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I'm way behind. Catching up now.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?...lE&output=html
227. Slowly and steadily. Lots of life stuff going on right now, but I've been managing some form of movement lots of days and really paying attention to the food (which is getting easier thanks to spring veggies).
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Roxy,
just a thought- are you tracking everything you eat? I think it often makes a huge difference.
I started back on weightwatchers in January 2009 and tracked faithfully. I lost 13 pounds, then hit a plateau until I started cycling. Some things I changed were switching to whole wheat pasta, cutting out most (but not all!) sweets and replacing with more fruit, nuts etc.
I hope that you find something that works for you.
Thanks, AZ. Yes, I do track most days in LoseIt.
And thanks, Veronica, for the message. You're right. I do need to make some significant changes. I think cutting out bread may be part of it. At least in the short term. I saw significant pounds lost the week I cut out bread, and three days into reintroducing it, I was back up to my average weight.
I did five miles on the treadmill this morning. I will try to get in at least two miles (30 minutes for me) each day. That's what all the plans recommend. Thirty minutes a day. My metabolism should rev up a bit from that, yes?
I'm already doing almost all whole grain, organic veggies, lean proteins, and no scary sugars. (The sweets I eat are like Tofuti minis or the coconut Fruitstix.) I do need to drink more water, but since I started doing so many treadmill miles I'm just eating too much, I guess. I need to track it more closely. Measure out the meat servings and so on.
Thanks, all.
Roxy
Lose it is awesome!
135 today... could this still be from my cookie weakness Thursday? Trainer is also building the amount of weight I am lifting as we focus on building strength until mid-May when I will drop to maintenance. I suppose part of it is fluid...
There is no short term. The changes you make need to be forever changes, otherwise, as you have discovered , the weight will come right back.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
It's not just about what you're eating, it's also about quantity. Whole grain still has calories. Whole grain and organic veggies have nothing to do with weight reduction. It's all about calories in, calories out. How often are you eating your sweets? And how much?
Like I said, I know it's hard. Two years ago I used to eat a homemade chocolate chip cookie every day for dessert at lunch. Just one, but that was 310 calories that I really got nothing out of. I switched to a Trader Joe's yogurt, 140 calories, as my dessert. Back in November I cut that out as well. I still make the cookies for events (every couple of months) and I'll eat a few then. But not every day anymore.
Change is going to take time. It's not going to happen overnight, or over a week or a month. Stick with what you change and it will happen. Don't keep changing your changes. :p
Veronica
I agree- measuring is as essential as tracking.
Veronica- of course you're right about the calories in-out. Weightwatchers does seem to give lower point values to high-fiber foods, so that a cup of whole wheat spaghetti is less than a cup of regular spaghetti.
Typical day's menu for me when I was on WW and not doing more than an hour of cycling.
bowl of oatmeal with raisins & about a teaspoon of brown sugar and a splash of milk, or 1/2 bagel with light cream cheese and lox cup or 1 slice of toast with an ounce of melted cheese of hot tea with milk and honey
snack around 9:45 something like: handful or almonds, 1/2 luna bar, handful of pretzels, small banana, or trader joe's fruit cereal bar
lunch: salad with chicken, no dressing but something like a few artichoke hearts, olives or parmesan cheese to give it extra flavor, slice of bread or about 100 cal worth of crackers, piece of fruit Or- leftovers to equal about 250 calories, or on really hurried days- a frozen meal (WW, lean cuisine, etc)
snack around 4 pm about 100 calories-
dinner: 1 cup pasta with chicken and veggies, salad, OR stir fry and rice OR corn tortilla quesadillas with veggies- basically less about 300-350 calories total calories- not a big dinner.
snack: 100 calories
So there is room there for bread, or the occasional small cookie or bowl of light ice cream or whatever. Just not a lot of any of those things.
I lost 38 pounds and am in my maintenance range but just barely....
make changes you can live with forever. I have decided that I'm not going to give up sweets forever. I did that before and lost 35 lbs, but it didn't stay off because giving up sweets is not something I'm willing to do. I'll work out more if I need to, but that's one of the things I'm not willing to live without. I am willing to live with smaller portions, eating more veggies and fruit, cutting out many grains and drinking more water.
You have to find what works for you and be able to live with your changes/choices. Everyone is different. I won't pass up a homemade chocolate chip cookie. I won't eat 10, but if someone makes some I'll eat one.
Just figure out what you can live with forever.
