*Tiffany*'s Diary

maverick said:
Good luck getting your husband on board! My mom is having this same battle with my dad right now. He's just quit smoking and she's afraid with the way that they eat he's going to pack on tons more weight than he already has...kind of counterproductive when you just quit smoking to get healthy.

And I agree with Mal, a lifestyle change is definitely the way to go. That way you won't get discouraged by boomerang butt. :D
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Boomerang Butt?? LOL that is pretty funny. good for your dad for quitting smoking. I hope he can reign in his eating so it is not a counter productive move. Good luck to him.
 
Korrie said:
Hey Tiffany, how was that soup anyways, was it tasty at all???
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Yes, it actually IS good. My husband ate it with a sandwich. It is very filling, too. BUT- I bet it would suck after a week of eating it every day.

If it is going to be for an actual meal, though, as opposed to the diet then I would probably add some black beans or something like that to it.
 
Well, my treadmill is messed up. It is no good for running anymore. Someone that was too heavy got on it and ran and now it stalls a little when I am sprinting. UGH. So now it will only be good for walking.

I did my elliptical workout last night. I did not want to. I just don't seem to have the drive I once did. BUT- I have been making myself anyway. I just miss enjoying it. I think I need to mix things up and think of some new ways to get a workout. I think I am just bored of the same old stuff.

So, I am on a quest to discover a new workout/ activity that I can fit into my life.
 
This is the first day in a long time that I have measured my food and kept perfect track of my cals all day. It is 3 pm and I am at 838 cals. So, I am thinking I am right about on track. I dunno. I technically could be eating 2000 cals a day and still losing weight, but do I NEED to be eating 2000? I was thinking of shooting for more around 1500-1800. If I need the 2000 then I still have 1200 to go and that just seems impossible.

I forgot how technical this counting cal stuff can be when you are just starting out.
 
Whew...I had a GREAT workout tonight. I did intervals of walking/jogging/sprinting for an HOUR. I usually only do 30 minutes. Then I got home and did some speed jump roping. That junk is hard...very challenging. My massive bazoombas make it extra challenging. I can hardly wait for the day when I can chop these bad boys (or girls) down to size.

Anyways, I worked out super hard tonight. I was sweating so hard I could ring water out of my bra and t-shirt. If I can keep this up I shoudl finally start to see some real results again.

Any comments on the cal thing from the post above? If the cal calculator says I can eat 2000 cals a day and still lose a pound a week then is it unwise for me to shoot for less (1500-1800)? I still have about 55 pounds to lose so I will still need a place to reduce to if I ever hit another plateau. Thoughts?
 
Hi Tiffany,

I guess it depends on your meals for the day. If you can shoot for 2000, great. If you feel you can still get the same amount of nutrients and make it at 1800 cals for the day...that's even better.

Do you know how many calories you shouldn't go below? I think its 1200....but correct me if I'm wrong.

In my experience, as long as you don't go over the amount of calories required to *maintain* your weight and you keep up with the exercise you can still lose the lbs.
 
misty22 said:
Hi Tiffany,

I guess it depends on your meals for the day. If you can shoot for 2000, great. If you feel you can still get the same amount of nutrients and make it at 1800 cals for the day...that's even better.

Do you know how many calories you shouldn't go below? I think its 1200....but correct me if I'm wrong.

In my experience, as long as you don't go over the amount of calories required to *maintain* your weight and you keep up with the exercise you can still lose the lbs.
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Thanks for the response. My main concern is that going to 1500-1800 now (while I can still lose weight at 2000) would not leave me enough cals to reduce to (without going below 1200) should I hit a plateau before I finish losing the 50 pounds. I also don't want to have to up my workouts to over an hour a day to supplement my inability to reduce calories.

My maintenence cals are something like 2600. I am sure I will not consume that many so, like you said, I should continue to drop...even if it is slowly.
 
unimpressive said:
I eat like around 1500 a day, and Im starting to get used to it.

And good job on your weightloss! =)
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Thanks for the congrats. :) Have you ever used the cal calculator to see how high you can go on cals and still lose weight? That calculator has been a staple for me!
Here is the link just in case:
 
Hey Tiffany,

Re-read your post...I see what you mean about the plateau....no idea about the calorie intake in that case- I never looked at it that way....
 
