Sixers Slimmer Summer - Week 1
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Thanks Pedal!!! You really give the BEST advice :flowerforyou: I have a good routine I do @ the gym... free weights / machines... so I think I will give the cardio a rest for the day and "get my swell on" (haha) :laugh: hopefully someone watched that movie... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ... otherwise I just sound silly... and come to think of it I can't remember what movie it came from ... just that my brother said it constantly for about 3 months...
ps... for those of you with trouble in the loss dept. I saw a nice drop when I increased to 1400 calories... from 1200... and LESS late night cravings... I eat 1300 - 1400 per day now and it doesn't feel like a diet :bigsmile:0 -
Thanks Pedal!! It is scarey to think about but I will give it a try and see what happens. I really just want to lose inches but I know with the weight Im at that I have to lose some (a lot) of it before I can lose the inches. Imstill so upset at myself for letting it get to this point!! Oh well on ward I shall push. Thanks again ladies0
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Thanks Pedal.
I am so confused now =( I am horrible and "Planning" and know what I should have when.
I am 5'5 145 pounds and I would like to get to 120. MFP put me at the 1200 a day. How can I lose 2 pounds a week but eat more than 1200 calories?
Also, if I work out in the morning, how much should I eat before hand. I usually go on an empty stomach.0 -
Yikes - there's NO way you should be striving to lose 2lbs a week so close to your goal. And honestly, if you try to lose that much a week when your body is 17lbs from your goal you won't see the scale move at all. Just because you CAN select 2lbs a week doesn't mean you SHOULD. That should only be for people who are very obese. I suspect that if you change your goal to 1lb a week and get your cals to around 1500 a day (what does MFP suggest your maintenance calories are, by the way?) then your body will believe that you're actually going to feed it. Right now I suspect your metabolism is crawling along at a snail's pace trying to conserve your resources because you're not getting enough food. Without adequate protein you're also catabolizing muscle to supplement your energy and protein needs which makes for less tissue in your body burning fat. Will you give a try to boosting your cals by, say, 275 a day for 2 weeks and if you want I can make some suggestions with your meals if you give me an idea of what you plan on eating in a day... You can ABSOLUTELY succeed. It's just not always the way you might think
Oh, and working out in the morning ... it's a personal thing but you should put SOMETHING in. If you're waking and working out pretty soon thereafter, maybe an apple because you don't want too much food in your stomach still digesting. You'll either take blood flow focus away from your stomach to your limbs and get indigestion or you'll sacrifice proper oxygen to your limbs in order to digest your food. If you're eating 60 to 90 minutes before your workout, eat a normal breakfast :happy:0 -
So the other night I made cupcakes with soda instead of eggs, oil and water. They are about 190 calories each. Is it bad if Im eating 1 even 2 a day? Could this be slowing my losing processing down? I have the caloires to spare I just wasnt sure if it was bad or not??0
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Dang I've got my rant-on today! :laugh:
I have to go to the store before my bf drops her daughter off for the afternoon but I will post a cupcake recipe that is EASY, HEALTHY and skips the mountains of crap that will derail your progress. The calories themselves aren't the issue as much as WHAT you're putting in. I LOVE chocolate, cakes, cookies... but seriously, there is a really good way around the bad stuff while keeping the indulgences More to come from Rhiannon's house of Ranting! :laugh: :flowerforyou:
... this hasn't happened in a while. Could it be that all my veteran Sixers know better than to get me talking by now??? :blushing: :laugh: :glasses: 0 -
I'm in :]
Jessica
SW 143 lbs / GW 125 lbs / CW 136 lbs PROGRESS: - 7.00 lbs0 -
Peda
I used the pilsbury super moist strawberry cake mix and used sprite zero if that helps at all. Im not big on chocolate cake or cupcakes.0 -
HAHAHA. PEDAL... you really do have it going today :laugh: it is a good thing though :bigsmile:
well ladies... I am off work in a bit, and my and the girls are going to skip cardio kickboxing (hopefully our crazy instructor doesn't hunt us down :noway: ) and we are going to do some weight training.. I am leading a little session on how to properly use that machines / free weight form (I am no buff but atleast I know how to use the stuff :laugh: )... :bigsmile: ttyl.0 -
Ok ladies Im off to work for the night!! I will be back on later when I am done. Im sure most of you will be in bed by then so TTYL and sweet dreams!! Well off to conquer the resturant augh!!0
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Harleygirl, it does help... my great recipe is for chocolate ones 0
