Naomi's Diary

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naomicnt

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I'm Naomi, 20 years old and new to weight loss. I recently gained 20 pounds in 2 months and I'm determined to take it off.

I'm trying to lose 14 pounds by April 14th - 3 lbs a week.

I'm going to keep going to the gym every day and up my cardio to an hour and a half - 600 calories. I won't step foot in McDonald's, and I'll avoid bakery stands at all costs. If cut out the sweets for just 5 weeks, I'm pretty sure I can reach my goal.

Today I ate a bagel and cream cheese, a gigantic snickerdoodle cookie (bakery stand!), and a veggie burger with mayo and ketchup. Overall, not too bad.
 
Hey just saw your new diary. Three Cheers for your new start :D. Hope it's a beginning to a healthier lifestyle. I'm sure you can do it. Cardio for 1hr and 1/2 is tough. Your weight is close to mine, I'm at 123 and I'm working towards the same goal as yours :D. Have you tried HIIT (High intensity cardio workout)? It burns more calories than normal cardio and takes less time. With controlled diet, I'm sure it'll work wonder or you.

I'm currently doing HIIT but am working to control my diet but I'm already feeling stronger and I fit in clothes more comfortably than ever :D. So as time goes by dun let measuring your weight weigh you down girl. All the best!
 
Thanks for the previous pointer to HIIT cardio - I've been doing an hour at 80% target HR and am going to increase it to 85% this week.

Couldn't get in the extra half hour of cardio today - my partner was waiting on me to pick up cigarettes, so I burned 430 calories instead of 600.

I've eaten veggie burger (450 calories), 4 cookies and soy milk (215), fitness water (30) and a small apple (70), so I'm at 765 for the day. It's early here (Alaska time), but I'm not going to eat more than 1,200 (I know this is the number they always tell ya to eat when you're dieting, but do I get to increase it since I'm exercising?)

It bugs me that with any diet you're supposed to always feel a little hungry - I hate having to say no to food 24/7 just to keep it up. I've got an incentive, though - in early April my partner's friend is getting married and I want to look good. When I reach 115, I'm going to Hot Topic to pick up a funky dress for the occasion.
 
Hi Naomi, I just posted in the newbie forum under your introduction :) Just wanted to wish you good luck!!!! Rachie
 
Oh and I try to fill up on veggies and fruit so I don't get that hungry feeling! I load up my salads with broccoli and recently have replaced salad dressing with non-fat cottage cheese (love it or hate it - I love it!) which removes soooo many calories but fills you up much more!!
 
Yesterday was a dieting disaster. Today's not much better, but if I stop eating NOW I should be OK. I've increased my cardio to an hour at 85% - I think I'll do a week of this before I add the extra half hour. I lost a pound in a week without changing my eating habits, which is reassuring.

D. wants me to see a doctor about my unhealthy eating habits, so I asked my GP for a referal. I don't expect much, but it can't hurt. Bonus: the state my health insurance is in just passed a law saying they need to cover mental health services like all other medical conditions, so it won't cost a fortune.

Picked up some kick ass political sci-fi books at the library, which should keep me from eating out of boredom.
 
D. wants me to see a doctor about my unhealthy eating habits, so I asked my GP for a referal. I don't expect much, but it can't hurt
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would the referral be to a registered dietician? it'd be a good thing to do -

1200 calories, if you read around on the site, especially the stuff posted by the experts is a very low amouont of calories -especially if you're exercising.

Maintenance calories, should be about 15 calories per pound of body weight (at your current weight that's about 1700 calories) - and to drop some weight you want to cut that just a bit - you don't want to lose more than 1 percent of your body weight a week - so I probably wouldn't drop your calories much below 1500... but i'm seriously no expert - you might want to ask in the harsh truth...

Did you mention how tall you currently are -your body weight is already low -I'd hate to see you drop too low...
 
new to WLF

My best advice, once you see your dietician if that's who it is, is to hang out here. Its helping me to continue every day.
 
Thanks for the advice on calorie intake - I posted in the harsh truth. I lost another pound, even though I'm horrible at dieitng - I can't get myself to eat diet food.

Today I ate about 1,000 calories in bagels and cream cheese, 360 calories in reese's peanut butter cups (what will I tell D?), and 30 in fitness water, so it's 4pm and I've eaten all my calories for the day.

Only plus is that I've been working hard at the gym.
 
I've been eating much healthier - plain oatmeal, apples, steamed veggies, and low-cal popcorn - but my weight is stuck at 118, 116 when I haven't eaten before I weigh. I'm pretty pissed about it. I eat between 1,200 and 1,550 calories a day and work out almost every day. The only thing I can think of is that I'm not counting calories correctly on condiments - cream cheese, peanut butter and jelly. Starting today, I'm going to cut out sandwiches and bagels. For real.
 
