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mishi
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I have been doing well today but I had an episode where I didn't eat for many hours and just crashed. A chicken sandwich from Wendy's tided me over but I am so munchy now!!! It is 9:38 and I am doing dishes and cleaning but the urge to snack is killing me. I hate these urges! I ran out of yarn today so I can't even knit!! lol but over all I did good today. I am at 1500 calories and even though I could eat more if I wanted I haven't been able to exercise yet so keeping my calories low might be a good idea. I read somewhere though that your body gets used to the lower calories and will set itself to burn that amount. My question is: What then? What do you do to keep losing and then when your in maintainance what do you do about the calories? up them? keep them the same? I don't want to go too low because I can't see myself being satisfied with a 1000 calorie diet for the rest of my life. How does this work???
I have been doing well today but I had an episode where I didn't eat for many hours and just crashed. A chicken sandwich from Wendy's tided me over but I am so munchy now!!! It is 9:38 and I am doing dishes and cleaning but the urge to snack is killing me. I hate these urges! I ran out of yarn today so I can't even knit!! lol but over all I did good today. I am at 1500 calories and even though I could eat more if I wanted I haven't been able to exercise yet so keeping my calories low might be a good idea. I read somewhere though that your body gets used to the lower calories and will set itself to burn that amount. My question is: What then? What do you do to keep losing and then when your in maintainance what do you do about the calories? up them? keep them the same? I don't want to go too low because I can't see myself being satisfied with a 1000 calorie diet for the rest of my life. How does this work???
hillbillylee1
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That would explain the plateau that we get. If it happens to me I'm gonna try and work through it by being more active.
Llamabean
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I think mostly the plateau is because it just takes fewer calories to run a 150 lb person than a 400 lb person in daily life. When you lose weight, there is less weight you carry around and less weight to maintain so it takes fewer calories to live.
When you get to the maintenance part of your new lifestyle, you can increase your calories by 100 a day until you see yourself start to gain, then back it off a bit more. I bet you can eat more than you think you can.
When you get to the maintenance part of your new lifestyle, you can increase your calories by 100 a day until you see yourself start to gain, then back it off a bit more. I bet you can eat more than you think you can.
mishi
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cheat weighing!
Hiya HillBillyLee and Llamabean Thanks for comments. This all gets so confusing sometimes!! I have never put myself on a diet before and it is hard but I gotta say the sense of control I have is awsome!! I love it when I can stay in my goal and I fight off cravings I jumped on the scale this morning (even though my weigh days are Friday and Monday for the two challenges I am in) and it blew me away when it said 190! but I never believe the scale the first time so I jumped on a few more times and each time was a bit heavier until the last time which was 194. So I am going with that. Either way that is good. Around the holidays I was creeping back up to 200 and it was depressing but back on track again feels good. Work was cancelled for the week due to snow so now I have oodles of time to catch up on paperwork and play with my son! The bad part is I have oodles of time to contemplate the fridge and want to snack. It is 1:00 and I haven't had lunch yet so being hungry right now makes sense but it is hard to seperate the emotional hunger from the actual hunger. I am working hard to know the difference. It is crazy how much of a change this is!! I am used to pouring huge bowls of cereal and mindlessly eating several bowls and now if I am eating slow and don't zone out I am satisfied after one average bowl. I can't wait until this becomes second nature to me... which I hope will happen eventually!!
