mrsbeck Member

Three weeks is a bit early to be worried about the speed of loss. On 1200 calories, depending on your current weight, height, build, etc. you should expect a 1-2 lb per week loss. If you aren't eating your exercise calories-or at least some of your exercise calories, you will most likely see that rate of loss slow or stop.…

Casper and BrendaLee just keep making me love them! :laugh: I've been biting my tongue hard enough to bleed while reading this thread. I'm just gonna chuckle now, and back away slowly. God, I've never been so glad to be 34!

Very good and very filling breakfast is a pancake made with a half cup of fat-free cottage cheese, a half cup of oats, and a quarter cup of egg whites. Will stick with you for hours, for about 300 calories, depending on what (if anything) you top it with. I also make egg white omelets, with spinach, turkey, and tomatoes.…

I have the F6 (in PINK!!) and have had it since Christmas '08. I. LOVE. IT. I cannot imagine working out without it. It's waterproof, and worked really well when I was doing AquaRobics. Just remember, you cannot press any buttons once you're in the water, as that could allow water into the unit. It was easy to set up, it…

Breakfast: Egg white omelet with spinach, cracked black pepper turkey, tomatoes and swiss cheese. Lunch: Still undecided...either a leftover turkey burger, or a black pepper turkey sandwich with a salad Dinner: Broiled tilapia fillet with roasted red pepper and parmesan brown rice, and either a salad or brussels…

Soooo...did everyone else drop out of this challenge?

I think you've just hit a plateau...it happens, and the closer you get to your goal weight, the harder it is to lose. The human body is a very efficient energy storage machine. It "likes" having a few pounds extra, to protect against famine. So when you hit that "set point," where your body thinks "Ok, this has gone far…

It would be tough to do with a knee injury...it's pretty high-impact. I discovered that I am not tough enough to do this workout more than 2-3 times a week. That may be because I also run, and so between the two of them, I just can't take that much impact. It's taken me about 30 days to get to day 6 of Level two. I've lost…

My starting weight for the challenge was 194.5, goal weight by Valentine's Day was 183. My weigh-in yesterday... . . . . . . 179.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My next goal is for my wedding anniversary, April 20. Looking to hit 168.

Off-topic, but I'm curious about the "not slices" thing. That's how I usually eat my small apples, cause it takes longer to finish and I feel like I'm getting more...why do you say eat them whole?

I'm gonna have to try those soy cheese slices. I love cheddar cheese, and I've really been limiting it to treat status lately. Safeway is where I shop as well, and they really have a massive selection of healthy stuff. Also...I LOVE Vitatops!!! I'm too cheap to buy them except once in a while as a treat, but they are super…

I grabbed a few at the Half-Price Books store the other day. I was actually impressed with the nutrition info they posted for their recipes--almost every one of the recipes in the issues I bought clocked in at 350 calories or less per serving. I like to have them around for ideas when I get bored with my usual stuff.

Yeah, no one told me there'd be math... I just got back from working out, and haven't even finished my post run chocolate milk...I have runner brain.

3 months is about 12 weeks, so an 11 pound weight loss is right on target for losing at a healthy weight-it's just under a pound a week. In other words, what you're doing now is working for you....probably should stick with it!

I would definitely count something above and beyond--like painting a room with 12 foot ceilings-- as exercise.

I hope you don't mean that. If you eat 1200 calories a day, and you burn 1000, then your body is only netting 100 calories a day. I'm thinking you should go read the sticky posts as well as the OP. Is your nutritionist aware that you are already in a calorie deficit? Most of the time, when professional types like trainers…

It depends on how you react to gains. I'm pretty immature about them. I get angry, decide that all this diet and exercise crap has been a complete waste of my time, and end up bingeing and pouting for two or three days. If you are not such an idiot, and can use a gain for motivation, weigh yourself and get motivated!!…

Yeah, I've had those days...in fact, I'm having one now!!! I think it's because it's cold and damp and gray here, and I just feel so tired and unmotivated today...it feels like depriving myself in anyway is a stupid idea. I'm lucky, though...my day isn't completely blown...just a little more out of hand than I like my…

Also, keep in mind that it may take two or three weeks for a change in either diet or exercise to be reflected in weight gain and loss. Your body doesn't just switch from one mode to another...things work more gradually than that. I eat almost all of my exercise calories, and when I'm sticking to the program I average 2-4…

No, because you ate 1200 calories. The warning only comes up when you drop below 1200.

There's a recipe on sparkspeople that looks pretty close... http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=88125

Right, Auntbliz...it's been awhile since I've been in the settings tab, but what I remember is entering a goal of 4 workouts per week, 40 minutes apiece. It then gave me a calorie goal per day of 287, I think. That goal number doesn't get entered into my calories left for the day. That number is used (by me, anyway) to…

Bump! Gotta try this!

In your settings, it's gonna ask you what your activity level is. If you sit at a desk, or in a car all day, you want to put in sedentary. MFP will then assume you burn a lower amount of calories than someone who delivers mail on foot or waits tables. Your goals are just that-goals, things for you to aim for. You should…

I make a pot of brown rice on Sunday, and open a can of white beans, rinse them off, and put both items in tupperware in the fridge. Then, during the week, I throw salad greens into a big tupperware container, top with 1/2 cup each of the rice and beans, and take along some low-cal dressing. Very filling, comes out to…

Oooh, sounds yummy. I've been needing a new sweet treat...getting tired of diet coke cake!

Yeah, your profile says otherwise...which is it, 15 year old boy or 18 year old female?

I generally log what I eat when I have a cheat meal. I try to exercise that day, but occasionally I'll find that the cheat meal has made me feel so miserable that I can't workout. I have a lot fewer cheat meals these days! :laugh: While I still crave pizza, and eat it sometimes, I eat a lot less of it, and I do the napkin…

You can go into settings and change your meals from "breakfast lunch dinner snacks" to something like "8am, 10am, 12 pm" whatever times work for you...or you could set it for "morning snack" in addition to the meals.

Either break it up as you described, or enter the ingredients into a recipe calculator to get the nutritional info. Your other option, which imo is the least accurate, is to dig through the database and find stuff that looks similar in composition.