Anyone want to read my diary?

2013queen
2013queen Posts: 82
in Health and Weight Loss
Im not too worried. Ive lost 9 lbs since the beginning of the year, I am 5ft 3, and currently 153. My GW is 126, maybe less but 126 is the now goal.
I lost weight really quickly, as expected, so I am not tooo worried that I havent budged for the last two weeks. Im sure it will start coming off again soon. I am eating healthily and working out plenty... you will see I Havent logged quite as well at weekends until the one just gone but I havent been overindulging, just been busy whereas in the week I remember.

However, I wouldnt mind some advice/gentle criticism on my diary or confirmation that overall, its pretty good and Im doing the right things. As you can see I exercise 3-4 times a week, but generally not at the weekend as kids take up more time then! Dying to see some more results, though they are coming, more definition on stomach, skirts are looser etc.

Thanks in advance!!
Sara

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    suggestions i would make -

    swap the white bread for whole meal,

    change your macros to 40/30/30 for carbs/fat/protein

    eat back your exercise calories

    make sure you net your goal each day. that way you will get steady weight loss and keep lean body mass. i know its tempting to eat very little (you had at least one day that i looked at at less than 1000 cals) but in the long run its not doing your body any good.
  • 2013queen
    2013queen Posts: 82
    Thanks - Yeah I do buy wholemeal then Im the only one that eats it so it gets binned - will have to keep in the freezer, which I used to do.
    I dont really understand macros yet if anyone would like to explain!!! How easy is that to work out in each meal?

    I do make sure I eat more on exercise days - there was one day that I was under 1000 but I dont think thats regular. Im just not very good at, once Ive had my meals, adding cals on top. I know there are healthy things I can eat, just once my meal is done, I dont think!!
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    suggestions i would make -

    swap the white bread for whole meal,

    change your macros to 40/30/30 for carbs/fat/protein

    eat back your exercise calories

    make sure you net your goal each day. that way you will get steady weight loss and keep lean body mass. i know its tempting to eat very little (you had at least one day that i looked at at less than 1000 cals) but in the long run its not doing your body any good.

    what does 'net your goal' actually mean?
  • 2013queen
    2013queen Posts: 82
    suggestions i would make -

    swap the white bread for whole meal,

    change your macros to 40/30/30 for carbs/fat/protein

    eat back your exercise calories

    make sure you net your goal each day. that way you will get steady weight loss and keep lean body mass. i know its tempting to eat very little (you had at least one day that i looked at at less than 1000 cals) but in the long run its not doing your body any good.

    what does 'net your goal' actually mean?

    ^^ this!!!
  • ParanSkies
    ParanSkies Posts: 59
    I think they mean that you should be eating back your exercise calories. In other words, you should be eating your NET calories per day. Let's say your goal is 1400 calories per day. If you ate 1400 but lost 200 calories through exercising, your net would only be 1200 calories.

    MPF and many sites give off highly exaggerated figures though, so I usually try to eat back around half to 75% of my exercise calories.

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