Tami's Secret to Skinny!!

TamTastic

A PM from Sassiebritches got me thinking and I had posted something on a recent "eating exercise calories" thread. I just copied and pasted it here to possibly help others who may want to know. Remember, the important thing is to be open-minded to your body. Trial and error can be the way to go sometimes to figure out what will work for you. But, just because something worked for one person doesn't mean it will work for you. Just like our finger prints are all unique, how we respond to various things will be unique as well and just having the patience and taking the time to figure it out can make all the difference!! :flowerforyou:

Anyway, here is what I had written on the "Exercise Calories" thread. If it helps even ONE person, it is worth it!!!


All I ever add to these threads is my own personal experience.

But first of all, I know it sounds strange but when you think about it, you start to understand better.
You decide to lose weight. You lower your calories to a certain amount. You then exercise and burn MORE calories than those you are already excluding from your diet. So, eating some back....yes, you are eating more than 1500 calories but that isn't what your body is "bringing in" due to the exercise.

Anyway, for ME. Non-gym days, I ate 1400 calories. (I never ate below that). At the end, that was Mon, Wed, and Fri. On workout days, I got to the point where I was burning over 1,000 calories and I would eat around 1,900 calories on those days. (I ate about half the workout calories back). That was Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun.

On the days I didn't go to the gym, I would do some lunges and squats and things at home and just stuck to my 1400 at the end.

I rarely had a plateau and when I did, I didn't stay for more than a week or two. I lost 135 lbs in 16 months (so even with plateaus or better weeks, worse weeks, etc...that averages out to about 8-10 lbs a month).

So, in MY personal opinion and experience....eating plenty and exercising plenty is what worked for me. And I think by doing the almost every other day thing, my body was kept at a constant burn and HAPPY!

It is all about finding what will work for you. It can be a trial and error thing. But also, making sure the calories burned are accurate is important as well. I never used a heart rate monitor. I did read in a fitness article that a good way to get an accurate reading on a machine like an elliptical (Which I used a lot), is when it asks for your weight, enter in a weight about 5-10 lbs LESS than you are. And at the end, deduct about 15% from the final number it gives you. That is what I did and it worked for me and I never ate ALL of them back.


Good luck! drinker

TamTastic

A PM from Sassiebritches got me thinking and I had posted something on a recent "eating exercise calories" thread. I just copied and pasted it here to possibly help others who may want to know. Remember, the important thing is to be open-minded to your body. Trial and error can be the way to go sometimes to figure out what will work for you. But, just because something worked for one person doesn't mean it will work for you. Just like our finger prints are all unique, how we respond to various things will be unique as well and just having the patience and taking the time to figure it out can make all the difference!! :flowerforyou:

Anyway, here is what I had written on the "Exercise Calories" thread. If it helps even ONE person, it is worth it!!!


All I ever add to these threads is my own personal experience.

But first of all, I know it sounds strange but when you think about it, you start to understand better.
You decide to lose weight. You lower your calories to a certain amount. You then exercise and burn MORE calories than those you are already excluding from your diet. So, eating some back....yes, you are eating more than 1500 calories but that isn't what your body is "bringing in" due to the exercise.

Anyway, for ME. Non-gym days, I ate 1400 calories. (I never ate below that). At the end, that was Mon, Wed, and Fri. On workout days, I got to the point where I was burning over 1,000 calories and I would eat around 1,900 calories on those days. (I ate about half the workout calories back). That was Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun.

On the days I didn't go to the gym, I would do some lunges and squats and things at home and just stuck to my 1400 at the end.

I rarely had a plateau and when I did, I didn't stay for more than a week or two. I lost 135 lbs in 16 months (so even with plateaus or better weeks, worse weeks, etc...that averages out to about 8-10 lbs a month).

So, in MY personal opinion and experience....eating plenty and exercising plenty is what worked for me. And I think by doing the almost every other day thing, my body was kept at a constant burn and HAPPY!

It is all about finding what will work for you. It can be a trial and error thing. But also, making sure the calories burned are accurate is important as well. I never used a heart rate monitor. I did read in a fitness article that a good way to get an accurate reading on a machine like an elliptical (Which I used a lot), is when it asks for your weight, enter in a weight about 5-10 lbs LESS than you are. And at the end, deduct about 15% from the final number it gives you. That is what I did and it worked for me and I never ate ALL of them back.


Good luck! drinker

heather0mc

thx chica! :flowerforyou:

Cindysunshine

Tami, Thanks for a great post! Congrats on reaching your goal! You Rock! Cindy

RachVR6

Makes perfect sense! Congrats on the weight lost and baby on the way! :flowerforyou:

Elita

Hi, thank you for your secret! I will start entering my weight with 10lbs less, I also use the elliptical a lot. Can you tell me your settings on it and for how long? (resistance and speed?)

kellch

Tami's my hero


Seriously lady you are my inspiration here!! :flowerforyou: Tops in my book :smooched:

Nich0le

Thank you for sharing that!

I completely agree that eating all of your exercise calories may not be the best for every person and that relying on the machines to give us accurate calories burned is not the best resource.

:flowerforyou:

TamTastic

Hi, thank you for your secret! I will start entering my weight with 10lbs less, I also use the elliptical a lot. Can you tell me your settings on it and for how long? (resistance and speed?)

I slowly worked up. I started at level 3, random setting for 20 minutes.

By the end, I was doing over an hour at level 19 (random/interval setting). I moved really fast too!

kerrilucko

Tam I'm really glad that you wrote that. Lately I've seen a lot of "Tam has even said she doesn't eat all her exercise cals" in threads by new users asking if they should. I think some users were taking it the wrong way. Good post!

PS- you look great and the little bump is coming along so well :flowerforyou:

jdelisle

bump

GameOver

Tam - Thanks for this post! You're so inspiring. Congrats, too, on your new "bump" :flowerforyou:

hopetobeinshape

Thank you for the advice! Your posts are always so insightful :flowerforyou:

TamTastic

Thank you for the advice! Your posts are always so insightful :flowerforyou:

Thank you!! I really appreciate that! :happy:

TamTastic

Tam - Thanks for this post! You're so inspiring. Congrats, too, on your new "bump" :flowerforyou:

LOL Thanks!!! It's coming along!!!

Shannon023

Burn mode is key! :drinker:

Great post! :flowerforyou:

dewdrop

Thanks, Tami! :flowerforyou: I think it's important to keep in mind that you were strict about the 1400. I tend to go over quite often, so yeah I guess I am sabotaging myself :ohwell: . So are you on maintain now? Still watching the calories?

Once again, well done and thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:

TamTastic

Thanks, Tami! :flowerforyou: I think it's important to keep in mind that you were strict about the 1400. I tend to go over quite often, so yeah I guess I am sabotaging myself :ohwell: . So are you on maintain now? Still watching the calories?

Once again, well done and thanks for sharing! :flowerforyou:

I am maintaining and pregnant........so I watch my calories still to make sure I don't go overboard with thoughts of "eating for two!!" :laugh:

tashjs21

You are awesome SL!!!!

Thanks for the reminder that everyone's body is different. :drinker:

TamTastic

You are awesome SL!!!!

Thanks for the reminder that everyone's body is different. :drinker:

Your welcome girl!!! :bigsmile:

farmgirlh

Thanks!!!