Kristip,
Your constant losses are impressive. What are you doing to make this happen?!? Nice work :)

The only thing that I have come up with is eat less, like under 1200 a day, but that is hard to follow so I stay around 1500 plus an hour of cardio and mantain. You seem to have this figured out!

I just found your explanation. Yup, eat less. I give you credit for being able to do that.

Originally Posted by JenFZ09:
Kristip,
Your constant losses are impressive. What are you doing to make this happen?!? Nice work :)

The only thing that I have come up with is eat less, like under 1200 a day, but that is hard to follow so I stay around 1500 plus an hour of cardio and mantain. You seem to have this figured out!

I just found your explanation. Yup, eat less. I give you credit for being able to do that.

And I give you credit for the amazing exercise you do, and do so consistently, Jen. It takes a lot of mental strength to keep up that kind of regimen, and not everyone is willing and able to put in the work. ;)

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1

*out of town, different scale.

Yep. Still at 900 calories. I cheated up to 1000-1100 occasionally this last week while on vacation but also increased activity. Honestly, it's not much different than I ate most of my life. I was always around 110 until the last 3-4 years when my weight ballooned due to lifestyle changes. The only thing I really stay away from is alcohol. And then sugar and simple carbs.

Originally Posted by HungerWerks:
That's really INCREDIBLE, Emma! :yay: :yay: I know you've worked so hard to get there. It really is tough, but I love looking back at the week, and seeing what has been done through concerted effort.

If it was easy, the diet industry wouldn't be the billion dollar industry that it is! What we'd - I'd - really like is an easy way to eat what I want, not exercise, and effortlessly lose weight. It's actually, unfortunately, the opposite.

But maybe I should say "unfortunately." It's more than fortunate that we're all paying attention to the quality of food we eat more, as well as the quantity, and getting more exercise. These actions will result in longer, happier lives, in which we preserve our health and our looks. I'd say those things are well worth the effort we're all putting in. ;)

Again, good going! :carrot:

Thanks! I will just be glad to get past this all-consuming stage. I had a pretty healthy diet when I wasn't binging, and now that I shook the overwhelming carb cravings I am hoping someday, whenever I decide I to move into maintenance, I will do okay at it.

SW 146.2
GW: 139.8

July 1 -- No WI
July 2 -- 146.2
July 3 -- 143.2 (-3.0)
July 4 -- No WI
July 5 -- 143.6 (+0.4)
July 6 -- 144.4 (+0.8)
July 7 -- No WI
July 8 -- 144.8 (+0.4)
July 9 -- 143.4 (-1.4)
July 10 - 142.8 (-0.6)
July 11 - 142.2 (-0.4)
July 12 - 142.4 (+0.2)
July 13 - 142.4 (0)
July 14 - 141.8 (-0.6)
July 15 - 141.6 (-0.2)
[>>>>> -4.6 halfway through the month]
July 16 - 141.2 (-0.4)
July 17 - 140.8 (-0.4)
July 18 - 140.4 (-0.4)
July 19 - no WI, not near a scale

You are ALL an inspiration for me! Keeps me going...

Like KristiP, I am very low-cal, less than 1000 cal/day (pretty low-carb too; I focus on lots of veggies and protein). I haven't yet ramped up my exercise. I think I will have to consume more calories when I exercise, and I just wanted to get my weight down a bit before then. At least out of those dang 140s...

Thanks for starting the thread, and good luck this month!

We are away and I don't have a scale, so who knows until July 5. :)
We are at a bluegrass festival in Morganton, NC. Yay!

Goal- Anything under 120. Maintain under 120 lbs. On 6/30, 118 lbs on lower scale which is 1 lb lower than my other scale

7/2 119.5 lbs on the scale at Planet Fitness
7/3 121 lbs ?? Not morning, hope that's why, scale at Planet Fitness
7/4 who knows?!?
7/5 118.4 lbs on my lower scale
7/6 117.8 lbs (LS)
7/7 118.7 lbs (LS)
7/8 118.7 lbs (LS)
7/9 120.4 lbs (LS) ugh.
7/10 118.8 lbs (LS)
7/11 119.2 lbs (LS)
7/12 118.6 lbs (LS)
7/13 118.4 lbs (LS)
7/14 118.2 lbs (LS)
7/15 120.4 lbs (LS) ??
7/16 119.2 lbs (LS)
7/17 120 lbs (LS)
7/18 119.8 lbs (LS)
7/19 118.2 (LS)
7/20 118.8 (LS)

Emma,
How far under 1000 are you staying? I maintain at 1500 with exercise, 1300 without, so something has to give, and it's either eat less or exercise more :)

Thanks!

