[lumifan4ever]

Hi, I'm new to your board and loving it. I read in another thread that alot of you are on Fitday. so i gave it a try today. I'm curious if my pie chart should look one half carbs,one fourth protein and one fourth fats?? I eat alot of healthy choice and lean cruisine for lunches and the same thing every morning for breakfast....an egg mcmuffin i make at home.

last year when i started my diet, i was eating 2 fried eggs and 2 slices turkey bacon for breakfast and a healthy choice dinner for lunch and whatever we were having for dinner that night. and i lost 5 pounds a month for the two months i was dieting. so far this month, i have only lost like 3 pounds. am i doing the right thing??

i walk a mile a day 5 days a week and started back at the gym last night. i am planning on going 3 nights aweek. i started out with 15 minutes on the elliptical machine and doing some light weights with the arms. at home, i do sit ups at least every other night and sumu lunges.

what do you guys think?? will i gain more muscle before i start seeing the pounds disappear?? my goal is to be at least 145 by this July. Am I on my way???

[MiaManning]

My fitday chart is over half carbs, and less than a quarter each protein and fats. I'm not sure how it should look, but I have lost about 3 or 4 pounds this month. What does that mean... I don't know! But your goal is so like mine it's scary. I'm 192 and I want to ne 150 by July 1st. Do some research and see what the daily values are for certain things. I have it written down somewhere but I have to find it.

[srmb60]

Are you managing to keep your calorie levels in line? Are you happy with that part of it? I see you are losing.

[SarahinBalance]

I'm on a low carb diet so it's more like 1/4 carbs... working on getting it so that it's more like 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 (carbs, fats, protein) and just make sure that the majority of my fats are GOOD fats...

[lumifan4ever]

MiaManning, we should definately keep in touch with each other and see how things are going. my goal was to lose 8 pounds a month, but now i will be happy if i can lose just 5 a month. what type of diet are you following?? oh, wait a minute, i try to look at it as a lifestyle change, not diet. i still don't eat much fruit or veggies, but i do try to watch my fat and calories. I am trying to stick to about 1200 a day plus a daily walk and going to the gym 3 times a week.

[lumifan4ever]

i think so. i try to stay at about 1200. but if i go over one day, i don't sweat it because i am pretty sure i probably shouldn't be starting out so low anyways. i probably should be at about 1500 so when i hit a plateu, i have somewhere to move down to. what do you think??

(okay, i am new to this board, so somewhere, i lost your quote i was replying to SusanB.)

[Yoyonomore]

I really think it depends on your activity. If you lift weights you want more protein. I keep my chart 25-30% healthy fat, 25-30% carbs and about 40% protein. That gives me plenty of carbs to fuel cardio and lots of protein to build muscle. I'm 5'8" and I lost eleven lbs the first month, but I'm apparently slowing as I haven't lost anything for almost a week.

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[srmb60]

I want you to find a thread called "Starvation Mode" it'll help you to understand that confusing business of eating too little.
If you have been eating 1200 cals for a few weeks and you feel good, have strength to do everything you have to do and walk and exercise .... I think you'll be fine. Once you start going to the gym regularly, you may find your self hungry. Eat more.
It is not unusual to lose more weight at first. I call it fluff. lose weight from poor nutrition and being sedentary.
You also should try to find a thread about building muscle so fast that you don't lose fat weight ... ahem! ... I'll see if I can find it for you. Don't happen very often.
How tall are you?

[srmb60]

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23901


This isn't the thread I was looking for but the last post is very good and says just about what I meant.

[lumifan4ever]

thanks susanb, i printed out some of one of the articles to read while i'm at the gym tonight. I am about 5 ft 6 inches. i'm alittle upset that i haven't lost but 2 1/2 pounds this month. i keep telling myself it is because i am walking at lunch, but when i lost my first 10 pounds during sept. and october last year, i was actually going to the gym. but i am not giving up. i am determined to stick to it.

[srmb60]

Good! Keep in touch. We want to know what happens when you go back to the gym.
You may want to read some in the exercise section here. Learn a little more about weight lifting etc.