Nothing To Loose - That is the goal

Good Morning, everyone!

I'm still keeping my 136.5, so that's good. ;)
I was looking at my progress this morning and am not very happy about it. Since Feb. 20th I lost only 1 lb! So whatever I was doing then was not enough. I would like to be loosing 2 - 2.5 lbs a month. I know I upped my food around that time and had no exercise. Now I'm working on upping my exercise so I can burn more calories. I'm hoping I'll be able to ride 2 times a week, and be active on Saturday and Sunday. On other days I'll be doing strength training exercises and stationary bike. That's the goal anyway.

According to my fitday journal, I've had an average caloric deficit of 333 per day for 28 days, which should have translated into 2.66 lb loss, however, I lost only 1 lb.

So, there are 3 possibilities that would cause this difference:
1. My body has not cought up yet to show the loss.
2. I am eating more then writing down, and maybe underestimating some calories.
3. I am not burning as much calories as fitday predicts I do (slowed down metabolism?).

It very well could be all 3 of these problems, and I can take some steps to minimize # 2 and 3.
 
You Have Your Steps Down Girlfriend You Rock Its Magic Monday So Lets Rock Them Scales
 
I just love that you are positive - because you are doing so great! Remember you are gaining muscle mass too though! Keep it up girl :) I hope you have an awesome day!! :D:D
 
Thanks, Elisabeth, but I know that I have not been gaining any muscle because I have not been exercising, except for horse stuff which is mostly aerobic. The exercise outlined in above post is a GOAL for the future. :)
 
hey ntl. your metabolism has probably slowed due to losing weight. also, i read recently that fitday is NOT the best for caloric exercise and counting calories in soooooo you may be right about it counting it wrong.

What is your current diet (a day in the life of you) and maybe we can help tweak something...
 
Well, I should not be too off in fitday because for foods with known labels I try to "fix" fitday to match whatever calories is on the package. Also, to be honest, I'm pretty close to not being able to change my diet any more, because I've made all the changes I could tolerate.

Here's a sample:
oatmeal for breakfast (160 cal) + tea or coffee with sugar/creamer (50 cal)
cottage cheese snack(100)
lunch: some kind of meat (chicken, fish, ham, steak, pork chop) and either mixed veggies or starch (noodles/rice/white or sweet potato), sometimes both, ranges anywhere from 250 to 400 cals.
snack: 40 cal. probiotic yogurt drink
40 cals in chewable vitamins(I hate to swallow pills, and take calcium and vit. C in chewable form).
2 dried apricots (14 cals)
dinner: same as lunch.
Taking both dinner and lunch at a maximum (400 cals) the total for a day would be 1204.

With lunch and dinner I'm trying to make sure that I get 20g of protein. My breakfast is the only one lacking protein, and I am going to try adding protein powder into oatmeal. That's the change that I want to try making next.

Other then that, I can try eating every 3 hours, which happens almost anyway, but sometimes I wait longer after lunch before having snack.

I would like to keep my food intake at about the same level, because I can do this comfortably for a while. All other changes will have to come from increasing exercise and doing some muscle building, which is what needs to happen I suspect.
 
HAPPY SPRING DAY

You are doing good on your foods and like you had just wrote increase in your workouts..... No worries, You got this in the palm of your hands. Have a good one
 
Yep! That's the plan!

I am thinking of doing strength training (assuming my muscles will be ok with that) followed by 15-min bike tonight. We'll see what happens, as I should still be careful to get enough rest.
 
I am slightly annoyed with my inability to fit exercise into my schedule in the evening. I had to work later yesterday, and then I was stuck in traffic so got home later then usual. Then we ate, and then it was 7 pm and I could not exercise straight after dinner, at 8 I was already sleepy and only 1 hr away from bed-time, and I don't want to exercise 1 hr before I go to bed, because it prevents me from falling asleep on time.

I really need to figure this out. Here's what would work for me:
Get home at 5, eat dinner at 6, exercise at 7, go to bed at 9. I need to concentrate and stick to this schedule.

Well, I was able to fit 8 minutes of exercise this morning, so that's good.
Calories were 1100 yesterday, and still at 136.5
 
Hi, you are still doing good. There are always going to be days that will muck up the routine you want. Like work, just do your best and try for what time allows you to. Building up some muscle/ strength would be a good idea. As muscle helps you burn my caleries. Not to mention it helps you tone as you lose weight. Keep up it up though, you really are doing great.
 
Hi, Zoila,

Thanks for support!

I need to be more concentrated on "schedule" in the evening. One problem is that there's always so much stuff to do at work, that when I get home, I don't want to think "schedule", I just want to relax and do what I enjoy doing without deadlines and pressure. Unfortunately that makes me loose sence of time and before I know it I need to go to bed. So, today I will be more concious of time and really plan things and stick to my "schedule". If I don't do that, I will be missing exercise all the time, and that is not good.
 
Hey - can't you exercise in the morning? I do (well sometimes) and I really enjoy it better that way because then I have more energy during the day! Also it helps me stay on track with food because I always think that I don't want to waste my workout this morning. I'm not even a morning person! Anyways - I hope you have an awesome day! :D
 
Hey you can relax when you get home - maybe just put on a timer or something so that you won't miss your time... then you're not always looking at the clock. I know what you mean though. :)
 
Hi, Elisabeth, Thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately, I have to get up at 5:30 am to go to work, and I can only sqeeze in about 10 minutes of calisthenics. Also, 5:30 is my absolute limit, I cannot get up any earlier then that. I'm definitely not an early morning person, but I would prefer to exercise in the morning, like 7 am, because it would wake me up way better then coffee.
Yes, I will definitely pay special attention to the time in the evening. I can still relax, its just that I won't have a time slide by me like that. Need to "cap" my relaxation time, that is all. :)
 
Hey NL,

I really hope your shedule works out for ya... I know it hard to do you what you want as far as exercise but stick with it and do what you can when you can.... have a good one and stay POSITIVE
 
Ok Just A Suggestion Maybe You Can Excercise On Your Lunch Break A Walk Would Help If Nothing Else!
 
I Had A Bunch Walk With Me During My Lunch When I Was Working!
 
Thanks, JB, RNW, for support and suggestions!

Yes, when the weather is nice I take short 15-20 min walks during lunch. When its too cold to be outside, I walk the stairs a little. I don't like to be hot and sweaty in office clothes. A little exercise helps to get through the day.

Well, I exercised last night, yeah! Things of course did not go as planned, but I still got my exercise in! About 15 minutes of calisthenics and 10 min on a stationary bike. And, this morning I lost 1/2 lb!!!

Calories were good yesterday, around 1200.
 
My advice would be to go right to the exercisign when you get home. No relaxing first. It works for me. Just go right to it, like it is part of your work day....and when you are done...you can relax the rest of the night. It is a mental thing for me...maybe that will work for you..

just a suggestion....

ps- i see you lost some more weight - congrats!!
 
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