Replies
-
If you are interested at all in lifting weights I have had very good success with that while on my journey from fat to fit. I've always heard that muscle burns more calories than fat because fat doesn't do anything but take up space. Your statement "I need it to stick this time" resonated with me because of the hundred…
-
I understand long term changes. I tend to get long-winded so I'm just going to blurt out the bottom line of what I want you to know. I hope you will make your decision to get lean and healthy based on a desire to get lean and healthy and not out of fear of sickness and disease. I have learned I need positive goals,…
-
Now THAT is called a "non-scale victory"!!! Congratulations on the hard work and dedication. I'm sure when you saw your doctor he/she was pleasantly surprised and impressed with your spectacular transformation! Way to go!
-
I have a Polar FT4 which has a strap I attach around my chest during workouts. It communicates my heart rate to my polar watch which I wear on my wrist (input all your basic user information into the watch when you get it). It constantly tells me my heart rate, number of calories burned and a time counter for each workout…
-
What if you set your calorie goal and ate to that and let the exercise calories just go towards helping you get your weight off? As others have suggested, a Heart Rate Monitor would be a much more accurate way for you to know how many calories you are burning. While I log my calories burned everyday, I don't eat them back…
-
My breakfast is 326 calories though that could easily be cut down. I make my own Pumpkin Protein Pancakes (original recipe was for waffles but it's just easier for me to throw the batter on the grill for pancakes. Recipe is 1 scoop vanilla whey protein 2 TBSP quinoa flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 rounded tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup…
-
Slow and steady really does win the race! It's time and time is going to pass by whether we are making small little manageable changes to our eating or not. Want drastic results and you can make it happen but usually (at least for me) that is followed by moving back up the scale drastically putting on all I lost PLUS…
-
Maybe if you gave it another couple weeks you will find it not so horrible. When I started my fitness journey 4 1/2 years ago I lifted weights 3 days a week and did 2 days of 20 minute HIIT and that was it. After 6 months or so I frequented a Zumba class for a couple years but never stopped lifting weights. That has been…
-
It's been so long since I tasted "real" pancakes that I couldn't say if the recipe I use tastes real or not...but i sure do love them. 1/4 cup pumpkin puree, 3 TBSP egg beaters, 1 TBSP skim milk, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein, 2 TBSP quinoa flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon. Recipe given to me as waffle recipe…
-
Congrats on your success! [/quote] Thank you.
-
My very first time to lift weights was Day 1 of my healthy eating regime. All I can speak for is my very own personal experience. I have built muscle. I have muscle where I had very little muscle before. I can lift heavy weights now and I couldn't when I started out 4 1/2 years ago. I have also lost weight. A lot of weight…
-
I began lifting weights the very day I started eating healthy and have continued for 4 1/2 years now. I have gained muscle and shed body fat. (BF % 51.2 then and now at 28.9%) It helps tremendously. I had lost weight hundreds of times before but never lifted weights or did cardio like I do now. I'm convinced the weight…
-
I may be off in left field here since I did NOT read the whole thread, but have you considered a coach? I lost from 363 to 225 without counting calories and stayed there almost 18 months before I started gaining and when I hit 250 I realized the weight was coming back on if I didn't get PROactive. I employed a coach…
-
Congratulations!! There's just nothing like that feeling of feeling GOOD after so long overweight. Well done!!
-
Great job, John! Fantastic that you changed up and now are seeing the scale move again. Every once in a while I have to take a look at what I'm doing and try to change things again. That seems to be the way it works. Kudos to you for eating your nutrition instead of drinking it! It's amazing how much more full and…
-
On my 4 1/2 year journey I have stuck at numbers so many times. The main thing is to just keep on keeping after it. Log everything. Are you hungry a lot? You might have hit a time when you need a recovery period adding in a couple hundred daily calories for a couple weeks then reducing them again. Just something to think…
-
I think the single best advice for me was making small changes. I had done big changes so many times before with only temporary success. When I finally decided I was going down the scale for good this time I realized while YES I can restrict myself to almost nothing and lose it quickly, I was more interested in losing it…
-
One big help for me to stay on track is to figure out and log what I am going to eat before I even start eating each day so that I don't leave anything up to guess work. I get myself in trouble real fast if I eat first and log later. Of course, there are times when you just don't know what your food is going to be, but as…
-
Good for YOU!!! that is a huge accomplishment and you should be so very proud of yourself. IMO those who are quibbling over a slice of cheesecake just don't truly understand the importance of what you did. Once you walked away with that plate (with full intention of eating it) it mattered to absolutely NO ONE if you ate…
-
Many years ago I tried diet pills...they most all "worked" at first and I lost lots of weight but then I would gain the weight back plus a lot more. What I have found that has worked for me is at first slowly modifying my diet and working out with weights and doing cardio. I had to ease into a new way of eating because I…
-
First off a food scale is a must. Mine is with me everywhere I go...cause you never know when you might need it! I noticed you are eating a little cabbage...that's great...eat a lot of it! Eat more broccoli....Truth is you can have so much more of many of the things you are already eating. Remember the "cleaner" you eat…
-
Looked at your diary...YOU NEED TO EAT MORE
-
Are you sure that you are eating enough? Just from what you stated was a typical day that seems like a pretty small amount of calories for the amount that you must be burning doing 105 minutes of cardio. I understand your frustration. Besides taking a look at your macros....the main thing is DO NOT GIVE UP! When you stay…
-
2010 - 363 2014 - 189 Just being consistent with exercise and macros has been the key for me.
