Bringing myself back to life

I think you should eat 2000-2100 for now. If it says 2654 i assume thats to maintain and from what I have read on here you should drop that by more then 15-20%. 20% = 530 calories. As you lose weight your body will need less and less calories over time. So the only way for you to continue losing weight is to lower calories or increase exercise or as steve says a combo of both! Lets say your eating 1500 a day now.. and you lose 50 pounds over the next 6 months eating that. You still have more weight to lose but you now weigh less and need less calories so you'd have to drop that down. Well before you ever reached a healthy weight you'd be in a very unhealthy range for calories already. Its all about doing it to get healthy.. live well..( and look damn hot in those jeans!!) Start things out on the right foot and you'll have a much smoother journey ahead :)

And great job on the food at work! I know its rough being around yummy stuff and not touching it. I baked a bunch of food for my hubby's pot luck today and sat there drooling over it. I helped him drop it off at work and I took my butt to the gym. I had one VERY small nibble of a corner of the pb&j doughnut cause I had never made it before and I wasn't going to send it if it was gross lol. Good job on the running to. I hate running.. I tried to run today and just couldn't muster the energy to last more then 2 mins.
 
I got a similar number for the number of calories you would eat to maintain your current weight (give or take a bit based on your activity level). If you only restrict 500 calories, that's about 2000 a day. But that's only 1 pound a week.

If you also work out a good amount, you could lose 1.5 to 2 pounds a week.

If you are willing to restrict your calories a bit more, you could lose 2 pounds a week just doing that. Basically, 500 calories less a day = 1 pound lost a week.
 
solty said:
I think you should eat 2000-2100 for now. If it says 2654 i assume thats to maintain and from what I have read on here you should drop that by more then 15-20%. 20% = 530 calories. As you lose weight your body will need less and less calories over time. So the only way for you to continue losing weight is to lower calories or increase exercise or as steve says a combo of both! Lets say your eating 1500 a day now.. and you lose 50 pounds over the next 6 months eating that. You still have more weight to lose but you now weigh less and need less calories so you'd have to drop that down. Well before you ever reached a healthy weight you'd be in a very unhealthy range for calories already. Its all about doing it to get healthy.. live well..( and look damn hot in those jeans!!) Start things out on the right foot and you'll have a much smoother journey ahead :)

And great job on the food at work! I know its rough being around yummy stuff and not touching it. I baked a bunch of food for my hubby's pot luck today and sat there drooling over it. I helped him drop it off at work and I took my butt to the gym. I had one VERY small nibble of a corner of the pb&j doughnut cause I had never made it before and I wasn't going to send it if it was gross lol. Good job on the running to. I hate running.. I tried to run today and just couldn't muster the energy to last more then 2 mins.
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Thanks Solty, I needed the extra boost in motivation. I am not so keen on running either but once I get warmed up I do some running and its not so bad afterwards plus it makes me sweat like an animal.

SakanaUshi said:
I got a similar number for the number of calories you would eat to maintain your current weight (give or take a bit based on your activity level). If you only restrict 500 calories, that's about 2000 a day. But that's only 1 pound a week.

If you also work out a good amount, you could lose 1.5 to 2 pounds a week.

If you are willing to restrict your calories a bit more, you could lose 2 pounds a week just doing that. Basically, 500 calories less a day = 1 pound lost a week.
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hmm I think Im eating maybe 1800 a day, depends on what I am eating really. But thanks for the info, really helps.
 
