A 23.5 kg long journey down the scale

So I'm up 0.6 kg since yesterday :(, it is all propably due to fluid levels and stuff but still a leap in the wrong direction :cuss:. That is not good! I'll think that I have to start counting calories to actually see if I'm at 1200+-200 kcal per day as I think I am. Well today I had the usual oatmeal for luch, let's say that it is 150 kcal with the skimmed milk. So far so good! Then I had a children sized portion of lasanga and some fruit sallad for dessert. How many calories is that? I don't know, just say that it is 800 kcal in total. Then I had some crisp rye bread with sliced sausage for dinner, 83 gr bread = 320 kcal + 2 dl skimmed milk = 70 kcal + 4 light sausage slices and some butter, well say 120 kcal. That is 510 kcal in total for the dinner! So the total for today is something like 1460 kcal. Well that is 60 kcal more than my daily max and then I haven't had any snacks at all today. (I think I should be a little more careful about eating bread and naughty snacks in the future.) My daily calorie requirement to maintain my weight should be around 2400 kcal. So I still have a deficit of around 1000 kcal, so I should be losing around 1 kg every week. Well, I hope that is the case! But just in case, starting tomorrow, I will be even more strict with portion sizes and only have bread in moderation. I'm not hungry or anything with my current diet so I think I still can cut a little here and there without a problem. Less bread and more vegetables and fruit should be good. If this is not working, there must be something strange with my metabolism and the 2400 kcal is a too high estimation. Maybe my body is super efficient in utilizing calories? :banghead:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Lasagna, fruit salad with a bit of cream for dessert
Snacks: -
Dinner: Crisp rye bread with sliced sausage
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Oh no! A leap in the wrong direction! :(

Todays weight: 87.7 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Your right it would be fluid weight, although going under 1200 is not usually a good idea unless under the supervision of a doctor or nutritionist.
 
Did 30 min. on the bike today and 20 min. on the elliptical, in between I did weights. The new(er) treadmill arrived to the gym today, sure looked more up to date than the old one. I hope the new climper will be there tomorrow when I get there and keeping fingers crossed that it is one of those programmable ones. Well I have been thinking about my weight and come to the conclusion that maybe I'm gaining some muscle mass. And muscle is 75% water. I started my gym sessions two weeks ago and have already been to the gym 13 times. :smash:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Chicken breast with rice
Snacks: 2 clementines, 1 tiny gingerbread, 1 piece of chocolate cake :eek:
Dinner: Crisp rye bread with sliced sausage
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

This is taking too long, I want to be 86.x NOW already!!!

Todays weight: 87.5 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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the small gain was unlikely to be actual muscle growth, you need a calorie surplus for muscle growth unless your super over weight but if you had a good enough workout to cause DOMS the the muscles will retain more water while they repair which can give you a temp weight gain.
 
Trusylver, thanks for the info. Maybe I could have had some DOMS then because today my weight is down again. :)

Thanks for stopping by daily and for the encouraging words!
 
Tried the new treadmill and sair climber at the gym today. The treadmill was quite anvanced with different programs and stuff. I quite liked it. The new starir climber was also programmable but I found the interval program to be much tougher. I only managed a 10 min. program and even then I had to cheat a bit, mostlly due to the fact that the low intensity intervals was much shorter compared to the old one. Maybe I was a bit lazy at the gym today as I didn't feel so worked out afterwards. Tomorrow I put in more effort.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Lasagna
Snacks: Cola drink, piece of cake :eek:
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with sliced sausage, 2 waffles with apple sauce
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Wohoo!! a leap down today! :party:

Todays weight: 86.6 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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I tried to do better at the gym today but I don't know if I actually did? Well at least I tried to put in some more effort in the bicycling by doing some kind of interval training at the end. I haven't had some really naughty snacks today only a tiny gingerbred. Hmm, only down 0.6 kg for my weekly weigh in. I really hope I can do better than that next week. :confused:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Chicken breast with rice
Snacks: 1 tiny gingerbread
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with roe cream and low fat cheese
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

