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Has anyone tried doing this?
So my weight is at a dead stall. I workout 6 days a week (I would do 7, but I know you should take one rest day). I do kickboxing, also train with a trainer once a week, and started doing a bootcamp class once a week (hopefully they continue it). I can't seem to lose anything. I've been thinking about trying to zig zag my…
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Low to no carb snack ideas
My trainer recommeneded to me not eating carbs like 3-4 hours prior to bed. I was looking for some low or no carb snack ideas for the evening. One I do eat is edamame, but I was looking for some others.
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Could this really be?
So I was in Florida for the past 6 days, I did not log what I ate but I know more than likely I ate more possibly a lot more than my calorie goal. I only worked out two days. And I was not as active as I usually am. I was at a conference so a lot of it was sitting in lectures. My weight has not budged for 4 weeks. I've…
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Progress Pics. Down a total of 130 lb so far
My highest weight was a whopping 308lb. I am currently 178lb. So I've lost a total of 130 lb so far with a minimum of 43 lb to go. I will reevaluate as I get closer. But I wanted to share some pics Half of the weight was lost prior to MFP. May 2002 - probably around my highest weight December 12 2010. The day I truly…
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Advice for eating while away
I'm worried about a trip coming up in January. The first weekend in January I'll be going away for the weekend to a convention with a friend. I'll be leaving Friday afternoon (I plan to workout before I leave), and coming back Sunday afternoon, just shortly before I have to go to work. I doubt I'll be able to workout while…
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How long do I wait for the scale to move?
So, I hade been eating 1200 calories (gross), no exercise calories or anything for about 8 months. I lost about 60 lb during that time. I still have about 50lb to go, til I reach the high end of a normal BMI. So after those 8 months I stopped losing. I workout mostly 6 days a week, occasionally 5. Burning around 500…
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Advice needed
So I had been eating 1200 calories only, no exercise calories for about 9 months. Hit a stall, upped to 1400 for a week, lost 1 lb. upped to 1500 next week , lost 4.2 lb (some was TOM weight gain, I believe.) So following week I upped to 1600 (trying to get body out of starvation mode, since I burn according to my BMF…
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Do I up my calories again?
I had prior to 2 weeks ago, eating a flat 1200 calories. And exercising 6 or 7 days a week, burning 500 calories each workout. I was not eating these calories, and I got a BMF and I burn (just doing nothing, as proved by me being sick and doing nothing the other day, like 16-1700 calories). So my deficit on days I work and…
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How long should I take to get out of starvation mode?
So for the past 8 months or so I've been eating 1200 calories total. Not eating my exercise calories or anything extra. I burn usually 500 exercise calories 6 days a week. I plateaued for 3 weeks and then got a bodymedia fit and realized I'm eating way to little. On average I probably burn (with exercise) 2800 or more…
