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Water all day long, sometimes with lemon, lime, cucumber, or just decaf tea bags for extra flavor, but two cups of coffee in the morning, usually. If it's cold, hot tea, usually herbal, like peppermint, or Lemon Zinger. The soda habit was hard to break. The place I used to work had a soda machine stocked with 50 cent cans…
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I'm 5'4, and was doing 1200 + half my exercise calories for a few months, and it worked well, but was warned by my doctor that once I was out of the 'obese' category, I needed to go up. I'm at 1330 now + plus half my exercise calories (so around 1500 a day) and seem be losing about a pound a week or so, give or take.…
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Eh, it's just water. Don't make yourself crazy over it. Drink some extra water to flush things through, but know that's all it is. Also, if you're not seeing scale differences, try taking your measurements as well as stepping on the scale. Sometimes, your body is 'redistributing' in the early stages, and the scale doesn't…
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Give it three weeks, and make sure to weigh on the morning after your 'rest day' from lifting. When you lift weights, your muscles hold water to help them heal afterwards. It can look ugly on the scale, but that's all it is. If you're really concerned, take your measurements and track them as well as your scale weight. :)…
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My legs and behind went first as far as I could tell, but my husband says it was my neck and cheeks, which I only just started noticing a couple weeks ago. Can't wait for this back fat to go away!
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Some people can do splurge days (cheating would imply that I'm cheating someone, splurge means it's a treat.) and some people can't. I 'save' calories during the week if I know there's something special coming up, have a nice time at whatever the event is, and then get back on track. My husband can't do it. If he over-eats…
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I think it's tight, but do-able. Remember that the closer you get to your goal, the harder it is to lose. "That last stubborn 10 pounds" will have been with you a long time and it doesn't want to go. :)
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You can set your settings to Sedentary and then go into your "Goals" and set your calories manually for 1600. (I just had to figure that one earlier this week. )
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This like the banana pancake thing, right? It's still... banana flavored? Guess that works for some people, just not for me.
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Some time, ask me about severe kidney infection stemming from dehydration. Kidneys like water. It helps them to work properly. Hard lesson adequately learned!
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You can have my sugar when you rip it from my cold dead fingers! A spoonful of brown sugar on your oatmeal in the morning, or a drizzle of maple syrup on your nonfat yogurt isn't going to hurt anything. If you're drinking three or four cans of soda a day and eating a dozen Oreos, you might have a problem, but it's not the…
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Everyone has different body chemistry so this works better for some than others. For me I just check my total weekly averages to make sure that what I nom for special food on the weekend doesn't totally wipe out the calories I 'saved' during the week. Just had an early Valentines Day dinner out with my husband and ate back…
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Feels awesome, doesn't it? I crossed that threshold last week, and it felt amazing! :)
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1200 is pretty steep, as others have mentioned. I find a good solid hit of protein right after I work out helps with the hunger beast, especially after swimming, and usually nom a protein bar like Pure Protein.
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Plateaus happen. Double check your logging and make sure that you're only eating those 1500 calories. Good weighing and measuring practices can really help cut out those hidden calories you might be eating without realizing it. Also, check your measurements. A lot of times when weight plateaus, it's due to redistribution.…
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My husband is a no-breakfast person. He gets physically sick if he eats too soon after waking up. But he can also work out at midnight. I have to eat within an hour of waking or I turn into Mrs. Low-Blood-Sugar-Will-Eat-The-Cat-Cranky-Lady. But by 8 pm, I'm pretty much done with my day and completely wound down. Just do…
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My Breville is 7 years old and still going strong. Gets used about 3 times a week, more now that my husband is using it to make protein smoothies. (I didn't know he knew we even had a blender...)
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Take your measurements in addition to weighing in. Sometimes, it's hard to see that scale number go up, but then I measure my waist and go, 'yeaaaaaahh. take that you sucky mean scale! NEENER NEENER NEEENER!'. cuz, i'm really mature about my weight loss... really...
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It's not impossible and anyone, really ANYONE, can do it! And YOU can do it! :) Really! Don't try to change everything at once. Start just with logging what you eat normally for a week. From there, you can see how your diet might be possible to change. Then change one thing at a time. Don't rush to get down to your 'weight…
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I weigh once a week + measurements twice a month. I find that doing both keeps me from getting hung up on that little black flashing number on the scale. The scale has one job: weigh everything. It weighs water, it weighs food in your stomach, it weighs poo. It weighs the lint in between your toes. And it does that job…
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Oh, god! Look at that belly in my profile pic! Guess it's time for a new photo, huh? Never, mind, don't look a that pic. Oh, for sports bras, Fila used to make one that pulled over and then zipped up the front that was awesome. Mine are wearing out now and don't fit so good anymore now that I've lost a few pounds.…
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Sports bra with a tank top, t-shirt over that if it's a chilly, and running capris... well, pretty much what you see in my profile pic...
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I'm the discount queen. If I can't find it at DD's or Ross, I go to Kohl's. My only real expense in the fitness wear department is sports bras.
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Just remember to cut back gradually from your current intake to your target intake. Otherwise, you might end up too hungry and want to quit. :) This is change for life, and you can do it!
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Amazing! So happy for you regaining control and getting your life back. Having been in that deep depressive hole, I clearly remember how hard it was to climb out of it. Way to go! (And your dog is adorable!)
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Amazing transformation!
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WOO! Look at you! Way to go! :)
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I log, weigh and measure, but I'm doing this with my husband, and I do all of the shopping and cooking, so basically I'm logging for both of us. He logs every couple of days or so, and it's mostly his 'out-to-lunch with coworkers' that he has to worry about. We were using a different system before, one that his doctor set…
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If you do specific walks, you can just enter the time walked; 7 minutes x 4= 28 minutes. Is it a lot of calories? Maybe not, but if you want to have a fitness record showing your goals and progress, it can be good.
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I measure everything, but I'm also tracking some dietary things that have less to do with intake and more to do with over-all health, like sodium and fiber. If I don't count my spinach and carrots, I don't get my fiber numbers. :)
