Tami's Secret to Skinny!!

TamTastic

Good Morning Tams!!! :smooched:

Howdy Nat!! :smooched:

tayner

Tami... thank you for this post. I just joined a week ago or so, and changed my lifestyle about 10 days ago. I have over 100 pounds to lose, and although it is a daunting task, my goal is to be fit at 40, not fat at 40... i have 18 months and pray I can make this work. I have a hard time eating all my calories, not to mention my workout ones too!

I feel like in the last week i have done nothing but eat, I have not been hungry, and I still have not been able to eat the pile of calories MFP has said I should eat (nearly 1800). I set my weigh days to friday mornings, so I wont know until then how this is working for me, but if I were to eat all my calories, and even some of my exercise calories it would literally mean eating when I am not remotely hungry... can that be good?

Dave198lbs

baby named David bump

tashjs21

baby named David bump

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Goodnight Dave!

Dave198lbs

baby named David bump

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Goodnight Dave!

turn down the quilt..I'll be there ina few hun!:laugh:

arewethereyet

Tami... thank you for this post. I just joined a week ago or so, and changed my lifestyle about 10 days ago. I have over 100 pounds to lose, and although it is a daunting task, my goal is to be fit at 40, not fat at 40... i have 18 months and pray I can make this work. I have a hard time eating all my calories, not to mention my workout ones too!

I feel like in the last week i have done nothing but eat, I have not been hungry, and I still have not been able to eat the pile of calories MFP has said I should eat (nearly 1800). I set my weigh days to friday mornings, so I wont know until then how this is working for me, but if I were to eat all my calories, and even some of my exercise calories it would literally mean eating when I am not remotely hungry... can that be good?

welcome! it can be done! Tami did this all thru MFP. Slow and steady wins the race!!

Good luck!:flowerforyou:

tashjs21

baby named David bump

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Goodnight Dave!

turn down the quilt..I'll be there ina few hun!:laugh:

Don't forget the wine! :drinker:

TamTastic

Tami... thank you for this post. I just joined a week ago or so, and changed my lifestyle about 10 days ago. I have over 100 pounds to lose, and although it is a daunting task, my goal is to be fit at 40, not fat at 40... i have 18 months and pray I can make this work. I have a hard time eating all my calories, not to mention my workout ones too!

I feel like in the last week i have done nothing but eat, I have not been hungry, and I still have not been able to eat the pile of calories MFP has said I should eat (nearly 1800). I set my weigh days to friday mornings, so I wont know until then how this is working for me, but if I were to eat all my calories, and even some of my exercise calories it would literally mean eating when I am not remotely hungry... can that be good?

Well, the thing is that sometimes the body adjusts to eating less by allowing us to not feel hungry. When you slowly bump up the calories and allow your body to adjust, it will often work out better. Also, I do eat some exercise calories back but not all of them. My goal is to eat enough back to bring my caloric intake to a safe level, so as long as you are doing THAT, don't over stuff yourself if you don't feel the need.

And eating calorie dense foods can help. Peanut butter and nuts, etc...contain a lot of calories in just a handful or tbsp, so that could be a good way for you to get the calories you need as well.

Good luck to you!! :flowerforyou:

Dave198lbs

:drinker:

TamTastic

Yes, bumping myself!! :laugh:

Dave198lbs

Yes, bumping myself!! :laugh:

one good bump deserves another:drinker:

Marla64

jackeh

:laugh:

TamTastic

There is more than one person I'd like to do that to!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Marla64

There is more than one person I'd like to do that to!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Ya think? :laugh:

TamTastic

There is more than one person I'd like to do that to!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Ya think? :laugh:

Oh yes......including my hubby!! :laugh:

Oh what a stress reliever that would be!! :devil:

cmriverside

:happy: bump

TamTastic

sarabear

Was just doing a reread, bump!

Sparksfly

Tami! You are definately in the body now that you were meant to be! Your body must have really welcomed the change if you lost on avg. 8-10 lbs a month! :noway: :happy:


Congrats on reaching your goals!

EBAW

Thanks Tami for your secret....:happy: .... I heard that in order for a woman to lose weight more effective they need to consume 1000-1200 calories a day. I have lowered mine to 1200 calories, but I try to exercise every day on my Wii Fit (seems to be every other day if that) as I need to shed some extra luggage I've been carrying around for awhile.:grumble: . I do end up consuming most of my extra calories from working out and have found that in approximately a week and a 1/2 that I have shed 6lbs. Not to mention that I am competing in a contest at work where the prize is a $500 pre-paid Visa credit card and 1/2 the money in the pot. This contest runs till the end of August, 2009. Don't get me wrong, I am not starving myself at all, and seem quite content on my progress. Do you think I am losing too fast, as I am a "LARGE" individual? I figured that you typically loose a lot to start off, and then it will gradually decrease as the weight goes down? Let me know your thought...:happy:

