I'd love feedback from Steel and Sara
Otterluv
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Hi there, I am still losing fairly well on average (stalled for the past couple of weeks, but I had some solid losses just before). But, I would like to make sure that I'm on the right track for my goals.
1) What's your current intake of calories, on average? This is TOTAL CALORIES EATEN so this would include anything you eat for exercise calories. In other words, how much are you eating?
Around 1950 calories daily
2) What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams?
Protein: from 80-100.
Carbs: 200-250 (oh how I love my morning mocha)
Fats: average around 80
3) Do you use a food scale and measure everything?
Yes, I just started doing this earlier this week.
4) Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?)
Yes
5) Do you take cheat days or days off?
No, I do not. Though, I may for Valentines Day
There could be ice cream!
6) How much weight have you lost so far?
A bit over 63 pounds since May/June 2012
7) What is your activity like, both exercise and non-exercise? (big difference between a construction worker and a desk job) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months. If so, what changed.
I am a student, so sedentary. My exercise routine is the following:
Shooting for lifting 3 days a week, generally I make it, but this past month has been sketchy.
Cardio around 5x a week. This consists of:
2 days Cage Fit class (30 minutes) with the stationary bike thrown in for 20 minutes. The bike is mostly to keep an old knee injury from bothering me.
3 days a week of either stationary bike or elliptical. I use the mountain/hill setting to vary the intensity, and try to keep my heart rate in the training zone.
Because of my foot injury, much of my cardio for the past couple of months has been the stationary bike. I was recently able to add the elliptical back in (plantar injury).
I was running, that injury has derailed it. I plan on adding it back in as soon as my foot allows. The elliptical has taken its place for now. I know that there is a lot of cardio there, but I am trying to stay in decent condition and hopefully improve for hiking/backpacking this summer.
8) How long have you eaten at your previous amount and what happened in that time frame?
Before I went with the TDEE, I was eating at 1200 and eating my exercise calories back. It averaged out close to the same as what I'm eating now. I have been eating that amount for the past 3-4 months. I have continued to lose weight, but it seems to be slowing.
9) What's your height, current weight and if you know it, bodyfat%?
Height: 5'3" Weight: 235 Bodyfat (electrical impedence, by my fitness teacher): 45.9%
10) If you're stalled, for how long and is it a complete stall (zero change in weight)?
Just for a couple of weeks (complete), I'm not too worried about that small of an amount of time at this point.
Now for my goals, so that you can see what I'm aiming for:
Of course continued weight loss is important, but it's not the prevailing goal right now. I am aiming for fitness. Ultimately, I would love to be physically like MoreBean: she is my height, but she is strong, small, and spry. My goal is not to just get thin. I want to be able to enjoy outdoor activities: like rock climbing, backpacking at elevation over tall things, skiing, Tough Mudder. You get the idea. I want it all. I know that this will take time, I'm okay with that.
I don't know if it makes a difference for your recommendations, but I only eat meat about once a month. I don't see it becoming a bigger part of my diet.
Also, I have a thyroid condition. It seems to be being managed appropriately right now.
I would love any feedback you could give me about what I should be aiming for.
Thanks!
Angie
1) What's your current intake of calories, on average? This is TOTAL CALORIES EATEN so this would include anything you eat for exercise calories. In other words, how much are you eating?
Around 1950 calories daily
2) What's your current average intake of protein, carbs, and fats, in grams?
Protein: from 80-100.
Carbs: 200-250 (oh how I love my morning mocha)
Fats: average around 80
3) Do you use a food scale and measure everything?
Yes, I just started doing this earlier this week.
4) Do you track all of your intake, daily? (Everything?)
Yes
5) Do you take cheat days or days off?
No, I do not. Though, I may for Valentines Day
There could be ice cream!6) How much weight have you lost so far?
A bit over 63 pounds since May/June 2012
7) What is your activity like, both exercise and non-exercise? (big difference between a construction worker and a desk job) and did you change that activity withing the last couple of months. If so, what changed.
I am a student, so sedentary. My exercise routine is the following:
Shooting for lifting 3 days a week, generally I make it, but this past month has been sketchy.
Cardio around 5x a week. This consists of:
2 days Cage Fit class (30 minutes) with the stationary bike thrown in for 20 minutes. The bike is mostly to keep an old knee injury from bothering me.
3 days a week of either stationary bike or elliptical. I use the mountain/hill setting to vary the intensity, and try to keep my heart rate in the training zone.
