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I cannot imagine a female who is 5'3" where 147 would be unreasonably thin. I always considered myself a larger frame. I am 5'4" and even with all the loose skin from losing 100lbs I still sit pretty comfortably at 123lbs now. I am largely muscle too. I work out 2hrs a day 5 days a week and its a combo lifting and cardio…
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There is no such thing as starvation mode!!! It is a myth. Stop confusing new people with outright lies. There are a lot of reasons to keep the right amount of calories but fear of not losing because you eat too little is not even logical. Calories are a unit of measurement for energy. They are not magical creatures that…
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Friend for dieters not really much of a friend for my pre diabetes. I love love love love them but half of a baked potato spikes my BG something fierce. They are high on the satiety index though so potatoes are very filling for the calories.
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Just like dieters have to stop eating even when they don't feel like it, if you want to gain you have to eat even when you don't feel like it. It takes discipline either way.
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Totally possible! Just cut off your arm. Bingo 15lbs gone in like 5 min!
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Calorie restrictive diets can be very effective for dealing with emotional eating. If a person commits them self to eating food that does not give them the comfort they seek, they will have to find a non food way to deal with stress and social situations. Much like how alcoholics have to learn to address stress and social…
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Congrats!! Good solid advise too. So many people are searching for the miracle that so many of us have found. Living healthy is the only diet that works long term. It takes time, it takes research, it takes trial and error but in the end finding the balance between food and exercise is worth it.
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Your body does not get confused. It does not have independent thought from you. If you eat less than you burn you lose weight. If you eat more than you burn you gain weight. If you eat 3400 calories in one day when your maintenance goal is 1500 then you ate 1900 calories too many and you will have to spend 6.33 days eating…
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Thanks everyone!! He has worked really hard for this. Yesterday he tried on a large shirt and it fit so I am thinking I may need to go exchange all the back to school clothes I just bought him for smaller sizes. :-)
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Turn off your phone. Make her the center of your attention. If you run into people you know introduce her and then ask them to excuse the 2 of you because you want to spend time with just her. Open the door, tell her she looks beautiful, take her somewhere you think she will like, ask questions about her life. Depending on…
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I pay $10 a month for Fitness Works in AZ, plus another $15 for daycare. When I was losing the weight I didn't have a gym, but I started going last year and my 3yr old got addicted. He loves getting to play with other little ones so he drags me there every day. I think $25 a month is totally worth the 40hrs a month of baby…
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No its best to overestimate rather than under estimate. Use a lower fat % for your burgers and it will fix the calorie count. A 95/5 would have only cost you 340 calories. Burgers can be bad news between the bun, mayo, cheese, and using a higher fat % to get a juicier patty. I gave up traditional burgers while I was trying…
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Where as I will agree that more research should be done, no research was done before the recommendation that everyone go on a slow and steady method of dieting. I have yet to see a single study that shows that it is in anyway more effective than losing at a rapid pace. I kept at least a 2lb+ per week weight loss for the…
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Its a life long struggle for everyone. Even those people who lose it and keep it off do so because we took the time to find ways we could make it work. I guess perhaps there are some people who have no attachment to food but they are super rare. Almost every person alive has to find ways to say no to their impulses. If you…
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Being afraid of gaining it back is natural. If you were not a little afraid you would almost certainly gain it back. Too many people reach their goal just to say "Yay" and then eat the fridge for the next month and have every pound back +5. You are not going to eat many more calories so I would say store them and eat them…
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Satisfying your cravings is the problem isn't it? Ultimately you have to change your relationship with food. Some people can treat food as a reward and be ok. Just like some people can drink and not need to get drunk. You cannot. Its not fair but it is your thorn just like some people are more prone to alcoholism or…
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She is burning hundreds of calories with exercise. I am in shape, I work out 5 days a week and do 1.5hrs of cardio per day 4mph at a 15% incline I do not calculate anywhere near the calories she estimates she burns. I think that is where the problem is. You should only count at most 50% of the calories the system tells you…
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If you aren't losing you aren't in deficit. You are either over estimating what you burn (either baseline burn or exercise) or under estimating what you eat. Those are the only things that can be happening.
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I was an every 2hr eater when I was losing but it was more about keeping my cravings in check than any weird magical effect. I found that if I knew I could have something else in just a little while I wouldn't give in to the momentary temptation. That's not magic its a personal strategy. To lose weight you have to eat less…
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I am 5'4" 122lbs I wear an American size 2 (misses) 3-5 (juniors). Sizes vary wildly by brand and cut so I can be anything from a 0 to a 5 depending on the cut.
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I lost weight with my last 2 pregnancies (not on purpose) and because I was overweight the babies were perfectly healthy. The baby will take what the baby needs. This in not the time to diet but it is the time to change your diet. You might not be able to safely cut calories but you can safely change what you eat so that…
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I may not be truly low carb but I am pretty close. I eat mostly sugar free and low sugar items and I do not touch white bread, white rice, or even high carb fruit like grapes. Most of my carbs come from berries veggies popcorn and whole grain . I took my reads on a higher than usual carb week (god daughter came to visit…
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You have a family history of diabetes so cutting your carbs makes sense. Rather than going the ketosis route though you would do better to count your calories and make sure that you prioritize protein fiber and fat before carb when you are looking for something to eat. Very few people can do real super low carb diets…
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I have not tried the random 3AM check, but I will. My doctor gave me no advise at all. I brought a copy of my diet and exercise schedule with readings and she said "Yep looks like you are doing what you are supposed to do". I explained that this was my usual routine and this is the same routine that is giving me the high…
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Thanks for the idea! I will try that and see if it helps tomorrow's numbers. :-)
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I never get tired of it. I also never get tired of the look I get when I say "thanks, I used to weigh 100lbs more". The only thing that gets a little tiresome is when they ask me how I did it and I say I cut calories and exercised, and then they look at me like I killed their dog cause I have no magic pill
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You have to pay attention to what you eat even in maintenance. I have a system. I cut from Mar-Sept and let myself eat it back from Oct-Feb. I know my eating will not be as good when the holiday food comes out so I compensate months in advance. I am always trying to make better choices but it seems like all the choices in…
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There is no such thing as a cheat meal. There is eating on your schedule in a way that is planned for and there is failing to control what you eat. Did you plan ahead and cut the extra calories, did you plan ahead and work out in a quantity equal to those calories you were planning to consume? Do you have a workable plan…