Hiya HillBillyLee and Llamabean
Thanks for comments. This all gets so confusing sometimes!! I have never put myself on a diet before and it is hard but I gotta say the sense of control I have is awsome!! I love it when I can stay in my goal and I fight off cravings I jumped on the scale this morning (even though my weigh days are Friday and Monday for the two challenges I am in) and it blew me away when it said 190! but I never believe the scale the first time so I jumped on a few more times and each time was a bit heavier until the last time which was 194. So I am going with that. Either way that is good. Around the holidays I was creeping back up to 200 and it was depressing but back on track again feels good. Work was cancelled for the week due to snow so now I have oodles of time to catch up on paperwork and play with my son! The bad part is I have oodles of time to contemplate the fridge and want to snack. It is 1:00 and I haven't had lunch yet so being hungry right now makes sense but it is hard to seperate the emotional hunger from the actual hunger. I am working hard to know the difference. It is crazy how much of a change this is!! I am used to pouring huge bowls of cereal and mindlessly eating several bowls and now if I am eating slow and don't zone out I am satisfied after one average bowl. I can't wait until this becomes second nature to me... which I hope will happen eventually!!txturtlegirl
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Congratulations on not hitting 200 again! I just hope to be even slightly under 200 tomorrow when I weigh in!
mishi
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weigh in's
So I cheated a few days ago when curiousity got the best of me and I jumped on the scale. Luckily it was good news as I am shedding the holiday weight but now that I weighed myself I can't stop. Did it again this morning (193). Tommorow is my normal weigh day and so is Monday for the challenges I am in but I need to only weigh myself on those days. It is so hard. I have been a daily weigher for years! I am fairly good about not getting myself down about minor weight fluctuations but for this long term goal I think it would be healthier to just do it the two times a week I have to for challenges. Sigh. Food is going well. I am around 1400 calories everyday which is below my goal of 1500-2000 cals a day The only problem is midday I get so hungry but I am usually doing things and can't stop to eat until normal dinner time. I am famished and grumpy by then need to carry around snacks. However I have been doing a good job of keeping my dinner portions small and not inhaling them and over doing it. Then I wait for 20 or so minutes and if I am still hungry I have an ice cream bar (yay skinny cow!) or a bowl of cereal or whatever! yum! I am addicted to cereal. I used to eat like a box a day just a month ago! Especially kix. so good and I can't stop. but now I am trying to listen to my body and try to figure out when it is actually hungry or if I am just wanting to eat. It is hard to tell the difference! I have noticed that if I eat a small serving and then wait to see if I want more I am usually ok after 20-30 minutes. It is pretty cool. I am bracing myself for tommorow night which is a cheat day. For my birthday I am going to drink like a sailor, and eat sushi and go bowling I am so excited and I love the bowling because at least it keeps you active! lol I think I have been stressing about my birthdays. It is one of the things that spurred my recent quest for weight loss. I have been complaining about being overweight most of my life and I realized that I have control over this and I don't want to waste any more time complaining about it. I want to have a chance to be skinny and I know as I get older it will be harder. So this is my chance! I am so looking forward to getting to my year goal of 145. It is only 50lbs to lose. Which isn't a whole lot. I have already lost 50 and though it was years ago it origionally only took me 3 months to lose. I am excited to see what will happen this time
So I cheated a few days ago when curiousity got the best of me and I jumped on the scale. Luckily it was good news as I am shedding the holiday weight but now that I weighed myself I can't stop. Did it again this morning (193
). Tommorow is my normal weigh day and so is Monday for the challenges I am in but I need to only weigh myself on those days. It is so hard. I have been a daily weigher for years! I am fairly good about not getting myself down about minor weight fluctuations but for this long term goal I think it would be healthier to just do it the two times a week I have to for challenges. Sigh. Food is going well. I am around 1400 calories everyday which is below my goal of 1500-2000 cals a day The only problem is midday I get so hungry but I am usually doing things and can't stop to eat until normal dinner time. I am famished and grumpy by then need to carry around snacks. However I have been doing a good job of keeping my dinner portions small and not inhaling them and over doing it. Then I wait for 20 or so minutes and if I am still hungry I have an ice cream bar (yay skinny cow!) or a bowl of cereal or whatever! yum! I am addicted to cereal. I used to eat like a box a day just a month ago! Especially kix. so good and I can't stop. but now I am trying to listen to my body and try to figure out when it is actually hungry or if I am just wanting to eat. It is hard to tell the difference! I have noticed that if I eat a small serving and then wait to see if I want more I am usually ok after 20-30 minutes. It is pretty cool. I am bracing myself for tommorow night which is a cheat day. For my birthday I am going to drink like a sailor, and eat sushi and go bowling I am so excited and I love the bowling because at least it keeps you active! lol I think I have been stressing about my birthdays. It is one of the things that spurred my recent quest for weight loss. I have been complaining about being overweight most of my life and I realized that I have control over this and I don't want to waste any more time complaining about it. I want to have a chance to be skinny and I know as I get older it will be harder. So this is my chance! I am so looking forward to getting to my year goal of 145. It is only 50lbs to lose. Which isn't a whole lot. I have already lost 50 and though it was years ago it origionally only took me 3 months to lose. I am excited to see what will happen this time
mishi
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It's my birthday!!