Still eating healthy, still stuck between 116-118 depending on if I've eaten.

I've discovered the eliptical machine, and it totally kicks my ass - 700 calories an hour and I feel it in my legs, unlike the treadmill.

Even if the weight isn't coming off like I'd like (and admittedly, I had a 4,200 calorie binge day last week =/ ), a major plus from posting here is that I feel better about posting in other communities - I've stopped using the "anonymous" feature. I think I'm happier about that than I would be about dropping a pound or two.
 
I'm trying to lose 2 lbs a week, but I've calculated that that'd mean eating only 1059 calories a day. Don't think I have enough will power to do that for too long. So I need to increase my cardio to 900 calories a day and eat 1,259 calories at most. It'll be hard, but I'm going on vacation in 3 weeks with my family and need to be down to 110 by then.
 
Damn. 920 calories exercise, but I went 200 calories over. Yesterday I was 57 calories over (need a 1000 calorie deficit each day). The plan:

Tomorrow, 900 exercise, 1159 food - 1,000 exercise (2 hours!), 200 calories left for veggies and an apple later, 1.5 lbs dissappeared!
Wednesday, 900 exercise, 1159 food - 1,000 exercise (elliptical + bike), probably 200 over for the day but .4 lb less today than yesterday (hope it's not water weight)
Thursday, 900 exercise, 1202 food - 1,000 exercise (elliptical + bike), veggies for dinner, +.2 lbs today
Friday - 1k exercise, 1269, -.2lbs today
Saturday - NO! I had class all day and then took a nap...only to find the gym was closed when I woke up. Closed tomorrow too for Easter. Christians!

-May 1, 900 exercise, 1259 food

I will be 110 by the 22nd. I will be 105 by 5/6.

I'll edit and check off when I've accomplished each day or tweak the numbers as necessary.
 
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I think I calculated my calories incorrectly - I was going by BMR + exercise, but BMR isn't what I thought it was. Internet says maintenance calories for an office worker my size are 1756. With 900 exercise, I should be eating 1656 calories for a 1k deficit each day. Even if I qualify as "sedentary" (it feels like it some days), that's 1574 for food.

BUT 1200 calories seems to be working for me and all the diet websites say it's OK. I'll add in more food at night, maybe.
 
You are really doing great, crunching all those numbers. You'll get it sorted out. You're learning what works for you and on your way to your goal. Fall in love with healthy food, and keep reporting ALL your food.

I am losing four pounds a month eating 20% below my maintenance. Like Malificent said. Drink tons of water or tea. Try for 2 litres a day. Its good for you and I can't live without it now.

Keep up the good work, and if you're hungry, especially at night, eat a little something. Keep it to a couple hundred calories, see if that works. You will still be in a deficit.
 
Well, I fell off the wagon. I've only worked out 3 of the past 7 days - my gym membership lapsed and I lost my debit card with all my money on it :eek: . Without the gym, I stopped logging my calories and started pigging out. Got back to it today, but I'm still going to be huge when I see my family. Damn.
 
Screw it! I'm not dieting anymore! I starve, get down to 114, then I binge, and it's back up to 118. It settles at 116. And I'm OK with that. I was probably more like 110 when I gained the weight anyway - the scale I used about 5 lbs under what the gym says. I can live with 6 lbs.

I'll keep going to the gym - it feels good. Discovered the crosstrainer machine today which awesome after the elliptical.

But no more dieting! I'm going to eat like I did before I gained the weight. Except with non-vegan expired energy bars I got for 20 cents each. Eat enough so that I'm not hungry at night, space out my meals instead of eating everything right before I go to the gym so I don't feel like crap. And hit up the bakery stand for a Snickerdoodle cookie when I feel like it.

Don't get me wrong - I thought I was huge before and I still think I am. But I give up - from now on I'm working on feeling better about my body.
 
New Goals

I've been sick as hell, so I haven't made it to the gym in two days. But I like this forum so much that I'm still posting.

I have a whole new set of goals now. 4 online texts that I need to read. One a day. One's a classic overview of my particular political affiliation, and the other three are key texts in it.

I'm a big kid now. It's time for me to grow up, stop worrying about the scale and start worrying about my mind - there's no excuse for still relying on 2nd hand sources for my politics. Time to go back to the founders and assess for myself. To be honest, I'm a little scared. My partner has challenged a lot of my core beliefs, and I've always defended them with the faith that the answers to his challenges could be found in the original material. Now, it's time to find out the truth.
 
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