a Hillbilly diary

watch out

Watch yourself, now! You go too low in your calories you can starve your muscles, and you know what is a big muscle??? Your heart. We don't want anything bad to happen to you!
 
yea im not sure who told me to write my meals down and now i can see it works both ways. I can see too many or too few calories. I dont want to drop it too quick because i dont want all of that xtra skin thats left over such as when people have the surgeries. they just lose weight sooo fast their skin cant keep up. I think thats why my my doctor told me to cut my cals just in half for now. My diet pills call for two before each meal and i couldnt eat at all. now im down to just two a day. think ill drop if off to one to see if some of my appetite will return......
 
It is bizarre how one's capacity decreases. I too find that I am able to eat only about a half to a third of what I used to in a sitting.

Your calorie intake does seem awfully low. I have had days around 1000 to 1100 but my body told me fairly quickly that this was not a good idea. I do not count calories too carefully but I think I take in about 1500 to 2000 per day these days. I have read that men should not be eating less than 1500-1800.

Do you feel OK on so few calories? And how tall are you, by the way?
 
Im 6'1"... yea i have been giving myself closer to 2500-3000 then all of a sudden i just cant eat that much. yesterday was just one of those days the cals ended up on the low end. yea i feel fine till about mid afternoon when i really need some sleep. most of it is my weird sleep schedule. I norm lay down about 8:00pm and get up between 11:00 and 01:00 am. Its probably just im not used to having any energy and now its through the roof. I do count calories on the foods that have it on the label. But things like Chili or stews or things more complex i cook here, i dont break down every calorie. I just mainly cut out sugars where i can. A large part of my calories in the past were sugars.... cokes,candy, more cokes..... so i never did really eat alot. I probably took in bout 75% of my cals from sugar snacks and im not getting that anymore. I eat breakfast,lunch on most days, and dinner. I try to get in a snack at night plus a few juices through the day.The last snack is norm a bowl of cereal or some fruit and the last few nights i have just been going to bed before i get that last meal.....
 
It is good that you are switching to eating more actual food rather than coke and candy. I am sure your body appreciates it. Sometimes I think that eating "real food" in sensible amounts is more important than counting every single calorie that passes through your mouth.

Why are you going to wait a few weeks to get a scale?
 
there a few reasons why im waiting to get a scale. the main one is being on disability I only get paid once a month and thats the last day of the month. The next main reason is i cant just go out and find a scale that will weigh a 400lb person. Im looking for a digital thats electric rather than battery. I have a few narrowed down though... Today is another low end day on calories. Think im gonna have to give myself some rice or something with dinner. Think im only up to 300 or so for the day and its almost 7pm. Im gonna try to hit at least 1000-1200 before bed. Ill get more if i can get it without stuffing myself. I really dont want to get into that habit......
 
boot to butt

Okay, Hillbilly. I am going to call your doctor if you don't quit this! You are going to hurt yourself.
 
Breakfast- bread w turkey bacon---- 120 cals
Lunch- bag of veggie chips------170 cals
Dinner- bowl of turkey chili w rice----- unknown
between the turkey,onions,peppers,beans,spices,rice, its gonna
be up there.------- a safe bet would be at least 500-1000 for a
large bowl w rice.
snacks- bowl of cereal with 2% milk- 240 cals
Drinks- water,chai w splenda and a splash of milk,more water

well i managed to bring in some calories. Ill just stay up late dont wanna go to bed too full. 3-4 hours after i eat should be a safe bet.
 
well welcome to a brand new day......... well no school today so maybe I can have a normal schedule today. I need to get out and cut the grass again today. I dont think im gonna got the whole 2 acres today. Ill prob just cut for an hour. Im not sure how many calories a push mower burns off but It will be at least one meals worth. Everything has been going ok as far as the cravings go. Though i would love some salt.....mmmmm maybe some salted fruit. apples or maybe oranges.... ehhhhh well see once i drive into town for some shopping.
 
well i got todays food list. I dont know why but it helps to see what im going to eat before hand.

Breakfast- Turkey Bacon, Poached egg sandwich= 250 calories
Lunch- Turkey patty with some onions and bell peppers and some steamed
carrots= 325 cals
Dinner- Bowl of chili w crackers= 620 cals
Snacks-Two apples Two oranges= 280(wow is fresh fruit really that high in
calories?)