Ok I shouldn't sound so excited. I am now 29. This will be my last year in my 20's I can't believe it! But this will also be the year I get to my goal weight! I jumped on the scale for my challenge weigh in and it said 192!!! I am so excited. I was at 189 last summer before I started gaining again. I just dropped off the wagon when I went for several weeks to visit my family in Indiana. Also I haven't managed to get to the gym yet bad me! but otherwise I am doing great diet wise. I am still so hungry when I go too long without food but I have been stocking up on those 100 calorie packs so I can munch without worrying what I am eating I am also trying to drink more water. I had 3 16.9oz bottles yesterday. I had been having no water throughout the day! so this is an improvement. Whats funny is it is so cold out here i am leaving the water out on the porch so it won't take up space in my already overstocked fridge! lol it works pretty well
This is what my diet looked like yesterday... and the last several days actually:
grams cals %total
Total: 1429
Fat: 52 471 34%
Sat: 19 168 12%
Poly: 9 81 6%
Mono: 20 183 13%
Carbs: 154 568 41%
Fiber: 12 0 0%
Protein: 90 360 26%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
Fat intake was a little higher but not too bad I am not sure how to calculate that anyway!
So today is my birthday and a cheat day. So I am wondering how it will affect my weight for Monday. I am not going to go overboard until tonight. We are going for sushi and I love sushi so I will not hold myself back and then the other diet killer will be drinking. I drink so rarely that I can afford to overdo it everyonce and awhile. We'll see. even now I am thinking light beer lol. Is there any other hard alcohol that is less detrimental to diets?? I like pretty much any kind of alcohol. Any suggestions??
Ok I shouldn't sound so excited. I am now 29. This will be my last year in my 20's I can't believe it! But this will also be the year I get to my goal weight!
I jumped on the scale for my challenge weigh in and it said 192!!! I am so excited. I was at 189 last summer before I started gaining again. I just dropped off the wagon when I went for several weeks to visit my family in Indiana. Also I haven't managed to get to the gym yet bad me! but otherwise I am doing great diet wise. I am still so hungry when I go too long without food but I have been stocking up on those 100 calorie packs so I can munch without worrying what I am eating I am also trying to drink more water. I had 3 16.9oz bottles yesterday. I had been having no water throughout the day! so this is an improvement. Whats funny is it is so cold out here i am leaving the water out on the porch so it won't take up space in my already overstocked fridge! lol it works pretty wellThis is what my diet looked like yesterday... and the last several days actually:
grams cals %total
Total: 1429
Fat: 52 471 34%
Sat: 19 168 12%
Poly: 9 81 6%
Mono: 20 183 13%
Carbs: 154 568 41%
Fiber: 12 0 0%
Protein: 90 360 26%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
Fat intake was a little higher but not too bad
I am not sure how to calculate that anyway! So today is my birthday and a cheat day. So I am wondering how it will affect my weight for Monday. I am not going to go overboard until tonight. We are going for sushi and I love sushi so I will not hold myself back and then the other diet killer will be drinking. I drink so rarely that I can afford to overdo it everyonce and awhile. We'll see. even now I am thinking light beer lol. Is there any other hard alcohol that is less detrimental to diets?? I like pretty much any kind of alcohol. Any suggestions??
