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| #481 | gretamarie |
Jul 11 2007 15:45 |
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7/11/07 weigh in:
CW: 133.4 GW: 125 I couldn't expect too much this week since I lost 3.8 last week, right?. I think my body is in shock--I've stuck to 1400 calories every day and have been working out 6 days a week. Hopefully next week is better :) |
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| #482 | girl4moon |
Jul 11 2007 16:52 |
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Hey everyone!
Current: 138 (ugh--vacation was not pretty) Goal: 127 I'm back on track and next week I will lose at least 2 lbs!! |
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| #483 | jredig |
Jul 11 2007 17:21 |
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another week another #
7/11 -- 128.2# goal -- 123.5# (Though, as I get closer I realize I may be lowering my goal, again.) gretamarie- -- are you netting 1400 calories a day or eating 1,400 then burning 300-400 for a 1,100 calorie net? |
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| #484 | gretamarie |
Jul 12 2007 20:14 |
| Yes--I must admit I am eating 1400 calories a day and netting more like 1100 or 1200 depending on my exercise. I figure that is my safety net to make sure I'm getting a 500 calorie deficit daily. | ||
| #485 |  lizsteichen |
Jul 12 2007 23:17 |
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July 11 weight loss chart. Wow!
Name................Goal......6/13......6/20.......6/29..... .7/4.......7/11...new loss....lbs left girl4moon..........127.....135.0............................ ................138.0.....3.0......11.0 liz......................125.....138.0.....137.0.....136.0.. ...135.5....135.0....0.5......10.0 graceface84......120.....132.5.............................. ........................................12.5 bradpittishot.....115......127.0............................ .........................................12.0 jredig.................123.....132.0.....130.8....130.6....1 29.4....128.2....1.2........5.2 jainasolo............120.....131.0.....129.5....126.0.....12 4.0.............................4.0 lc_sarc...............122................................131 .6............................................9.6 tanyahenkel......120.................................137.0.. ................135.5.....2.0.....15.5 gordo................117.................................... .........134.0................................7.0 gretamarie........125.................................137.0. ...133.2......133.4....3.8.......8.4 |
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| #486 | jredig |
Jul 12 2007 23:46 |
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gretamarie- I wont chide you but judging by the amount of weight you lost last week and assuming you were doing the same thing, your body is in starvation mode. If I was you I'd net maintence for 2 days then start again and net no less then 1200 a day. Otherwise you may stay stuck (plus it is unhealthy -- you are encouraging lean muscle loss and may impact your bones). Remember: slower is better, harder to do but better. Eat a 300-500 deficit, your safety net needs to swing the OTHER way.
Oh and take your multi V and calcium |
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| #487 | tanyahenkel |
Jul 18 2007 12:41 |
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7/18 - 134.5 lbs
Goal - 120 lbs 14.5 lbs to go |
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| #488 | gretamarie |
Jul 18 2007 16:00 |
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7/18/07
CW-133.4 GW-125 I'm trying not to get frustrated...but I've been so good for two weeks straight and not a pound lost. jredig--I took your advice and I have made sure I'm not netting less than 1200 calories a day--but still have a 500 cal deficit. This is what makes weight loss at our size unique...it really is harder! |
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| #489 | rainydaze22 |
Jul 18 2007 17:27 |
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i've been 128lbs at my lightest...and went on a never ending plateau after that...sigh :( i went back up to 140 a year later after coming back from vacation... XD and that's after maintaning at 128 for a whole year! now i'm at 138, and going down to 130 is relatively easy and quick...but going down to 120? heck...i know that'll require much more drive and lotsa exercise! let's hope i'll make it this time without giving up when i hit my plateau! i really wanna hit 120!! |
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| #490 | jredig |
Jul 18 2007 20:53 |
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This morning: 127.4
goal:123 BTW: I have been experimenting with carb. cycling the last few weeks and that seems to be keeping me from hitting a plateau. I'm getting really excited as I get closer to my goal -- I have never had such success. My husband commented on Monday that he could see my 6 pack; granted it isn't cut but there is an outline :) gretamarie -- can you post exactly what you eat (including time and portion) and workout(s) (incl. time of day). Where and when you get your calories can make a big difference. |
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| #491 | shellbrown |
Jul 18 2007 21:45 |
| I am currently sitting at 148 so I am clearly over the 130 lbs line but I am striving for the same numbers everyone else is here..125 lbs or so! I have had two kids but when that happened I stopped playing softball regularly. Plus I got injured in Sept 06' and had to have ankle surgery so I am really struggling more so now. I was doing okay even after the injury but then the summer hit and its gone haywire from there! Any support is appreciated. If anyone out there needs a buddy to confer with I would love it! | ||
| #492 | lizsteichen |
Jul 19 2007 01:48 |
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Liz weigh in 133 lb. I finally broke the 135 lb mark.