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My knee hurts and I'm grouchy and I'm sleepy. :grumble:
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Aww :flowerforyou: Poor you Lauryn 0
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Yikes - there's NO way you should be striving to lose 2lbs a week so close to your goal. And honestly, if you try to lose that much a week when your body is 17lbs from your goal you won't see the scale move at all. Just because you CAN select 2lbs a week doesn't mean you SHOULD. That should only be for people who are very obese. I suspect that if you change your goal to 1lb a week and get your cals to around 1500 a day (what does MFP suggest your maintenance calories are, by the way?) then your body will believe that you're actually going to feed it. Right now I suspect your metabolism is crawling along at a snail's pace trying to conserve your resources because you're not getting enough food. Without adequate protein you're also catabolizing muscle to supplement your energy and protein needs which makes for less tissue in your body burning fat. Will you give a try to boosting your cals by, say, 275 a day for 2 weeks and if you want I can make some suggestions with your meals if you give me an idea of what you plan on eating in a day... You can ABSOLUTELY succeed. It's just not always the way you might think
Oh, and working out in the morning ... it's a personal thing but you should put SOMETHING in. If you're waking and working out pretty soon thereafter, maybe an apple because you don't want too much food in your stomach still digesting. You'll either take blood flow focus away from your stomach to your limbs and get indigestion or you'll sacrifice proper oxygen to your limbs in order to digest your food. If you're eating 60 to 90 minutes before your workout, eat a normal breakfast :happy:
I just checked and it had me at 1 1/2 pounds weight loss a week and I just changed it to 1 pound a week and it only upped my calorie intake to 1240 daily.
Which on is the maintenance calories?
I ate a banana before I went to workout...I burned 670 calories! (I was angry) I jogged and walked, but when I walk and my heart rate goes down, I feel like those calories that continue to tick away on my HRM don't count, same goes with when I do weights. I don't know why, I end up thinking they are just a part of my regular burned calories for the day. The HRM said 670 though so I am going to enter that in.
Thanks so much for the help. I want to get this right...and I don't have much time to make sure I look great in that wedding dress!0 -
I LOVE chocolate. So anyway to eat it I am down =D
Okay so I ate Banana for breakfast
After workout I ate two eggs with two pieces of wheat toast and a cup of red seedless grapes...is that better?0 -
Can you still post your cupcake recipe? I am always looking for good recipes. Thanks.0
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Is it too late to join in? My name is Amy. Since there are 2 other Amy's, I guess just use my username.
SW 156.2 lbs / GW 151 lbs / CW 156.2 lbs PROGRESS: 0.00 lbs0 -
I'll dig the recipe out in a bit!
Candy, one thing I learned after a lot of trial and error is that the calories assigned by MFP really do have to be taken as a guide. There's no possible way for the site to assign accurate cals individually and the best they can go on is averages. Even person to person caloric needs really do change day to day. Mood, rest, temperature, nutrition, activity, mental work... it all factors in. You'll find your maintenance calories if you go to the goals section on the main page (in the menu bar) then on the right in "your diet profile" it will tell you the number of calories MFP is using as your maintenance (the top line, "calories burned from normal daily activity). Can you tell me what it says there? And you're right about your HRM actually. It's something too few people realize. When you work out and are going to add those workout calories back in as food you definitely need to subtract your resting calories from that number. To find out your resting calories wear your HRM for 1/2 an hour when you're just watching tv - nothing suspenseful, just boring old telly. Find out how many calories you've burned in those 30 minutes just sitting there then divide by 3. Last time I checked mine it was 19 calories in 10 minutes but I am due to check again. So every time I work out I have to then subtract 19 calories for every 10 minutes I've worked out if I'm interested in not over-eating my workout cals. Some days if I've had a longer workout (say, 90 minutes) that's just over 170 calories I have to subtract. If I ate those and did that most days of the week that would certainly be enough to slow my progress.
Your morning meal sounds WAY better. Getting that protein in there is wonderful. Not sure about where you are, but I know that I'm able to buy pure liquid egg whites (not to be confused with egg beaters or the like) which helps in not over-consuming egg yolks. There are valuable nutrients in there but I've heard that people should try to keep it to 1 to 3 yolks a week.