My Trader Joe's Organic Whole Wheat Penne is 210 calories per 3/4 cup. My Barilla regular penne is 200 calories for the same amount. 3/4 cup of pasta does not look like much on a plate and unless you're measuring, I think it's one of those things that it's really easy to eat more of than you think you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by azfiddle
Veronica
Sorry- to clarify- I meant- Weightwatchers counts it as fewer points....its not lower in calories
I've been out of town for a professional conference. Home now, and I'll be joining back in this week. :)
Weight. 183%
Ride mountain bikes for 4 hours, eat like a pig after, aaaaand gain. Foo.
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-- gnat!
Just read this, and I agree - know it's true for me. More exercise = more hunger = more eating. But it's still good for ya! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gnat23
http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...4857-1,00.html
Yeah, the guy who weighed me in at Weight Watchers was trying to be supportive about my gain, and I had to shuush him like, dude, it's ok, I was dehydrated after a bigass race, then I refed and prolly had a glycogen puff as well as a salt bloat, not to mention a few celebratory beers...
-- gnat! (SCIENCE!)
Okay, ready to start participating again. I'm at 150 as of today. I'll weigh-in again on Friday.
Don't really have a goal in mind for the end, just want to see continual improvement in firming up and slimming down. I have a huge training routine right now (for me). I'm simultaneously training for a mountain bike race and 25k run. Finding the proper balance between staying properly fueled and maintain a reasonable calorie deficit for weight loss is a continual challenge. But I'm figuring it out :)
I always look to see total pounds lost on possegal's chart .... over the past couple years, there's been some great achievements, congrats to all!! think surgtech1956 could share her secret for loss between Mar 18-Mar25?
Yowzer!
136 today ....
149 for me.
114.2 today. Better than yesterday.
136 today, there has to be something off with my diet.
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I've been walking five miles a day on the treadmill for nearly two weeks - 90 minutes, so I know that's not a blistering pace, but it's good for me.
According to LoseIt!, I've had an average of 500-800 calorie deficit every day. I've nearly doubled my liquid (water/tea/EmergenC) intake and I've upped my fiber.
So, 227 every single morning this week.
Roxy, off to the treadmill (with the cushiness turned up so I don't hurt my MCL again - remember the "5K a Day in August" plan that crashed and burned on day five?)
I used MyFitnessPal for awhile. The days I worked out it seemed to think I should have about 3,000 calories. If I ate that much I'd gain a pound a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
Veronica
Well, LoseIt only allows me about 1,400 calories as it is. And the calories I am taking in, generally, are veggies, fruit, lean proteins. About the only added fat I have lately is olive oil (cooking) and almond butter. I did have some EarthBalance spread on a sweet potato a few days ago.
Last night I had a Starbucks hot chocolate and a brownie. Self-medicating after a really rough day. It was exactly what I needed on a cold, rainy night sitting alone in my car for two hours waiting on DD to finish her martial arts class.
Roxy
149 - not bad considering it included 10 days on vacation. The new meds seem to be getting my inflammation under control and I rode this morning without pain --:D
Hi Roxy, please don't take this the wrong way, but I think thoughts like this may be sabotaging your weight loss efforts (and I only bring it up because you have been complaining that you are not succeeding). No matter how stressful a day I had, I would NOT think that I 'needed' a hot chocolate and brownie. I cannot lose weight if I eat sugar or starchy carbs, no matter how few calories I am eating. When life is stressful, its all the more reason to take good care of yourself and feed it healthy food. And why were you sitting in your car for 2 hours? Was it really impossible for you to find a better way to deal with the situation? Would it be possible to attend the class with her, at least that way you could spend the same amount of time doing something good for your body. I don't know the details so this is just an example.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
I need to stop weighing myself more than once a week. Today I am 134 pounds, two pounds lower than yesterday. Probably water retention has something to do with this. Still think my diet has gotten a little lax, probably a little too much bread and a little more fat than is best for me.
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I was 137 on Friday (sorry for the late post). I have hit a plateau, and need to be patient because I only want to lost 9 more pounds.
I log all my food and exercise on fitday.com (free). It seems to be pretty accurate. I check it by reconciling my actual weight loss with what fitday.com says I should have lost from what I have logged. I adjust my basal metabolism in fitday.com. I am burning a lot less calories the more I lost weight - it is important to take that into account.
:eek: 172 wrong way, wrong way! :mad:
183# - at a plateau. :(((((((
Cramp. It somehow totally slipped my mind to weigh last week. Writing a Post-It now to stick on my bathroom mirror as a reminder for this week.
Probably just as well, my eating has been pretty atrocious since I've been back. Also, I've preferred napping over pretty much any other activity. I came back to town seriously run down and totally zapped. I have the rest of this week to get myself straightened out, so I can jump back into the work game next week.
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Hang in there! You are doing great!Quote:
Originally Posted by surgtech1956
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I was sick the last two days, so I don't know how much of that loss will last- but I'll take it. I enjoy the sick diet once or twice a year. ;)