Will post the chart tomorrow. Shellbrown, if you want to be in the 125 lb range, you have come to the right place. This is a wonderfully inspiring and supportive group. Let us know what you eat and when and if you have incorporated any exercises. |
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| #493 | tanyahenkel |
Jul 19 2007 12:32 |
| Jredig, what is carb cycling? Also, please explain your last statement about where and when you get your calories can make a big difference. Thanks so much! | ||
| #494 | shellbrown |
Jul 19 2007 14:32 |
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Well Liz....thank you for the supportive welcome! I am actually struggling with exercise right now. I am walking about a mile in my neighborhood most nights. About 4 out of 7 nights but thats where the formal exercise stops. I am trying to get back into working out to my Power 90 DVD with Tony Horton but can't get myself to do it. Mainly becuase the family is in the living room when I need it to exercise and I cant get myself to wake up early enough in the morning to get it done! This is my biggest hurdle!
Eating...we are doing low calorie meals for dinner. I eat subway or leftovers from the night before (depending on the dinners serving size) for lunch. I snack on low calorie items around 10am and then again around 3pm. I am really trying to drink water but I have never been much of a fluid drinker so that has been tough. The eating is where I am actually doing pretty good. I have my slip up moments but who doesnt? I have incorporated the Oprah concept of not eating past 7:30 pm. That has been good. |
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| #495 | girl4moon |
Jul 19 2007 15:58 |
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Good job Liz! 133 is great!
I forgot to post yesterday-- current: 137 goal: 127 Keep up the good work everyone! |
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| #496 | gretamarie |
Jul 19 2007 16:00 |
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Jredig--how are you carb cycling? What are you eating on a normal day?
Without making this too long--here's my average day--like on Tuesday I ate a total of 1535 calories. 6:30am 1 cup coffee w/ 1 TBSP coffeemate. 8:30am 1/2 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt w/ 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup kashi heart to heart cereal. 12:30pm 1 lean cuisine (about 300 cal), 1 cup cherries, and 1/2 cup sugar snap peas. 6:00pm 1 Amy's Organic veggie burger on 1 whole wheat bun w/ 1/2 of an avocado. 1/2 cup gazpacho (cold veggie soup w/ tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, tomato juice, etc). 7:00pm 1 skinny cow fudgesicle (100 cal)--my indulgence. My excerise was 10:30am 1 mile walk (at work) 15 min/mile pace & 5:00pm 4 mile run 10 min/mile pace. Two weeks of this and not a pound lost! I've been so good. I even refused my favorite pizza when we had family over. They all thought I was crazy and wouldn't leave me alone about it! Thanks in advance for any advice... |
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| #497 | jainasolo |
Jul 19 2007 18:06 |
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117.5 now, and I think I'm about done. I'm still hoping for 115 but as long as I stay under 120 it's all good, and finally got my body fat tested and found out I'd been estimating too high, so I can only lose a tiny bit more fat. The trainer suggested, not surprisingly, more protein and more muscle-building workouts, slowly. I don't want to gain weight, even muscle weight, but if I added a little muscle on some areas I'd like to tone more, and dropped a pound or two of fat to compensate, I'd be happy with that. I'm carrying almost all my fat on my upper arms and upper legs - I KNEW that, but the caliper test confirmed that I was right, lol. |
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| #498 | jredig |
Jul 19 2007 19:10 |
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Greatamarie: Ok here is what I have you at for a typical day (with rough guestimation of calories and protein) 6:30am 1 cup coffee w/ 1 TBSP coffeemate = 40 calories 8:30am 1/2 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt w/ 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup kashi heart to heart cereal = 380 calories, 9 grams protein -- 10:30am 1 mile walk (at work) 15 min/mile pace = - 75 calories 12:30pm 1 lean cuisine (about 300 cal), 1 cup cherries, and 1/2 cup sugar snap peas = 400 calories (depends on the L.C. 4-9 g protein) -- 5:00pm 4 mile run 10 min/mile pace. = - 400 calories 6:00pm 1 Amy's Organic veggie burger on 1 whole wheat bun w/ 1/2 of an avocado. 1/2 cup gazpacho (cold veggie soup w/ tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, tomato juice, etc) = 500/600 calories, 30 ish grams protein 7:00pm 1 skinny cow fudgesicle (100 cal)--my indulgence = 100 calories So here is my opinion (take it or leave it) and advice: 1) Don?t get discourage. You have to have faith that you are eating right and are in a calorie deficient and that the #s will eventually come off. I often go a week or more with no changes, then drop a # overnight and then stay at that new weight a week? then nothing again, then overnight. I can?t explain it but it has been a theme with my weight loss. (I like to weigh everyday so I can compare the current weeks average with the week before often this will uncover a loss I hadn?t appreciated before.) 