Already eat well, quickest & easiest way to lose weight now?
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SammyBoo1980 wrote: »age 36, height 5"6, weight 133lbs. I scan the barcode of most of my foods into mfp and go off what it tells me. It's never exact as i don't use a scale and some foods aren't in the database so i have to guess. Also i make a lot of meals with multiple ingredients like stews, curries, veggies in tomato sauce with sprinkles of nuts and seeds, nutritional yeast etc. Logging every little thing is a nightmare, and very difficult as i don't know what should be cups/spoons etc (for e.g. how on earth are you supposed to log one knife spread of vitalite, or 3 shaves of vegan cheese??). The 1,500 - 2,000 range came from my diary here when i was logging more regularly every day.
It's not difficult for me. I plan the food in the food diary or recipe tool before cooking. I print the ingredient list from the food diary or the recipe tool. I weigh each ingredient on my scale before adding it to my container. The way I get a weight for the pat of butter is as follows. I place a clean butter knife on the scale and zero the scale. Then I use that knife to shave a pat of butter from the stick, and place the knife with the butter back on the scale. The scale will show the additional weight of the butter. I've gotten pretty good at shaving off 3 grams, but I still weigh it. As I weigh each item, I note the weight on my printed list. When I'm finished with my meal, I take my marked-up list back to the computer and update my food diary with accurate values. Yes, it does take time and it may be possible for people with smart phones and the app to do all this more quickly, but I no gots.4 -
You are not lazy, it takes a bit to get on a good routine, especially before you start seeing results. I think that is one of the hardest parts. Sticking with it while it still sucks!
When I dropped a lot of weight (62 lbs), I was taking in less calories, but honestly I don't think I was eating enough, especially once I started doing high intensity workouts. I have a whole different mindset on that now. I eat a lot more calories and it seems to fuel my workouts and I stay in fat burning mode instead of storing it as fat, if that makes sense.
I think HIIT and lifting heavy are two great things to do for long term, sustainable weight loss. Spiking heart rate and then recovery helps so much with overall conditioning. Lifting heavy, building muscle mass (and no you won't get bulky), and you turn your body into a furnace burning more calories at rest. And as we know, muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less room - so it becomes less about the number on the scale and more about body composition - muscle mass vs body fat %, especially at the normal weight range you are at.
It sounds like you are eating the right things. I mostly have protein/carb together with veggies. I do have healthy fats but portioned. As soon as I buy a bag of almonds, I will measure them and portion them into little snack bags or else I will eat way too many! I stay away from peanut butter because I can't stop at a tablespoon. Mostly I will have 2 real eggs for breakfast and 1 tbsp olive oil with my dinner because I tend not to go overboard on olive oil.
You can google some HIIT programs or even download an app. Try jogging at an uncomfortable pace for 1 minute, walking a minute recovery, sprint as hard as you can for 30 seconds, walk for a minute, etc.
Hope any of that helps! And yes, when you start feeling the progression, running a minute longer than you could before, a lower number on the scale, or a muscle you haven't seen in awhile, the motivation gets easier! I started off last year May not being able to run continuously for 3 minutes to a 7 minute mile. So I'm a big believer in HIIT training!0 -
Maybe don't think of 'exercise' as a 'thing' ..like a separate activity that for you "Ugh, exercising just.... ugh." It doesn't have to be the gym or heavy workouts. What do you like to do? .. go for a walk with a friend and gossip as you stride along, get off the bus 3 stops earlier - you honestly won't notice the difference. Maybe consider a xtrainer or stationary bike that you could use at home watching TV . Exercise is only moving your body a bit more - not torture ! Good luck3
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SammyBoo1980 wrote: »age 36, height 5"6, weight 133lbs. I scan the barcode of most of my foods into mfp and go off what it tells me. It's never exact as i don't use a scale and some foods aren't in the database so i have to guess. Also i make a lot of meals with multiple ingredients like stews, curries, veggies in tomato sauce with sprinkles of nuts and seeds, nutritional yeast etc. Logging every little thing is a nightmare, and very difficult as i don't know what should be cups/spoons etc (for e.g. how on earth are you supposed to log one knife spread of vitalite, or 3 shaves of vegan cheese??). The 1,500 - 2,000 range came from my diary here when i was logging more regularly every day.
Well, there's your problem. (Or one problem anyway; @PAV8888 is very correct.) Were you to use a scale, your measurement problems would be solved. It's dead easy to weigh ingredients, even "one knife spread of vitalite". For any dishes you make regularly, the recipe builder makes matters much more simple.
But seeing as you're smack in the middle of the normal BMI range, there's very little reason to focus so much on losing more weight.3 -
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