WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL

Hi ladies,
I would like to take a poll of sorts. I would like to know how many of you eat your exercise calories versus those who dont. also if you do or dont are you losing weight. I know we have discusse this before but just curious is anyone cares to comment. i just dont get why you would want to eat more when you have worked so hard to burn those calories. That is more weight that is lost. Anyway I would appreciate any comments you may have.
Vicki M

Hi Vicki,
I have a base calorie goal of 1620 and usually earn another 500-700 each day. I can't possibly eat all my calories (I've tried) unless it's a special occasion. I do try to eat enough of them to stay around a net of 1500-1600 each day.
I average a pound a week lost and I'm happy with that. As someone else said (can't remember who!), I want to be able to go to outings, reataurants, etc, and eat without feeling that I've fallen off and need to get back on. (Even on my 'bad' days I notice that I'm over on my fat or carbs but not my calories.)

Thank you guys for all of the replies. They all really helped me a a lot. I have always wanted to try eating mine but am afraid I will gain or not lose. When I lost all my weight i did not eat them and did fine. lost about 2 sometimes 3 pounds a week at first. Birdie your explanation makes perfect sense and as always Barbie yours does also. Again many thanks for responding. i really appreciate your feedback. i did the exercise video with the two girls this afternoon. One of them did the entire thing and the other took several breaks and kept asking for her snack. it was a lot of fun. I forgot to turn my HRM on so I have a few extra exercise calories that I did not record. Very hungry, going eat my supper and hope to ride my bike and do my ellipitical again today.
Vicki M

Hi ladies,
I would like to take a poll of sorts. I would like to know how many of you eat your exercise calories versus those who dont. also if you do or dont are you losing weight. I know we have discusse this before but just curious is anyone cares to comment. i just dont get why you would want to eat more when you have worked so hard to burn those calories. That is more weight that is lost. Anyway I would appreciate any comments you may have.
Vicki M

Well, I'm maintaining now so it's different....

When I was losing, I did what my doctor told me. :laugh: He knew about my exercising and, as I upped it, he upped my protein goals. As a result, my calories went up (and, to some extent, my carbs and fats). So I was eating more as I exercised more, but it wasn't a direct 1-to-1 correspondence.

Now that I'm working on maintaining, I try to balance it out over a couple of days. So, a lot of time I'll exercise late at night and not eat all the calories I burn because I just wasn't hungry enough to do so. But, sure enough, the next day, I'm a lot hungrier than the calories I burned so then I eat more but I try not to eat more than what I didn't eat the day before. I definitely don't want to get into a position where I'm stuffing myself when I'm not hungry and starving myself when I am just because some online program told me I had extra calories one day and none the next.

:flowerforyou: Good Evening Ladies, today we started the biggest loser at work. $6 to join and the winner gets the pot, 18 have signed up so far.:happy:
:noway: I got a bit of a shock when I weighed in, 192 uuugghhh just to think in November I was 175 then again this time last year I was 221. :huh: I was a little confused when I read the newsletter our resident Dietician had put out for the participants. It talked about how to figure out how many calories you should eat a day. 12 x your weight - 510=ideal calorie intake
12x192=2316-510=1806 what in the heck.:noway: She says it boost your metabolism and makes it easier to stick to. I don't think I can handle that many calories and still lose weight. Today I ate 1300 and burned 455 in exercise . We will see how it goes. :flowerforyou: Everyone have a wonderful evening, Rose

It is great reading about how all of you are doing. Makes my evening before I go to bed when I have had a busy day. I did want to share that I did my monthly measuring yesterday, and even though I have lost very little weight, I continue to lose inches. Except in my calves, which are increasing. So, do you think that instead of losing weight I am gaining muscle, which weighs more than fat, or do you think that is a cop out? Just wondering.

Anyway, everyone have a good night's sleep and hope tomorrow goes well for you. Here's to smart choices!

Jackie--hope your mum improves daily.

