I love the book she is such a great inspriration no matter what diet you do!!! It just is teaching me to love me and feed my body right and take care of it. I was on atkins for so long it is just hard for me to adjust to being able to eat food but it is working slow but sure. I didn't gain this over nite and going to take time for me to lose it. You guys are really a big help to me just knowing I am not in this alone!!!!
One day at a time and like Susan says it takes fat to make fat so I really really focus on that more than the calories but do keep them down right now they are averaging 1000 a day and that is with me eating and staying full.
Hi Debbie -
I hope you didn't mean you are eating 1000 calories per day?? If so, that is WAY under for your weight. You can actually gain weight when you eat too little. I weigh 176 right now and I stopped losing weight for a few weeks when I was eating 1200 - 1400 calories per day. As soon as I started eating between 1400 - 1800 per day (I eat higher calories when I exercise), I started losing again. You don't want your body to go into starvation mode & hang onto fat, so make sure you are eating enough calories. At your weight, you should not eat under 1600 calories per day and as you lose, you can lower them a little (but never go under 1200 calories per day). Hope I didn't misunderstand you
That is all the calories I am eating. I eat three meals a day and two snacks and I am just not hungry. I am adding more calories gradually I just have to get over the carbaphobia. I know that isn't enough especially with me walking 3 miles. Right now I am just trying to focus on eating right then the weight. I Have dieted so long I really am having a hard time at this. It is like I am afraid to go over 1000 calories and I know so little about it.That is why I came here and hope all of you can help me get it figured out. If it helps here is some of my menu that isnt what i eat every day that is todays
Breakfast Bowl of Raisin Bran with some type of fruit
Snack 0 fat bagel with promise margarine
Lunch baked potatoe with out cheese usually
snack fruit or 0 fat sherbert or frozen yougart
dinner pinto beans corn rice
I just can't make myself eat meat yet Heck what I am saying is I am here to learn to try to get fit with help from others.
I did lot of different kinds of diets and the one that is making most sense to me is the Susan Powter way. I appreciate all advice.
Slowly but surely, I think that I am gonna cut out the m amd m's and some of the sweets I am eating. Maybe, I will lose more. Also, I am going to eat better on the weekend. Still, I am happy I did well!
Cheers!
Karen
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Way to go Karen. I will be glad when I get scale moving as much as you guys. Thanks Mel for answering my pm the menu was great help. I started measuring my food and wasn't really surprised at how fast the calories add up and if I am not honest with myself I am not cheating any one but me. So now I measure my cereal, yougart and everything with calories and fat grams. Thanks again and good luck to all.
Just bought a really great digital food scale from Target and am SO glad I did - I was WAY over estimating my meat portions - I was thinking I was eating a 6 oz chicken breast that was really only 3.5 oz & I was doing the same thing to my fruit too! I just feel better having it and knowing I can weight everyting out. It weighs in fluid oz, solid oz & grams.
Hum???? since Debbie and Melanie are measuring and weighing food. Maybe, i should too. Melanie, what is the brand of food scale at target that you have bought. Well, I ate better this weekend. Kept track on intake on Sunday. I did not do it on Saturday. Next weekend, I will try to do both. It is sometimes hard when we go out and get busy. Hope everyone is doing well!
Well, this week I STILL gained 2 lbs!! I didn't eat TOO horribly, AND I ran for 6 days a week from anywhere to an hr-1 1/2 hrs. What is going on?? I can't seem to get past 155!!
Celeste - sounds like you're hitting a plateau. Perhaps that's just your low set weight. Not to mention, when you eat horrid, it doesn't have an immediate effect; it takes time to show up. Just keep at it.
My weigh in:
7-30-05 204
8-22-05 196
I know there's been other weigh-ins, but to be honest, I haven't really kept track of dates and weights.
Andrew is doing better. I, of course, have finally ended up with whatever he and my husband have, and I blew my nose for about 20 minutes when I got up this morning. I got my Billy Blanks boot camp DVD's in the mail on Friday. I attempted the Basic Training one on Saturday, got about 30 minutes in, and had to sit down. The worst part is, I was so sore yesterday that I couldn't sit down or stand up without help. I'm hobbling around like an old woman. I'm STILL incredibly sore today. I'm supposed to go to Curves today, and I can't even fathom it! I've stuck within my calorie range, even though I suffered through raging PMS. However, on Friday, part of my calorie range was spent on Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Yeah, didn't go over on calories, but THAT was full of saturated fat. I needed it so badly though. However, I continue to lose weight, even though right now I am so bloated and uncomfortable. Sometimes I despise being a woman. Really.
