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bblondeclair wrote: »quote]
You are making excuses. I know the child sleeps. If you don't want to exercise, fine, no one cares and you can still lose weight. But it IS A CHOICE.
I do think that your approach is a little harsh and thats why its been taken the way it has.
Everybody is different, I have Arnold Chiari Malformation, some days i cant even open my eyes without pain other im on and i can walk my dogs and be "normal-ish" but all it takes is for me to laugh too hard or cough any i get blinging pains in my head.
I dont have the choice to be able to excersise, im either haveing a good day or a bad day but all days anything more than a gentle walk can bring about alot of pain, Yoga, stretches, anything that causes any sort of pressure in my body all hurt me.
But as the OP has said she does what she can when she can - she isnt making excuses.
She wants help and advice as do most people on MFP
OP you could try squats and pressups against the bench whilst your cooking, I have a Jawbone up that tracks my steps and sleep, it adjusts MPF for me letting me know what i should aim for in a day
Also try upping your food to 1800 and just make healthier choices like no bread bun with a burger or boiled potatoes instead of chips to cut the fats down. I have an actifry - i love it!
Good Luck
I was thinking of getting one of those (jjawbone) or fitbit I was looking at Them. They do look really good. Can you tell me what OP stands for lol x[/quote]
"OP" means Original Post or Original Poster. I'm thinking of getting a tracker as well. I'm off and on about it, because I figured out via help from other members how to track the distance around 2 connected blocks where my house is. I circle it 18 times for 6 miles @ 4mph (now a bit faster) in 90 minutes and have been going by that. Looks like you have a lot on your plate w/ what you do for others in your life ( that is awesome of you btw!) so a fitbit or other tracker may really be inspirational/helpful. I am still not sure what I will get if I do get one, but I'm still interested in the idea of getting one. Keep on keeping on OP. Your on the right track being here.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »NoIdea101NoIdea wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »PowerKickChic wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »PowerKickChic wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »bannedword wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »
I thought 2 pound a week was the norm to be honest. Sometimes I don't have time to exercise because I look after my boy. That's enough exercise on its own. I have 98 pounds to lose
EVERYONE has time to exercise. You choose not to. And that's okay.
But it's not because you don't have time.
My son's disabled he needs 24 hour care I don't have a chose but when I do I try really hard. Looking after my son is exercise as far as I'm concerned.
You are making excuses. I know the child sleeps. If you don't want to exercise, fine, no one cares and you can still lose weight. But it IS A CHOICE.
To the replier, that said "you are making excuses". You really need to apologize for your lac of understanding.
Most of the time caretakers are just trying to ground themselves and relax during the time he/she "sleeps" IF they do. What do you think, people with disabilities take naps like children??? You think its easy putting someone elses needs before yours 24 hours a day for the REST of your life??? How ignorant are you? I was in an administrator role at a non profit organization that managed group home for people with physical and mental disabilities and I watched families deteriorate just from caring for someone with a disability. It was so labor intensive and they had no time for themselves or other children. This woman has probably worked harder and have scarified more than most of the people on here so give her some respect.
Yes, because caring for a disabled (paralyzed) husband, a grandfather confined to a wheelchair, and 3 children of my own.... I have NO idea what it is like to put others needs before my own.
Don't even begin to tell me what i do and dont understand because I deal with more *kitten* than the average person!
If you understood her situation then you would have NEVER had that attitude with her.
On your profile you have 11 cats, 2 dogs too? You also are a foster mother (admirable). Your husband is partially paralyzed and I am not saying that's not hard because its gotta be challenging at times but according to the pics you guys went sailing and horseback riding too? smh.
Any exert from you profile
"love the beach (and go frequently), being in the pool, gardening, knitting (i can only make scarves... want one? LOLOL), thrift stores, and spending time with my friends!"
My point: You have chosen most of the chaos in your life with a few unwanted hardships. You seem to have time for a lot of things that YOU like. I simply believe that you up-played that last post to try to make yourself look like a victim and make an excuse for your rudeness.
This lady is having a hard time finding time for herself and was looking for support. How about instead of saying "Thats an excuse" say something like "I understand (because you said you apparently do) and here are a few possible options".
I gotta go to the gym, I'm not wasting any more of my time with someone like you.
Pretty judgy. Her profile doesn't necessarily describe her life - maybe she just focused on the positive aspects there.
She's not allowe to go sailing? Smh.
But did you see the way callsitlikeiseeit became abusive telling OP not to judge her life when she did the EXACT same thing to the OP all in the same post? It was pretty hypocritical and head-banging-on-desk worthy.
Sure and then it becomes this on going struggle about who's life is harder, perpetuating the one person's judginess by doing what? Adding more of the same.
My bad. Carry on.
Don't worry, I know you're right and I totally get your point. It just made me so angry (and I do not get angry easily), especially when OP was genuinely asking for support and actually giving people the information they had asked for (doesn't always happen
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NoIdea101NoIdea wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »NoIdea101NoIdea wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »PowerKickChic wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »PowerKickChic wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »bannedword wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »
I thought 2 pound a week was the norm to be honest. Sometimes I don't have time to exercise because I look after my boy. That's enough exercise on its own. I have 98 pounds to lose
EVERYONE has time to exercise. You choose not to. And that's okay.
But it's not because you don't have time.
My son's disabled he needs 24 hour care I don't have a chose but when I do I try really hard. Looking after my son is exercise as far as I'm concerned.
You are making excuses. I know the child sleeps. If you don't want to exercise, fine, no one cares and you can still lose weight. But it IS A CHOICE.
To the replier, that said "you are making excuses". You really need to apologize for your lac of understanding.
Most of the time caretakers are just trying to ground themselves and relax during the time he/she "sleeps" IF they do. What do you think, people with disabilities take naps like children??? You think its easy putting someone elses needs before yours 24 hours a day for the REST of your life??? How ignorant are you? I was in an administrator role at a non profit organization that managed group home for people with physical and mental disabilities and I watched families deteriorate just from caring for someone with a disability. It was so labor intensive and they had no time for themselves or other children. This woman has probably worked harder and have scarified more than most of the people on here so give her some respect.
Yes, because caring for a disabled (paralyzed) husband, a grandfather confined to a wheelchair, and 3 children of my own.... I have NO idea what it is like to put others needs before my own.
Don't even begin to tell me what i do and dont understand because I deal with more *kitten* than the average person!
If you understood her situation then you would have NEVER had that attitude with her.
On your profile you have 11 cats, 2 dogs too? You also are a foster mother (admirable). Your husband is partially paralyzed and I am not saying that's not hard because its gotta be challenging at times but according to the pics you guys went sailing and horseback riding too? smh.
Any exert from you profile
"love the beach (and go frequently), being in the pool, gardening, knitting (i can only make scarves... want one? LOLOL), thrift stores, and spending time with my friends!"
My point: You have chosen most of the chaos in your life with a few unwanted hardships. You seem to have time for a lot of things that YOU like. I simply believe that you up-played that last post to try to make yourself look like a victim and make an excuse for your rudeness.
This lady is having a hard time finding time for herself and was looking for support. How about instead of saying "Thats an excuse" say something like "I understand (because you said you apparently do) and here are a few possible options".
I gotta go to the gym, I'm not wasting any more of my time with someone like you.
Pretty judgy. Her profile doesn't necessarily describe her life - maybe she just focused on the positive aspects there.
She's not allowe to go sailing? Smh.
But did you see the way callsitlikeiseeit became abusive telling OP not to judge her life when she did the EXACT same thing to the OP all in the same post? It was pretty hypocritical and head-banging-on-desk worthy.
Sure and then it becomes this on going struggle about who's life is harder, perpetuating the one person's judginess by doing what? Adding more of the same.
My bad. Carry on.
Don't worry, I know you're right and I totally get your point. It just made me so angry (and I do not get angry easily), especially when OP was genuinely asking for support and actually giving people the information they had asked for (doesn't always happen).
Honestly? I don't really have a point (well, sorta).
I sometimes see people get angry in these threads and poke a stick at the anger.
You're the larger person for taking that step backwards and looking at it calmly.
There is a good conversation going on here despite the other stuff.0 -
This. Ask a dietitian. I went to my doc, and he tried to put me on adkins. My nutritionist/dietitian was like, NO!!! She has me on a plan that is working so far!!! I feel full for longer, and it's easier to say no to sugary snacks (my weakness).blankiefinder wrote: »Dr's are notorious for not knowing anything about nutrition. If you want advice about weight loss, see a registered dietician (not a nutritionist).
Height, weight, and weekly goal?
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bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Op, I am set to sedentary as well and get 1300, but enter my exercise and eat back some (like 20 to 50%) of those calories. I am dropping weight and mostly losing size. I started weight lifting about a month in now and am not as concerned with the scale, but it still is going down. Are you losing size and some weight? Try adding some exercise and eat a portion back.
@rabbitjb that link is great. I'm reading it now. I think this is what i'm doing now, but did not know what to call it. I run for about a minute every 1/3 of a mile than walk @ 4 mph. Gtk the term of what i'm doing
I'm more confused than ever now. lol it don't take much. So if I want to lose 2 pound a week stick to the 1300 cals and eat a percentage of my exercise? Do you weigh the same as me?
You have full time care of someone daily.
Did you pick sedentary as the MFP activity level outside of exercise?
Because you aren't. You are Lightly Active. Easily. May be more actually.
Change to Lightly Active activity level, you have enough weight to lose 1 lbs weekly for a little while as a reasonable amount, so select that for now. You'll need to adjust it later after you've lost weight to stay reasonable.
Log any exercise you do manage to get, strength training would probably be useful for you, and good news, can be done at home with bodyweight exercises.
Spread throughout the day even. If the total ends up being 20 min in 5 min increments, great. Log as 20 min calisthenics, which isn't a huge calorie burn, but it counts.
Your base goal with no exercise will be higher unless you already selected Lightly Active.
With exercise it will be a tad higher.
Do NOT trust just scanning a package and saying you ate a serving, or what usually seems to be the case, "about 2 servings".
Well guess what, with the actual weight of the package and about 2 being possibly as high as 2.5 actual servings in the package, you do need to weigh the package, divided by the weight per serving, and log that as servings eaten.
As several have alluded to encouraging you to eat enough to lose fat, not bare minimum to lose more than fat, is the fact the amount you eat can influence the amount your body is willing to burn.
You can make a thyroid issue, though that usually presents as being tired and not moving as much - you sound very active daily. Which counts for increased calorie burn. Even if not for the type of exercise that will transform the body.0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Op, I am set to sedentary as well and get 1300, but enter my exercise and eat back some (like 20 to 50%) of those calories. I am dropping weight and mostly losing size. I started weight lifting about a month in now and am not as concerned with the scale, but it still is going down. Are you losing size and some weight? Try adding some exercise and eat a portion back.
@rabbitjb that link is great. I'm reading it now. I think this is what i'm doing now, but did not know what to call it. I run for about a minute every 1/3 of a mile than walk @ 4 mph. Gtk the term of what i'm doing
I'm more confused than ever now. lol it don't take much. So if I want to lose 2 pound a week stick to the 1300 cals and eat a percentage of my exercise? Do you weigh the same as me?
You have full time care of someone daily.
Did you pick sedentary as the MFP activity level outside of exercise?
Because you aren't. You are Lightly Active. Easily. May be more actually.
Change to Lightly Active activity level, you have enough weight to lose 1 lbs weekly for a little while as a reasonable amount, so select that for now. You'll need to adjust it later after you've lost weight to stay reasonable.
Log any exercise you do manage to get, strength training would probably be useful for you, and good news, can be done at home with bodyweight exercises.
Spread throughout the day even. If the total ends up being 20 min in 5 min increments, great. Log as 20 min calisthenics, which isn't a huge calorie burn, but it counts.
Your base goal with no exercise will be higher unless you already selected Lightly Active.
With exercise it will be a tad higher.
Do NOT trust just scanning a package and saying you ate a serving, or what usually seems to be the case, "about 2 servings".
Well guess what, with the actual weight of the package and about 2 being possibly as high as 2.5 actual servings in the package, you do need to weigh the package, divided by the weight per serving, and log that as servings eaten.
As several have alluded to encouraging you to eat enough to lose fat, not bare minimum to lose more than fat, is the fact the amount you eat can influence the amount your body is willing to burn.
You can make a thyroid issue, though that usually presents as being tired and not moving as much - you sound very active daily. Which counts for increased calorie burn. Even if not for the type of exercise that will transform the body.
Thank you that was really useful xx0 -
bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Someone said to me not to eat what I burn. Now I'm confused that's why u have never put it in. Plus I do interval training it doesn't have it on mfp and I have no idea how many calories I'm burning
so make your own exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/548316-how-to-calculate-interval-calories/
Op, I am set to sedentary as well and get 1300, but enter my exercise and eat back some (like 20 to 50%) of those calories. I am dropping weight and mostly losing size. I started weight lifting about a month in now and am not as concerned with the scale, but it still is going down. Are you losing size and some weight? Try adding some exercise and eat a portion back.
@rabbitjb that link is great. I'm reading it now. I think this is what i'm doing now, but did not know what to call it. I run for about a minute every 1/3 of a mile than walk @ 4 mph. Gtk the term of what i'm doing
I'm more confused than ever now. lol it don't take much. So if I want to lose 2 pound a week stick to the 1300 cals and eat a percentage of my exercise? Do you weigh the same as me?
You have full time care of someone daily.
Did you pick sedentary as the MFP activity level outside of exercise?
Because you aren't. You are Lightly Active. Easily. May be more actually.
Change to Lightly Active activity level, you have enough weight to lose 1 lbs weekly for a little while as a reasonable amount, so select that for now. You'll need to adjust it later after you've lost weight to stay reasonable.
Log any exercise you do manage to get, strength training would probably be useful for you, and good news, can be done at home with bodyweight exercises.
Spread throughout the day even. If the total ends up being 20 min in 5 min increments, great. Log as 20 min calisthenics, which isn't a huge calorie burn, but it counts.
Your base goal with no exercise will be higher unless you already selected Lightly Active.