The weight is bouncing around though the general direction still seems to be down. :toetap05:

Todays weight: 87.1 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
hey - your weight is going the right direction!!! thats great!
you were suppsed to lose 0.5-1kg a week - so yours isnt bad at all!
90 min gym session is not bad at all! well done!! :hurray:
 
Hi Justina, 0.6 kg is not too bad but for me to be really happy I would like to lose something like 1.5 kg per week. A couple of years ago I did lose 13 kg in 10 weeks or 1.3 kg/week and during that time I did only go to the gym for 60 minutes per week! Besides the gym sessions I don't see what I'm doing differently now. :confused:
 
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that could b frustrating then. it was easier first time round for me too.

well. mayb you are gaining muscle? (at the same time as losing fat)
muscle s heavier than fat.

i m in 2 mind sets about losing weight fast - I'd love to!!!! but i m scared of what it could do to my skin - so i guess i just gonna take it slow.

hope next week you can lose more.
maybe try to challange your intensity level at the gym...not the length.
sometimes i dont feel motivated either (in the gym) - like just wanna get over and done with it. but when i m in the mood i can go for it :)

GOOD LUCK!!
 
Hi Justina, well that's what I'm hoping for that I have actually gained some muscle mass. Muscle is 75% water, while bodyfat is only 25% I think. So it should at least be possible to gain a considerable amount of muscle weight while losing body fat. The gym is closed on Thursdays and I was too lazy to go for a walk, so no exercise today.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Minced meat soup, carrot sticks
Snacks: 2 clementines, 1 tomato
Dinner: 1 big rice cake with ham, fruit salad with a bit of cream
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Today my weight bounced down a bit! :) Wonder where it will bounce next? :toetap05:

Todays weight: 86.5 kg
Exercise: None
 
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Hey - good to know about the composition of muscle & body fat! :) thanks

well done on the weight loss!!
 
Did 55 min. of cardio today and 30 min. resistance training. No naughty snacks today. :angel: I only wish that my weight would go down now.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Minced meat soup, small piece of bread, fruit salad with a bit of cream for dessert
Snacks: Apple
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with ham
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

No big change today, up 0.1 kg... :toetap05:

Todays weight: 86.6 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
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Had quite a big portion of chicken and shrimp wok with rice for dinner over at some friends today.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Egg sauce with potatoes, 1 slice of bread
Snacks: 2 tiny gingerbreads, 1 apple, 1 piece of cake :eek:
Dinner: Chicken and shrimp wok with rice
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Weight seems to be stable!

Todays weight: 86.6 kg
Exercise: None
 
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Really bad snacking day today, I already had 6 gingerbreads and a cookie. The problem is that I still feel like I crave more, cookies, chocolates, cakes... I have to stop myself! :argue:

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Minced meat soup
Snacks: Clementine, Apple, 6 tiny gingerbreads, 1 small cookie, 1 chocolate bar :eek:
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with ham
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

Ouch! Propbaly yesterdays large Thai dinner showing... :leaving:

Todays weight: 87.9 kg
Exercise: 60 min. gym session
 
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Strange thing, it seems like I don't get winded doing cardio. Especially when I do bicycling on a stationary bike. It's like my legs ar too weak to produce that much strain on my cardiovascular system. Did a 20 min. walk on the treadmill today, 6 km/h at max (15%) incline. Calories burned according to the treadmill was around 250 at 122 Watt. Wonder if the treadmilll has a automatic scale built in to get those figures. 250 kcal/20 min. looks nice though.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Minced meat soup, carrot sticks
Snacks: Clementine
Dinner: 2 big rice cakes with ham/roe cream, banana
Drinks: Water, coffee and skimmed milk

This is not looking good for my upcoming weekly weigh in. :willy_nilly:

Todays weight: 87.8 kg
Exercise: 90 min. gym session
 
well done at the gym, if you can get one, a heart rate monitor is a good investment as the calorie estimate on machines isn't very good. The difference between the bike and your walking is that the bike is not weight bearing so you need to pick up the speed a little more.
 
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