Lea Jnice's Diary

1200 calories is what we would be eating at our goal weight and to maintain that weight. The way you have it now, there is no room to keep lowering your calories. Your body is just going to adapt. If we start high and as we lose, keep going down as the weight goes down, then our bodies have to readjust as well keeping our metabolism going strong. I was thinking of starting over with my calories because mine might be a little low and I'm at about 1700 a day. I prob. need to up it to 2000-2100 and then go down from there. I'm anticipating a slight gain, but in the long run it will be worth it to avoid hitting the dreaded plateau. Even just adding about 2 pieces of fruit and a veggie or nuts will take me up a notch with calories. Hopefully won't send me back into the 220s!! If anyone else is reading this and this info is wrong--please correct me! But, if I'm understanding the stickies in the forum correctly, then I think this is the way to go.


This is a long thread, but it's informative:

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/topic/9468-starvation-calories-adaptations.html
 
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I have beat this plateau. 206 today baby! 6 lbs away from my 1st weightloss goal.. Its so close! I hope that I am truly past this. Going over 3 weeks without losing weight sucks.



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Wooohooo!!!!!!! You are SOO close to your first goal! You're doing great :D


Did you save it once you put your your ticker in your sig?? Sometimes I forget to save it after.....
 
Congrats Lea!!! I am glad you finally got past your plateau. You really are almost to your first mini goal. I can't wait till I am close!

I think Kristi (pastelroses) is right about the calorie intake. I am not counting calories myself, so don't have any real advice to give. But I do know that you have to eat a certain amount of calories or else your body thinks it is starving and will hold onto the fat. This might have been a part of the reason that you hit a plateau. Up your calories and your exercise & you will see even more results.

But, on that note, you are doing great. Keep up the good work. And again congrats on the weight loss this week! :seeya:
 
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Measurement time. I decided to add more this time do I can start really seeing measurement results instead of just photos and what the scale says.



left bicep-16

right-16

left thigh-25

right-25

bellybutton-46

chest-44

waist/under boobs-37

hips-47

left fore-arm - 10-1/2

right fore-arm- 10-1/2

booty-45

left calf- 15 1/2

right calf-15 1/2

Its so sad my calves are smaller than my arms... I really need to start lifting more but I hurt my arms so bad from weight training on thursday. I couldnt straighten my arms :doh: they are doing better now. Guess I should do weights tomorrow eh..eck..I have always hated my arms. The only measurement I like is my forearm because its the smallest lol
 
Bought a pedometer today. I put it on around 1:00. I did a decent amount of exercise before I put it on. I parked in the very back of 2 different stores and my almost 2 yr old got alot of walking in today as well : ). We played on the playground and I went for a walk. Played on the swings. I dont know if that counts as exercise... I also was feeling frisky so I..um was even more active in other ways today....:p...um anywho...anywho so my steps now at 12:33 are 10,508. Says 4.93 miles... I took it off while biking two miles too. So Im thinking I got about 16,000 steps today... Thats pretty good right. Isnt 10,000 what you should get... Im so sleepy LOL but I feel pretty great : ) but my legs feel tired.. My workout clothes seem looser. I have kicked it up a notch in the gym. I am now jogging on the treadmill more instead of hitting the elipitcal(which the eliptical seems easier to do). I am slow, but I make sure I do a mile for a warm up even if I have to walk some. I can't wait until my body stops holding my back. I have been getting dizzy while running. My heartrate has been fine I just feel like I am going to faint sometimes and Im not sure why. I think I might need to see a dr to make sure all is well.. I didnt get checked out to see if I could even start working out..I mean does anyone do that..Im a 21 yr old girl..do I need checked out? well maybe if that 21 yr old girl is 5'6 and 205 lbs(starting weight 232)...then yeah probably..


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Its 6:00 am. I fell asleep at 8:00 last night so I awoke at 4 am starving.. Im still hungry. I need to eat something. I am going to go for a walk jog during sunrise. Then at noon my husband is going to get off of work early and join me and my son for a nice walk at our botanical gardens. Should be alot of fun. Havent been to the gardens in months and its one of my favorite places. Such a lovely place in the middle of the city. Stange to think there is an oasis surrounded by tall brick walls and barbed wire...Dunno if I will go to the gym tonight. Might get enough walking in during the day. My mother is taking my son for the night.. so I might go on a motorcycle/scooter ride with my husband. He just bought a tmax..if you havent seen them they are awesome. We have had two different motorcyles but this one rocks.. Heres what it looks like..


so that is all. Im going to go eat something and go for a walk with my handy dandy pedometer.
 