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)

*out of town, different scale.

7/1/15 - 148.2
7/2/15 - 147.8 (that was unexpected)
7/3/15 - 146.6
7/4/15 - 147.8
7/5/15 - 147.6
7/6/15 - 146.8
7/7/15 - 146.4
7/8/15 - 146.6
7/9/15 - 145.6
7/10/15 - 147.2
7/11/15 - 148
7/12/15 - 149
7/13/15 - 146.4
7/14/15 - 145.6
7/15/15 - 146.0
7/16/15 - 146.6
7/17/15 - 144.6
7/18/15 - 142.6 (after practically fasting the day before...)
7/19/15 - 144.6
7/20/15 - 147.2 (had lots of salt to rehydrate after a run and some pickles from a farmer's market... hoping it's mostly water...)

Official starting weight: 105.8 (last reached goal, 105.65, Sunday, 6/28/15).

Goal for next weigh-in: 105.4

7/1 - 109
7/2 - 108.4
7/3 - 107.4
7/4 - 106.75

Official weigh in, Sunday, July 5: 105.4

Goal for next weigh-in: 105

7/6 - 107.95
7/7 - 107.85
7/8 - 107.95
7/9 - 106.95
7/10 - 106.6
7/11 - 106.9

Official weigh-in, Sunday, July 12: 105

7/15 - 111.7
7/16 - 111
7/17 - 109.7
7/18 - 109

No official weigh-in for Sunday, as I didn't lose :D, but the unofficial number is 109.6. I tend to have most of my calories at night, so I think a lot of this is food/water weight. But I didn't have three up days, due to a trip, so there's that.

Next goal, without a date, is 104.6.

7/20 - 109.65 Surprised that this didn't go up by a lot more, as yesterday was kind of an up day at 2400 calories. We shall see what we shall see at tomorrow's weigh-in...

7/21 - 108.75 Down again, even though, as I mentioned above, Sunday was a 2400 calorie day. That is an interesting data point for the Scientific Method Diet (ScMD)! :broc:

Originally Posted by JenFZ09:
Emma,
How far under 1000 are you staying? I maintain at 1500 with exercise, 1300 without, so something has to give, and it's either eat less or exercise more :)

Thanks!

I am doing a version of Ideal Protein (using my own products). When I plan out my days well, making lower carb and higher protein choices, I usually end up around 900 calories (~90g protein, average 30-40 NET carbs, and I hit almost every nutritional measure daily before supplements). It's weird, I never thought such low cal could be enough, but it is working out so far and is the only way I have found that I can lose weight. When I was just calorie-counting but including lots of carbs, I felt like I was starving on 1400 calories and never lost any weight. Even on South Beach, I only lost weight if I stayed on their Phase 1 the whole time (which is very similar nutritionally to Ideal Protein) ... even THEN, it took ~6 months to lose 13 pounds (from 142 to 129 :D)

Since I don't exercise much now (just yoga and walking) I know for sure that I will have to increase calories to support that when I start running and/or weightlifting again.

BTW - I will start exercising for real within the next five pounds (which is about 2 months or so) because I am FLABBY. My age and general out-of-shapeness have caught up with me apparently.

SW 146.2
GW: 139.8

July 1 -- No WI
July 2 -- 146.2
July 3 -- 143.2 (-3.0)
July 4 -- No WI
July 5 -- 143.6 (+0.4)
July 6 -- 144.4 (+0.8)
July 7 -- No WI
July 8 -- 144.8 (+0.4)
July 9 -- 143.4 (-1.4)
July 10 - 142.8 (-0.6)
July 11 - 142.2 (-0.4)
July 12 - 142.4 (+0.2)
July 13 - 142.4 (0)
July 14 - 141.8 (-0.6)
July 15 - 141.6 (-0.2)
[>>>>> -4.6 halfway through the month]
July 16 - 141.2 (-0.4)
July 17 - 140.8 (-0.4)
July 18 - 140.4 (-0.4)
July 19 - no WI, not near a scale, but it was a bump up
July 20 - 139.8 (-0.6) Truly a momentous achievement. The 130s haven't been seen by me--except for two single-readings that lasted ~ 1 day each--since 2012.

:dancer: Happy Dance!

Now to make this last more than 1 day this time ... last time I binged myself right back up to the 150s. :o

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)
7/21- 119.0 Ate the second piece of pizza. And it was good.

*out of town, different scale.

I'm back to work this week, so I'm back to only getting my "official" empty weight on the weekends.

ha... kristip - I had a second slice of pizza last night, too.... and then I followed it up with a third... (It was home made, though... Same amount of calories, but it makes me feel better...)

7/1/15 - 148.2
7/2/15 - 147.8 (that was unexpected)
7/3/15 - 146.6
7/4/15 - 147.8
7/5/15 - 147.6
7/6/15 - 146.8
7/7/15 - 146.4
7/8/15 - 146.6
7/9/15 - 145.6
7/10/15 - 147.2
7/11/15 - 148
7/12/15 - 149
7/13/15 - 146.4
7/14/15 - 145.6
7/15/15 - 146.0
7/16/15 - 146.6
7/17/15 - 144.6
7/18/15 - 142.6 (after practically fasting the day before...)
7/19/15 - 144.6
7/20/15 - 147.2
7/21/15 - 147.2

Originally Posted by EmmaD:
I am doing a version of Ideal Protein (using my own products). When I plan out my days well, making lower carb and higher protein choices, I usually end up around 900 calories (~90g protein, average 30-40 NET carbs, and I hit almost every nutritional measure daily before supplements). It's weird, I never thought such low cal could be enough, but it is working out so far and is the only way I have found that I can lose weight. When I was just calorie-counting but including lots of carbs, I felt like I was starving on 1400 calories and never lost any weight. Even on South Beach, I only lost weight if I stayed on their Phase 1 the whole time (which is very similar nutritionally to Ideal Protein) ... even THEN, it took ~6 months to lose 13 pounds (from 142 to 129 :D)

Since I don't exercise much now (just yoga and walking) I know for sure that I will have to increase calories to support that when I start running and/or weightlifting again.

BTW - I will start exercising for real within the next five pounds (which is about 2 months or so) because I am FLABBY. My age and general out-of-shapeness have caught up with me apparently.

SW 146.2
GW: 139.8

July 1 -- No WI
July 2 -- 146.2
July 3 -- 143.2 (-3.0)
July 4 -- No WI
July 5 -- 143.6 (+0.4)
July 6 -- 144.4 (+0.8)
July 7 -- No WI
July 8 -- 144.8 (+0.4)
July 9 -- 143.4 (-1.4)
July 10 - 142.8 (-0.6)
July 11 - 142.2 (-0.4)
July 12 - 142.4 (+0.2)
July 13 - 142.4 (0)
July 14 - 141.8 (-0.6)
July 15 - 141.6 (-0.2)
[>>>>> -4.6 halfway through the month]
July 16 - 141.2 (-0.4)
July 17 - 140.8 (-0.4)
July 18 - 140.4 (-0.4)
July 19 - no WI, not near a scale, but it was a bump up
July 20 - 139.8 (-0.6) Truly a momentous achievement. The 130s haven't been seen by me--except for two single-readings that lasted ~ 1 day each--since 2012.

:dancer: Happy Dance!

Now to make this last more than 1 day this time ... last time I binged myself right back up to the 150s. :o

Emma, wow! :high: :congrat: I read that as "achievous moment" - and it is! Your hard work is totally paying off.

Btw, thanks for sharing your eating plan. It's obviously a winner, and will no doubt help a lot of others who are looking for a successful, sustainable approach. ;)

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)
7/21- 119.0 Ate the second piece of pizza. And it was good.

7/22- 117.6

*out of town, different scale.

I'm back to work this week, so I'm back to only getting my "official" empty weight on the weekends.