OPERATION: Skinny B*tch (5/13-8/13) WEEK 5

mtkautz

Sorry I'm a little late getting this posted!! I hope everyone had a great week! I'm finally feeling better, yesterday being my first day of eating 3 meals! woo hoo!! Everyone is doing such a great job I'm so proud of you all, let's keep it up!!!

Current Weight (6/3): 155.4
Weight lost since last week: 1.4lbs
Calories burned since last week: 1,101
Nutrition goal met?? Yes!!!
How many miles did you travel this past week: about 5

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/3 through 6/10:
Calorie burn goal: 6,000
Weight loss goal: 4lbs
Nutrition goal: under 1200 total consumed all days, water intake up up up!

WEEKLY CHALLENGE!!!

Ay-- I'm running out of creative Ideas.

I'm going to say 22 mile challenge, and pick an exercise that you hate (or strongly dislike) and learn to love it at least twice this week.

For myself, I hate pull-ups... But I'm also going to challenge myself to go to the gym AT LEAST 4 times this week!!

Amanda993

I went from having my worst week ever 2 weeks ago, to my best ever this week! My run today was a personal record-breaker

Current Weight (6/3): 132
Weight lost since last week: -3!
Calories burned since last week: 3,022
Nutrition goal met??: 6/7 days yes
How many miles did you travel this past week: 9.6

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/3 through 6/10:
Calorie burn goal: 3,500
Weight loss goal: 1 lb
Nutrition goal: To stay under 1200 everyday (except Saturday), not subtracing cals burned


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sleepytexan

hi, please tell me how you're estimating the "miles traveled"? may I join your group?

mtkautz

hi, please tell me how you're estimating the "miles traveled"? may I join your group?

I only counted my elliptical in my "miles traveled" by converting revolutions to miles. I usually use nike+ as well, which tracks my distance on walks and runs outside! And yes of course you may join our group!! Everyone is welcome!

minniebee

Guess who lost a pound this week? OH YEAH, I DID! Lol.

Current Weight (6/3): 159.8
Weight lost since last week: 1!!!
Calories burned since last week: 420 (I've had a bad week exercise-wise)
Nutrition goal met??: Yes

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/3 through 6/10:
Calorie burn goal: 1,000
Weight loss goal: 1lb
Nutrition goal: To incorporate more vegetables!

MoLivesLuvsLifts

Current Weight (6/3): 262.8
Weight lost since last week: 1 lb - YEAH!
Calories burned since last week: 2,752 - well under my 6,000 goal!
Nutrition goal met?? Yes. Only 1 day that was over my calorie count.
How many miles did you travel this past week: 5.61 miles

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/10 through 6/17:
Calorie burn goal: 6,000
Weight loss goal: 5 lbs
Nutrition goal: Less than 1,600 for most days and no junk food

WEEKLY CHALLENGE!!!

I will travel a total of 50 (25 elliptical/treadmill & 25 bike) miles AND do a 50/10/100/100 (50 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 walking lunges and 100 squats) AT LEAST 3 out of 7 days.

My Thoughts: This week I actually exercised less because I had family in town. I am proud of myself for exercising and eating well at ALL of the restaurants we went to. Now that they are gone, I can get back to my schedule. Thus, my weekly challenge is still the one that I set for myself last week.

Good luck everyone! We can do this!

pixycats

Current Weight (6/10): 129.6
Weight lost since last week: 2.4lbs
Calories burned since last week: 700
Nutrition goal met?? Yep!
How many miles did you travel this past week: ~7

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/10 through 6/17:
Calorie burn goal: None. I got Sinus Surgery on Wednesday, and I'm not allowed to exercise for two weeks. Luckily (or unluckily), I'm on a pretty much liquid diet, so no problem staying under my calorie goals.
Weight loss goal: 1lb
Nutrition goal: Under 1200 every day!

WEEKLY CHALLENGE!!!