Sounds like a fun day. Nothing better than spending the day with the family. Have my day at the park/picnic tomorrow with the kids. Enjoy.


Matt
 
Hey Lea,
You are doing great. That is awesome that you got are keeping track of your steps throughout the day.

Have fun with your family today at the biopark!
 
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minus86 said:
Hey Lea,
You are doing great. That is awesome that you got are keeping track of your steps throughout the day.

Have fun with your family today at the biopark!
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Thanks! Um so the gardens were more of a hit than I thought. My son threw his 1st real tantrum when we had to leave and I couldn't stop it this time. I normally can stop his screaming by telling him to knock it off....I guess they call it terrible twos for a reason. He screamed his little butt off. He is now crying himself to sleep. I don't want to be known as the mom with that kid..so he better grow out of this soon..

Thank God g-ma is taking him for the night. I need a major break. I am physically, mentally, and emotionally tired. I feel like crying myself. Losing weight, running a family, and running your own photographer biz is alot of work. Im stressed. My husband thinks I workout too much but working out is like the only thing that makes me feel better. I can't wait for my hour at the gym everyday. I need to get back in church....

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Thanks! Um so the gardens were more of a hit than I thought. My son threw his 1st real tantrum when we had to leave and I couldn't stop it this time. I normally can stop his screaming by telling him to knock it off....I guess they call it terrible twos for a reason. He screamed his little butt off. He is now crying himself to sleep. I don't want to be known as the mom with that kid..so he better grow out of this soon..

Thank God g-ma is taking him for the night. I need a major break. I am physically, mentally, and emotionally tired. I feel like crying myself. Losing weight, running a family, and running your own photographer biz is alot of work. Im stressed. My husband thinks I workout too much but working out is like the only thing that makes me feel better. I can't wait for my hour at the gym everyday. I need to get back in church....

That is all...:cry:
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awww, don't cry!! :hug2: I'm sorry you're having a rough time. You are doing a lot, and this break will be so good for you. Make sure that you make room in the day for relaxation time. Schedule it in like it's an appointment. Even if it's a 5-10 min. break of just laying on the couch and not doing anything but lay there. I do that sometimes when Erik goes down for his nap. I take a quick break before I get whatever else needs to be done. You said that you need to get back into church. Did y'all stop going for awhile? Ever since Erik was born, we don't go as much as we used to. We just have church right in our living room sometimes. We put on some music and read our bibles and pray with/for each other. It's very fullfilling but I know it's just not the same as getting together with other people. When Erik gets older we'll go back so that he can go to children's church and we can get more involved. It's just too crazy right now to do anything like that. Well, I hope you feel better. I'm so proud of you for working out as hard as you are with all that's on your plate. You're doing great, keep it up!....and get some rest, girlie!!
 
My husband was in the hospital all day on my sons birthday. He had a temp of 104 and has been sick ever since. It has been a hard week. I have been stress eating again. Its like I dont eat all day at all and then by 10:00 or so I eat fast food. Im only getting around 1000 calories a day even though I prob got . I have only been to the gym twice this week. I was 203 today. ergggg I am so annoyed!!! Im stressed that I had to take care of a sick baby and now my hubby is very sick. I can't get stress relief at the gym. I can't wait to get back into the swing of things. I need to take my measurements... Im a slacker.. oh and im sexual frustrated lol I had the need to add all my feelings to this post. I am about 31 days of frustrated. Yes I am a woman and I keep track. :banghead: I have a st judes fundraiser on Monday that I have to shoot. I have to photograph models tomorrow and sunday. I really dont want to cancel but I might have to since hubby is sick.
Im sick of this and Im sick of being a fat ace. I was feeling better about myself but lately I just feel gross and unattractive..Bahhhhhhhh HUMMM BUGGG

Oh and one more thing I have lost 30 lbs and I look almost the same. What the F is up?

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Im starting to think about asking my dr for some drugs to help : (
 
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Lea,

'bout to jump on a soapbox here....

No matter what, you need to stay focused. You want to finish the race and come in FIRST! Don't put your health on the back burner to drop the next pound. I was going to give some advice on your eating, but you already know what you need to do. And you already know that diet pills are not going to give the satisfaction (let alone the health factor) of doing this on your own. You can't be on a diet pill the rest of your life and as soon as you would get off, you don't want to have to start this process all over again! You may have been joking or just toying around with the thought, but I'm taking you serious. You can do this, but you should re-evaluate how you're doing this. Get out of the old ways of thinking and do it the right way. Even if that means it will take a longer. Get some protein,veggies, and fruit back in your diet and you will feel much less stressed and a LOT more healthy. You don't want to lose all the muscle that you've been working so hard at attaining at the gym by eating the way you've been. You may lose weight but it might be coming from losing muscle. I know you said that you can't go to the gym right now, but you can do those at home workouts that you had sent to me and get some protein in your body! I'm sorry that you are so down and so stressed. Push past this. I know you can.
 
pastelroses said:
Lea,

'bout to jump on a soapbox here....

No matter what, you need to stay focused. You want to finish the race and come in FIRST! Don't put your health on the back burner to drop the next pound. I was going to give some advice on your eating, but you already know what you need to do. And you already know that diet pills are not going to give the satisfaction (let alone the health factor) of doing this on your own. You can't be on a diet pill the rest of your life and as soon as you would get off, you don't want to have to start this process all over again! You may have been joking or just toying around with the thought, but I'm taking you serious. You can do this, but you should re-evaluate how you're doing this. Get out of the old ways of thinking and do it the right way. Even if that means it will take a longer. Get some protein,veggies, and fruit back in your diet and you will feel much less stressed and a LOT more healthy. You don't want to lose all the muscle that you've been working so hard at attaining at the gym by eating the way you've been. You may lose weight but it might be coming from losing muscle. I know you said that you can't go to the gym right now, but you can do those at home workouts that you had sent to me and get some protein in your body! I'm sorry that you are so down and so stressed. Push past this. I know you can.
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I know : ( thanks for the reply....I'll be working on getting back on track.
 
I think you can definitely tell a difference in your stomach and back between the pictures that you posted. I know it can be difficult, but even if you find yourself getting off track, you've got to gather up the energy to get refocused. Believe me, I was just off track for the past 2 weeks, and it is NOT WORTH IT! I feel like crap, look like crap, and have been eating like crap.

You can do this!!! Especially through the stressfull times, we have to take care of ourselves!

Take care & hang in there!
 
Ok SO I got back into the gym tonight, so I am back on track. I missed going. I didnt over eat at dinner tonight so thats good as well. I didnt eat after I worked out. I normally have a snack but its to late to eat and I really should stop my late night snacks all together. So Im going to work on that. I am stuck at 203 again. Hoping to get over this now that I am back in the gym and are watching my calories better. Hubby bought a bunch of brocoli,grapes,apples,mushrooms,and celery so that should help with the snacking. I was eating shredded wheat alot for snack which cannot be a good thing, but its so good. Thanks for the words of encouragement. It means alot. Thanks ladys.
 
Keep eating those fruits & veggies. You'll be literally "losing" those pounds with all that extra added fiber. LOL!!!

Glad that you got back in the gym. Since you said that you missed going, I can tell that your body is already appreciating all your hard work.

KEEP IT UP! :smash: :smash: :smash:
 
I have been avoided this site because I havent been loosing. Havent lost anything in a month. I was sick for a week after my hubby was.I also sprained my foot at the gym : ( The day I said I would get back in the gym I did it. I was on pain meds for a while. I finely am ok and I am back on this weightloss wagon. I wasnt eating very well and all and was drinking alot of alcohol. I didnt gain anything. I am hoping that now that I am counting calories and working out again that I will start loosing. I have been watching the biggest loser and every season I just cant believe how much weight they can loose so quickly. I dont know if thats even healthy. My heartrate gets up to 180 and I feel like im going to have a heart attack sometimes. I couldnt imagine having jillian scream "the only way your getting off this treadmill is if you die" lol anywho. Im glad to be back ; )
 
Hey Lea!

Glad you're back too. I've been at a little standstill for a little while too. I had to be on pain killers too b/c of my wisdom teeth. It made me way too loopy to worry about exercise and I couldn't eat normal balanced meals until the stitches healed. Talk about a pain! Even though it's been several days since I've healed, I still haven't done any exercise to be proud of...just little things to keep me busy. All that to say...we can jump back on this together.

I've been watching Biggest Loser as well. With their crazy weight loss, keep in mind that sometimes they go two weeks before a weigh-in instead of the one week that we are led to believe. I just found that out recently from reading a blog of one of the previous winners. It really is too good to be true sometimes! Anyhow, this is one of my fav. shows and I am so encouraged by it.
 
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