Because of my foot injury, much of my cardio for the past couple of months has been the stationary bike. I was recently able to add the elliptical back in (plantar injury).
I was running, that injury has derailed it. I plan on adding it back in as soon as my foot allows. The elliptical has taken its place for now. I know that there is a lot of cardio there, but I am trying to stay in decent condition and hopefully improve for hiking/backpacking this summer.
8) How long have you eaten at your previous amount and what happened in that time frame?
Before I went with the TDEE, I was eating at 1200 and eating my exercise calories back. It averaged out close to the same as what I'm eating now. I have been eating that amount for the past 3-4 months. I have continued to lose weight, but it seems to be slowing.
9) What's your height, current weight and if you know it, bodyfat%?
Height: 5'3" Weight: 235 Bodyfat (electrical impedence, by my fitness teacher): 45.9%
10) If you're stalled, for how long and is it a complete stall (zero change in weight)?
Just for a couple of weeks (complete), I'm not too worried about that small of an amount of time at this point.
Now for my goals, so that you can see what I'm aiming for:
Of course continued weight loss is important, but it's not the prevailing goal right now. I am aiming for fitness. Ultimately, I would love to be physically like MoreBean: she is my height, but she is strong, small, and spry. My goal is not to just get thin. I want to be able to enjoy outdoor activities: like rock climbing, backpacking at elevation over tall things, skiing, Tough Mudder. You get the idea. I want it all. I know that this will take time, I'm okay with that.
I don't know if it makes a difference for your recommendations, but I only eat meat about once a month. I don't see it becoming a bigger part of my diet.
Also, I have a thyroid condition. It seems to be being managed appropriately right now.
I would love any feedback you could give me about what I should be aiming for.
Thanks!
Angie
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Myself and/or SideBoob....sorry, SideSteel will get back to you soon.0
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Myself and/or SideBoob....sorry, SideSteel will get back to you soon.
Wonderful! Thanks so much.0 -
Myself and/or SideBoob....sorry, SideSteel will get back to you soon.
Oh, and I'd say something witty about the SideBoob comment - but I suspect that my precious mochas might be at your (and his) mercy, so I'm going to keep my nose clean until I get my marching orders.0 -
Sara might take away your carbs, but she'd never take away your coffee... *nod*0
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Sara might take away your carbs, but she'd never take away your coffee... *nod*
Deeva = a very wise woman. I'll calm down now. These are scary times. It was hard enough opening up my diary and putting all that personal stuff up here (weight, etc.). Then, to think that my coffee might be on the line was really weighing on me.
Oh, and just an fyi to anyone that looks at my diary - no I did not really have 30,000 calories for dinner yesterday. I tried to put in 3,000,000 and MFP wouldn't let me.
No, really it was probably closer to 1000, but it was Asian fusion (whatever that is) and I didn't even know what half the food was called, let alone trying to find it on the database. Although, it was pretty funny seeing MFP helpfully tell me that if every day was like yesterday, in 5 weeks I would weigh around 120 pounds more than I do now.0 -
First of all...there should always be ice cream
And congratulations on your loss so far.
Your weight loss is probably slowing as your TDEE is lower due to your weight loss (the main disadvantage of losing weight!) plus you may have some metabolic adaptations above that going on. Your intake is probably ok for now, but if you keep stalled out, drop it by 150 - 200 and see how you do on that lower level. At some point you will probably need to take a diet break, but I would give it a little longer.
Try to get your proteins to a minimum of 120g. Fats look good. I would also look to minimize carbs due to your thyroid condition - not particularly low..just moderate them a bit more for now (upping the protein will self govern this anyway).
Try to keep up with the lifting..your ankle injury permitting.0 -
Sara, thank you so much for the feedback.
I knew that my ice cream intake is low, lactose intolerance is creating some barriers for me. I will research alternatives and try to get that number up.
I'll stay at my current calorie goal for a few more weeks and see what happens. If it doesn't move, I'll lower my calories by the amount you suggested. I'll let you know how that goes.
Protein is something that I will prioritize. I appreciate you giving me a target goal, MFP is so far off that it's tough to pinpoint where I should be. I knew carbs were a problem, but I think that there are some simple things that I can do to work on that number (while preserving my coffee intake).
Fortunately, I've been able to keep up with lifting for the most part. In that program, step ups have been the only thing that I've had to put on pause because of my foot. It's a plantar fascitis type injury, which are notorious for taking a long time to heal.
Anyway, thanks again.
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