*tiffany* said:
It is 3 pm and I am at 838 cals. So, I am thinking I am right about on track. I dunno. I technically could be eating 2000 cals a day and still losing weight, but do I NEED to be eating 2000? I was thinking of shooting for more around 1500-1800. If I need the 2000 then I still have 1200 to go and that just seems impossible.
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If you're looking for anecdotes, I eat around 2,000 a day now, and I'm normally around 700 at 3pm (before my afternoon snack) and 1,000 at 6pm (before dinner). I'm an evening snacker, so I save my calories for then. So I think you're probably on track.

*tiffany* said:
My main concern is that going to 1500-1800 now (while I can still lose weight at 2000) would not leave me enough cals to reduce to (without going below 1200) should I hit a plateau before I finish losing the 50 pounds. I also don't want to have to up my workouts to over an hour a day to supplement my inability to reduce calories.
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As an anecdote, I personally didn't reduce calories farther as I lost more. Once I started counting calories (which was around 25-30 pounds in), I stuck with pretty much the same intake until I was done. Actually, I bumped my calories *up* a little towards the end, because I was hungrier when I was lean than when I was fat. I also didn't increase my exercise significantly. A little bit, yes. But I'm talking "walk 30 minutes 5-6 days a week" type of exercise. And I never plateaued. I didn't always see a scale loss every week, but my long-term trend didn't flatten out until I bumped my calories back up close to maintenance and called it good.

Everyone is different, and there's no way of telling how your body will react. But there's no reason to think that your body would plateau on 1500-1800 calories a day.

OTOH, if maintenance for you is 2,600, I wouldn't stop at 1,600 unless you felt satisfied with that few calories. 1,000 calories a day is a big deficit to maintain, and it wears on you after a while. I did ~6 months of ~750 calories a day of deficit, and it wore on me by the end.
 
Thanks for sharing your experience, allyphoe. I am hoping that will be my case to, but since I have already hit one plateau I am leary. So, you never had to do any intense exercise to reach goal, huh? I keep thinking that eventually I am going to have to do an hour of intense exercise 6 days a week to keep losing. I guess that is another of those diet myths. Anyway, thanks so much for the info.

And thanks to everyone else for the congrats on the BMI thing.
 
Well, my girls and I (2, 3, and 5) went on an errand run this morning and ended the trip at Wal-Mart for diapers and such. We picked up some jump ropes for the girls and when we got home the four of us had a jump-rope lesson. It was really fun..and funny..actually. It is amazing sometimes how the smallest moments can just touch your heart so much. I will never forget the sight of them trying to master those ropes and seeing the looks on their faces when they would get it right....it just filled up my heart so much that I was able to be the one to teach them to do it. *sigh* Being a mom......
 
*tiffany* said:
Well, my girls and I (2, 3, and 5) went on an errand run this morning and ended the trip at Wal-Mart for diapers and such. We picked up some jump ropes for the girls and when we got home the four of us had a jump-rope lesson. It was really fun..and funny..actually. It is amazing sometimes how the smallest moments can just touch your heart so much. I will never forget the sight of them trying to master those ropes and seeing the looks on their faces when they would get it right....it just filled up my heart so much that I was able to be the one to teach them to do it. *sigh* Being a mom......
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soooo cute, my youngest is learning and it is hard and frustrating:)...I jump rope here and there what i do is when I weight train I jump rope inbetween reps...it isnt easy!And I love Wal Mart...and WOW you ahve your hands full, I thought your kids were older for some reason
 
cinderelly said:
soooo cute, my youngest is learning and it is hard and frustrating:)...I jump rope here and there what i do is when I weight train I jump rope inbetween reps...it isnt easy!And I love Wal Mart...and WOW you ahve your hands full, I thought your kids were older for some reason
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Nope. They are 16 and 17 months apart respectively. ....and they told me I would never have children...sheesh. Allie (5) is going to Kindergaten this year, so things during the day ought to be a little calmer.

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I did my one hour walk/jog/sprint intervals again tonight. I got on the scale after I got home and it said 201! At the end of the day!! Of course, I had not eaten dinner yet, but STILL...I am SOOO close! Just a few more weeks and I will be out of the 200's! I am loving this. Being back on track feels so great.
 
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