Thanks mel, I am going to get me one of the scales also. It is amazing just how wrong you are on the guessing of how much eating. I didn't get to do much walking this week have had horrible bronchitus but feeling better and ready to get things moving again. Celeste do you think it could be fluid retention because of all of the heat. I know here in East Texas it has been horrible and my hand are constantly swollen. Also please everyone remember us in your prayers today. We lost our precious Granny Hester this morning . A beautiful precious lady that gave 92 years to us. I have no doubt in my mind she is smiling down from heaven at us. I have only one prob lol. I was looking for dress to wear and my smallest dress is 22 and guess what I wear a 16 now. geesh maybe I should wear a dress more often.
Celeste: I think that you look so great in your after pic. How tall are you? I looked great at 150. Before the babies were born. I tend to have lots of muscle. But, I too wanted to get down more. I remember it was so hard. To lose that last 10 pounds. I can understand you fustations. I say just keep up what you are doing and try to eat clean everyday. Have you ever tried lifting weights. It may boost your metabolism. Just keep going!!
Sarah: Great weight loss Hope that you are feeling better soon to kick some butt!
Debbie: So sorry to hear about your lose. It maybe a challanging time for you food wise. I know it would be for me! Here is an angel! Great job on your dress sizes....
Sorry I've been MIA this past week, I've just been out a lot with my friends before they start school today and then I move back to school on Saturday. I just stepped on the scale and I'm at 206.5. I'm disappointed I won't reach my first mini goal, but it's my fault.
Karen - the food scale I bought was $29.99 and it was a Phillips Precision Electronic Kitchen Scale w/ Bowl. I know what you mean about it being hard to keep track of caloric intake on the weekends.......anytime I am out of my routine of eating, it's more difficult to keep track.
Debbie - I am sorry about your loss, but you are right about her smiling down on you from heaven I know it's a pain you can't find a dress to fit, but how great that you are down to a 16!!
Sarah - I SO know what you mean about being a woman - so many obstacles - one thing right after another. I still can't figure out why men are convinced they are the stronger race - LOL....We all know that's not true. Congrats on the weight loss, keep at it girl!
Celeste - I am wondering if you are gaining muscle right now? I mean, muscle does weigh more than fat AND you are exercising an awful lot. You've lost So much weight and you've changed the way your whole body is shaped. Keep at what you're doing, it obviously has been working great! If in a couple weeks you still don't notice a change, then re-evaluate the situation. You are AWESOME
Haley - I've missed you girlie Keep your head up.......you know what you need to do and you have it in you!
I was totally PMSing this weekend and ate way more than usual and I hardly exercised last week because of the baby being sick and me going out of town. I feel VERY unmotivated to exercise right now, but I am going to make myself because the baby is finally asleep Gotta get off my lazy butt
Hey everyone, I just wanted to pop in and see how everyone was doing. I managed to get my three mile walk in and I actually was able to jog some. It is amazing how much better I feel since I gave up the smoke. I actually had to borrow a dress cause I don't want to buy one while I am going to be losing all of this. I use to could never do that cause I was always fatter than everyone else. Now I am actually smaller than some. ( Trying not to giggle here ) I had always heard muscle weighs more than fat and I did some research and it says fat weighs same as muscle but in comparison 5 lbs of lean meat will fit in a small bag but 5 lb of jello takes one three times as big. Guess it is good theory has anyone else read the same thing. I would much rather put my steak in my jeans than all this jello I have been wagging around. So glad I found you guys ya'll are a great inspriration to me. I have couple of questions. About how much is average to lose a week and if I eat 1600 cals a day is that to maintain what I have or how much should I eat to lose. Slow learner here. I appreciate all the help.
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Hope that you are feeling better soon to kick some butt!
Here is an angel! Great job on your dress sizes....
Congrats on the weight loss, keep at it girl!
Gotta get off my lazy butt 