Cannon 2006
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Hey Mishi! I saw the Wonder Woman avatar and that you are a fellow teacher so I had to stop by. Happy Birthday and congrats on deciding to make a change instead of just talking about it. I remember having a moment like that myself.
mishi
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Post Birthday!
Thank cannon! It is nice to meet a fellow teacher as well What's your poisen? Mine is high school art and ceramics Fun, fun, fun. but I get a student teacher for the first time this semester and I am really looking forward to warping... hm hm I mean molding an up and coming teacher mind
So for my birthday I tried to be very concious of what I was taking in. I had mountains of sushi- this time I tried sashimi which is just a piece of fish and no rice. I really liked it and you get the benifits of fewer rice carbs I also had my regular rainbow and tuna and california rolls! So yummy. Several shots of warm saki which is fairly low cal! Then we went bowling and I had 2 and 1/2 jack and diet cokes. I haven't had it with diet before but it was ok. I just wasn't feeling it in the end so I started drinking water. So that was good. I gained 2 lbs from my birthday night but as I am settling back into my eating routine I am losing it fast. I am already back down to 192! I am looking forward to getting into the 180's sometime this week.
I haven't been exercising This is my only lament and I know the reasons: 1) I am lazy. I know this. If I am going to get to my ultimate goal (I need to change my ticker to reflect that I think. I am on mini-goal right now.) I will need to get my butt in gear and develope those daily exercise habits. 2) I have this strange fear that if I exercise now the scale will stall. That is how it has always been. When I am exercising I never see the scale move though I know I have gotten smaller. The one difference this time is that I am watching what I eat as well. I have never done both at the same time. This is the first time i have ever really watched what I have eaten.
So this is my delimma. Even though I know that I need to be exercising asap I am going to ride this weight loss ride as long as eating healthy will take me. When the scale stalls for a few weeks then I will add in some exercise. I know I should seize the day but with the scale consistantly going down I am loath to do anything that might upset that. I know maybe that the scale would go down faster but I am not about the fast weightloss. I just want to be consistant. So we will see. Second weigh in is tommorow for my New Year team. Yay team 3! I am excited to see where I am and hopfully the scale will keep going down.
There is a detriment to my cheat days that I am seeing consistantly. When I have a day that I go overboard and give into cravings and let my calories go way up then I crave more. My cravings were so bad last night and I would have killed for something snacky. I wanted not to cave at all but in the end I had to have SOMETHING! so I had a suger free jello cup (thank god for those folks at Jello) and then I just drank water until I went to bed. I am trying so hard not to snack after dinner. It is hard because I like to stay up late and watch tv and nothing goes with that better than snacking! So the yesterday was a struggle but I stayed at 1400 calories and I feel good about that. I can't believe the difference from 5,000 calories (about what I was eating before) and 1,400. It sometimes is difficult but as I have said before I like the control.
Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. even with all the food "drama" I have had a fabulous last few days of extended break
Thank cannon! It is nice to meet a fellow teacher as well
What's your poisen? Mine is high school art and ceramics Fun, fun, fun. but I get a student teacher for the first time this semester and I am really looking forward to warping... hm hm I mean molding an up and coming teacher mindSo for my birthday I tried to be very concious of what I was taking in. I had mountains of sushi- this time I tried sashimi which is just a piece of fish and no rice. I really liked it and you get the benifits of fewer rice carbs
I also had my regular rainbow and tuna and california rolls! So yummy. Several shots of warm saki which is fairly low cal! Then we went bowling and I had 2 and 1/2 jack and diet cokes. I haven't had it with diet before but it was ok. I just wasn't feeling it in the end so I started drinking water. So that was good. I gained 2 lbs from my birthday night but as I am settling back into my eating routine I am losing it fast. I am already back down to 192! I am looking forward to getting into the 180's sometime this week. I haven't been exercising
This is my only lament and I know the reasons: 1) I am lazy. I know this. If I am going to get to my ultimate goal (I need to change my ticker to reflect that I think. I am on mini-goal right now.) I will need to get my butt in gear and develope those daily exercise habits. 2) I have this strange fear that if I exercise now the scale will stall. That is how it has always been. When I am exercising I never see the scale move though I know I have gotten smaller. The one difference this time is that I am watching what I eat as well. I have never done both at the same time. This is the first time i have ever really watched what I have eaten. So this is my delimma. Even though I know that I need to be exercising asap I am going to ride this weight loss ride as long as eating healthy will take me. When the scale stalls for a few weeks then I will add in some exercise. I know I should seize the day but with the scale consistantly going down I am loath to do anything that might upset that. I know maybe that the scale would go down faster but I am not about the fast weightloss. I just want to be consistant. So we will see. Second weigh in is tommorow for my New Year team. Yay team 3! I am excited to see where I am and hopfully the scale will keep going down.
There is a detriment to my cheat days that I am seeing consistantly. When I have a day that I go overboard and give into cravings and let my calories go way up then I crave more. My cravings were so bad last night and I would have killed for something snacky. I wanted not to cave at all but in the end I had to have SOMETHING! so I had a suger free jello cup (thank god for those folks at Jello) and then I just drank water until I went to bed. I am trying so hard not to snack after dinner. It is hard because I like to stay up late and watch tv and nothing goes with that better than snacking! So the yesterday was a struggle but I stayed at 1400 calories and I feel good about that. I can't believe the difference from 5,000 calories (about what I was eating before) and 1,400. It sometimes is difficult but as I have said before I like the control.
Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. even with all the food "drama" I have had a fabulous last few days of extended break
mishi
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Did well today. Getting harder to stop eating by nine. Especially since my b/f's mom made me gingerbread cake at a late birthday get together So yummy.... *drooling* but I am just over 1400 calories! Tommorow I may exercise but I want to talk to my Dr. first- have an umbelical hernea apparently and I am worried now to strain myself Also b/f is giving me crap for eating too little and saying it's making me grumpy. I am saying it is my 4 year old munchkin refusing to eat dinner and running around like a little monkey.... so I am a little down tonight. I don't want to put my health in jepordy. There are several people around me who's health is deterioating and I want to be healthy about the way I lose weight. sigh... Hope you all have a good night
So yummy.... *drooling* but I am just over 1400 calories! Tommorow I may exercise but I want to talk to my Dr. first- have an umbelical hernea apparently and I am worried now to strain myself Also b/f is giving me crap for eating too little and saying it's making me grumpy. I am saying it is my 4 year old munchkin refusing to eat dinner and running around like a little monkey.... so I am a little down tonight. I don't want to put my health in jepordy. There are several people around me who's health is deterioating and I want to be healthy about the way I lose weight. sigh... Hope you all have a good night
mishi
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Oh Happy Day!
So I jumped on the scale today and my jaw dropped when it said 189.8!! However I wasn't steady and didn't believe my eyes and tried it another few times. I got a pretty solid 191 reading So I am still down!! I am so excited. I checked with the doctor today on my amount of calories becuase my b/f had freaked me out but she said 1400-1600 is a good range for weightloss for me. I have been having a hard time with night cravings but I was up until 2am last night grading all the finals I put off to the end. I was going crazy for something to snack on. I mean CRAZY! It was so hard to resist but in the end I did and just drank loads of water... I didn't walk to bed I rolled but I didn't cave. My jeans are looser and I will hopfully soon fit in that closet full of jeans I bought last May and then get beyond. Llamabean was saying something about imagining being in a single digit size and she is right! It boggles the mind to think that we can do anything and go that far.... not that I will ever be a 2 or anything (yuck) but maybe and 8???? wow I am in shock at that possibility! Yay!!!