Georg

I really appreciate hearing what's worked for Tami & all the other successful folks here. I think I know lots of stuff about eating healthy & losing weight, yet here I sit, way overweight because knowing is different than actually doing. It's easy to give advice - not so easy to follow through.
When those of you who are successful share your experiences with us, it's so inspirational!
Thank you.
Come & share your wisdom any time!
:flowerforyou:

TamTastic

Thanks Tami for your secret....:happy: .... I heard that in order for a woman to lose weight more effective they need to consume 1000-1200 calories a day. I have lowered mine to 1200 calories, but I try to exercise every day on my Wii Fit (seems to be every other day if that) as I need to shed some extra luggage I've been carrying around for awhile.:grumble: . I do end up consuming most of my extra calories from working out and have found that in approximately a week and a 1/2 that I have shed 6lbs. Not to mention that I am competing in a contest at work where the prize is a $500 pre-paid Visa credit card and 1/2 the money in the pot. This contest runs till the end of August, 2009. Don't get me wrong, I am not starving myself at all, and seem quite content on my progress. Do you think I am losing too fast, as I am a "LARGE" individual? I figured that you typically loose a lot to start off, and then it will gradually decrease as the weight goes down? Let me know your thought...:happy:

Hi!

Well, I have never heard that 1000-1200 cals is the way to go. I'm interested in hearing where you read that.

Also, the heavier I was, the more I could eat. When I first started, I was eating closer to 1700 even on non-gym days. And as I lost, I slowly lowered by 50 cals at a time. And I never ate below 1400 and ate 1/2 of my exercise cals back.

The weight will come off faster the larger you are no matter what. I lost 6 lbs my first week and then for a long time, I would lose anywhere from 2-4 lbs a week (averaging 3), I think it was simply because my body was happy I was doing something and was like "HOORAYY, let's get this off!!" lol.........but then as I got closer to a healthier weight, it started to come off slower...which was fine!! It still only took me about 16 months to lose the 135 lbs...it just all averaged out.

Honestly, I think you should be eating more. An important thing to remember is should you hit a plateau, you really have no room to safely lower your caloric intake now. If you bump it up to around 1600 or so...and see how you do, you might be nicely surprised! AND if you do hit a plateau, you can slowly lower your intake to help get you out of it.

I hope this has helped! I just want people to understand that you can eat quite a lot and still lose weight.

:flowerforyou:

TamTastic

I really appreciate hearing what's worked for Tami & all the other successful folks here. I think I know lots of stuff about eating healthy & losing weight, yet here I sit, way overweight because knowing is different than actually doing. It's easy to give advice - not so easy to follow through.
When those of you who are successful share your experiences with us, it's so inspirational!
Thank you.
Come & share your wisdom any time!
:flowerforyou:

It is great to hear different things because it makes everyone realize that there isn't one set in stone method to doing this. There are a few general guidelines but when it comes down to it, finding what works for you (as long as it's healthy), is the way to go. :flowerforyou:

And thanks!! :bigsmile:

BGent

Hello,
Reading your post helped me to learn something new, I didn’t realize you would need to eat a certain number of workout calories on top of your daily ones. Yeah, I know not that bright but I will catch up! :embarassed:
I am only beginning to change my poor habits and hoped to read more about your journey. I wasn’t sure if I was a friend, would that allow me to read previous posts or if there is another way. Not that I wouldn't like to be a friend but after all, I'm new so I understand that might be weird to have somone on your friend list you don't really know. :happy: Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

sarabear

just love to bump this :happy: :flowerforyou: for tami!

TamTastic

Hello,
Reading your post helped me to learn something new, I didn’t realize you would need to eat a certain number of workout calories on top of your daily ones. Yeah, I know not that bright but I will catch up! :embarassed:
I am only beginning to change my poor habits and hoped to read more about your journey. I wasn’t sure if I was a friend, would that allow me to read previous posts or if there is another way. Not that I wouldn't like to be a friend but after all, I'm new so I understand that might be weird to have somone on your friend list you don't really know. :happy: Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Oh please!! Friend me baby! I am happy to do it!!:laugh: :laugh:

And your welcome! I know I have written some other things. My success story is in the success area...and of course my "I DID IT" thread when I reached goal. I will try to find them and bump them for you. :happy:

Best of luck!!:flowerforyou:
-Tam

TamTastic

just love to bump this :happy: :flowerforyou: for tami!

Thank you!!! Much appreciated!!:flowerforyou:

Dave198lbs

good info
read it
good by

Shannon023

I missed the part where you said you drank 3 bottles of wine a day to lose weight. Please add that. :bigsmile: