Moody n starving

What are your:
-height
-weight
-age
-non exercise activity level
-exercise level (what/how much/how often)
-current mfp calorie goal

Soup! I love soup as a comfort food when I'm feeling crappy and hungry and moody. Warm, soothing, filling! I make a lot of homemade veggy-based soups with LOTS of water and LOTS of garlic, but there are lots of great canned soups under 100 calories a serving, so it easily fits in my calorie budget!

First off, welcome aboard.

Secondly, since you only have 15 lb to lose (according to your ticker) it's going to be slow.
Don't set yourself up to fail by aiming to lose 2 lbs a week. Being so close to a healthy weight,
it's reasonable to maybe lose 1 lb a month.

And if you're already at a healthy weight (in the green range on a BMI chart) losing weight will be slow.
If you've set your goal for 2 lb a week (a common newbie mistake), go back & change it. It will give you more calories.

If you're trying to make too large a change from what you're used to, your body will feel bad. If you chart your
normal intake for a week and find that you're usually having 2400 calories, and now you're aiming for 1200
(another common newbie mistake) you will feel rotten. Start with 2200 for a week, then 2000, then 1800, etc.
until you get to something reasonable for your height / weight / goal. (For comparison, I'm 5'10", currently 210,
aiming for 165, and 1400 cal/day. The picture for my ticker was taken a couple months ago... I got careless
and am paying for it.)

Can you open your diary to get some suggestions on where maybe you could make different choices, so you can
have more food with the same or fewer calories? A bonus to eating healthier / unprocessed / lower on the food
chain is that you generally get more bulk, more nutrition, for the same or fewer calories. You don't have to give
up treats, just balance them with more healthy food overall.

And if you're hungry at night, save some calories for a snack. Maybe yogurt, or an apple, or a hard-boiled egg,
carrots with hummus... It doesn't have to be much, just 100-150 calories, but it will make your stomach happy.



Here are some useful links. Definitely read sexypants.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1


"Most weight loss occurs because of decreased caloric intake.
However, evidence shows the only way to maintain weight loss is to be engaged in regular physical activity."
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/physical_activity/index.html


Goal setting, including weight, calories, and macros
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-setting-goals-667045

Exercise basics
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-exercise-667080

Sleep enough
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-27-sleep-weight-control-690492

Eating higher protein & lower carbs leads to more weight loss
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-09-high-protein-diet-685553
Try 45% carbs, 20% fat, 35% protein

Eat about half your calories for breakfast (see the last half of this post for the studies)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-10-some-studies-about-weight-loss-667818


Motivation & encouragement (explained in blog post)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-07-24-motivation-encouragement-680938

- Set small intermediate goals & celebrate every one.
- Take measurements.
- Take pictures.
- Weigh yourself regularly.
- Be flexible; forgive yourself.
- Celebrate the non-scale victories (NSV's)
- Don't give up!!!!
- Don't make any food forbidden.
- Eat real food; less processed is better.

joanne4alan wrote: »

Sorry11 stone 13 pounds

It's fine, I thought it might be when you said you wanted to lose 2 stone, just wanted to clarify, cause 111.3k sounded way worse. That's good you don't have much to lose, even at your height. I'm 5'2" so I know how it is for girls our height to be even a LITTLE bit overweight. We just don't carry it as well as our taller friends. That being said, you really haven't much to lose, so you're in a really great starting place.

First and foremost, go get thee some motivation: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/34453621#Comment_34453621

That's a whole thread with pics, of girls our height who have successfully lost weight, and a TON more weight than you have to lose. It can make you feel a lot better about the whole thing if you see that people very much like you have been able to take off so much. And the poundage they've lost (get a converter calculation ready, it's mostly in lbs) you'll be able to relax and realize how much easier it will be for you.

Second: Take a good look at what @MKEgal put up. Those are the best resources available for getting started with calorie counting and easing your way into it so you DON'T end up "moody n starving".


What is your current caloric intake goal? 1200? 1300?

joanne4alan wrote: »

Hi
Height 5,1
Weight 11 stone 13 pounds
Age 33
Exercise
walking treadmill 15 minutes daily

Calories goal to loose 2 stone

Your ticker says you want to lose 15 pounds rather than 28 pounds/2 stone, so check your settings to see what's off. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

With only 28 pounds to lose, set your weight loss goals to nor more than 1 pound per week but preferably 0.5 pound per week as any more is too aggressive for you.

Also budget some calories for a pre bed snack. I like oats, yogurt, and strawberries.

joanne4alan wrote: »

Thank you everyone for your help I'm just a little emotional rite now sitting here crying just starting out on the exercise scale and for someone who never really exercised 15 minutes on a treadmill daily for over a week now leaves me breathless so to do double that is to much to soon for me and to be told I'm inactive hurt a little ☺

Look at it this way honey, all those comments that hurt get left behind when you start on your weight loss journey. The pain is a result of the weight, physical and emotional. And once you're committed to this and you start to see some results, it fades away. You're moving away from these feelings, not toward them.

joanne4alan wrote: »

Thank you honey

(the honey thing wasn't meant to be condescending at all, it's JUST a midwest thing (usa). Everyone calls everyone that here all the time, so please understand it's cultural, not meant in a bad way

joanne4alan wrote: »

Hi I'm new to this fitness app I think it's realy good counting the calories but I don't think I'm doing to good with it .I stayed under the recamended daily alliwence but went to bed realy hungry and couldn't sleep now today I feel like crap angry and just in one please I think I need help on this one.

Eat filling foods!

Yesterday I broke a 16 hour fast with 1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal, 1 cup Horizon 1% milk, 2 scoops protein powder, 1 tbs wheat germ, 1tbs flaxseed, 1 tablespoon honey, all mixed together.....yum. This filled me up so much that I had a hard time eating anything else and meeting my calorie goal for the day.

I'm not saying you should eat oatmeal mixed with protein powder, I'm just giving you an example of what works for me. You need to eat the right foods that fill you up while keeping you in your calorie goal. You don't have to give up foods you love or crave, just find the right mixture of healthy foods that keep you satisfied.