patwil73

Thanks everyone! Still riding the high - and even though I splurged a bit yesterday - did not go over my calorie limit. This website has been fantastic. Pat

Don't get discouraged! As a 23y.o. female you are probably smack in the middle of your healthy weight - which means it is a lot tougher to shed those last pounds. You might try making your diary public so we can see if perhaps some of your food choices are hampering your efforts. Also if you are exercising a lot, you might…

My wife always jokes she only needs to know how to cook 5 things and I am good to go. I hate (and by hate I mean almost get physically ill) most foods not on the following list: steak - shrimp - dark chicken - pork - ham - bacon 2% milk - orange juice - grape juice - apple juice - coke corn with butter, green beens with…

If you go into settings - diary - make diary public, then we can see what you are eating and how you are assigning calories to them. You might be underestimating. As for your exercises - are you doing cardio or weight training. Weight training can add muscle (which looks smaller than fat hence the more sculpted look) but…

I believe she is talking about calorimetry - a test used to measure the rate of physical change. So you fast for a while so yur body is not digesting anything, and rest so your not expending energy in exercise and what is left should be your Resting Metabolic Rate. Don't know how much it would cost but it seems like a…

I work midnight to 10am for 7 days straight then off for 7 days. Like you I switch back to dayshift on my off week for the family. I have divided my eating times into 0000-0400, 0400-0800, 0800-1200, 1200-1600, 1600-2000, and 2000-0000. On work weeks I usually get up at 6pm and have a dinner anywhere from 400-650 calories.…

Unless your blood sugar was 106 on a fasting test - I wouldn't really be worried. Even if it was a fasting test 106 is pre-diabetes. Losing weight will help that a lot. I'm not seeing a lot of excess sugar intake - most of your sugar is from fruits which is ok. As for your hypothyroidism that can be caused from postpartum…

I am 5'10" and currently weigh 247 (Down from 258 yea!). I eat anywhere from 1600-2100 calories a day (MFP sets it at 1770) and burn on average 400+ calories a day. I am hoping to get down to around 175-180. I am currently doing the 100 pushup challenge, 200 situp and squat challenge. I also bike for 30 minutes 5 days a…

As many have said lowering your sodium intake can be beneficial to helping lower your blood pressure. However, it does depend on what is causing the high blood pressure in the first place. Aortic stenosis (a narrowing of the aorta) can lead to high BP. Calcification from high cholesterol and triglycerides can also do so.…

I have taken 4 different types of martial arts (Tae Kwon Do - Chen Tai Chi - Kung Fu - Akido). All were when I was much younger but I would love to get back in them. Each style has different things to recommend it (so here are mine) Tae Kwon Do (took as a teenage, rank of black belt) - Very good for flexibility, strong…

Some people can go cold turkey off sweets. I am not one of them. So I have a box of whoppers in my room. Each whopper is approximately 10 calories. When I get the craving I grab 2-3 and suck on 1 at a time until it dissolves, then on to the next. That usually satisfies my craving for the night. I also drink a large glass…

Most likely it is because you are at a very healthy weight for your height. According to your BMI 105 is just slightly under your healthy goal which is why your probably having such a difficult time losing the weight. Essentially since you don't have that much to lose it takes longer than someone like me who is way over…

Just joined this challenge today. Found myself a bit disappointed in how weak my abs and arms are, but at least I have no where to go but up right? 4-25 - Initial pushup challenge - 10 4-25 -- Initial situp challenge - 17 Will start week 1 on Tuesday. Wish me luck!

I am really sorry to hear about your youngest's medical problems. I didn't mean to say you were doing something wrong with your kids, I was just offering a suggestion that worked for me and my family. Please never believe you are stuck - I work in the medical profession and although many doctors are very caring and…

Since I work nightshift for 7 days straight then days at home I have everything broken up into times. Midnight to 4am, 4am-8am, 8a-noon, noon-4pm, 4pm-8pm, 8p to midnight. Makes it much easier for me to track since during my work stretch I wake up at 6pm and eat dinner with the family, drive to work at 11pm with a snack,…

Unless your kids have a medical condition that makes them get up, they both should be able to sleep through the night. When my youngest son was 2 he kept getting up and walking to our room and waking us up. First we established a night time schedule that he followed every night - story at 7, snack at 7:30, bathroom at…

I am an RN who works nights also. Sometimes i think that's what led to my weight gain - infrequent meals (so lots of snacking) and night day switches on my internal clock. What I do now is divide my days into 4 hour blocks (0800-1200, 1200-1600, etc). On days I work, I eat with the family around 6:30 pm. Then I have some…

I like mine cold with any type of ice being ok (keeps me from guzzling it). I try to drink 3 24 oz containers at work and then another 16 oz for dinner. I don't like any flavors in my water - not even lemon, so it is just plain. I find it works really well when I am craving a snack that is bad for me - a big drink and I am…

I hate to say it, but I don't think you will lose the 5lbs this month. If your body has truly entered starvation mode - where it is holding onto everything it can - when you start to eat more it will hold on to that too. You need to get your body past that stage where it realizes that you won't be starving it anymore,…

I changed my goal to 2lbs a week so it is now down to 1850 calories. I just started so I'm not sure if it is working or not, but I know I have been under my calories - and way under my exercise calories - since I began. The 20 minute walk came straight from the exercise database. I wear a pedometer and it clocks me at 2.5…

I'm a nursing supervisor, so I spend 10 hr shifts walking from unit to unit helping out and checking on patients. The original account creation listed nursing as lightly active.