Original Post by hanshock:

You sound dedicated with your exercise plan, but you are clearly eating TOO LITTLE food. You body needs 1200 calories to function and keep your organs working properly. Keeping a deficit will help with the weight loss, but too much exercise + too little food = starvation mode/unhealthiness.

Hi Hanshock, thank you for your response :) I do have access to other foods bought for everyone, I currently live in a shelter/home and do not provide my own food at the moment, much of the other food is meant to be very fatty and filling and whatnot to keep people sustained for longer and served three times daily. I can eat these foods just to fullfil the "eat more" criteria, but I felt it is best to avoid these foods and eat the foods that provide a healthier lifestyle, which is usually much less throughout the day unfortunately. What do you suggest in a case like mine? any pointers would be appreciated!

I am hoping to get out of this situation over the next couple of months hopefully. Will post my daily activities for today as the day ends :)!

hi i am new here - i am 714  - 5'3" hoping to get down to 140 - watermelon is a favorite food of mine - watermelon and lobster tail are my favorite foods in the world - but lobster is not to be very often - too expensive.

living in a shelter - i can understand how that would be hard - but if you are working out you can afford to eat 1200 calories if it is provided.  i can just about imagine what they would feed people - have to just get food in their bellies to keep everyone going.

i to repeat the same foods over and over - easier to keep track of and cheaper to maintain - no meal planning - just eat the same things.

if you can cook - and that is a big if - grains and beans and such are dirt cheap when bought in a bag - they have some real stick to your ribs attributes - inexpensive and so healthy.

good luck to you - i wish you well.

this is my first post so i probably will not know how to get back here to follow up on your progress.  take care.

No exercise today, workout routine begins again tomorrow.

Log for July 6th:

FOOD:

Woke up 11 a.m
11:10a.m: Drank 4 cups of sea salt in warm water

12:00 noon: Bowl of Cream of wheat with a hint of low fat milk

3.00p.m: White Rice with yellow peas, Skinless Chicken with sauce

6.00p.m: Snack: A variety of sliced veges, Pumpkin, Carrots, Cucumbers and Beets.

9:30p.m: 1/2 cup White Rice with yellow peas, Skinless chicken with sauce.

11:00p.m: Will have some green tea

Original Post by hanshock:

Even though you are not providing your own food...make the best choices possible, but if you have to eat something that is not "healthy"...still eat, but keep in your recommended calorie range. It is much better for you to eat than to NOT eat because of the lack of choices you have. Like you said, make do with what you have, but make sure you always get the recommended daily minimum. You can still eat "naughty" food, but within reason and an exercise plan...which you are following. Good luck to you!

Eep I get so paranoid about the naughty foods! My major concern is it is much more difficult for me to calorie count without knowing exactly what goes into the dishes since I do not prepare many of them. I think someone might be a bit taken back if I asked how they cooked it, can't have someone in my situation being picky lol.

I will try to take your advice as best I can though, I did try the rice and chicken today though I figure there couldn't of been any additives of major concern for a meal as simple as this, though... they did seem to use quite a bit of butter on the rice!!

Thank you for the advice :)

Original Post by creature:

hi i am new here - i am 714 - 5'3" hoping to get down to 140 - watermelon is a favorite food of mine - watermelon and lobster tail are my favorite foods in the world - but lobster is not to be very often - too expensive.

living in a shelter - i can understand how that would be hard - but if you are working out you can afford to eat 1200 calories if it is provided. i can just about imagine what they would feed people - have to just get food in their bellies to keep everyone going.

i to repeat the same foods over and over - easier to keep track of and cheaper to maintain - no meal planning - just eat the same things.

if you can cook - and that is a big if - grains and beans and such are dirt cheap when bought in a bag - they have some real stick to your ribs attributes - inexpensive and so healthy.

good luck to you - i wish you well.

this is my first post so i probably will not know how to get back here to follow up on your progress. take care.

Yea tell me about it!! It's not as if everyone hates healthy food there are some great healthy foods that people absolutely love, but for many of us they just aren't wallet friendly lol

I do have trouble keeping tabs on the calories though, as stated in my post just above this, I find it easier to keep tabs on the smaller meals I can prepare myself like tuna mixes, and mixed veges, and canned products like soups and peas. Very good advice though, I manage to buy a few cans and cereals for myself every other week or so and I cook them once I get the chance! :)

Good luck to you on your weight loss, you ought to stick around more often, very inspirational posts here daily, it does help a lot!! Thank you! :)

hi thanks for the reply.

sea salt is hard on the kidney's when taken in too large of quantities and will retain water.

most likely a table spoon would be ok - not sure.  sea salt does have a lot of nutrients in it and might be good for hypothyroid (not sure).  i used to take kelp supplements for my thyroid - it did help.

i figured out how to track a topic i responded to.  there is a lot i have to learn so i need to hang out more and learn stuff.

Original Post by creature:

 

 

hi thanks for the reply.

sea salt is hard on the kidney's when taken in too large of quantities and will retain water.

most likely a table spoon would be ok - not sure. sea salt does have a lot of nutrients in it and might be good for hypothyroid (not sure). i used to take kelp supplements for my thyroid - it did help.

i figured out how to track a topic i responded to. there is a lot i have to learn so i need to hang out more and learn stuff.

I usually use two tea spoons of sea salt in 32 ounces of water, rather than retain it I pee my brains out all day long! I do not do this often though, it is just a modification of a popular cleanse in which the results of the seas salt water flush I found particularly beneficial and invigorating. I try to do it at least once a week.

What are the benefits of kelp?

I am also new by the way, welcome to the board :) I have no idea how to track my topics though lol

Original Post by docgerbil:

Wow! We're about the same! I'm roughly 140 (according to my scale, which is very different from the one at the doctor's office) and want to get down to about 125 or 120. I'm also 5' 3" like you. I started dieting very seriously about two days ago. Like you, I can't afford health food. My diet right now is low calorie, but not exactly the healthiest. The only fruit I can afford is bananas, and they're way too high in calories so I don't really eat much (maybe a bite). I'm exercising about an hour a day (walking and jogging), and living mostly off of canned soups and beans (sodium, I know, but I'm young. I can take it. :P ). They're cheap and low cal (like pork and beans, tomato soup, chicken noodle soup, etc.). I'm also drinking soy milk (2 cups a day) because my mom says I need to to lose weight. >.>

Awesome :D Keep it up! I hope we can motivate each other, it sounds like you have a good choice in diet, just remember to always take a day for yuorself from exercising to let your body repair.

I tend to give up when water weight creeps back on because even though it's water weight it's so dscouraging, the longest I have gone on a 5 daays a week program has bene one month in which I managed to lose 10 lbs with exercise and around a 1200 calorie intake. This time around I am going to try to press for 3 months and slowly creep up from there as needed.

Good luck to you! :)

Log for July 7th:

FOOD:
Breakfast 11:30a.m: 2 Cups of Cream of Wheat with a hint of milk

3.30p.m: Lunch: Skinless Chicken on two white bread buns with - One tablespoon of mayonnaise and 3/4 Tablespoon Spicy ketchup.

6.30p.m: Snack: One ripe baby banana

8:30 p.m: Will have 2 cups of Kelloggs Cereal with three tablespoons of brown cane sugar and low fat milk

11:30 p.m: Some green tea

WORKOUT:

11 a.m (first thing when I woke up)
.Did ten minutes of low impact cardio - exercises targeting the arms, thighs and the area around the intercostal muscles.
.Did ten minutes of low intensity step aerobics
.Did ten minutes of high impact cardio
.Did two stretching exercises for tightening the abdomen and "love handles" 100 each.

7:00 pm-

Did 15 minutes of moderate cycling on stationary bike

Haha, well it was cereal with hot milk if it's any constellation :P !

I've also decided (since discovering the neat journal on this site) to start posting my updates in there instead, saves one thread being continuuously bumped. I'll post today's update in here just for kicks tomorrow morning,  but feel free to have a peek at my journal :)

Keep the focus and good luck!!

No exercise today, workout routine begins again tomorrow.

Log for July 8th:

Edit: Unplanned walk of 2 miles at moderate pace, calves killing me...won't workout tomorrow

FOOD:
Breakfast 11:30a.m: Cup of Green Tea with one tablespoon of brown cane sugar

3.30p.m: Lunch: 2 x Steamed white fish on white rice with fish sauce with 2 cups of orange drink.

5:30p.m: 1 x Steamed white fish on Whole wheat sweet bun

8.30p.m: Whole wheat sweet bun with one half of "Philidelphia" low fat creme cheese spread and one half "I can't believe it's not butter".


11:30 p.m: 1 cup of Green tea no sugar