Let me know any time if you want me to stop my talking and talking about this stuff. I don't mind being told enough is enough 0 -
Welcome Amypyr! :flowerforyou:0
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Pedal, it doesn't bother me at all. I will probably get more annoying because I really don't know that much about nutrition and being healthy. It is pretty sad. I appreciate the help...I am a bit confused so I might ask the same questions over and over.
The magic number is 1740
Then the calories to eat says 1240.
When I test my HRM by sitting, should I do it on a day that I don't work out?
If I burned 670 today, should I eat those back because there is already a 500 calorie deficit, or should I go ahead and up my daily calories to 1500?
All these numbers are confusing =(0 -
refreshed list.....
Cathy
SW 208.6 lbs / GW 203 lbs / CW 208.6 lbs PROGRESS: + / - 00.00 lbs
AmyLou
SW 151 lbs / GW 145 lbs / CW 151 lbs PROGRESS: + / - 00.00 lbs
Kristin
PREGNANT! (with a little boy, that is Lauryn's bet )
Lauryn
SW 159 lbs / GW 153 lbs / CW 159 lbs PROGRESS: + / - 00.00 lbs
Em
SW 148.0 lbs / GW 142 lbs / CW 148.0 lbs PROGRESS +/- 00.00 lbs
Jess
SW 178.8 lbs/ GW 171 lbs / CW 178.8 lbs PROGRESS +/-00.00 lbs
Rhiannon
SW 000 lbs / GW 000 lbs / CW 000 lbs PROGRESS +/- 00.00lbs
Kelly
SW 160 lbs/ GW 154lbs/ CW 160lbs PROGRESS: +/-00.00lbs
Deb (mbmempireSW 181 lbs / GW 135 lbs / CW 165 lbs Progress : +/- 00.00 lbs
Amy
SW 202 lbs/ GW 190 lbs/ CW 202 lbs progress: +/- 00.00 lbs
Whitney
SW 175 lbs/ GW 168 lbs/CW 175 lbs/ progress:+/-00.00lbs
Tiff
SW 150.4 lbs/GW141 lbs/CW150.4l bs Progress: +/- 0
Jen
SW 145 lbs/GW/137 lbs/145 lbs Progress +/-0
Tamm
SW203.5 lbs/GW197 lbs/CW 203.5 lbsProgress +/- 0
Jasmine
SW 196 lbs / GW 186 lbs/ CW 196 lbs PROGRESS: +/-00.00 lbs
Robin
SW 188 lbs / GW 180 lbs / CW 188 lbs PROGRESS 0
Jessica
SW 143 lbs / GW 125 lbs / CW 136 lbs PROGRESS: - 7.00 lbs
Amypyr
SW 156.2 lbs / GW 151 lbs / CW 156.2 lbs PROGRESS: 0.00 lbs0 -
Hey Ladies,
Just got home from work and dog tired. Burned approx 900 cal at work today. Clearing blackberries and poison oak. (oh boy) Weed eated a much smaller area than I thought. How ever I am beat. I am thinking that I may still go for a walk later. If not tonight tomarrow for sure. Just thought I would check in and say Hi:flowerforyou:
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WOW- so many new faces! Love it! It does make personals a bit hard for sure!
I walked today for 2 1/2 hours. Forgot to put the HRM on but I feel good about the walk anyways!
Food has been so-so but for me I have discovered that once I get into the fitness routine the food aligns to match up.
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Hello! The only chance I had today to exercise was around 10:30 pm. I didn't feel like it at that point, but I walked 20 min on the treadmill anyway. I know that wasn't the best time to exercise, but I figured it was better than not exercising at all. I just started back walking last week. I'm almost up to walking a mile each day. One of my biggest problems is staying motivated. . . that and chocolate
I've been with MFP for a week now, and from what I've been reading, I think I'm in the right place. I'm determined to finally lose the weight!0 -
Well Im home form work and tired as anything so I just wanted to say goodnight and Ill seeyou all in the AM (well probably PM) LOL:laugh:0
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:flowerforyou: Hello Sixers!!!
I tried to read as many messages as possible. I recently have slacked off checking email and even turning on my computer. I don't like to form habits and sometimes.... I just sit and read and chill. LOL, but I believe I am back. Personals will be a little difficult but I'm excited to see all the Newbies!! Welcome. I'm going to do my best to get to know you all......
A little about me!!! I started focusing on removing my FAT SUIT in August 08, when I was 242. I was recently 201.5 but I believe I have gained a few more. Such is life.... its about the journey. I am excited to get myself together. I enjoy fitness and can't wait to reach more goals.
