Good morning ladies and gent (Jman, you still hanging around?),

I just want to thank you all - once again. This time for congratulating me and all the kind words about me becoming a moderator. Thank you all so much.

ulapie, I love the title of that DVD, "Yoga for Inflexible People" Too funny. Maybe I can borrow it.

Wednesday's calories - about 1250. Decent amount of exercise.

Have a great calorie counting day everyone. Stay healthy and safe.

Robin - Okay, this is too funny. I've heard this quote before:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

My husband and I are flyfishing nuts, and one of the fishing books that I have has a play on that:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he'll move to Montana and spend thousands on guided trips.

walkingtolose - I didn't see your post (guess it wasn't up?) when I posted before bed last night - hope you didn't think I was forgetting about you! I completely agree with you - the school is NOT to blame. There are so many privacy laws preventing the release of that information to authorities and family. There are good and bad aspects to that, I guess. I also think that VT was doing the right thing and that there is no way they could "lockdown" the school after the first shooting. I mean, VT is the size of a town - the police were doing what they should - looking for the boyfriend (who they found out of the state and were pulling over when the 2nd shooting happened). When someone gets killed, it is much more likely that it is someone they knew rather than a random event. I wonder what that boy had experienced in his life to make him feel so hopeless and hate others enough to kill blindly.

Want to end this on a happy note.....I weighed myself (bad me!) and I think I'm going to make my April 27th goal! I go to Curves that day for my weigh-in and measuring. I'm kind of excited, but kind of nervous because I am afraid I won't have made any progress. I may move it up to the 24th, because the lady who originally weighed/measured me will be working then. If so, then I need to work extra hard to get there.

What happens when you post a minigoal like I did and you DON'T make it? How do you all acknowledge that, but still move on and set bigger/better goals?

I've found that my KEY to doing this is a POSITIVE ATTITUDE. That's something that I needed to change in my life, and I'm finally realizing that I cannot shame myself anymore.
Hope everyone has a great day!

good Morning,

I have to say I am getting discouraged again. Seems to happen sooo often now days.

I have been trying to work out at least my 30 min. per day. 6 days a week. some days its twice that.

I have been staying at the same weight for 2 weeks now.
I also have been trying hard to get the 1600 calories that I am supposed to do. ( thats the hardest part with out eating foods, not really on my list.) and drinking at least 10 glasses of water per day.

I was told to do high protein, But do to my veggies and fruits it almost always a higher carb day.
Even with eating this amount of healthy food, I am eating none stop. Some days I feel like I am eating, JUST to get the number of calories needed to lose.

I do feel like I eat too much.

I do need the veggies for fiber. If I don't do them, I am in trouble.
what can I do to get better results?

Do I just need to quit being so impatient or is it something I can change with my plan?

average for last week.
Total: 1575
Fat: 43 385 26%
Sat: 12 108 7%
Poly: 6 57 4%
Mono: 8 74 5%
Carbs: 221 718 48%
Fiber: 42 0 0%
Protein: 99 395 26%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Theresa -

I'm sorry you're not seeing the results that you want. Do you also measure yourself to see if you're losing inches? Maybe you're replacing the fat with muscle and it's not showing that you're losing weight.

Your numbers and exercise look like those of a very healthy person. I think 26% is considered high protein. Most of the dietary guidelines say 10-15%, I think. Maybe reevaluate your caloric intake. Do you need less/more?

Maybe you can shake up your workout - change the time of day (if possible), do another routine. Are you checking your HR to make sure it is in the fat-burning range?

There are others who know SO much more about this....I'm a newbie so I'm just guessing.

You can do this - please don't be discouraged. I would suggest doing some positive affirmations each morning and throughout the day. Even if you're not losing the weight, you are STILL doing something wonderful for your body. You're doing it for yourself. Put up posters/sticky notes around the house, reminding yourself to STAY POSITIVE.

GO THERESA GO! YOU CAN DO IT - - - YOU ARE DOING IT!!!

thanks Carrie
I can't tell you for sure about my heart rate. I have a very hard time feeling it... No matter where I feel for it. Even if I feel it. It always seems hard to count.
My blood pressure cuff says that at rest its about 75.
working out its about 100.

I alway work out at different times. according to the schedule for the day.
Work out at Curves is about 3 pm .sometimes I go in the am.

Walking the treadmill is when ever. I try to get on it in the am, before I shower.

Theresa I agree with you and I have to post my own little rant -- its just so darn miserable sometimes!!!!