So I jumped on the scale today and my jaw dropped when it said 189.8!! However I wasn't steady and didn't believe my eyes and tried it another few times. I got a pretty solid 191 reading
So I am still down!! I am so excited. I checked with the doctor today on my amount of calories becuase my b/f had freaked me out but she said 1400-1600 is a good range for weightloss for me. I have been having a hard time with night cravings but I was up until 2am last night grading all the finals I put off to the end. I was going crazy for something to snack on. I mean CRAZY! It was so hard to resist but in the end I did and just drank loads of water... I didn't walk to bed I rolled but I didn't cave. My jeans are looser and I will hopfully soon fit in that closet full of jeans I bought last May and then get beyond. Llamabean was saying something about imagining being in a single digit size and she is right! It boggles the mind to think that we can do anything and go that far.... not that I will ever be a 2 or anything (yuck) but maybe and 8???? wow I am in shock at that possibility! Yay!!!
mishi
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Back to work!
So today was my first day back to work and because I procrastinated I was up so late and I was so tired today and stressed but I came home and took a nap and I feel so much better. Also my calories for today are way down 1265! So I can have a few snacky things tonight if I want. I am feeling really calm and happy now and with grade due dates two days away I am relaxing... not such a great thing but I did get laundry folded. Our first conditioning day for softball is going to be on Wednesday and I am going to go running with the team.... I should say jogging. I am a little nervous about them going faster and I will just be poking along behind them. I am a very slow runner but it is exercise and I am excited to see the team and meet the girls I will be working with Goodnight all hope you are doing well!
So today was my first day back to work and because I procrastinated I was up so late and I was so tired today and stressed but I came home and took a nap and I feel so much better. Also my calories for today are way down 1265! So I can have a few snacky things tonight if I want. I am feeling really calm and happy now and with grade due dates two days away I am relaxing... not such a great thing but I did get laundry folded. Our first conditioning day for softball is going to be on Wednesday and I am going to go running with the team.... I should say jogging. I am a little nervous about them going faster and I will just be poking along behind them. I am a very slow runner but it is exercise and I am excited to see the team and meet the girls I will be working with
Goodnight all hope you are doing well!
niapage
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Heya's Mish,
Happy belated B-day!! Wow 180's that's
awesome I am alomost out of the ugly 190's I say no later than
Friday Bye Bye 190's lol!Your exersices are so kick butt I can't wait
until I can jog I try a little (1 min lol) on treadmill and I am getting
a little used to it but I am far from ready to jog outdoors me and my
doggy just speed walk well except for his 22 bathroom stops lol!
Have a great night keep up the good work,Tammy
Happy belated B-day!! Wow 180's that's
awesome I am alomost out of the ugly 190's I say no later than
Friday Bye Bye 190's lol!Your exersices are so kick butt I can't wait
until I can jog I try a little (1 min lol) on treadmill and I am getting
a little used to it but I am far from ready to jog outdoors me and my
doggy just speed walk well except for his 22 bathroom stops lol!
Have a great night keep up the good work,Tammy
Llamabean
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Mishi- You're doing awesome!!!!! And darned right on the possibility of a single digit size. The idea kind of freaks me out - like, how do body sizes work? Could I ever get to a size 8? I don't know enough about the smaller sizes to even know if it's possible for me, but it seems fun to think about it.
I really can't imagine a single digit size. I just dream of being able to shop in a normal store. .none of this plus size business. . .
Way to go on getting out there. I'd be too nervous to even think of joining a sports team. It's exercise, like you said, and it's a much better hobby than watching television!!
Way to go on getting out there. I'd be too nervous to even think of joining a sports team. It's exercise, like you said, and it's a much better hobby than watching television!!
Llamabean
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Darn right!
I'm sick of how stores think 12 is plus sized. I will be thrilled to be in a 12! 2/3rds of us are overweight people!!