With exercise it will be a tad higher.
Do NOT trust just scanning a package and saying you ate a serving, or what usually seems to be the case, "about 2 servings".
Well guess what, with the actual weight of the package and about 2 being possibly as high as 2.5 actual servings in the package, you do need to weigh the package, divided by the weight per serving, and log that as servings eaten.
As several have alluded to encouraging you to eat enough to lose fat, not bare minimum to lose more than fat, is the fact the amount you eat can influence the amount your body is willing to burn.
You can make a thyroid issue, though that usually presents as being tired and not moving as much - you sound very active daily. Which counts for increased calorie burn. Even if not for the type of exercise that will transform the body.
Thank you that was really useful xx
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I would up calories to 1800 as suggested and give it a couple of weeks. If you don't lose then maybe 1800 is a bit high, if you lose a a lb or 2 you're at the right amount. If you lose more than 2lbs then you can increase the calories a bit more. When I was eating too low I soon stopped losing weight until I started increasing the calories. You need to eat enough to have the energy to look after yourself and your family or you'll get burned out.0
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bannedword wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »
I thought 2 pound a week was the norm to be honest. Sometimes I don't have time to exercise because I look after my boy. That's enough exercise on its own. I have 98 pounds to lose
EVERYONE has time to exercise. You choose not to. And that's okay.
But it's not because you don't have time.You are making excuses. I know the child sleeps. If you don't want to exercise, fine, no one cares and you can still lose weight. But it IS A CHOICE.
No, sadly, not everyone does have time to exercise, and it's not mandatory to lose weight anyway.
Neither of you really know about her time constraints, you're just speculating.
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »SarahHowells1 wrote: »You are evidently eating more than your TDEE if you are not losing weight. Thyroid issues can affect your metabolism but not to a huge degree as you might think (http://www.thyroid.org/wp-content/uploads/patients/brochures/Thyroid_and_Weight.pdf). According to Health-Calc, a 36 year old women of your weight and who sleeps 7hours per night, will burn 2,677calories. Now you can give or take a 100 for individual differences in metabolism, but this calculator works pretty well, the equation has factored into it that obese people will tend to have their energy expenditure overestimated, so it will give a lower TDEE for people with a BMI over 30 (http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced).
Yep, you might think 2,600 calories seems huge, but if you want to lose weight slowly and be able to maintain the loss long term, then it's probably not a good idea to drastically cut your calories. I would recommend not going below 2,200 and defiantly not below 2,000. That way you will still feel full and satisfied each day, while slowly losing weight right down to around 190lbs - the weight that can be sustained eating 2,200 calories per day (while inactive). If you are exercising as you say, then your weight may go lower than 190lb on 2,200 calories per day.
But in any event, not eating enough calories will NEVER cause you to maintain or gain weight. So you are eating more than you are burning at the moment - most likely due to incorrect recording, not because you are actually burning less than 1,300 calories daily - no, not physically possible.
I been eating 1800 so I'm not eating enough? Problem is healthy food is low in cals. maybe I should have that bottle of wine lol
you are eating more than you think you are. eating MORE will NOT solve your problem!
This. ^^^^^^
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bblondeclair wrote: »Listen I didn't want arguments. All I was was saying that it's hard for me to get out and do exercise. I can manage 2 to 3 times a week. I'm far from lazy because my son keeps me on my toes and he has to have 24 hr care. He sleeps 3 hours and that's the time I get to sleep myself. I'm ignoring the bad comments as I wasn't asking for advice on "how much exercise do I do" I envy anyone who can get out and about to do stuff xx peace xx
Keep going! For someone with a significant weight loss goal and who is (in the nicest possible way) clearly trying to get their head around all of this, 2-3 times a week of dedicated activity seems a good place to start! Get yourself a fitbit and monitor your activity while your caring for your son and I bet you'll be surprised what your burning! Good luck to you and ignore all the negative comments from the 'keyboard-gangsters'0 -
nik_nak_83 wrote: »bblondeclair wrote: »Listen I didn't want arguments. All I was was saying that it's hard for me to get out and do exercise. I can manage 2 to 3 times a week. I'm far from lazy because my son keeps me on my toes and he has to have 24 hr care. He sleeps 3 hours and that's the time I get to sleep myself. I'm ignoring the bad comments as I wasn't asking for advice on "how much exercise do I do" I envy anyone who can get out and about to do stuff xx peace xx
Keep going! For someone with a significant weight loss goal and who is (in the nicest possible way) clearly trying to get their head around all of this, 2-3 times a week of dedicated activity seems a good place to start! Get yourself a fitbit and monitor your activity while your caring for your son and I bet you'll be surprised what your burning! Good luck to you and ignore all the negative comments from the 'keyboard-gangsters'
I'm not bothered by it honestly I have more important things to worry about. My health is for him x 0
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