April 13th

The long weekend passed and I cant say I did good or that bad. Saturday me and lots of friends had a huge soccer tourny to go to in London, many MANY good looking fellas there ;) hehe. That morning I had no breakfast because we had to get up at 7 to leave for 8, we decided that none of us were hungry so lets just get to driving. It was a 2 hour drive and all I had was water. When we arrived at the stadium at about 10.20, we sat down found our team thats playing, sat down and rested. At about 12-12.30 the guy started calling. They had a little kiosk outside of the stadium where ppl can get their drinks and food. THey had these tiny subs which I was going to initially buy but then I found out it was assorted and I don't eat pork at all, never. My friend bought herself fries, so i was like whatever and I got them too. They were a big serving too. We then also bought a tuna sandwhich (white bun,lettuce,mayo,cucumbers,tuna) and a bottle of water. I started eating and about 4 fries in my stomach started to hurt really bad. I ate a little more fries and half the tuna sandwich. Afterwards I threw out almost all my fries and kept the other half of my tuna incase i get hungry again, I was full from a few fries and half a sandwhich, world record for me :D. Anywho, about 4 hours later I got hungry at the rest of my tuna, with a box of chocolate milk. We started driving back at around 6pm, came home at 8pm, my girlfriend was hungry and honestly I was starving. She wanted TacoBell so i was like what the hell, I ate maybe 400 calories all day today, so lets do it. I had 2 burritos a fries supreme and a 7up :(:(:( I was so fulllllllllllllllll and i felt like shit but hey, it happens.
Sunday, I had a light breakfast( cant remeber what it was) for dinner I had a bowl of cream of brocolli and I made sure my mom made the light cream, so thats a plus. I was full from the soup so I decided that i was enough only to realize that in about 40min I gotta run to work (nooooooooooooooo) the temptation of fast food. I came to work and 2 hours in my stomach was growling, I thought that the best idea would be to just eat something healthy now so this way i dont go nuts at home and eat really late. I had one grilled chicken on a whole wheat bun with mozzerella cheese and some sauted mushrooms and a G2 gatorade (only 30cals) it was gross tho :( Here comes the hilarious part. I came home, hungry? I know I SO overate on sunday maybe 800 calories in total, I dont know what I was thinking, I think i was trying to avoid food. Then, when I got home at about 12am????????????????????? I had a bowl of soup, and of course dumb me budged and had a sandwhich of chocolate spread on it. Then I went to bed, no exercise all weekend :( But today is monday and I am actually proud of myself for still being motivated and for at least knowing that I didnt do as bad as I thought I would on this long weekend. You guys know how hard it can get with friends around, and then a roadtrip, and the usual things ppl do is eat like crazy, have fun and forget about everything, and it was hard but I somehow kept my head always focused.
 
Awww don't feel bad. You went out with friends and had a good time. Don't let food ruin that for you. I'm proud of you with the french fries... I would have probably eat them regardless of my stomach hurting. I didn't exercise this weekend either, but today is Monday.. and I can start fresh!!

I have started bringing snacks with me when I go anywhere to try to avoid buying crap. The hungry all the time thing happens. Happened to me this weekend.. no amount of food could satisfy the hunger I had. I ate and ate and my stomach felt empty and growled a few mins later.

Also I really hope your eating more then 800 calories!! You gotta feed your body to get the engine running fast, give you energy, and burn off the fat.
 
Guys Im totally losing my grip on this.
Ever since sunday it hasnt been the same. Motivation is almost all gone, i hate this, i hate myself more for being so damn weak and unmotivated.

Helpp.....
 
Like I say, motivation and willpower can only last so long. It's important to set yourself up for success while you have the motivation.

That said, a little second wind isn't out of the question.

You can do it! It's not like you need the extra calories. Just eat what you need, and hang in there! And get on that treadmill!
 
you can do it!! you've already lost 6 lbs, which doesn't always seem like a whole lot, but it proves that you can do it (even with working in a fast food place, impressive). i have faith in you!!

tomorrow's a new day!
 
Stick with it!! You have already lost weight and if you keep going you know what?!?! You'll lose more! :p I thought many times about just saying forget it. I had many bad days with eating (I have kept a detailed food journal since jan 26th so I'll find em if you make me! lol) I have skipped workouts, and listened to that evil voice in my head that says its ok if I stop. But what would stopping have got me? Well lets see.

a) I'd easily be 220 pounds with how much I was gaining each week (4+lbs at times) Instead I am 183 as of this morning because I kept going.

b) I'd be even more depressed, instead I am feeling better and better each day.

C) I'd have NOTHING to wear... I was busting out of my Fat pants I had to buy as emergency measures when I outgrew all my other pants. Instead I fit back into an old pair of bigger pants.. and just squeezed into some capris (with ample muffin top though:biggrinjester:)

d) I'd be doing even further damage to my body.. fueling it with nothing but crap and destroying any chance at growing old comfortably. Instead I am building my endurance.. strengthening my body, fueling myself with better choices each day.

Its SO worth it.. you can do this.. were all here. Set your mind to it, you have it inside you to do this :)
 
I think a lot of us feel that dip in motivation after the first week (having easter w/e also doesn't help). I slipped up a bit over the weekend, and while part of me was disappointed, the rest of me was "screw it, it happens and it's gonna happen again". I also don't feel as gungho as I did last week, but I knew it wouldn't last. I am having to push myself that bit harder to stick to the calorie plan. It happens everyone. If it were easy, we'd all be at our ideal weight.