OK first and foremost my calories for 04/18 1775 another good day -- a terrific workout but before the workout I found myself wanting to jump on the scale. I am up another frikken 2.5 pounds!!! I cannot understand this no matter how many people explain the difference between muscle and fat - I have even seen a picture of 5 pounds of fat and 5 pounds of muscle - more than half the size. I don't give a rip -- I know this month hasn't been stellar - I looked back on my "net" calories since April 1 (yep fool that I am). There were only 6 days that I didn't record my calories - -I know from my eating habits I am basically unable to eat more than 3000 in a day -- the days when I hit 2200 I feel full and uncomfortable - so 3000 would be a stretch no matter what. All of my other days have been on the average of a -300 calorie range -- so that is most likely 6 days of going over by 300 - 400 calories and 13 days of being -300 -- so a net of about -1500 calories. Do I show a maintain?? NOOOOOOO its a frikken frakken fargen GAIN -- of 2.5 pounds.

ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!

I AM SO ANGRY WITH THE SCALE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. BUT I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!!! For a few minutes this morning I thought seriously about going on one of those stupid dumb idiotic crash diets just to get my weigh moving down. But I calmed down and decided to just ignore the bloody scale. I did great last year only weighing myself once a month. I don't think I had any upsets at all so to **** with these damn "weigh in once a week" challenges. I am going to keep eating right -- keep going to my classes and revel in the fact that my clothes are loose.

There rant over -- and it feels good to get that out

Hi everyone I am doing the calorie counting for the first time and I have some questions, because I have been eating mostly low carb in the past.
Do you count only calories?
Let say mine for today are around 1224 but most of those (because I have not been shopping) are fats, some few carbs and some protein.
Will it work that way,or I have to count grams of fat? I just dont get it.

I'm not sure what you mean by you are supposed to be eating 1600 calories. If you are not hungry AND you are not seeing a weightloss, why do you feel the need to eat 1600 calories worth?

Also, just wondering what plan are you following?

Hi Carol!
I'm new to this board, but I'll welcome you all the same. The calorie counting doesn't really mesh 100% with IE, but it sure is effective! I'm incorporating some the IE concepts though, like trying to eat only when hungry and avoiding emotional eating.

You can eat whatever you want as long as you create a calorie deficit - burn more than you take in. I've had really busy times when I've eaten mostly McDonalds and still lost weight because I stayed within my calories. Of course it's best to eat a healthy diet that you think you can do long term. So you don't have to count fat or carbs or anything besides calories! I'm using Fitday.com to plug in my food and exercise. It takes some time at first, but after a while you get fast at it. It's also nifty since it makes nice charts and reports. Glad you're joining us.

ulapie

Here is what I ate today:
breakfast: 1.5 oz cheese [140 cal]
1/2 apple [80 cal]
1.0 oz nuts [180 cal]
lunch: 1 can sardines [150 cal]
salad [40 cal]
snack: 1 apple: [180 cal]
dinner: 4.5 oz wings [according to fit day 250 cal]
salad [40 cal]
dressing [70 cal] 0.5 oz cream cheese [50 cal]
snack: sf jello [40 cal]
Around 1220 calories.

Hi Carol, I'm just seeing your post now, we must have posted at the same time. I answered some of your questions in the other thread that you started. The bottom line is calories in vs. calories out. But you really do want those to be healthy, nutritious ones. AND ones that will help to elminate cravings and keep you full the longest so that you can STICK to your plan. Because if you don't stick to it, well then naturally you won't lose weight.

I think your menu is lacking vegetables and low fat proteins and is too on the fats. Vegetables are filled with important nutrients and fiber, which will keep you full longer. Cheese is very yummy, but also it's just not a lot of food for the calories. And has lots of fat. A better, more filling breakfast would perhaps be oatmeal with some berries. And perhaps instead of eating 1 oz. of nuts (very high in fat and calories) maybe 1/2 oz would be better. Low fat or no fat yogurt is a good snack. Or some low fat cottage cheese mixed with berries. Your dinner's not sounding very nutritous either. A grilled chicken breast instead of wings might be better, cut up into a big salad with spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and the such. I think you can use waaay more veggies, more low fat proteins and less fat.

Littlered~ I'm with you! I haven't been seeing a loss either (for over 2 weeks now) and it's starting to tick me off. My measurements have stayed the same too. I'm not sure what I should be changing (calories, more exercise, or both.)

Here are my averages for the last week:

Total: 1464
Fat: 43 387 28%
Carbs: 207 676 49%
Fiber: 38 0 0%
Protein: 73 291 21%
Alcohol: 4 28 2%

I didn't walk at all last week, so I'm hoping that walking this week will kick start something. My sister (who lost weight on WW) told me to just wait it out, but I can't do that. I have to be proactive and do something, that's just my personality.

Hopefully both of us will see some loss soon!

I think we posted at the same time.

Zenor.

I have been walking, and going to Curves 3 times per week.
I walk every day but one.
Trying to get an average of 2 miles per day. Mostly its been 1.5 miles per day. And I don't know my heart rate, Find that hard to find.

but I am SWEATING When I get done