THE answers to THE questions

lizard9800

BUMP!

Great thread with great questions and answers.

I wish there was another message board section where people would just post their specifics (average weight loss per week, total weight loss per month/overall, average exercise per day/week and calorie intake, etc.) for people to read.

I think newbies would be surprised to read my eating habits, my exercise regime and my total weight loss since beginning. (Disclaimer* what works for me may not work for others). But I guarantee I eat all of my calories, and more occasionally

This site is great for education from people who have learned by doing. I love throwing out random bits of health info in conversations and having people say "Really?":noway:

banks1850

I think people would be shocked to know that

at 193 lbs, 6 foot 2, 34 years old, male, lightly active

My maintain calories are 2500 plus
Add the 4 to 500 cals I work out a day and I get to eat
3000 cals a day.

I NEVER eat that much (well, ok, almost never) but I am getting closer.
So used to eating 2200 cals a day from when I was actively trying to loose
that it's hard to bump up that extra 5 to 700.

I know what your all thinking..."WAAAAAA hard life for you.":ohwell:

Hang in there folks, this place works, I'm living proof!

lotusfromthemud

OK, I'll put my numbers where my mouth is:

I work out six hours a week for an hour a day on average.

I eat a baseline of 1800 calories, eating almost all of my exercise calories when I earn them.

I am currently maintaining (to the oz.) and have been for 2 months. Which, for the record is 138.8, at 5'7" with a large frame. I am 22% body fat. I am 36 years old.

I rarely eat meat, think processed foods are death in a box, and, like my fellow Torontonian mehughes, (welcome back!. . .I've missed your posts) have to be moderately active just to live my daily life. I don't have a car, so I also have done the sprint to the bus many, many times.

Since my foods aren't calorie-filled I eat, in the words of my DH, "all the time."

I still have a weakness for potato chips. I have a small bag about once a week. I have some sort of dark, high quality chocolate about once a week. Ocassionally, when presented with some sort of delectable, fat and sugar filled item, I eat it.

I lost most of my weight without calorie counting, but then stopped losing and tried to lose the last ten pounds for a year. Then, I found MFP and discovered (an opinion seconded by a nutritionist) that I wasn't eating enough, and had gone into starvation mode. For the record, I was averaging 600-800 NET calories a day after exercise. I have since reached what my doctor and trainer say is an ideal weight for me. I'd love to lose a few more % of body fat, but can live with it if I don't.

I think that culturally we way underestimate the amount of food we need, and way underestimate the amount of activity we should get.

So, everybody, get off of your toucas and eat something.:flowerforyou:

icandoit

Perfect:flowerforyou:

jessneill

*bump*

lotusfromthemud

bump.:flowerforyou:

Cowboy

You said it girl!
Cowboy

cmriverside

:bigsmile: From another one on maintenance.....how many times have we repeated this in one way or another and people just don't believe us?

DEAR GOD, WE REPEAT THIS TWENTY TIMES A WEEK AND NO ONE BELIEVES US.

Bookmark or add this link to your favorites. Do it now :laugh:

PRINT IT. Make copies.

Put it on your mirror in the bathroom, on your refrigerator, in your wallet. On your cubicle wall. Tape it to your car dashboard. If you don't drive, hang it around your neck on a string. Use it as your computer wallpaper. Thanks V -- again.

Eat. :huh: It works. Other people have done it - me included - and are willing to testify to everyone else about their experience.

Eat.. :flowerforyou:

kelpie06

Great topic, great info.
Thanks :flowerforyou:

Healthier_Me

bump

its time for change

Thanks for all of this good information.

lotusfromthemud

:bigsmile: From another one on maintenance.....how many times have we repeated this in one way or another and people just don't believe us?

DEAR GOD, WE REPEAT THIS TWENTY TIMES A WEEK AND NO ONE BELIEVES US.

Bookmark or add this link to your favorites. Do it now :laugh:

PRINT IT. Make copies.

Put it on your mirror in the bathroom, on your refrigerator, in your wallet. On your cubicle wall. Tape it to your car dashboard. If you don't drive, hang it around your neck on a string. Use it as your computer wallpaper. Thanks V -- again.

Eat. :huh: It works. Other people have done it - me included - and are willing to testify to everyone else about their experience.

Eat.. :flowerforyou:

Uh-oh. . .if I'd have known it would become computer wallpaper, I would have edited it for typos more thoroughly. . .:blushing:

Healthier_Me

.............................................BuMp..........................................

MontanaGirl

Bump . . . you . . . up!!

jaxkipi

Thanks. Very interesting. Yes, that DOES help.

wanderinglight

WOW...just joined today and this was the first post I read. Extremely helpful and very motivating!

Thanks for breaking it down for us.

lotusfromthemud

You are most welcome. That's exactly what I was hoping for when I wrote it.

Welcome.:flowerforyou:

cmriverside

Uh-oh. . .if I'd have known it would become computer wallpaper, I would have edited it for typos more thoroughly. . .:blushing:

I didn't see any typos. Bump.

lotusfromthemud

Oh there are a couple. . .I typed "not" instead of "no" on one, forgot to close a parenthesis, and meant to ask in the last question: "so why do I need to exercise?" which would make more sense with "you don't".

Just my perfectionist self. . .but now it is immortal. . .

"hang it around your neck on a string." I almost wet 'em I laughed so hard.

cmriverside

Oh there are a couple. . .I typed "not" instead of "no" on one, forgot to close a parenthesis, and meant to ask in the last question: "so why do I need to exercise?" which would make more sense with "you don't".

Just my perfectionist self. . .but now it is immortal. . .

"hang it around your neck on a string." I almost wet 'em I laughed so hard.

Hi, V!

But an excellent post! You spend way-enough time on your dissertation! I wish there were a few of my past posts that Icould erase.

Yet another reason why everyone should educate themselves from many sources. Sometimes we all say things that we've "heard" somewhere.

Knowledge is Power.

paulam

exellent!! Yes, that cleared up alot of questions for me and other's. I think you SHOULD be a dietician or Nutritionist or what ever they call it!! Thanks!

Healthier_Me

:happy:

littleone68

That was an excellent explanation Viviakay!! It helped me a lot. Now if some one could only explain to my body that's what it's suppose to be doing I'd be golden! :laugh:

Cowboy

Keeping it bumped up.
Cowboy

Healthier_Me

:flowerforyou:

Healthier_Me

bumping some more:huh:

lotusfromthemud

bump.

lizard9800

cmriverside

bump

Healthier_Me

:flowerforyou: