Young Calorie Counters

For those in college, or those quickly approaching it, beware!!! The Freshman Fifteen - the bane of college calorie counters everywhere - is ready to take a new group of victims on campuses nationwide this fall!

For those who have felt the pain of the 15lbs of cafeteria food, hanging out in the dorm, not having your highschool extracurriculars, and just being too darned lazy to get out and about, join me in losing that weight! :) As an upcoming junior in college, i'm still waging war against the last 10lbs - who's with me?!?

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August 4th, 2008

To anyone just seeing this topic, please know that you're still welcome to join us! There are voluntary weigh-ins each Wednesday if you're interested. Whether you're headed to college, in it, or leaving it we're happy to have you! :D

Congrats Lea! It looks really good :)

 

Well my weigh in was today. I am 156 pounds, which is exactly the same as last week but I think thats ok because last week I dropped 4 pounds in two weeks when I should have dropped on 1-2 pounds. So I think this just means that I actually have lost 4 pounds :) And my waist is 1.5 inches smaller, so obviously something is happening :)

little victory: my ring is looser :)

 

Congratulations Michelle; keep it up!! :)

I'm new over in the "young cal counters" forums because I thought 20 years of age was the limit.

But hello -->  I did the Freshman 15... plus 15 more... and have JUST NOW been able to get it off.  It's tough to avoid because some things.  You have this cafeteria full of stuff that you KNOW is healthy, but then you see some things that aren't as healthy and you just straight up choose the not as healthy for no reason.

Day 1 in college:  165 lb
Highest weight in college (sophomore year):  198.

Current weight 158

Hey leopardrayne!  Are you going to be a junior in college, then?  More importantly, are you gonna stick around and join our little group?  Because I <3 new people (not that I don't love the rest of you :P)!  Weigh-in's are Wednesday's BTW. :)

Edit: Curse the mint double stuf oreos >:(.  One turned into two turned into three...those things are freaking addicting.  I had to confess/complain somewhere, lol.

ohhh I've looked at those and always wanted to have one...but then I would have had to buy a whole package for myself and would have done way worse than what you did. But yeah, they look yummy :) I made myself desert last night with some chex mix melted chocolate and marshmallows cause I had some free calories and wanted to treat myself. It turned out to be more than I expected (size wise, I was calculating calories when I made it) but I still ate it all, and then i felt sick. That must have been the most sugar I've had in a long time. And I think it will be a bit before I do that again. Anywho, I have a work party today so wish me luck!

 

im new to this post anyways. just looking to fend off the freshman 15. i'll be starting my freshman year in a little less than a month. i've always been good with eating and working out in high school and don't want it to go by the wayside, heck i'd even like to tone up!!!

Michelle - Way to go with the ring!!! Little victories make it all the sweeter :D And to you and Carrie both, yeah I'd have hogged out on the oreos too :P lol, probably 8 or 10 before I finally convinced myself to stop!

Leopard - Well welcome! :) I hope 20 isn't too old :P That's me too! Congrats already on losing 40lbs! That's great :D

Disco - Welcome to you too :) Honestly, I didn't add more than maybe 4 or 5 lbs freshman year... The bulk of it came as a sophomore. But its definitely a good idea to be preventative in this case :D

Lea - Hope your tummy is healing up well :)

On a personal note...

I went to my grandma's again this weekend. I was good all week with my 1200cal, and Saturday, I was pretty decent. Ate about 1500cal, but also spent 3 hours walking around the mall shopping (Tax free weekend! Hooray!). I figure that plus changing clothes constantly has to be something of a calorie burner :) But all in all, it was a pretty fun time! I love shopping now that things fit me better. I've come a long way from crying in a Dillard's dressing room at Christmas because not a single thing fit me.

On Sunday... I kind of hogged out a little. I didn't go over maintenance, but I did help make some fresh green tomato salsa (which was EXCELLENT) from my grandmother's garden. And where there's salsa, there's also... corn chips. Oops. +400cal right there. I triiiiied to stick to the vegetables, but I ruined myself with those chips. Then, I ended up trying made from scratch zucchini bread - which is a trap because you'd think it'd be healthy, right? I mean... zucchini is healthy... too bad about all of that sugar :/ +250cal.

Sooo... today I'm wayyyy back up again. But I feel sure it'll go back down. It's also the week before TTOM, and this is when I usually bloat a lot. So I'm not too upset this week. I know that it'll go back down in a few days and that I couldn't have gained even a pound, since I never went over maintenance. Also, hell, i've been maintaining between 127-129 for the last few weeks. That's pretty consistant, and even if it's not 125... well... i'm proud of it anyway :D

The only bad thing: For the next 12 consecutive days, there's a possibility that I might be working 10hr days... which means that it will be VERY hard to get to the gym/anywhere to work out. I guess I'll just see what happens with that!