I try to eat my exercise calories but don't always manage it. At least I check to see where I am at the end of the day and if I have not eaten at least 1200 calories (my suggested cals without exercise is 1350) I make sure to eat something. Have been watching my weight for two months now and on MFP for 2 1/2 weeks, and I have lost 13 pounds total, five of which since starting MFP, which tells me that it is important for me to eat a certain amount or I won't lose at the rate I want.

I do want to make permanent changes in my eating habits. Since starting I have realized how often I ate in certain contexts--television, reading--when I really wasn't hungry. Have gotten very aware of when I am really hungry now, which is a good thing!!

Continued good luck to all!

Allison

LaurelFisher(Rose) – I’m glad you are doing the Biggest Loser’s at work. If it is a good program, I bet you will loose at least 10 pounds during it.

Mary – Congratulations on loosing inches. I do think your calves are gaining muscle due to all the swimming you are doing.

Rosy - Hang in there. It is really hard when you get started and you have family around and family stuff to do. Whether it’s kids or grandkids it makes it harder. Take some vitamin C for the next few days and drink lots of herbal tea. Hopefully, it will keep you from getting what they got.

Jackie – Sorry to hear about your Mom. My Dad broke his hip in 2003 and it was a long and difficult road to get him back up and going again. It can be done. They have so many kinds of walkers and other balance aids now for the elderly, so at least you have more options now than if this had happened years ago.

I have too many doctor appointments for my DD and my DM today to go to work. It's a good think I have so many sick leave hours banked just for times like these. So, I am sitting here planning too many things to do with my few hours until the doctors visits start: parent's taxes, clean the house, do the dishes, exercise, walk the dogs. Oh what to do first? I've over planned what little time I have.

DD will be off crutches within a week or two. She is getting more mobility back everyday. Mom is getting a biopsy today to see if she has cancer. She took the news of the possiblity pretty good. She said she can't live forever and she has already outlived most of her siblings and friends, so she will just wait and see what happens and not worry about it too much.

Again to all of you who are in need, I know that I've missed a lot of news about what is bothering you or what is going on in your lives since about the middle of March. Please know that you are in my thoughts and I hope that everything works out for all of us. Life just keeps coming at us and we just have to keep up with it.

Have a great day,

Jeannie

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Welcome to all the newbies. It was not that long ago I was one of you coming on board and finding this great group of women. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

:bigsmile: Lost a POUND! omg, finally the scale moved. Thanks to FabulousFifty for the skinny Wednesday motivation, to double my efforts for the day: double exercise, increase the water intake (within reason) and no snacking after supper. For me also, NO WINE.

I know for myself I have to step it up a notch otherwise I am just 'coasting', which is pleasant for the moment, but does not help in attaining my goal and is quite unsatisfying in the long run.

In response to the "eating exercise calories", I am trying to find a balance myself. Eating them makes me gain weight. I do always ensure to stay with ~1200 to 1300 calories of food intake. I find MFP over-estimates calories burned, so I fiddle with that part now.

Have a great day, my MFP friends. You are my lifeline. Hugs Rebel

:flowerforyou: Good Morning to All,

Last night had computer problems again:grumble: , but was finally able to finish reading everyones comments since yesterday.

Madgoth, you should try bringing snacks to work that you know are good for you and will fit into your calories for the day, also prelog them in, that's what I do and it helps.:drinker:

Heather - Hope you get well soon:flowerforyou: Pre planning my eating for the day works best then I know what I'm looking forward to for the day.

Terri- Good job:bigsmile: on the 4/10 loss, every little bit gets you closer to the goal....Now why would they put the No Housework day on a week day...everyone knows most of us do it on the weekend, I want a No Housework Weekend:sad:

Vicki M- I try and keep my calories around 1000, at 4'11" anything more and I don't lose.:sad: When I want to maintain I will gradually up the calories to see where they need to be to stay put...but I still have a ways to go to get there, so in the meantime I will exercise to lose and keep the calories in check.

