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Congratulations on making a move in the right direction. I am back on this site again. For me, it's the easiest way to keep track of everything. Add me as a friend!
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Log it. Today, you pretty much know what you ate. Logging helps me find patterns of hunger, energy, and what works for me. For example, now I have a snack right before I leave work so that I am not ravenous while I drive home/make diner. Really helps me avoid drive-thru temptations.
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Very true. I wish I'd measured myself when I began. I recommend that to anyone starting their fat loss journey! Sometimes the scale wont move, but other improvements are happening.
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Banana (although can be smelly), minibell cheese wheels.
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Make a slushy out of ice, lemon juice, and your choice of artificial sweetener. OR Understand that some days you will be hungrier than others, and that starving is counter-productive. However, it's also a good time to look at what you have been eating to figure out if you can add fiber or lean proteins to your meals.
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Fiber is your friend: fruits, veggies and beans. Fiber Choice. So is hot tea.
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A couple hundred calories are ok, IMHO, as a ward against forgotten sauces, etc. A nice big chunk of cheese will put a dent in that deficit.
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For me, it's a gateway carb! :blushing: I love it! But it's hard to limit.
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Maybe it would be helpful to carry a calorie-dense snack, like those little circles of cheese encased in wax. If you can pop one in your mouth in class, or during a bathroom break, that would give you some fat and protein in a single bite. I used to have a class that the teacher decided should be doubled up. I ended up…
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I'm in.
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If moving around is challenging, I'd divide my time between walking (I love leslie sansone videos) and working with dumbbells at home. There are lots of great videos on you tube. With the weights, focus on slow, controlled movements. The weight work will help your body maintain the muscle mass you have, and makes more of…
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I've found this site to be useful for finding exercises you can do at home: http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/dumbbellexercises.html Great job taking the picture, I would also suggest taking your measurements now, so that you have different ways to track your progress. There will be times when the scale wont move, but…
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As far as the "equal" part, I find that if I'm not eating unprocessed foods, my calorie budget is out the window. I need to eat plenty of fiber to get through the day.
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I've lost my weight walking. It's important to keep challenging yourself with either length, speed, or incline. It's not good to do the same workout each time, so consider challenging yourself on one front at a time. I want to be able to run, but also want to save my knees. So for now, I'm trying to build up to it.
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This is a great time to measure yourself, as at different points during your weight loss journey, you may not be able to see a difference in the scale even if progress is being made in the amount of space you take up. I wish I'd done this when I started, because sometimes it's really tough not to obsess over the number on…
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Hi QuincyChick, I left teaching after weighing my options. It would have taken 10 years + for a graduate degree to pay for itself in the county where I worked. I also felt I was not being financially responsible to myself. I decided to go to law school, and ironically, right now I'm not making as much as I thought I was,…
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Wow! That was a lot of baggage lost in one year! Congratulations!
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The week before, I'm usually ravenous, so I make sure to add extra fiber. This week, I've averaged 3 apples a day. It just helps.
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You may be able to get some information as to calories burned by trying "marching" or "walking", but the best thing to do is get a heart rate monitor (with a chest strap) which will estimate your calories burned based on height, weight, etc. I have a Polar T75 and it's easy to use and not that expensive on amazon.
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Plan ahead, when you are eating out. Stuff will happen. It's really hard not to land on a calorie bomb when going out to dinner. So, try to moderate the rest of your day and accept the hit.
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Also, to make sure it lasts, try to talk to a counselor. The process has a better chance of being forever if you deal with whatever brought you to where you are now.
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I totally hear you. I've been hovering for a while and the f it conversation happens all the time. Then I gained 5 pounds and that changed the conversation. For me, "f it" is the prelude to bad decision making, and I am trying to train myself to automatically put myself on time out. It almost feels as though I'm…
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Fiber Choice tablets and a glass of water with breakfast. They taste like sweet tarts and help with regularity.
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Try to incorporate less calorie-dense foods. The less processed the better. Also make sure you are eating a lot of fiber. I have 2 fiber choice tablets each day with my breakfast. It helps keep my blood sugar even and it helps me to not feel so hungry all the time. I have also found that at 1350 calories net, if I don't…
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One of my tools is fiber choice tablets. They really help me when I'm having one of those ravenous days.
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Count me in, please! I have been shying away from that goal for too long. This is just what I need to refocus.
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If you are using nautilus-type machines it's reaaaally easy for your stronger side to do more of the work. Try hand weights. Hand weights will also help you address the asymmetry.
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Moisturize like lotion is going out of style. It will help.
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This issue is on the list of reasons that I stopped sabotaging myself. In the limited universe of interviewers, lets assume that half of the interviewers have either an acknowledged bias or an unacknowledged one. If the job I want has a 50:50 chance of being decided upon by someone who has a bias, I cannot logically hang…
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Think of it as weaning yourself off those lovely, treacherous starchy carbs.... it's a process, but sooner begun, sooner done. Best wishes on your upcoming nuptials! :happy:
