Feeling a bit down.

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  • LoveMyLife_NYC
    LoveMyLife_NYC Posts: 230 Member
    Fuel your body with nutritious food. By looking at your diary, it seems you're not eating enough. Add more lean protein, fruits, and vegetables. These foods will keep you full longer, keep things moving, and provide nutrients your body needs in order to work out. Don't deprive your body of food. It's a common mistake that many of us on here have made. Don't feel bad about eating.

    If you're losing weight the healthy way, it's going to be slow and pain-staking. About a pound a week as a general rule, but sometimes you'll stay in one spot for a while. But ALWAYS remember that what you're doing - with healthy eating and exercise - is SO good for your body, even if the weight isn't moving. You are making your cholesterol numbers better, improving your immune system, boosting your morale, and keeping your heart healthy. Those things don't show on the scale, but they also help you live longer. Even if the scale doesn't move for a while, keep with it, and eventually those numbers will start to drop again.

    Good luck to you!:flowerforyou:
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    I am gonna be honest and say it like it is:

    Saturday: Dinner was completely disproportionate in terms of calories to breakfast and lunch. Banana Nut Cheerios and Ice Cream Sandwich don't sound too healthy..... 994 calories isn't enough at all.

    Friday: you skipped lunch and had Pizza Hut for dinner?! 1036 calories? What?!

    Thursday: you skipped lunch and had Ice Cream Sandwiches again? 869 calories?!?!?!

    You aren't eating enough food
    You aren't eating enough protein
    You aren't eating enough vegetables
    I'd say you are having too many treats, try alternating days to cut back.
    I'm not familiar with the program, but if there aren't any upper body weight training DVDs, then you should add some training yourself with your own body weight or dumbbells, eg push ups, curls. I don't understand why a lot of women are afraid of lifting weights, you aren't going to look like a bodybuilder unless you eat like a bodybuilder, which 90% of those who exercise will not.

    I wish you the best of luck, I think you can work harder and get amazing results if you really dig deep with your nutrition and training.
  • amann1976
    amann1976 Posts: 742 Member
    i suggest you set better goals... you said you want to get to xxx weight but you didnt say how long and i'm sure there are others things you may want to accomplish before that weight too.

    write you goals down and read them daily
  • schmenge55
    schmenge55 Posts: 745 Member
    I concur with others in that you should be eating more and a bit differently. How long did it take you to gain the weight? (rhetorical question). You need that long to take it off. Here is how the math works: If you eat 100 calories more than you need everyday you will gain 10 pounds per year. 200 calories would be 20 pounds. The reverse is true. Eat 100 calories less than you need and after a year you will drop 10 pounds. Eat too few and your metabolism starts slowing down, not what you want. So when you have a day that you are say 500 under, and MFP is already taking 500 off (I think) you are actually WAY under. Not only do you risk slowing your metabolism, you may lose muscle (bad) as well as fat and you are likely to fee hungry all the time and not able to sustain the new diet. Eat all of your meals, get a better mix of fruits and veggies and while it will take longer, those pounds will come off!
  • dixiebelle31
    dixiebelle31 Posts: 11
    I am gonna be honest and say it like it is:

    Saturday: Dinner was completely disproportionate in terms of calories to breakfast and lunch. Banana Nut Cheerios and Ice Cream Sandwich don't sound too healthy..... 994 calories isn't enough at all.

    Friday: you skipped lunch and had Pizza Hut for dinner?! 1036 calories? What?!

    Thursday: you skipped lunch and had Ice Cream Sandwiches again? 869 calories?!?!?!

    You aren't eating enough food
    You aren't eating enough protein
    You aren't eating enough vegetables
    I'd say you are having too many treats, try alternating days to cut back.
    I'm not familiar with the program, but if there aren't any upper body weight training DVDs, then you should add some training yourself with your own body weight or dumbbells, eg push ups, curls. I don't understand why a lot of women are afraid of lifting weights, you aren't going to look like a bodybuilder unless you eat like a bodybuilder, which 90% of those who exercise will not.

    I wish you the best of luck, I think you can work harder and get amazing results if you really dig deep with your nutrition and training.

    I appreciate the honesty. Most days I have a breakfast smoothie from the Digest Diet with coconut milk and fat free greek yogurt and a banana. I honestly thought that cheerios are supposed to be a healthy breakfast. They aren't? And since my hubby wanted pizza hut so badly on Friday I searched their menu for a healthier option. The naked wings with my own low fat dressing. The ice cream sandwiches are 110 calories and are my indulgence. Not making up excuses at all but I thought I was doing it right. But I am seeing now that I'm not. I should be eating smaller meals throughout the day instead of skipping meals.
    One person mentioned that I appear to be eating a lot of processed foods but I don't see that. I've tried to cut out a lot of boxed and prepackaged items. I have been cooking mainly fresh veggies with dinners and if not fresh I do frozen. I have eliminated a lot of canned veggies. I do use a lot of canned tomato products, though. And I do use bottled salad dressing (lite). I've started a new meal plan that is low carb so rice/potatoes will be pretty much gone. I tried to do a clean eating menu but the grocery bills got too high. But I really really want to eliminate processed and thought I had been doing that. I guess I need to take a better look.
    Someone asked how long it took to gain the weight - up until early 20s I never weighed more than 100 pounds. Not for lack of trying, my body just burned up whatever I ate which was anything I wanted. In looking back at pictures, I looked way too thin. 20s and 30s I started gaining some weight (120s/130s), started hitting 40 and BOOM it comes on just looking at food. I got to 180 and said enough is enough. My dad's twin sister and his mother were both overweight, ugly mean women when they died. I don't want that for me.
    Thanks again, y'all!
  • dixiebelle31
    dixiebelle31 Posts: 11
    Oh and the Rockin Body has 7 main cardo routines and 3 strength training (with light weights) routines. I love doing light weight training. I like the definition without the heavy muscle. He has a calendar to follow where he mixes up the routines so you are getting a combination of cardio and light strength training throughout the week with Sunday's off. I hadn't been taking Sundays off though. Been doing kettlebells or gazelle on Sundays.
  • thomasxaviersayles
    thomasxaviersayles Posts: 47
    Stop weighing yourself every week. Take care of the basics, good nutrition and exercise. Be patient and look at the goal as long term and then just do what you should each day.
  • ShaunaNichol
    ShaunaNichol Posts: 5
    I also think that you may be overdoing it on the exercise. Your body will go in to starvation mode if you're burning off too much in ratio to the amount that you are consuming. If you want to continue to exercise as much as you have been, I would personally up the amount of calories that you are consuming each day. You have to have a healthy balance to lose. At least that's how my body works. . . If I do too much exercise and/or don't consume enough calories, I will not lose. Everyone is different, and this is just a thought, but it's what works for me, and maybe for you too. :) You are welcome to add me also. I'd be happy to try and help offer a bit of encouragement.

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