Drinks- water, chai, orange juice- 140 calories

Total= 1615
 
It's good to see your calories coming up to a reasonable range.

Check out the link for number of calories burned per hour at different weights for different activities. "Mowing lawn" on the list. Looks like you'll be able to burn off a few hundred calories on the lawn, no sweat, so to speak.
 
thanks for the link. I dont know since i switched to low cal food im just not hungry. Im not sure why; the food taste fine. I have even adapted a few of our normal dishes to be a little more calorie friendly. Starches are a good way to give a calorie boost but i dont really want to get into the habit of eating alot of them.This is a weird switch. normally when you think about low calorie you think about being hungry all the time and im going through just the opposite.
 
u all are awesome

i see how accountable you all are to each other and it makes me more comfortable to expell the feelings that i am experiencing. this morning, around 8 am i had an apple and an orange and i am thinking about making me an egg and bacon sandwich (2 egg beaters, four slices of bacon-100 calories, its low cal bacon-, a flat out wrap, and a cup of apple sauce). this meal ultimately comes out to about 300 calories, which doesn't seem to be too bad.

am i a glutonous pig for wanting this meal or is it a step in the right direction?

i will post later after my meal...omg, i need to go get my h2o bottle out of the car.
 
hey there. no 300 cals for one meal isnt bad. just make sure its not only 300 for the whole day. egg and bacon sandwiches are my normal breakfast. its an easy meal and its something to get you going.
 
thanx! my meal was very good and i appreciate the support. the only bad thing is that i think about food all the time. at times, i feel like a drug addict because i have a serious addiction. hopefully, thru this forum i will be able to change some of my habits, so as to not focus on food so much.

do you think an appetite suppressor would be out of the question?

all comments are welcome
 
Im not sure how others feel about it. I normally have to have one when im on a diet. They help with the hunger and most will curb the sugar cravings.
 
well been pushing that lawnmower most of the morning off and on. I feel like I have walked half way to the moon. Up one row and down the other. man there alot of rows on this yard lol. I was reading crunchie's post and i think ill follow her idea and get a bike. I havent had one in years hope they still come with instructions lol. I live about 5 miles out of datyon and 30 miles from houston so there is plenty of rual hiway out there to ride on. They have a large shoulder on the side so its safe enough. then again just here in the neighborhood there are miles and miles of road. Just thinking i would rather ride than walk. just hope the tires can hold up to my big self. ahh well we shall see. Other than all that everything is still going ok. I am on track on my meals for today. wasnt hungry at lunch but ate it anyhow. If i didnt i would never have had the calories in i needed. No major cravings i cant handle. Thought i might try some sugar free ice cream depending on the calories it has in it. If not there is always more fruit.
 
well i never got around the the fruit lastnight, my kids got to it before i could. I wanted a few more calories since i havent been taking in that many so i went and got one of those weight watchers ice cream cookie things. It wasnt bad for a treat and only had 140 cals. I was thinking it had splenda or something it in so i wasnt worried. Ever since i ate it i have been starved. its like the first day of my diet all over again. When i woke up soooo hungry looked at the ingredients and one of the first things is sugar. I think thats why i havent had an appetite the last few weeks. I think my body thinks sugar is food and thats all it wants....... well it cant have it and thats just that. itll will have to get use to it. Other that being misrable i now know im addicted to sugar which explains how i never could lose all the weight i wanted. I have been to all the nutrition classes and know why and how the calories work. whats more healthy whats not but all that dosent seem to help when you want something sweet. well i picked up some wheat bread lastnight im trying to get away from the white starches. Um potatoes think ill still have those just few and far between. man im hungry its gonna be along two days till things get back to normal.........
 
well i got roped into a chinese buffet tonight. Did about a good as i could. It may not have been good but i have done alot worse....

Breakfast--- breakfast sandwich-----240

Lunch---Grilled potato thingie i threw together----210

(Bad Me)

Have no idea for calories on this one
About a cup of white steamed rice, about a cup of moo goo gui pan, Twoish cups of boiled shrimp, One cup of wonton soup(ouch) and a fruit plate of cantelope,honeydew and one orange sliced in quarters.. ah well that was about the best i could do. every thing else was deep fried or in heavy gravies. ahhh well ill just walk about 200 miles tomorrow lol......
 
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