Jackie- So glad your Mum came through her surgery, healing thoughts and prayers going your way.

Mary- :flowerforyou: Yeah you on lost inches.

Rebel- Congrats on that lost pound:flowerforyou:

I'm hoping that this is the day that my body decides to make a jump down this weight loss process takes patience and I'm in for the long haul.

Everyone have a great day:drinker:

Laura

Good morning all:
I can hardly believe that next week my baby graduates from High School!! My how the time flies by, many good times! On May 19th he leaves for the Army for 10 weeks..........my heart is going in so many directions!!! my brain is telling me food will make everything better...........but I know it won't..........I have to be strong!!!

Just checking ... I'm at work and BORED and don't want to do what I have to do.

Thanks for the advice Laura. I think this weekend I will take the time to not only pre plan but also shop to the plan. I think this might be the key to better success.

I also do not use up my exercise calories if possible but know if I need to have a little extra they are there.

What a wonderful group this is!

:flowerforyou:

Let me tell you about my day:
The electricity apparently went off during the night, and I never knew, so alarm didn't go off as planned. Got up a little too late for work, but still could make it. Discovered one of my cats had broken my bottle of balsamic vinegar during the night. What a lovely smell and mess! Rushed around and left the house. Husband's car was supposed to go to the shop to get brakes - I forgot to take him. He had to prevail on a friend at work to get there. I got to work, and during the first class, took a sip of my hot tea. Hmmm, it was lukewarm. My handy dandy water heater/cooler had apparently got flipped off by the electricity. So, lukewarm tea for the day. During the second class, I was supervising students taking state math assessments. One poor girl got very frustrated and was yelling at her computer and me, in tears, ready to quit school. Took me 20 minutes to calm her down enough to try to take the test. I start realizing that I don't feel very good. Oh, yeah! I never took any of my medicine in the rush to leave the house! So - arthritis is flaring, blood sugar is high, and allergies are kicking in, causing me to sneeze almost continually. During lunch, I look in my purse, where I am supposed to have extra meds. Lo and behold, it is dated 2005! So much for that idea. After lunch the day continues. One of my students apparently stole the other's $300 Ipod touch. As of the end of the day, still not found. Another student ran out of medication today, and is getting wild. I finally took him out to walk the track at one point just to get him to keep his hands off of people. After school, when I was supposed to leave, the teacher was off dealing with a state assessment problem and forgot that she left a student who had detention in the room, so I got stuck at work late. Then hubby called to tell me that the car is not fixed and I need to pick him up. I had to cancel my swim. I was so tired, the answer to what I had for supper is Subway. I never eat out! And now I still need to clean up broken glass and vinegar.
That being said, I am in a pretty good mood and just glad that my troubles are so minor. My husband insisted on buying a lottery ticket on the way home. I said "With our luck today??" He said "Well, we haven't wasted any good luck yet, maybe there is a lot left in the day!"
Everyone have a great evening, and remember, days like this are just to remind us how good we really have it!!

Wow, Mary. You deserve a hug or two...or five! Good for you for maintaining and not going for the nearest candy bar or whatever is your weakness. Really, you did an awesome job considering the challenges. I hope tomorrow is a better day. Bound to be!

Wow Mary... what a day..:frown: but you handled it so well..... I don't think I would have been that cheerful... you have an awesome outlook.. Now I will keep my fingers crossed for that lottery ticket.... :bigsmile: you just never know.... and remember you can't win if you don't play... or at least that is what my husband is always telling me.. lol

Well you guys have really motivated me to get off my back side and start walking...:flowerforyou: . I did not like this exercise being made public at first... but it sure has done something for me...:glasses: I sit here and read how much all of you are doing... and today I said if they can do it... then why can't I do it.... the answer... I CAN DO IT..... I just have to get started... Thanks Ladies!
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