Hi I'm kernels and a newbie

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kernels

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Hi to everyone I'm new to this board.
Let me begin by describing myself. I just turned 47 last month and have battled weight issues all my life. As a child I was very fat and with the help of a very supportive mother lost most of the fat in my teens. However throughout the rest of my life weight has always always been an issue.
Physically I am 6 foot, 195 lbs, (was 215 last month). Because I don't have a lot of muscle when Im over the 200 lbs mark I look pretty flabby.
Back when I was in college I took up jogging and that has always helped me keep my weight gain somewhat in check and is now helping me to lose the weight I need to lose. My goal is to get down to 180-175.
I know this doesn't sound like a lot of weight but I really need to do this. I feel like XXX when I'm overweight and I know my wife isn't thrilled either.
I'm a little depressed today because I weighed myself this morning. Every Tuesday is weigh day and I only lost 1 pound this week. I cheated twice this past week BUT was really good the rest of the week. Also, I feel like I lost weight from last week but the scale doesn't show it. My shirts and pants feel much better but dam that scale. I can't give you a calorie count since I don't really count calories. I eat a muffin or bagel for breakfast, lean cuisine for lunch and a moderate dinner. The moderate dinner is where I don't know about the calories but I'm pretty careful not to eat too much and not a lot of carbs. I jog 5 miles just about every day and every evening walk 3 miles with my wife. I can tell ya one thing I'm hungry most of the day except immediately after a meal and wake up in the morning feeling like I'm starved. I'm assuming I have either platoed or my matabalism has slooowed down. Or maybe both?
I apologize for going on too long but I just needed to get this off my chest.
 
heya and welcome to the forums :)
You should at least try to count calories, it pretty much is the essential way to know if you're loosing weight. Try hooking up with fitday.com or something to do it for you.
I mean if you can eat say 2000 calories in a day, and find really yum low calorie options you can easily be full most of the time. Carbs are not a bad thing, just eat balenced so you dont end up having cravings (i find if i cut out carbs or proteins i end up craving them, so i make sure i have a bit of each).

Anyway, welcome to the forums, sit down and start yourself up a diary thread so you can keep track of everything :)
 
Welcome, I think your problem is probably your dinner - it is easy to say you're eating "moderately" but hard to know. My solution is to eat lean cuisine dinners so that I know EXACTLY how many calories I'm eating. Calories sneak up on you, you need to be careful. Not that I'm sooo great, I binged on nachos today (soooo good) but have lost 16 pounds in about one month. Secret is eating lean cuisine/weight watchers/healthy choice meals - they tell you how many calories are in each thing you eat and it is easy to keep track of your calories. You'll lose weight very quickly if you eat one for breakfast/lunch/dinner and one or two snacks. Also fat free whipped cream is delicious and very low cal.
 
yeah count the calories - i recall seeing '1 cup of cake is 300 calories ... mmm i can fit a shitload of cake in a cup if i squish it down!'
Of course i was kidding myself that it was still 300 calories .. but come on, we wouldnt be fat if we didnt kid ourselves that we wernt overeating in the first place :)
 
Hey there kernels,

welcome to the WLF. :) As for being depressed about losing only a pound this week... bah... there's no need for that. One pound lost is definitely better than nothing or gaining, right? I find scales to be a major mindf*ck, so for the most part I try to weigh myself once every 2 weeks usually. I can't stand weight fluctuations due to a number of reasons: water retention, glycogen storage, etc etc etc. Also... a measuring tape seems to make me much happier. Seeing that I loss an inch or two in my hips makes me do "my happy dance." haha

Calories wise, if you really want to figure out how many cals you're consuming, invest in the following: measuring cups, measuring spoons, and a food scale. (They're all pretty cheap.) Also, there are a number of great free online calorie counters: and seem to be 2 of the faves around here. I personally lurve SP. :) As for frozen meals (lean cuisine, healthy choice, WW) I can understand the convenience of them. However, I personally like to cook (I'm top notch.. woot!) and well, it's much cheaper than forking out $2-4 for each entree. Not only that, you can eat so much more and still stay within your caloric allottment than what those things have to offer... bah. Needless to say, I'm a HUGE fan of food. HA! Good luck with the weight loss, doll.... :D

-Sheryl
 
Thanks everyone for your advice. I totally agree that I must be eating more for diner than I realize but I also think my metabolism is slowing down from starving myself. I am traveling the next two weeks and plan to do my best while on the road. I'm not going to weigh myself till I get back. Assuming my I still haven't lost that much weight then I will definetly do the lean cuisines for dinner.
Do anyone of you have any experience with diet pills. Like phenerine or something like that. My friend had his doctor perscribe this and it seemed to work really well.
 
umm ,, if you're eating more your metabolism wouldnt be slowing down from starving yourself .. that just doesnt make sense lol.

Forget the pills, it doesnt teach you good habits to follow on with later on.
Try doing exercise in the morning to speed your metabolism up some :)
 
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