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I focus on getting in my nutrition FIRST. When your body has what it needs, it's less stress, more satisfied and you get less cravings. Nutrient dense foods aren't always loCal per say, but foods with a good Nutrition to Calorie ratio tends to be more satisfying so you have less need to over eat. Carefully budget Sugar and…
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Overall trends. Some folks are good about weighing only once a week. Me, I'm toooooo curious to wait that long. If you are going to weigh more often, you've got think of it like tracking the stock market, you can't let the fluctuations bother you, but track and chart to keep an eye on overall trends. As long as your…
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It's really meant for cyclists, but I love veloroutes.org You can map your route even if you've cut across fields or through buildings or jumped a fence. (can't do that using a vehicle or even google maps and sometimes it means a safer off road route.) It gives you info on incline of the terrain as well. I keep track of my…
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bump for later
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^this or lock the playroom and you sleep in the tent.
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Me too I know people who gained back plus, then went back to WW lost and gained back plus, again and again. They've ratcheted themselves up. WW scares me. So happy here. I've started out with the goal of a sustainable maintenance in mind. I took 18 months to lose. Now I'm tweaking my maintenance plan. The bottom line for…
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Because we all have a long list of "shoulds" in our head and if we can be perfect it doesn't count. If we are uber-strick, it's easy to get tired and give up. What saved me here was realizing I don't have to be perfect I just have to be better... When I realized my "bad days" tracking were still better than any day before…
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Tea and coffee are NOT dehydrators the just hydrate less effectively. I had always counted 1 cup as 3/4 of a cup. BUT recently read and article about a study that was done about the effective hydration of water vs. coffee... the bottom line was that there was a difference, but it was a very MINIMAL DIFFERENCE and basically…
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1) Do you have a husband or kids who could have given permission to them and forgotten to tell you. (If the kids have heard you say "sure, come on over anytime" to those who have asked they might have repeated this with out thinking twice and then forgotten to mention it to you" 2) You mentioned a fence... Do you know…
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I'm still trying to figure out what works best for maintenance. My TDEE is 1600 I'm shooting for 1550 a day. which gives about 300 calories to play with on a splurge day.
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Tone up the jiggley bits.
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Do you WANT to lose 35 lbs by December or Do you NEED to lose 35 lbs by December? WHY the big deadline? Lose slow learn about nutrition, put healthy before skinny. Think about your long-term health (I know that's hard at 19) The slower you lose the more likely you are to maintain. Learn healthy eating habits now. Don't get…
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The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better. 1) tracking for a couple of weeks before I worried about losing. (although seeing what I was eating I couldn't help but rein back a bit) 2) seeing where I could make small changes on things that weren't that important to me. (Don't even think of…
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Yeah, pay back's a b!tch.
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Body dismorphia.... It takes time for your head to catch up with your body... Your perceptions will catch up eventually. Post some photos and let others offer some feedback. The perception thing went both ways for me I didn't recognize the change in my body when I put on the weight even though I knew the numbers were going…
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I expect it's because of the fierce competition in the world of dance. Such a shame that professionals in this industry are encouraged to jeopardize their health and to strive for unrealistic body goals in order to do what they love. As a visual artist I understand the need for creative outlet, feeling that this is the…
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You are at the lean end of the healthy weight range. NEVER EVER JEOPARDIZE your health for skinny! Trust me 10lbs isn't going to make you any happier 10lbs isn't going to make anyone worth while love you any more. Consider that you are not losing any more weight, because this is the weight you are meant to be. I spent…
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I danced at the Peppermint Lounge No computer classes in school. Typing class with MANUAL Typewriters My 5 brothers and sisters in the back of a station... no seatbelts A cigarette machine at school (no soda machine, though) Liddle Kiddles I wanted to grow up to be Gidget
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Well, the good news is you don't have to do it all at once... even though I dumped it on you all at once. A series of small sustainable changes it what'll get you there. Good Luck
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Watch your sugar BOTH sugar and artificial sweeteners increase your appetite.... The more you get the more you want. I DO have a sweet tooth, so I try really hard to watch out for sugar in *real* foods. The brand of pasta sauce I was using had 9g sugar per 1/2 cup serving. My favorite cookies have 9g sugar per 15 cookies.…
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Drank diet soda since I was 10 or 11, back in the days of TAB. I'd tried several times to give it up,but wasn't successful until I replaced it with coffee. The caffeine wasn't as much of an issue for me as the chemicals. Soda some how stressed me in a way that coffee does not. I feel much better, less stressed. I've also…
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Oh sister you asked for it so here goes... Here's the thinking that got helped me on my way: The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better. 1) tracking for a couple of weeks before I worried about losing. (although seeing what I was eating I couldn't help but rein back a bit) 2) seeing where I…
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Thanks!
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Healthy fats (mostly plant or fish based) are an important part of your diet. Good for brain function. good for nerve function preventing diabetes preventing depression and good for heart health. I dont' track overall fats, but I do tract SATURATED FAT and CHOLESTEROL (Also triglycerides are sugars that make your…
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Drive to the gym? I walk.. There is one in my building at work and one about 1 - 1.5 mile away at home.
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read an article a little while ago about exercising when you've got a cold (I know not the same as the flu) if you feel up to it a light work out (one that doesn't increase your heart-rate) is okay and will amp up your immune system a bit. As for running with the flu.. I'd think rest and fluids are what you would need
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Aspic? (a savory jelly, often made with meat stock, used as a garnish,)
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Calories you eat - minus calories burned off in exercise = equals net calories
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@ 50 years old you get 1600 calories to maintain 140 lbs. I'm shooting for 1550 calories a day so that I have an extra 300 calories or so to play with on the weekend. While I was losing giving myself a range saved my sanity. But the closer you get to your goal the smaller that range gets. Anybody have any good strategies…
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Do you use a Heart Rate Monitor? How do you burn 3,000 calories? I checked my exercise log when I was at my high weight and I came up with about 500 for 1 hour of skating and 500 for a 2 hour walk. Are you doing something special to burn more? Or are you just estimating high?