Get up Spartan, brush yourself off and come back and join the rest of us in the line. You've done it before and there's nothing stopping you from doing it again.
 
THank you guys, Im sure everyone says it here, how much someones words can mean but truly everything I read up there, hit home for me.
It's simply true, if this was supposed to be that easy, we'd all be our perfect weight and we'd all be happy with ourselves at the moment, but I think its time that I wake up from my little fantasy world. It's so weird, the first week I was so pumped and motivated and now it's like, meh whatever. I havent exercised in 4 days now and that is horrible. Goodness I even tried to do some research on Hydroxicut, like wtf is wrong with me? Went shopping the other day, of course all the plus crap that I HATE to wear fits me and the stuff they make in skinny girl sizes is the nice stuff that I want to wear that I once wore 3 years ago and I still have my skinny size clothes in the basement somewhere, I refuse to throw them out because they mean so much to me, when I look at them and hold them, it brings me back to a happier time in my life and that time was only 4 years ago :( I am going on vacay in 19 days and these past 4 days havent been great for me. Even tho I am still very aware of what I eat, I eat it anyway. few nights now i'd get up and eat a sandwich at like 12am, my brain and my body do not let me fall asleep and rest until I get up and eat, its like a sickness. And I am a very big emotional eater, any kind of strong emotion and the first thing that I want to do is open that bag of chips and eat it all. This morning, I had 5 chicken nuggets (250 calories) bottle of water then just now which is 3pm I had a whole wheat sandwhich with chocolate spread, somewhere in between I had chocolate peanuts, like maybe 10 of them. So you see I am still not eating LOTS but my food selection is not the greatest, my problem is I panik and then I avoid food. Like it's 3pm and I have yet to have a real meal that makes me nice and full (not to overeat tho). I am about to go to the mall with a gf and I was thinking that for dinner I could have a footlong sub from subway?

ALSO PLEASE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GET THE LATE NIGHT OUT OF CONTROL CRAVINGS FOR FOOD TO STOP THEN PLEASE HELP A FRIEND OUT!
I now fear the night..I fear that I will be too weak to say no.
 
About the night pangs, only thing I can suggest is try and have fiber in your last meal/snack of the day so it keeps you filled for as long as possible. Also, keep a water bottle with you and sip on that. Sometimes the simple movement can help.
 
There are a lot of people who kinda started this around the same time (10-14 days ago), and we've all been experiencing the same thing: our willpower has run out. This is perfectly normal. Willpower isn't meant to maintain us indefinitely. Willpower gets us moving, but good habits and discipline keep us going.

This morning, I had 5 chicken nuggets (250 calories) bottle of water then just now which is 3pm I had a whole wheat sandwhich with chocolate spread, somewhere in between I had chocolate peanuts, like maybe 10 of them. So you see I am still not eating LOTS but my food selection is not the greatest, my problem is I panik and then I avoid food. Like it's 3pm and I have yet to have a real meal that makes me nice and full (not to overeat tho). I am about to go to the mall with a gf and I was thinking that for dinner I could have a footlong sub from subway?
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It's true that things like chocolate-covered peanuts add up fast. So there are foods that you should avoid. But there are also foods that you can eat a ton of and they are healthy and low-calorie and will fill you up. The problem is if you assume that calories = fullness. When trying to eat healthily, your goal is to get the nutrients you need and to feel as full as you need to while consuming as few calories as possible. Chocolate-covered peanuts aren't a good food to eat, because they are loaded with calories and they won't fill you up, nor do they have much to offer in the way of nutrients. So get them out of your house and your life and never buy them again. Yes, you only had 10, but 10 chocolate covered peanuts have the calorie count of a chicken breast and a side of steamed vegetables. The chicken and vegetables will fill you up, the chocolate won't.

Generally, I wouldn't say to get rid of all the junk in your house if it's not a huge problem. But if you're really struggling, get rid of it. Plan your meals out in advance. If you don't do the cooking in your household, then talk to whoever does and work something out. If you are out and about a lot, Subway is a good option IF you get the right things. A footlong meatball sub is terrible for you. In fact, the footlongs in general are probably a bad idea, unless it's veggie. And skip the cheese and mayo, cuz those are the things that turn a good choice into a mediocre choice. I usually get roast beef or a subway club, and if I do mayo, I do lite mayo.

