Women 200lb+, Let's Jump-Start This January!!!

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  • cory17
    cory17 Posts: 1,513 Member
    When I walk during lunch, have been listening to the Halfsize me podcasts and finding alot of value in them. There's one on stopping emotional eating which brings up changing our lens about daily lives and how we react to things and people. To stop judging ourself, or to change our self talk. Not saying we all have to be Stepford positive pollys but advocate for reality needs.
    It hit home for me.

    @terytha On the topic of ice cream - make it lactose free, sugar free/calorie free (& not erythitol as that just makes you too gassy) please!! Could gladly have it every meal.
  • fitchick37
    fitchick37 Posts: 124 Member
    I managed to get my protein points up to 77g today but still failing miserably at fibre on 11g. Will endeavour to do better tomorrow.
  • L2HS
    L2HS Posts: 137 Member
    sharpdust wrote: »
    @Tarzan37 I wonder if maybe the app needs to be updated. I know when my apps start acting funky its usually because they need to be updated. Either way, do what you need to do to be successful

    @L2HS You can use this calculator https://tdeecalculator.net/ to help you calculate your caloric expenditure in a day (how much calories you burn just by being alive plus exercise). It will calculate your maintenance calories, or how many calories you need to maintain your weight where it currently is. By seeing your maintenance caloric levels you can then subtract some calories (like 500 is a good start) to get a deficit and go from there. As you lose weight you can to adjust your levels, because the lighter we are the less we calories we need to consume. Hope that is helpful.

    Thank you for the link! I’m getting different numbers from different sources so I’m trying to logic my way through it.

  • L2HS
    L2HS Posts: 137 Member
    edited January 2020
    torihudson6 wrote: »

    @L2HS, great progress! I wish I was able to provide some advice about eating too little, but echoing everyone else, I was also told to make sure I am eating at minimum what my BMR (basic metabolic weight) since that is what your body needs to exist.

    Thanks for responding! I’m researching BMR after reading your comment.
  • Rileyjomadison
    Rileyjomadison Posts: 1,037 Member
    Candyn617 wrote: »
    I know the 5 week prediction when you complete your diary is just an estimate,however tonight when I finished my diary it gave me a number I haven't seen probably in 15 years, maybe a little more. It showed 199.4lbs!!! This was so inspiring just to see it is on the horizon. After coming a good distance on my journey and having so much more to go. This was a wonderful thing to see!!! Just had to share. Have a wonderful evening!!

    That's fantastic! Congrats, it sounds like you have works really hard to get this far 😀
  • Savannah80
    Savannah80 Posts: 41 Member
    theleadmare wrote: »
    I just hope that as I lose weight my lower back will stop giving me so much grief when I stand for any length of time. I'm sure the lordosis doesn't help, but neither does being 280-some, cause I don't carry it all in my legs and arms. (laugh) I get tired of having to sit for fifteen minutes halfway through things like doing the dishes because my back hurts.

    Hi theleadmare, I have back problems too. I slipped three discs in my lower back 9 years ago which was extremely painful. MRI showed I also have lumber lordosis and ‘degenerative disc desiccation’. So I have to be very careful how I bend and lift things. So I sympathise with your discomfort. My spinal specialist did drum into me that increased weight will be detrimental to my injury ... yet I’ve put on 3 stone since then.
    I feel old before my time with my back problems and knee cartilage damage. I’m mentally a 20 year old stuck in a 90 year old body. It’s so frustrating.
  • orangequilt
    orangequilt Posts: 4,752 Member
    @savannah80 sounds rough, and your husband isn't helping! I'm also a picky eater and over many dieting experiences have come to realise that works for other people doesn't work for me, you'll have to figure out what gets your head in the right place, but i'll share what works for me in case it helps. I've decided i am going to take my time on this journey and aim to lose slowly and keep it off. I set my cals at the highest option (to lose 0.25kg a week) but then i don't eat back my exercise calories. I try to do a lot of exercise. I eat the foods i like, but smaller portions (i don't have a huge appetite, i just like high cal foods). I try to avoid snacking so that i can eat the stuff i like at mealtimes. Think of your calories like your pay packet, if you really want to splurge, you can, but you have to adjust elsewhere. You could look into intermittent fasting also, 16:8 frees up cals and works well for people who don't like diet food. Hope there's something there that helps, or at least inspires you to find out how you could find what will work for you.
  • orangequilt
    orangequilt Posts: 4,752 Member
    Forgot to say my cals are 1700. If you put yours up you would lose slower but you could have red meat and white carbs in moderation.
  • CupcakeCrusoe
    CupcakeCrusoe Posts: 1,440 Member
    Hi @Savannah80 ! If what I say is a thing you've heard before, feel free to disregard. :lol:

    I found that it took a while for my tastebuds to change. Now, I love roasted brussels sprouts (so roasted parts are dark brown), roasted butternut squash, and I tolerate cauliflower rice.

    I say tolerate cauliflower rice, because for me I don't ... love it, but it's worth it for me to eat it because lower calorie. I'm sure you feel the same way about some vegetables and fruits.

    What I do to make sure I don't burn out is I have enough calories to treat myself once (or twice!) a day, as long as I eat enough veg to keep me full the rest of the time. So some days that means real honest-to-everything rice, sometimes (a lot of the time) that means moderate portions of cookies or ice cream. Feel free to add me as a friend and stalk my food diary, if you'd like. I have done 1200 cal a day, but it was ultimately too rough, and I was exercising just to eat back calories.

    I find when I set my cals a little higher (right now I'm at 1600), I can do it pretty easily if I pay attention, and I have room for those treats that keep me going eating cauliflower rice even if I don't think it's the most delicious thing ever. And I usually don't even eat back exercise cals.

    Just something to think about! Have you calculated your TDEE and BMR?
  • AlexandraFindsHerself1971
    AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Posts: 3,106 Member
    Yeah, I eat very well but it's because I've got 1490 to play with, and I usually wind up going just under that by 10-30 calories. Eat what you like, just recognize you can't eat so much of the calorie-dense foods. Today for me is a sausage sandwich with cheese for breakfast, a pork fritter on a bun with barbecue sauce for lunch, and three tacos for dinner, and after dinner I'll have hot chocolate with whipped cream in the evening. But that's sustainable on my calories, and I'm losing weight on it.

    Though Boyfriend thinks, and I agree, that the current apparent plateau is muscle gain. I have NO problem with that!

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