My road to being lighter :)

SixPackSomeDay said:
Just wondering how you like the biggest loser for wii? My girlfriend and I are starting to eat much healthier than we use to, and we were thinking about something like that to get us motivated to exercise.

Looks like you are making great progress so far!! Keep it up! YOU can do it!
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Thanks. I really like it so far. It gives you workouts every other day to do (and they are usually different, and every week they get harder). Plus you do challenges and weight in :) To me it is a good stepping stone if you want to start moving but, I also go to the gym for an hour on the days that I don't have a biggest loser workout to do.

Down 0.7lbs today which surprised me as I missed my workout yestarday :( I'm about to eat my lunch then off to the gym :)
 
Ugh, up 1.1 lbs this morning. I have been up and down these last few days. Maybe I'll look at how I can adjust what I'm doing and really stick to my exercise (haven't kept up the amount I was before, still getting some just not as much)
 
Good luck on fine tuning everything! It can be a pain to figure out what works best for you. But you can't go wrong with eating healthy choices, enough calories and adding exercise into the mix :)
 
Ugh, since I started school I just slowing keep crawling back up. I think I really need to find a buddy or I am just going to keep slipping.

I have really been down lately, which doesn't surprise me because last year this time I suffered from depression. I need a butt kick!!!
 
Bubblelicious said:
Ugh, since I started school I just slowing keep crawling back up. I think I really need to find a buddy or I am just going to keep slipping.

I have really been down lately, which doesn't surprise me because last year this time I suffered from depression. I need a butt kick!!!
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I used to not eat when I wasnt hungry, but when I was supposed to eat. You dont feel hungry, because you stomach is used to not eating. What will happen eventually is you will not be able to eat, because it will hurt to eat and than you will go up and down on the scale, because you will be yoyoing ..

its called anorexia ...a start to it. but if you can start eating on schedule ..thats what I had to do. You may want to jump into my diary... youll see how painful it is to get back to eating. I gained weight because I didnt eat. It is difficult, but you must eat as close to your supposed caloric intake should be. Its really bad if you dont eat enough.

It all started when I was sixteen. And peeps would say if you lost a few more pounds you would have all the boys chasing you. Thats when I started barely eating for two weeks and than binging for two weeks .. I went from 275 at 16 to 185 at 18 and than when I hit 21 I only drank shakes and I lost sixty pounds in three months ..congratulated from my mom, two weeks later in hospital and on my death bed, because the docs were like ... you need to eat ..or your gonna die ..tonight ...

so I started eating ..it was painful at first, because I wasnt hungry. I was in so much pain from eating when I usually wouldnt eat.

Your walking a fine line.. I am on the VDAY challenge tooo and I wrote you ..and I knew something was up, because I saw you kept going up and down ... the why is because your not scheduling and your not eating what you need to survive on daily activities and also on your exercise days. Its not lack of exercise that is making you gain. Its the yoyo caloric intake ..

hun you need to eat healthy. The only way you will make it to a healthy weight is to eat ..not over eat ..but eat .. not junk food ...but just eat ... healthy things ... start eating your snacks ..make yourself meet your goal ... I do ... I am down caloric intake right now. I have fought the past two weeks to get back on track... I was barely eating during the day ..and yesterday was the worst .. I could barely eat dinner .. I ended up in horrible stomach pains and I couldnt sleep, but because I ate all my calories during the day .. I didnt eat at night, got a nice full rest of sleep overnight and I woke at nine am and ate breakfast with my fiance ...

its good now .. I know what I need to take in and am really doing it ..and I am not in pain .. yesterday was the last day of crisis... but once you start undereating you can slip back into that horrible habbit .. eat ..move a bit ... cut down about two hundred calories from the caloric you need ..so just cut two hundred to start.

You will feel lethargic, depressed, not motivated, unhealthily dizzy eventually and passing out will be next. But your probably depressed because your not eating ... not eating takes a great toll on you mentally as well and if you want the donut once in a while .. eat it.. I have lost six pounds in the last two weeks and I have been eating more ... and barely exercising ... I go everyother day for a walk.. it was leisure today ... I didnt want to rush...

