Sammi_2014

I gave myself a "cheat" day only once this month and never again ! I gained two pounds ! I cheated on lunch and my husband took me out so I have a chicken sandwich , fries and half a milk shake....yea I think I might have over done my "cheat" day !! I still eat the food that I like but I just watch portions and stay either…

I have been watching my sodium intake and most days I don't even hit what MFP has for me , I don't salt my foods anymore either and I hardly ever use butter. I am a full time college student so during the week I got to bed anywhere from 11pm-1am and wake up at 6:30am ...I can almost bet I am not getting enough sleep.

If you are asking me , I have only lost 9lbs and that was in the first 10 days and since then I have maintained the same weight , some days a pound more but mostly just at 191 ......I am going to try and eat some of what I burn and see if that helps. I also bought some green tea pills and B-complex vitamins cause I think…

Y'all are being so helpful ! Thanks so much ! Let's see if these changes will make a difference ....how often do y'all weigh yourselves ? I am doing it daily right now but I think that is part of what is getting me down and maybe I should do a weekly thing ?

I think you are right , I beat myself up when I weigh myself and like today I woke up weighed myself and then started bawling my eyes out cause nothing is changing. I just learned though , that I should be eating back some of the calories I am burning and I might been to up my calorie intake. My husband made a good point…

I have been logging exercises this whole time and not eating back my calories ....I really didn't think I should and thought I would gain weight if I did...I will change that up then.

OK. I was confused about that part , I thought I just took it the allowance of 1200. Could me not eating enough cause me to not lose weight ? I know I have only been "dieting" for a month now but I dropped 9 lbs the first week and I am thinking that is because I stopped drinking red bulls and soda and I was drinking a lot…

Oh, I am also taking a vitamin daily , B-Complex and a green tea pill ...Don't know if that helps or not.

So should I up my calorie intake where I am working out ? I work out at least 2 hours through the day and I wear a pedometer all day long to that helps track steps and calories. I was thinking about bumping it up to 1500 calories a day and see if that helps ?

Well , when I started on this thing it told me 1200 calories ..I was just looking it up and it says if I workout 5 times a week it should be more like 1500 calories. I don't understand why I can't stay at the 1000-1200....I don't really get hungry , last night was the first time after I worked out that I felt hungry but I…

Thanks ! I am reading it now !

This really is my first time doing the diet and exercise thing . The last time I was on a diet I was taking prescription diet pills and didn't change anything and the weight I lost that first month I gained it all back when I got off. I have been weighing my foods but there were some days that I didn't log and I need to be…

What exactly do I measure , just my waist ? It seems like my legs are getting thinner and that is about it .

I just feel like I am doing something wrong ....I thought cardio and some light weights would a good thing. One of my biggest fears is a lot of excess skin that I see some people have. I have had 2 children and I am just trying to get to where I was before I had them .

No, I haven't done any fasting at all but I think that is due to the fact that I started drinking nothing but water and cutting my portions . I used to eat a lot and drink red bulls and pepsi all day long . My biggest thing wasn't that I wasn't eating healthy but that I was eating to much and eating out of boredom. Now,…