've been up and down. As long as it keeps going down overall, you're ok.

What are everyone's plans for the 4th?

We never go anywhere because the fire danger is so high here, and there's always some yahoo setting off fireworks. We always stay home...just in case. Plus, the dogs get a little nuts with all the noise.

Have a great day, everyone!

No change today.

Congrats on the lost pound, whoo hoo!

Yeah, we already have yahoos shotting off fireworks and it driving me bonkers. I think it is crazy that it is illegal to shoot them off but they are for sale in EVERY store, including the grocery store.

Good Morning Ladies,


I just reset my DP calorie intake and I am determined to do better today. I have to since tomorrow will be such a hard day with a big family BBQ happening at the pool. :( Oh the pressure!!!!!

Sorry about about the gains ladies, I am right there with you. Mine said 156 this morning. :mad:

Congrats to those of you who lost. I can't wait to be there with ya.!!!!

Heather

Still at 156 this morning. Something has got to give soon. I'm waiting for my whoosh... :)

SW: 156
CW: 156
GW: 151

me too jessica!! I hope this weekend. I realized after i had some chipotle yesterday that i was going to be up today. And sure enough, 2 lbs. I was well within my calorie limits, but that sodium gets me every time!! Anyone else have that problem??

SW: 166.2
CW: 166.4 (+0.2)
GW: 161.2

ARGH. *&@#^%*(@&#^% Argh argh argh argh.
I feel like a yo-yo.
Time to sit down with my weeks diet and see what the heck I'm doing here.
I am *hoping* that it's retained water from the intense workouts I've been doing, but that might be wishful thinking.

Bleah.

*grumble*

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yoo hoo ladies! I'm the same today 215.4.

Salt is not good for me either. If I eat salty foods especially for dinner I'm up the next day. I'm okay with this sometimes as I like salt! I just try not to do it before my official weigh-in day on Wednesday.

Happens to me every time! High sodium day = 1-2 lb gain. I have to be really careful about this when TOM is near. Otherwise, I could have a 5lb water weight gain!

My weight hasn't changed.....still the same!

SW: 145.4
CW: 145.4
GW: 140.4

funny you mention since today is day 3 of TOM...maybe a real woosh will be in my future. Just chugging distilled water all day today!

SW: 152.2
CW:153.6 (down from yesterday though)
GW: 147.2

I just don't get it. I can understand a plateau, but not these gains. :(

SW: 149.2
CW: 147.7 (-1.5)
GW: 144.2

Loss this morning - yay!!

Down another smidge this morning, yay!

Start Weight: 159
Current Weight: 158.4 (-.6, 4.4 to go)
Goal Weight: 154

:yawn: same again today. It's pretty weird for me to stay the same weight for this many days but what can ya do?

Down a little bit, but I have the feeling I'm heading into a long-past-due plateau. Just trying to up my exercise, but if I have to stay here for a bit, it's a lot better than floating back up.

SW: 193.5
CW: 193
GW: 188.5

I'm still at 139 this morning.. Been thinking of it, maybe it's muscles,, cuz I've been working out harder than I use to those last days..

SW 138
CW 139
GW 133

Finally a lose for me this morning!!! YAYYY!!! TOM is really weird this month...like is starting and stopping...must be cause of exercise or something??? Anyone else have this problem??? Congrats to all the losers and all those who are plateauing hang in there!

My first 5 lbs is gone.....(not 5 lb challenge ...just 5 lbs since I started my diet!)

SW: 253
CW: 252
GW: 248

YAYYYYY !!!!


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Congrats on 5 pounds gone forever, Melissa!

I am at 155.5 this morning. Finally, a tiny bit of downward movement. I think I am plateauing too, though, since I've been hovering around the same weight for over a month now. 157 is where I plateaued last time I lost weight, too, but last time I gained back 20 pounds, and this time I am just going to keep moving forward, knowing the scale will reflect it soon enough.

SW: 156
CW: 155.5
GW: 151

I just blew past the 50 pounds lost total mark to being down -51.4 overall, yippee! I've been waiting to cross that -50lb lost milestone, and it is nice for it to come after the BBQ we threw at my house yesterday since I didn't snack or eat anything out of the ordinary at all. I love rewards like this!

Start Weight: 159
Current Weight: 156.4 (-2.6, 2.4 to go)
Goal Weight: 154

Well done!

I was thinking "All the American gals will have put a couple of pounds on yesterday so I might win this one ths time!"

And along came you with your willpower and foiled my evil plan. ;)

I was the same weight this morning.

This seems to be a slow challenge...LOL! Guess we all either have TOM or a small plateau! But the last two challenges seemed pretty quick!! Lots of whooshes...I bet that accounts for some of the plateaus! Don't fret ladies....keep your heads up....some of you may be losing some inches instead of lbs for now! Thats good too....that means smaller clothes!!! :D

Down another lb today!!

SW: 253
CW: 251 (-2 and 3 to go!)
GW: 248

TOM finally kicked in with full force...I'm still losing weight?? I bet its cause I really am just getting stated with this diet...you know how at the beginning of a diet you lose a bunch of weight....I bet thats why!!! I have to remember this cause next months TOM will probably not go this way...I bet its normal and a gain with a whoosh next month!! :( Oh well.....remember the whoosh!!


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I was back to 138 this morning..
SW 138
CW 138
GW 133

I'm sitting the same.

SW-214
CW-211
GW-209

I really need to step up the exercise. And by step up, I mean do some!

Congratulations on the 50 lb. loss, Josephine! That is fantastic! How much more do you want to lose?