2) I still see you netting around 1,000 calories a day (too little). I know it is hard to believe but I can?t tell you how many times when I?m not losing any weight and feel deprived (tired and hungry) I allow a binge, my fav. a ½ cup of peanuts (I tend to crave nuts when calorie deprived) I don?t worry about going over on my calories and like magic I drop a pound within a day or two. (I immediately return to my diet after the binge) 3) Meal spacing ? very important. If you are eating over 300 ish calories in a sitting you are stimulating insulin release which will trigger the body to store the recent influx of calories as fat, this is especially true if you are in ?starvation mode.? To avoid this keep meals small and frequent, eat EVERY 2-3 hours (I NEVER, NEVER ever go over 3 hours unless I?m sleeping -- my husband for a while was even setting his alarm and eating cottage cheese in the middle of the night and has lost 25# in about 17 weeks.) This is also good advice to avoid diabetes. Your lunch and dinner are spaced really far, with a run in between ? I don?t know how you do it, I would feel like crap. 4) food timing ? -Main carbs for the day should be before (45m-1hour) and after (30m) a workout. I would do this for your evening run. Not as needed for the afternoon walk. Also a protein source needs to be included with the meals surrounding the workout. Food is fuel treat it as such and give it to your body as it needs it: to perform the workout and recover from it. Plus carbs consumed post-workout rarely wind up in fat deposits instead they tend to restore your depleted glycogen stores. - Breakfast ? this is the most important kick start your metabolism, eat first thing. Food (incl. protein) coffee is not enough 4) Not all food is created equal ? calories from protein sources take more energy to digest (which also when eaten with high glycemic index foods helps keep your blood sugar more steady). You have very little protein in your diet ? ½ of what I would recommend. Eat your weight in grams of protein. 5) FAT!!! ? your fat is too low, eat that whole avocado and/or throw in some cashews 6) exercise ? cardio is not a magical eraser, eating clean is important. I also strongly recommend weights, big heavy weights ? lift like a boy. Oh there is some evidence that cardio B4 breakfast is the best for burning fat, there is also evidence that you catabolize more muscle as well before breakfast. So it is up to you, personally I like it to run b4 breakfast and get it out of the way. I then immediately eat a pbar and coffee when I get home. 7) Schedule re-feed days, mine is Friday I eat usually 2,300 to 2,400 calories and burn a little extra 400-600 calories for a net of 1,700 or more (my maintence is 1,700) this gives my metabolism boost and helps my sanity. Take home: At your current exercise, if you eat 1600-1700 calories and get 130 grams of protein a day spread out over 5-7 small meals every 2-3 hours you should see results. Carbs will fall where they may but do make an effort to eat fat. Here is my yesterday (I always keep a food and activity log) 6:30 ? 3mile run (10m mile) with dog = -300 calories (shower) 7:30 ? coffee with 5 tsps coffee mate and a dash of sugar free hazelnut syrup and I snagged some cashews and 1 prune (finished getting ready ? I was pressed for time so didn?t get to eat my breakfast until later than I would like) = 150 calories 8:30 ? p bar (on the bus) = 160 calories, 12 g protein 10:30 ? ¾ c blueberries = 60 calories 12:00 ?1/2c homemade chicken ?stew? with Kashi and carrots (it was rainy today so I wanted soup) = 170 calories, 15 g protein 2:00 ? a protein shake = 230 calories, 34 g protein 4:30 ? ½ c soup again= 170 calories, 15 g protein 7:00 ? 1/2c (uncooked) oat bran with cinnamon and splenda and some raisins = 200 calories, 8 g protein 8:00 ? cashews (1/4 c) and a boca burger, 300 calories, 28 g protein 10:00 ? ½ c cottage cheese, 80 calories, 14 g protein total calories = 1520, total protein = 126g, my fats are low ? but my frig is broken (luckily we still have a freezer) so it has been hard this week -- no cheese or mayo on hand. net = 1220 ( I will make sure to net around 1300 today though b/c I will be lifting and want the extra calories.) |
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| #499 | jredig |
Jul 19 2007 19:25 |
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as for carb cycling go here www.bodybuilding.com and search carb cycling there is a ton of info an dlots of opinions.
I'm new to it, I don't do any "no carb" days but mix up low, medium and highcarb days. ie one day turkey sandwich, another just the turkey no bread. Most don't seem to recommend it for the most part until you've been dieting for 12 weeks or so. (hence why I just started) You should get fine results w/o it in the beginning and need to get everything else in order first (ie protein). |
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| #500 | gretamarie |
Jul 19 2007 20:19 |
| Wow. Thanks--that is really helpful. I cut out my "snacks" during the day awhile back because I was trying to cut calories--but I think I will focus on adding a snack w/ a good amount of protien in between my meals. That way I can get my calories up a bit too. | ||