Hope everyone's doing well! TTYS!

Woah - I don't know what's up with all these new people lately, but I'm lovin it! Welcome disco :).

Heather, I always gain before TTOM too.  It sucks but at least you have an excuse!  Sounds like you had a good time at your grandma's :).

Well I went to the county fair last night, and I managed to avoid buying any bad food, however I had bites of everyone else's.  I had a bite of my dad's fried oreo, a couple bites of my mom's fried cheese, and a piece of my dad's fudge.  Oh well, it was all delicious!  And then somehow today I'm down to 148.0, when I was 149.2 yesterday.  I have a feeling that won't stay that way.  Oh well, I was still excited, because if I really am 148 I've officially lost 10 pounds!!  

good job Carrie! I weighed myself yesterday and I was 155! So I've lost five pounds, and that was right before TTOM for me. So I guess I'm doing pretty good :)

Carrie you're doing so great, great job!

I've made a decision guys, I'm giving up (sort of) on my goal. I've decided that the pounds are less important since my weight is in a healthy range and it's so hard for me to lose the last 5 lbs. Maybe I'm not meant to be 105. I've decided to do my weigh-ins only once a week, continue to eat at a deficit, work out, and see what happens without really caring about the number - because the thing is, I know I'll get more toned. This group has helped me a lot and I'm not leaving it, I'm just going to be happy with 115 and work on lowering my body fat. If I start to lose weight, then wonderful :)

I got a job at this bagel place and it's been killing me in terms of food! I usually eat half a multigrain bagel scooped with nut raisin cream cheese or a small salad with half a cup of chicken salad or egg salad but I'm getting bored really quickly, I work 6 days a week and the cookies and cinnamin raisin bagels with butter are so tempting! Also, egg salad and chicken salad aren't THAT great for you, I can make myself a salad but I wish I had more healthy things to put it in for protein. Do you guys have any suggestions? Also, I learned we don't ACTUALLY have low fat cream cheese, when people ask for it, we just use regular and put less on! I don't want to pack a lunch and it's silly anyway since I can have as much food as I want for free, it's just a matter of picking the best option. We have lunch meats but I always feel bad making anyone slice it for me.

Anyway, good luck everyone, I'll still be weighing in on Wednesday with all of you :)

thanks for such a good welcome. so you guys don't have to call me disco... my names megan. I guess i really want to use this group not only to maintain what i've worked for but like anyone who's had an eatind disorder... recover!!! I want to not be worried or should i say obsessed with the number on the scale cause i tend to have a really good habit of doing that. you guys can read the full story in my profile. lately im up more around 116-117 and trying to stay comfortable with it. hopefully tone up. there are just some days i feel i struggle so much. i don't eat much during the day. not to starve myself but because i truly don't feel hungry and i know i eat a lot at nite. so then at nite i can eat if i get bored and still be in my calorie alotment, but then i freak out and say omg i haven't eaten enough calories. but its so late. and then people drop by unexpectadly. i don't know... its kinda a mess. i think my metabolism is still screwed up because i work out almost 2 hours everyday combo of weights and cardio, my burn meter will be up around 2600 cals some day. i eat 2000 and gain the next day. then i freakout and restrict to like 1500 which isn't really a maintance level.


ughhh so frustrated. its why im here!!

Alright. So, my weekend. It was like...I don't even know how to explain this to you. Some local festival, basically, so I've got **** for four nights in a row.

Scale reads 183.5 this morning but my trendweight is still going down - now under 182. As of right now, I have twenty days left before I leave home for the last time - and I'm making them count. I'm going diehard with the gym and cardio - I'll put up pictures today to see if you can really make a difference in twenty days.

Welcome to the newcomers. Wish one of you had a penis.

Carrie - 10lbs??? Way to go! You're really doing well, Carrie - :D Congrats!!! and I know, I'm hoping that when I get out of TTOM,  I'll be back down around 126.0 :) That'd pretty much be awesome... but we'll see. lol, with that county fair stuff, i'd say you're getting the Matty syndrome :P hehe.

Michelle - 5lbs? Awesome :D I bet that when you get out of "that time" you'll see the scale drop again! :)

Lea - Well it looks like you're in very good shape now, and I think that that's an excellent policy as far as just trying to be healthy and seeing where your body takes you. :) I think that's sort of where I'm headed when I get to 125. I'm glad you'll still be around! You, Matty, and I will all be working on body fat :)

Ooh, I'd die at a bagel shop... mmm... cinnamon raisin = the best. Hmm... do they have any of the chicken for said chicken salad sitting out and around, where you could add some to your salad? Or some of the egg for egg salad - that would probably be decent protein. Ir if you had to, you could just pack a protein bar, I s'pose, and have it with your salad?

