CyndiM
That was a great intro! I have thought of south beach before cause it is similiar to atkins but with more carbs.
You are doing great! 45 lbs off already! I bet you are feeling much better.
That is great surpassing your exercise goal! That would happen to me alot. I would say 1500 minutes of walking and then do 2000. Right now I tell myself at least 50-60 minutes 6 days a week. On the days I can do 75 or 80 I do it.
But I tell myself more than anything I HAVE to watch the cals! I am one of those people it is easier for me to walk than to cut back on my food. lol
So that is why I told myself I HAVE to stick to 1200-1600 and if I only feel like walking 50 minuts then so be it. Better that than 70-80 minutes and my cals over 2000.
And you are welcome!
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So Jasmine does that mean that I basically lose a week of weight loss every month becasue of TOM? Or after TOM leaves wil I lose the water weight and then some? For me that woudl meean registering about a 5lb loss next week? seems strange? Is it possible? I'm currently retining about 2 lbs. It was 3 yesterday. But I woudl also expect to lose 2 lbs for the week!! Oh I am so bothered by this!! Help!
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All of our bodies are different. Basically if you are retaining water then yes you will lose all of that, if you are suposed to lose than yes you should lose that as well. I have been known to retain up to 5 lbs of water weight at once too. lol
this is the thing though, you cant obsess over the scale or it will drive you insane! If you dont lose what you thought you would lose you may give up.
I do weigh once a day but only when I feel I can handle it. haha A few months ago I was very upset and wound up smashing my scale.
I waited about 2 months to get a new one.
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115826
That is a good thing to read about scale fluctuations.
WHat I like to do and what really helps is this. Take a picture , take a few, and write the date down. Then the next month write the date and weight down again. There have been months where I was walking my butt off and eating good and only seen 2-3 lbs on the scale.
But I looked at the pictures and I could see a big difference and that fat was coming off. Another good thing to use is a tape measure.
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Jasmine: did you have diet soda or regular? Does soda also make you retain? What's 1381?
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1381 is my calories for the day.
I drank regular soda. I will tell you why too. SOmething I have noticed while losing all this weight is that diet soda also triggers my appetitte. There are certain things you will find that do this. It may not affect everyone but there are other women on board who feel the same way.
Other studys are trying to link diet soda to diabetes. BUT they arent sure if it actually causes diabetes or if people who are more prone to drink it are more prone to being obese and thus more prone to being diabetic.
I know in real life both my parents always drank diet pepsi, never ate healthy, never exercised etc, both diabetic, BUT my best friends parents were the same way with always drinking diet coke, they almost always were eating desert every night and freezer meals. I have nevere heard of either of them being diabetic. Now both of them have not been overweight either besides a few extra lbs here and there.
I don't know. It's just one of those things. Generally I try to stick to whole foods and keep soda to a once every 2 week treat. Most the times on our weekly trip to In and Out I just get water. I dont even get tea cause I try to avoid caffeine.
I have noticed that 7 up when I buy that at home for a treat is very refreshing to have on occasion and I can have two glasses and not feel like I need to drink the whole bottle or have more the next day.
We all just have to do what works for us though.
19 lbs off you are doing great too! WHat plan are you on?
Okay my scale read 198.2 this a.m.
For the last two weeks I hit a plateau at 187. Today, I finally moved to 186! So, 6 more pounds to go untill I will reach my goal.
