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Hello:D

Before you ask where i got my diary name, it was off my Sprite Zero bottle:p Absolutely no meaning.


Anyways,


Hi everyone! My name is Amber!

I am 17 years old. 18 on November 26. I have been at least 30 lbs overweight since i can remember. But it is time for a change. I am determined to join the Navy as soon as i can, but to join you cant be overweight. Go figure. Ive also been plagued with stomach problems, and leg problems and all sorts of problems that i would like to get rid of.

I absolutely love running! Well, let me rephrase that, I love finishing a run. Getting started always sucks, but afterwards when i can say "Wow. I just ran that mile and beat my last mile time by 20 seconds" well that rocks.

I did some research that on average people burn like 1500 calories just like...living...

So i think eating about 1500 calories would be pretty good.


To loose a pound you have to have a 3500 calorie deficit... So if i burned 1500 just living, 200calories 3 times a week from running, and 300(roughly) riding the stationary bike at my grandparents 3 times a week, Ill be able to burn like...2 lbs a week?...right?



Please tell me if im wrong...But from what i have read online, thats what i came up with.


Anyways,


So today I ate more controlled...I guess i could say

Breakfast:

Oatmeal-One package-160calories, 3g fat, 290mg sodium, 29g carbs, 7g protein.

Sugar free rockstar-10 calories


Lunch-

Grilled chicken tenders-300calories

Small curly fries-150 calories

Small diet coke-0 calories


Snack-

Vanilla Starbucks coffee- 340 calories.

YIKES.


Dinner-

Healthy Choice Chicken Parmigiana TV dinner-350 calories, 10g fat, 580mg sodium, 29g carbs, 16g protein.

Water

Apple


Total 1310 calories.


Cut wayy down from what i normally eat. It didnt occur to me when i drank the starbucks coffee that it was 2 servings. Ooops!


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Hi, There is online calorie calculators to help you figure out how many calories you need to cut. its based off your age, height, current weight, goal weight, and how much time to lose it. Then after you enter in all the information, it will give you the amount of calories to consume each day in order to achieve your goal.

Ok, part of my post got deleted due to rules of this site.

The formula to figure out how many calories you need to burn is easy. Here is an example.

say you want to lose 5lbs in 2 months. 5lbs=17,500 calories, because 1lb=3500 calories. So you need to save 17,500 calories over a 2 month period. To find the average of how many calories you need to save per day to meet your goal is. 17,500/60 I got the 60 because that is how many days are in 2months. so if you divide that number you get 291. so you need to save 291calories per day to achieve your 5lb loss in 2 months. So then you take your daily calorie intake which is how many calories on average you consume a day to maintain your current weight. so for the example say your daily calorie intake is 1667. So then you would take 1667-291. Since 1667 is what you need to maintain and 291 is what you need to cut it by everyday. you would then get 1376.

So you would need to consume 1376 calories per day to lose 5lbs in 2 months.
 
Hi, welcome to the forum!! I agree with the person above, I'm way too lazy to count my own calories and expenditure every day, I use fitday and I know other people on the site use similar programs. Pretty much all I do is enter my planned activity for the day, decide how big of a deficit I want, then put in everything I plan on eating. I don't even look at the calories I eat, I just look at the deficit lol.


Looks like you're off to a great start!! Haha and nothing wrong with a random diary title!
 
Thanks guys sooo much for replying! When i was on this site before i never got any input. It was sooo discouraging! Thanks MissJanie for breaking it down for me. I will definitely look into calorie counters and what not. Thanks again guys!


So far so good!
 
Welcome back, Amber
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I've used online calorie calculators too, but they all seem to give slightly different results. My advice would be to utilize Missjanie's info, and maybe also plug your numbers into a handful of different calculators just to get an average idea of your needs.


Since everyone is different and activity levels can obviously vary greatly from day to day, just use your best judgement. Only you can listen to your body. If it hurts from exercise, then rest. If it's hungry, feed it (healthy) food. If you need a break, take a break (just not indefinitely)
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Oh, and one thing I've learned over the years of my own regimen is that sometimes the numbers don't mean diddly squat. You can do everything perfectly some weeks and not lose a single ounce. That's when your commitment to your new lifestyle is really put to the test. It's times like those when the support from this forum is invaluable. You just have to push through those weeks and know that next time will be better.


But the single most important thing to remember out of everything is to never stop. If you don't give up, you will succeed. Simple as that!


Best of luck to ya :biggrin:
 
Thanks Frogged! I took a peak at some of your posts, and saw your pictures and i must say WOW! Congratulations on the big loss!


It appears that my body has decided that its done running. I have a pulled/broke/tore/something in my foot that is making it almost impossible to walk. let alone jog.


=//


If i make it through this pain, and STILL want to go run, well...That will be success all by itself.!
 
So today and yesterday were okay.

I feel that yesterday i ate better than today.


Yesterday Oct 24, 2011.

Mcdonalds for breakfast>< Not the best, but just one mcgriddle thingg and orange juice. Wasnt really optional, we have very little food>;/

Tonsss of water


Part of a deli sandwich, shared with my sister. Lots of veggies and turkey


Corn and a little pasta. More corn than anything.


Not my Best day. but not bad.


Probably 1500 calories


Then today


Oct 25, 2011

Quarter piece of pizza, no cheese or meat..my nieces stole it all><

Tonss of water


Snack- 100 calorie fiber one bar


Lunch- Deli Sandwhich, grilled chicken and veggies


Dinner- Stew very little.


Probably 1400 calories


My workout was wayy better.

I ran one mile yesterday, but the last lap turned into more of a limp. I think im going to start running for time rather than distance. So I think im going to run/walk for 25 minutes 3 times a week. I feel i would get more out of it than running my mile, getting down on myself because of my time, and then not wanting to go more>< I like running.


Today me and my sister rode the stationary bike at my grandparents for 30 minutes each. Then we did WII fit. I am probably going to do some form of biking on my off days.



So i think my schedule will look like this


Run 3x week. 30 minutes each.

Bike 4x week. 40 minutes each.

Stretch 7x week

Lift weights 5x week

Zumba 1x week


Or something like that.
 
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