Have to sit this one out this week, but I'll pick it back up as soon as I'm healed!

sleepytexan

Hi girls,

This is my first week joining your group. I'm close to my goal, but having a helluva time getting there. Background on me: I have maintained a normal weight for most of my life with the exception of pregnancies. I have been very active with the exception of 9 sedentary years (constant pregnancy, nursing and eating--ha), then in 2004 I got back into physical activity and became a spin instructor. I maintained 127 lbs. for 7 years. I am very active and workout 6 days a week. About a year ago I gained 10 lbs. in 1 month - 137 lbs. (I think due to change of thyroid meds). It did not come off by itself, and then suddenly I gained another 5 (142), so about 6 weeks ago I started WW again (old program on my own, hardcore, and dropped down again to 134. I went to a WW meeting to try the new Points Plus program AND GAINED 2 weeks in a row. no thank you. So here I am. 2 weeks on MFP, and I'm down 1 lb. the first week, nothing last week.

Current Weight (6/10): 133.4
Weight lost since last week: 0 lbs (so annoying! went down by 2 in the middle of the week, but back up to same by end)!
Calories burned since last week: 2770
Nutrition goal met?? 6 days slightly under, 1 day over by 350
How many miles did you travel this past week: 48? I used some conversion site, but this seems weird.

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/10 through 6/17:
Calorie burn goal: 4000+ (I have a 30 mi ride this morning at about 16 mph, and probably another 1 this week--I'm training for a century in Sept).
Weight loss goal: 1lb
Nutrition goal: THIS IS MY COUNTER-INTUITIVE WEEK, BC I don't know what else to do!! I have a really hard time losing weight; maybe because I am so active and now that I'm paying attention, I know that I am not eating back enough of my exercise calories, except maybe on 1 day a week (usually Saturday night!). I have been on 1200 cals. This week I am increasing my daily calories from 1200 to 1310 (1 lb. loss/wk). I am going to eat back all my exercise calories according to a zig-zag plan I read about in the forums -- Day 1 eat maintenance (1310 + exercise calories + 500), Days 2 & 3 deficit: (1310 + exercise calories - 300). Repeat.

Well I hope this works, bc I have been struggling this past year! Best of luck to all of you, and thanks for the group

blessings,
Laurel

mtkautz

Have you tried NOT eating back any exercise calories? That's usually where I have the most success in losing. And with you being so close to your goal, I don't see how it wouldn't work.

niavalentino

Current Weight (6/10): 138.5
Weight lost since last week: 3lbs (is this right!!? I was shocked, but delighted!)
Calories burned since last week: 2,499
Nutrition goal met?? 50% of the time, lol.
How many miles did you travel this past week: 19 miles. Madness, pure madness.

NEW GOALS for the week of 6/10 through 6/17:
Calorie burn goal: 3,500 + !!
Weight loss goal: 1-2lbs
Nutrition goal: Not too much more than 1,200, keep it up with the protein, and water intake up, up and AWAY!

WEEKLY CHALLENGE!!!!
I freaking hate push-ups. I try to avoid them by all means... but I'll give it a shot. I highly doubt I'll "love" them...ever! And running outside. I'm still not too confident in my body yet, so I've been avoiding running outdoors.

sleepytexan

Have you tried NOT eating back any exercise calories? That's usually where I have the most success in losing. And with you being so close to your goal, I don't see how it wouldn't work.

yes I've tried that. that's what I've been doing forever and I have even GAINED weight doing that. it is bizarre (although I know I have a thyroid issue). For example, I just came back from a 25 mile ride averaging 16 mph, so I burned over 1000 calories. If I didn't eat those back, it would be dangerously low. MFP already sets a 500 cal deficit to lose 1 lb/week if you do NOTHING everyday, so every exercise cal you don't eat is creating a greater deficit. The theory is 1200 net calories is the absolute minimum to eat without slowing the metabolism. My guess is that my metabolism has been slowed by eating too few calories over a long period of time.