I am supposed to eat 2500 calories a day .. if I was sedentary I would be using ...around 2449 calories a day just moving around ... so that leaves me with exercise and cutting it down some calories to intake .. I have only cut it down two hundred calories ..

go to fitday.com and start entering your food ...etc and good luck

keep up on the VDAY Challenge .. I think we have a good groupe .. but I cant express how much you need to eat ...

ttylater
always
best wishes
natalie jo
you will find your balance eventually ... no one is writing in my diary now... because I was freaking out over food ..but I was freaking because I know with what I was doing .. I could die ... and I was in pain from eating little things .. I fell backwards on my old habit.. anorexia ...

Best wishes hun
I hope you reach your goal ... the healthy way..

always
natalie jo :seeya:
 
Thank you Natsky for your very long and informative message.

Lately, I have "fallen" off the wagon of counting my calories on fitday and exercising. I was actually eating whatever I wanted :( Burger King, Pizza, .... etc anything I saw I ate :( Hence, my weight gain.

I used fitday for today and I ate about 150 calories less then what my body burned so I think I am back on the right track. I am gald that your cared enough to share your story with me, I try my best not to under eat but, I feel like there is not enough hours in a day to eat so much sometimes.

I will keep your message in mind and strive to eat more :) Thanks
 
Natsky is right, you need to eat up to your calorie goals and the only way to do that is to really pay attention. Fitday is the perfect way to pay attention. It really open your eyes as to how fast those calories can sure add up!

Not only is counting the calories important, but the quality of the calories are too. Just because your goal may be 1500, 1700, 2000, whatever it may be... doesn't mean you can eat that in burgers, fatty curries, pizza, cake, whatever your temptations may be. It means that your 1500 or whatever calories you eat have to be a balance diet (whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, dairy (like skim milk)).

However, you can't avoid your fav foods for life, so pick one day a week and keep it the same day for consistency and planning and have a meal that you really want. Have that pizza, just make sure you don't overeat it! Make saturday your "cheat" day, let yourself have that one or two slices of pizza. Next saturday can be a burger. That way, you're still being conscious about calories (by not over indulging), limiting your temptation (because you know on saturday you'll get to eat one of your fav foods) and keep yourself satisfied and not feel like you're missing out on anything :)

I hope that helps a little. It isn't easy to find the balance. But making one change at a time will add up until it becomes natural.
 
Bubblelicious said:
Thank you Natsky for your very long and informative message.

Lately, I have "fallen" off the wagon of counting my calories on fitday and exercising. I was actually eating whatever I wanted :( Burger King, Pizza, .... etc anything I saw I ate :( Hence, my weight gain.

I used fitday for today and I ate about 150 calories less then what my body burned so I think I am back on the right track. I am gald that your cared enough to share your story with me, I try my best not to under eat but, I feel like there is not enough hours in a day to eat so much sometimes.

I will keep your message in mind and strive to eat more :) Thanks
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Hello Bubblelicious,

I hope things are going better today!

They seem to be! Awesome!! We all understand fallling off the wagon, I have done it a few times, no fun, but you are still here and getting it together..

congrats for getting through and keep trecking ..

always
natalie jo:seeya:
 
The last 2 days I have been following my food intake and activity on fitday and have gone down about 1.5 - 2 lbs.

Hopefully, no scratch that, I will stick to this :)
 
Bubblelicious said:
The last 2 days I have been following my food intake and activity on fitday and have gone down about 1.5 - 2 lbs.

Hopefully, no scratch that, I will stick to this :)
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Good job!
You will certainely see a loss for the VDAY challenge...

laterz
Natsky:party:
 
Bubblelicious said:
Lost 10 lbs again, lol.

I haven't been exercising other then walking around campus w/ my 50 lbs school bag.
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Awesome hun!! :hurray::hurray:Keep up the good work. So inspired by you! Your doing wicked awesome. And YES that back pack would help lol that must be one tough sucker to carry?

How do you do it, fifty pounds ..oy vey

ttylater hun
always
Natsky:seeya:
 
Natsky said:
Awesome hun!! :hurray::hurray:Keep up the good work. So inspired by you! Your doing wicked awesome. And YES that back pack would help lol that must be one tough sucker to carry?

How do you do it, fifty pounds ..oy vey

ttylater hun
always
Natsky:seeya:
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Lol, I have gotten use to it. It's my laptop and books, usually by the end of the semester it gets even heavier, most likely like 70 lbs
 
UGH, up and down, up and down. That's all I see on the scale.

I have lost the fire to eat healthy and exercise. I don't know where it has gone. Since I have started school at the beginning of January, I lost the swing of things.

I have really been down in the dumps, I feel no matter what I do, I'm still going to be fat so why try.
 
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