As for the late night cravings, plan ahead. Save a little wiggle room for the evening, and have a healthy snack before bed. It's not ideal, but it's better than binging on junk before bed. Once you're in bed, stay there. Go to sleep. If you are craving food and on the fence, say no. I mean, really say it, like out loud. You'd be surprised how well that works.

And remember, regardless of how you feel, you are in complete control of your food choices. Don't let concepts like "cravings" and "addiction" excuse you from being responsible for your choices. You put the food in your mouth.


There's tons of great advice on this forum, and not everything works for everyone. Find the things that work best for you and make them a part of your life and your daily routine. You can do it!
 
SakanaUshi said:
There are a lot of people who kinda started this around the same time (10-14 days ago), and we've all been experiencing the same thing: our willpower has run out. This is perfectly normal. Willpower isn't meant to maintain us indefinitely. Willpower gets us moving, but good habits and discipline keep us going.



It's true that things like chocolate-covered peanuts add up fast. So there are foods that you should avoid. But there are also foods that you can eat a ton of and they are healthy and low-calorie and will fill you up. The problem is if you assume that calories = fullness. When trying to eat healthily, your goal is to get the nutrients you need and to feel as full as you need to while consuming as few calories as possible. Chocolate-covered peanuts aren't a good food to eat, because they are loaded with calories and they won't fill you up, nor do they have much to offer in the way of nutrients. So get them out of your house and your life and never buy them again. Yes, you only had 10, but 10 chocolate covered peanuts have the calorie count of a chicken breast and a side of steamed vegetables. The chicken and vegetables will fill you up, the chocolate won't.

Generally, I wouldn't say to get rid of all the junk in your house if it's not a huge problem. But if you're really struggling, get rid of it. Plan your meals out in advance. If you don't do the cooking in your household, then talk to whoever does and work something out. If you are out and about a lot, Subway is a good option IF you get the right things. A footlong meatball sub is terrible for you. In fact, the footlongs in general are probably a bad idea, unless it's veggie. And skip the cheese and mayo, cuz those are the things that turn a good choice into a mediocre choice. I usually get roast beef or a subway club, and if I do mayo, I do lite mayo.

As for the late night cravings, plan ahead. Save a little wiggle room for the evening, and have a healthy snack before bed. It's not ideal, but it's better than binging on junk before bed. Once you're in bed, stay there. Go to sleep. If you are craving food and on the fence, say no. I mean, really say it, like out loud. You'd be surprised how well that works.

And remember, regardless of how you feel, you are in complete control of your food choices. Don't let concepts like "cravings" and "addiction" excuse you from being responsible for your choices. You put the food in your mouth.


There's tons of great advice on this forum, and not everything works for everyone. Find the things that work best for you and make them a part of your life and your daily routine. You can do it!
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Thanks you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with every single word and your advice is great.
I will follow your adivce, I will say NO to myself and I will listen to myself.
I got a tuna foot long but I was only able to eat half and then I had the other half later on, but I did add mayo, mustard and honey mustard :SS:S:S:S. Im seriously done.....done with giving up constantly, I am better than this. Thank you all once again.
 
OKEY so I'm doing it.
I decided that my way is failing slowly so counting calories it is. Today, early I went out to do some shopping, getting ready for my trip and I ended up buying a journal and in that I will record what I ear all day and how many calories everything is, I will keep this posted in my online journal as well. I also came across a cup, hilarious so I took a picture with my phone.
:D I can relate lol
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Glad to you you in a better place now :) I love my food journal. I've only been keeping a detailed one for a little over 2 1/2 months but it has become a normal part of my day. It only takes me maybe 30 seconds to write down what I am having since I have my handy notebook filled out with everything i eat and its nutrition. (like one hard boiled egg plain, then with 1/2 tbsp mayo, etc) I also looked up all my fruits and veggies nutrition online so I'd know what a serving size actually was. its funny looking back and seeing how stupid I was about everything I put in my mouth.

My food journal also has a hunger rating next to each meal and snack section. That helped me to see what kind of snacks and meals filled me up. And that cup is so true hehe
 
Hey there, just checking in on you. Hope you're doing okay with your weight loss journey.

That cup is hilarious!! I can relate as well.

How is that journal coming along? :)
 
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