Megan - I'm glad you've joined us, and I'm very sorry to hear about how rough the last year has been for you. :( I'm told gaining weight can be as hard, if not harder, than losing it. What is important now though is that you are trying to become (and have become) healthier :) That's wonderful! We're here to help every step of the way. I know what you mean about the not eating much during the day... I do the same thing because I feel like I need to "save" my calories for the evening, because I'll want to munch. Then I end up at 1000cal by 9pm and have to cram an extra granola bar down my throat to get to 1200. It's frustrating :( I had my metabolism pretty much down to maintaining on 1200 in June, and that was a real pain to fix. I just had to accept that I had to go back before I could go forward... so I ate over maintenance for a week or so and then went back to the diet, and that seemed to fix it. I'm sure that with the working out though, it's just not that simple :( I really wish you luck in trying to fix that. It might be worth seeing a nutritionist when you get back to school - they generally have one on campus :) They might be able to better instruct you on how to fix your metabolism, or at least test you so that you could see what it is. Maybe if you know what your BMR is for certain, you won't feel as much pressure to not eat at least that amount of calories. And you can calculate your exercise in on top of it? That way you know what you really are burning and not what you're "supposed" to be burning. Maybe that helps?

Matty - Sorry to hear about the little gain, but I'm sure you'll be back to normal soon :) Probably just a lot of water weight. lmao @ the penis comment :P

 

 

 

Michelle, 5 pounds is awesome!  Doesn't it feel great to lose that first 5?  It's like, I'm actually doing something right here! :)

Lea, you're healthy and you look good so I say you've done a great job!  I think it's a good idea not to beat yourself up trying to lose those last few pounds.  Good luck with your job at the bagel place - that's funny about the cream cheese :P.

Megan, I agree with everything Heather said...and once again, welcome!! :)

Matt, sounds like a fun weekend, lol.  I take it you don't have mono, then?

Heather, I WISH I was getting the "Matty syndrome."  Hahaha.  No, with my luck it's just some weird fluctuation and I'll be back up to 149 tomorrow...but I was 147.4 this morning so who knows.

OH I went to a hookah bar last night.  Have any of you guys ever been?  I'd never been before so I kind of just wanted to try it...it was fun but I smoked too much and got kind of sick :/.  The place was really cool though and they played good music.

That sounds like fun, Carrie - I've never been... I have a really horrible allergy to smoke from tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, hookahs, pipes, etc...) and I break out/my lungs swell. Something I inherited from my mom, I s'pose, since it happens to her too. I have a lot of friends that like to go and I've heard they're nice places =) I'd just end up verrrry sick, lol. and 147.4?? That's awesome :D Way to go!!! I doubt it'll go back up :P Maybe you overcompensated because you felt like you'd had a few bad things? :)

Haha...definitely no overcompensating.  I stopped eating a little earlier than usual last night though, around 8 when normally I would have a snack around 9 or 10, so maybe it was just that I had less food weight this morning.  

And it's probably a good thing that you're allergic to smoke...no lung cancer for you!! :)

Lol, nope nope! :P

I try to think of that sometimes, lol - what I'm most likely to die from. If I were to follow family history, it'd be either heart attack, stroke, or another obesity-related illness. If I keep up this new lifestyle and stay healthy, I have no idea what I'll die of... probably some kind of cancer like the rest of the world, lol.

hahahah heather thank you sooo much for the advice. i know my BMR is around 1385 plus sedentary activity is like 1415. But i workout for almost 1 to 2 hours weights and cardio everyday. i have my settings on sendentary and i add in the exercise. i usually end up with my burn meter around 2300- 3000 cals a day cause i add in walking to the store or biking to a friends house, i try to lead an active lifestyle anyways. so my goal is to basically maintain this weight very comfortably right now and i want ot be able to eat 2000 cals again since i probably need that much to support my exercise.

matt im sorry im new and not a guy. lol but thanks for the welcome.

congrats to everyone, thanks for the support and keep up the good work!!!!

Lol Heather, well that's morbid.  Can't I just die peacefully in my sleep? :)

Megan, it sounds like you know exactly what you need to do, so that's good!  2000 calories sounds healthy and like a good goal to work towards :).  Oh and BTW your prom picture is beautiful!!  Love your dress :).