mtkautz

Have you tried NOT eating back any exercise calories? That's usually where I have the most success in losing. And with you being so close to your goal, I don't see how it wouldn't work.

yes I've tried that. that's what I've been doing forever and I have even GAINED weight doing that. it is bizarre (although I know I have a thyroid issue). For example, I just came back from a 25 mile ride averaging 16 mph, so I burned over 1000 calories. If I didn't eat those back, it would be dangerously low. MFP already sets a 500 cal deficit to lose 1 lb/week if you do NOTHING everyday, so every exercise cal you don't eat is creating a greater deficit. The theory is 1200 net calories is the absolute minimum to eat without slowing the metabolism. My guess is that my metabolism has been slowed by eating too few calories over a long period of time.

Strange... but I see your point, especially with a thyroid issue thrown in there- that can mess everything metabolism-related up! I'm still confused on the concept of 'eating back what i've burned' even when I went to a weight clinic and had medication to help me along I was only supposed to consume between 1100 and 1300 cal a day regardless of what I burned...which is how i lost around 40 pounds (2 years ago) But hey!! Good luck this next week and let us know how you are doing with trying the zig-zag approach!!!

sleepytexan

ya it is really counter-intuitive, and it is really hard to accept that I'm supposed to eat more in order to lose weight. However, I know for a fact I'm not losing, and even gaining when I don't eat the exercise calories, so I am forced to try this.

Long-winded explanation of what I've read regarding eating back exercise calories:

The "experts" say no matter how active you are, your body's metabolism will slow down to conserve energy if you consume fewer NET (plan cals + exercise cals) calories than are equal to your BMR. This is why (they say) someone who is overweight may be eating many fewer calories than someone thin, but can never lose weight. Also, as you near goal, it is harder and harder to lose--same concept--you are eating fewer and fewer calories and your metabolism slows to compensate.

When anyone who has been eating a lot of calories first starts reducing calories, they will lose. When they start exercising for the first time they will gain weight initially, even out, then, hopefully lose again. "The experts" warn that if you are not eating your exercise calories, you will eventually stall your weight loss and even gain weight, then it will be hard to restart. Maybe this is what happened to me?

Once your body is very used to exercise it will no longer lose as much when you do that exercise as it did when you started (not fair!). In theory, if my body is very used to exercise (so not losing as much as it used to) and I am not eating enough to compensate for my exercise, my body will slow down my metabolism to conserve energy even more. So, "the experts" say you should always eat your exercise calories so this never happens. Once it has happened though, the way to start losing again, is to be diligent about eating all that you burn over the course of the week, but not evenly every day. Have to "trick" the metabolism by eating higher (maintenance cals), then 2 days with 300 deficit, and repeat. They claim this will kickstart the weight loss again.

Soooo -- we will see if it works for me! I hope!!

You can use the tools here to get your BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate. That is how many calories you will burn if you lie in bed and do nothing all day. It is assumed that you burn 500 calories just being sedentary all day, and any exercise is on top of that. So, MFP uses your BMR to determine how many calories you should eat each day. If you set your loss to 1 lb/week, it will set your calories to somewhere around your BMR; a little more depending on how active you say you are (remember the choices, sedentary, light, moderate, etc). In order to lose 1 lb/week you must consume 3500 fewer calories than you burn in a week, so 500/day. This 500 cal deficit is already included in your MPR recommended calories. That's why, when you enter exercise, it adds additional calories, to show you that you are supposed to eat them. Lots of people ignore this successfully; some not so successfully (me), and there are a lot of arguments about this on the board.

sleepytexan

check out this thread on the topic: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/196502-for-the-people-who-work-out-like-crazy-and-are-not-losing

mtkautz

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/266854-operation-skinny-b-tch-5-13-8-13-week-6

Thread for Week 6 of our operation!!!!