Best Wishes to you all!!!
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mornin'
pdx....you look great in the new pic. hows you feelin? sure is nice not having attacks?
amypry...exercise is exercise doesn't matter when or how much.
drtamm...was wonderin where you had gone off to. figured you were working hard as normal. glad to see ya
harley...try not to over think this whole life style change. i did that and sometimes still do. that's what drives you crazy. get the basics down and the rest will follow. i went into over load and just gave up for awhile.
redneck...you sure burn some calories doing yard work. you can come here to sc to do my yard. we live on 1/2 and do it with a push. moving and that one has 3/4 to 1 acre. will again be with a push. it is great exercise.
i am reading a book called "for women only" by shaunti feldhahn. she was a guest speaker at church this last weekend. it's about what men are thinking and feeling. after services DH & talked about it. he says boy she hit that on the head. i thought i was the only guy who thought/felt that way. he's it's nice to know i am not alone. there is also one for men and she hit that on the head too. sorry for the relgion talk, just wanted to share. today is my rest day. i will do some packing and than more reading. need to take care of the water cooler, it's leaking. hope it's not broken, i love my water cooler.
off to start my day. later0 -
AmyPyr, welcome!! It's okay if you find only a few minutes at night to do the treadmill. Remember that you can sneak in 10 min here and there throughout the day too. Those short periods of time will add up over the course of a day! I wish I had a treadmill at home.
AmyPDX, you look AWESOME! I love the new profile pic.
Jess, see you in the PM!
Rhiannon and Candy (shoot... is it Jenn?), keep up the convos!! I am taking notes!!! I am going to try to focus on eating BETTER, not eating CALORIES (and too few calories to boot). This will be a massively hard change for me, but I can do it..... as long as lots of frozen fish filets, canned tuna, and legumes can be the basis of my diet. Those are my only proteins. I despise red meat (except an occasional steak), turkey, pork, and really don't like chicken either.
Tamm, Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's a special smilie for you that has nothing to do with anything!!!!
Tiff, you wrapped up in finals still?
Em, focus dear!!! You are almost done!!
Cathy, morning!! How soon till you move? Wonder how many calories are burned packing and moving?!?! Hope that water cooler hasn't sprung a leak!
I did something last night that I've been putting off for too long. I cracked open my LSAT study guides. I am going to take the LSATs. Period. No discussion. Today, I'm going to look for when it's offered here. If there is a September/October date, I may register today. June is too soon but I can be ready by fall. (It's only offered Feb, June, Sept/Oct-ish and Dec.) It's $250 to take, I think, so if I put down that kinda money, plus the $100 I already spent on books, you had better be certain I'll be studying hard for it!!!
Off to eat breakfast. My Sixer Advisors tell me I need some solid food on my tummy in the mornings.
xo
LOVE MY SIXERS!!!!
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Lauryn, I have to ask, where are you from in NC? I'm from Cornelius, NC, just north of Charlotte.
Lauryn and Cathy - thanks for the comments on my exercising! I've only been here for almost 2 weeks, but that's one of the things I love about MFP: the motivation and support when you need it!0 -
Hey all! soo many new faces! my breakfast was grab and go this a.m. organic apple (b.c. it was on sale 65 cents a pound) yogurt( I hate yogurt but am forcing my self to eat it) a banana just incase I'm still hungry and coffee w splenda.
I had an emotional breakdown yesterday. lol. called my sister crying. think I scared her. but anyways its basically that I am going throug ups and downs with the BF and I know it doesn't matter and I should stay focused on what's important but I couldn't keep it together yesterday. he is so d+mn nonchalant about evrything all of a sudden never makes time for me and I'm tired of being stood up. then he basically blows me off like 'why are you making such a big deal about my not coming over when I said I would( I mean he will say he's coming over... so I stay home, then he doesn't come AT ALL and gets upset if I call to see where he is. ' anyway I don't need the drama right now. one more test monday and I need to focus. so thanks for letting me get this off my chest! lol. I'm not usually so volatile. oh and I prayed about it and feel much better today! even if I have to be lonely I deserve someone who will make time for me and I ultimately know deep in my heart that I am lovable and don't need to convince him of that! I think I'm going to move on... after my test :-D
on a good note: I ran 5.63 miles yesterday and did yoga for an hour. and ate 1300 cals :-)0
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