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Week 2 I ate to maintain my weight essentially... not good... the challenge is eating socially and still keeping calories low. Eating well at home has been easy. WEEK 3 has started. This week will be interesting. Good news is holiday eating will just be one meal since it's NOT at my house! Thank goodness. Starting Weight:…

Thanks for the comments Broccoli! That calorie intake is just for the weekly experiment, to get a sense of how I feel with 1500 a day, and what kind of weight loss it results in. I'm working towards a better mixture of eating less vs being able to exercise more. After this week I'll make adjustments. WalkingAlong - I am…

7 DAY EXPERIMENT PART 2!!!! THE SEQUEL November 17th to November 23rd: 1. Eat AVG 1500 calories a day. 2. Weigh raw ingredients and use UPC data. 3. Keep sodium under limits. 4. Drink only water. 5. Do 3 days of cardio burning at least 250 calories each time. 6. Do 2 days of workouts with 8 exercises each day. The same as…

OK, I did my weigh-in this morning and that concludes the 7 day experiment. *Started at a weight of: 219.4 *Ended at a weight of: 217.0 I ate an average of 1717 calories a day. It was fairly easy to do. The goal was 1500 a day. I did eat more calories than planned due to a single day. It was planned and expected, but…

UPDATE: Three days in and lost about 6-7 pounds in about 7 days, and almost 2 pounds in the first 3 days of this week. Clearly exercising LESS makes it easier for me to eat less. Now only exercising 40%-50% of what I was doing.

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I didn't fail at any of my rules. Nowhere does it say I can't eat out. Nowhere did I eat unprocessed sugar OR high sodium food. I appreciate the feedback but come on now! I should add that these rules are not "stringent" for me at all; I follow them nearly every day. The main difference is better counting and less…

Day two is over. I did fine, went a little over calories due to going out for sushi. But between the last two days they even out. Don't normally go out so that's fine.

OK well I finished my first day. I was 219.4 this morning. I'm not gonna weigh myself until the end probably since daily weight change isn't much. Went well - luckily I love bowls of steamed veggies and cooked chicken thighs. Should lose 13 pounds in 5 weeks at this rate.

Well it's almost the end of Sunday and tomorrow I'll start this 7 day experiment. I'm ready to go! The only REAL difference in these 7 days is more strictly counting calories, and completely avoiding some foods I am not supposed to eat per health reasons like cheese and salt. Otherwise it's just a new combination of what…

I was thinking more of sweet foods. I have always ate just fruit before noon. That's for the first 7 days to clear out the food in my house ( no eating out either ).. The NEXT 7 days I'll be eating only freshly cooked things. So my rules for then are: Eat only fruit, fruit juice for a smoothie, vegetables, chicken thighs,…

OK thanks for all the feedback I appreciate it. I find it odd that my elliptical which uses weight, age, and a HRM to calculate calories burnt is that far off.. but a stand alone HRM is somehow better. Discouraging! OK so I will assume (based on comments here) that I burn 500 calories in one hour on the elliptical with…

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate all this help. Here's some additional thoughts: Before working out, I stuck to a strict 1200 to 1400 calorie range and lost weight VERY slowly. So to me, that seems to indicate it's a good amount to eat. I would find it hard to eat 1800 calories in a day (healthy food of course),…

I would like to try and start today. I need the encouragement... Well today I did my full hour on elliptical burning 906 calories. I am under by a couple hundred calories since I'll eat a few apples tonight. Trying to do 1200 calories a day + any exercise burnt. Have GOT to lose noticeable weight ASAP. Thanks!

I did the 1200 before and lost some weight. Then I kicked in 5 days at the gym and found it difficult, but gained the weight back, albeit with muscle too. Now I'm going back to 1200 with the gym time to see if I can do both at once!

Any takers? How many calories do you think I burn?