Hi.

[derbygirl1]

Hello.

I am Missy. Typical story. Was thinnish most of my life. Got married and comfortable then gained about 50lbs.

I am looking to hopefully get back to a weight to height ratio that does not have "obese" next to it. (I am currently 5'2" and 176lbs).

My current food/exercise plan consists of tracking through The Daily Plate. I also keep a food journal on me so that I can make notes of the things I eat when away from the computer. I try really hard to work out during the week but have had some issue with consistency.

The main part of my workout is roller derby practice on Sunday's as well as solo skating at least one other time a week. I am trying to get back into shape for the upcoming season since last season I was not and a short chubby girl on skates just does not look good.

So, I am looking forward to this forum and stuff.....

 

[SMabrey]

Welcome

Hey Missy, welcome to the forum. It's always good to see someone willing to take charge of their life and make a change. So what's The Daily Plate?

Do you have any plans on getting into a workout regime beyond rollerbladding twice a week?

 

[derbygirl1]

Hello and thank you.

The Daily Plate is an online food tracker. A couple of my teammates suggested it and I have found that I like it. Pretty general. Log in your weight, height (etc) and how much you want to lose per week and it gives you a what your daily calorie intake should be around...I am sure there are other sites that do the same thing but I like this one.

Currently, I am attempting to do plyometrics 3 times a week while in skates (quad skates weight about 4 lbs each). As well as stuff with hand weights. I have a pretty good planned work out schedule (planned being the key word here), my issue is that I can't seem to get consistent with it.

As for skating, my big practice involves about an hour and a half of endurance skating, yoga, and an assortment of other derby related skills. The other day I skate, it is primarily endurance skating for about an hour.

I just can't seem to get motivated to continue on with the polymetrics or weights...gr.

 

[SMabrey]

The Daily Plate sounds like a good resource. However, I'm fortunate to have access to something called the BodPod. It's a new technology version of the old water dunk test. It's this little egg shaped thing you sit in, nearly butt naked...lol, and it takes measurements of your body fat and muscle mass. It also tells you precisely how many calories you need to intake to based on your activity level to maintain your current body composition. Now if I take in much less then that and still maintain my energy level, that is when I get the best results.

Do you think you aren't motivated b/c it's not fun or b/c you aren't interested in what it actually entiles? I find it easier to find things that interest me. There is alot at the gym that I do not enjoy, but of those few I do like I do alot. For example, I used to be affraid of Spin Class, but after the numbing pain subsided from my rear, I began to enjoy it. Enjoy the pain in the rest of my body knowing that my goal is coming.

 

[Omega]

The daily plate and both offer similar opportunities to track calories. They are particularly useful in that they give a full breakdown of the nutrients in your food. This means that you can read the nutrition section and learn all sorts of ways of honing your nutrition for good health and good weight loss. You can set all sorts of targets and by checking the nutritional break down of your food can see whether you hit those targets.

Many of us simply aim to eat some protein, fibre, healthy fat, calcium etc but have no idea whether we are having enough. Tools like this allow us to know whether we are eating both calories and nutrients at the right level.