Already fall within a healthy BMI and looking to lose those last few pounds and/or get in shape?

I would like to start a motivation group for those that already fall within a healthy BMI but looking to lose those last few pounds and/or get in shape.

Your talking about me! Im 5ft 5 ins. I weigh 142 Im 45 My BMI is 23.? I try to stay in the 1300 calorie mark.  My goal is to reach 132 or 130 depending on what I look like   Most of my fat is on my stomach.  I would love to find a fitness routine that is easy for my back.  Anyone have ideas

Original Post by britishsoulgirl:

Your talking about me! Im 5ft 5 ins. I weigh 142 Im 45 My BMI is 23.? I try to stay in the 1300 calorie mark. My goal is to reach 132 or 130 depending on what I look like Most of my fat is on my stomach. I would love to find a fitness routine that is easy for my back. Anyone have ideas

 Don't know who you were addressing but I have a bad back with slipped and ruptured disc along with osteoporosis.  I do bicycle, treadmil, rowing, elliptical, stairways, calf master, LATs, squats, various strength machines, all  with care keeping  my back in mind, alternating cardio on different days. Have been increasing my calories weekly or biweekly and am currently eating 1585 in attempt to break the plateau. I will soon be 70.

Have you calculated your BMR? At http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

putting your values in, I get 1367 cal which is what you need if you stayed in bed all day/night for 24/7. 

"If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2"

 For you, that would be 1640 cal.  You are not eating enough.

I think my whole problem is just not being consistant enough. My BMR is somewhere around 1300, & according to CC my burn rate for sedentary is about 1550. I've been trying to hit right around 1300 --seldom less, always more on weekends. There obviously isn't a lot of wiggle room without adding exercise and recently, there hasn't been a lot to add. I'm just accepting that case for the short haul (until about a month from now.) I'm just going to try and be more consistantly 1300 to 1350 during the week and no more than 1500 on weekends until I can get more exercise regularly.

Hey mind if I join in????

I am 5' 7" and currently 140, putting my BMI at 21.9.  I would like to get down to somewhere between 130 and 135 (BMI still above 20.4).  I figure my clothes will tell me when to stop.  I was down to 136 right before christmas and since the new year I have not been able to make progress.   I know part of the reason for my stall out is that I have started marathon training and I am not focusing as much on the deficit but in just plain healthy eating, a little strength training and increasing my mileage.  This week I will run between 30 and 40 miles this week with Sat. being my long run of 14 miles.  Just looking for a little support to get me through this rough patch. 

I intake between 1500-2000 calories depending on the day.  CC says I burn about 1700 on the sedentary with a BMR of 1438.  My runs or elliptical workouts burn between 500 and 1400 calories.  Except for my long run, all my workouts are in the evening.  On Sat. (long run day) and Sun. I don't pay much attention to my calories since I burn so many and allow myself treats like a Caribou mocha (450 calorie) though I have a feeling my calories are around 2500 or less on those days.

 

Original Post by chris1208:

I think my whole problem is just not being consistant enough. My BMR is somewhere around 1300, & according to CC my burn rate for sedentary is about 1550. I've been trying to hit right around 1300 -

 Sounds like you should be eating 1550 consistently at the least.

Yeah, if I want to maintain...sorry, not following your logic. ? I'm saying I AM pretty much sedentary right now, thus 1550 would be maintenance NOT deficit.

Chris~ there are other ways of burning more calories without "exercising".  Park farther away in the parking lot, taking the stairs, a walk break, even just simple stretching while your sitting at work.  When your watching tv march in place, or do jumping jacks while waiting for dinner to cook.  I think you should be eating at least 1500 calories too.  I was surprised when I started to up my calories and the scale started to go down (before my marathon training).  Remember CC sedentary is doing nothing but sitting, any movement burns more calories, you are burning more then 1500 calories.  Unless you are walking very slowly from your bed to a desk in your house, to a couch, and back to bed, you are burning more then 1500 calories.

The funny thing about ya'll trying to talk me into 1500-1600 is that that's about what I'm averaging now --and I'm maintaining rather than losing. The key word in my posts is 'trying' and why I said I haven't been consistant enough.

Nearly every calculator I've used online comes up with 1300-1400 as a calorie goal to loose weight when I set my activity level as moderately active. CC actually tells me 1200 if I set my activity level at sendentary --"On most days, you find yourself mainly sitting, reading, typing, or working at a computer." not doing

nothing but sitting; it does account for normal walking around, cooking dinner, etc.

Before the last couple of months I kept my normal life moderately active. I'd take the stairs, walk the mile to work & back twice a day, etc. I have commitments right now that not only take that small amount of extra time that took to do those things but also have me pretty darn exhausted. (If I watch ANY tv it's right before bed so I'm not about to do calisthenics then.) Fortunately this is a temporary state and I see my schedule improving a lot in about a month.

I do appreciate that you're trying to give me your best advice.  In about a month I'll be able to up my exercise level to the point that I can take in 1500 +/- and still lose weight.

I just dont get how you can know exactly how many calories you are eating. It is so much work to figure it all out. I don't have the time to add up everything I am eating. Like, how many calories are in 3 medium strawberries? or 7 jelly beans, or homemade spagetti (lean meat)...Its just too time consuming to look up each ingredient.

Original Post by idgystripes:

I just dont get how you can know exactly how many calories you are eating. It is so much work to figure it all out. I don't have the time to add up everything I am eating. Like, how many calories are in 3 medium strawberries? or 7 jelly beans, or homemade spagetti (lean meat)...Its just too time consuming to look up each ingredient.

Well obviously there is some estimation involved.  I round everything to the nearest 10 for sure.  I found really, that it gets a lot easier over time, because I tend to eat the same foods fairly regularly, so I don't have to look them up anymore.  I also tend to overestimate things, just to make sure I'm on the right side of how many calories I really want to eat.

I became a member on Sunday. I am 5 ft. 1 in 127.8 lbs and my BMI is 24. My goal is to get down to 115 , and get toned. I currently workout 6 days a week.  Cardio on the eliptical every day and alternating days of circut training, yoga, and free wieghts. I am a happily married 39 year old mother of one. The big picture is I just want to be a healthier version of myself. Any help or motivation from like minded members would be GREAT !

Hi there

I am a new member age 18, about 5ft 9" and weigh about 140lbs. I have a healthy BMI but want to lose a few and get into better shape!

Anyone have any new or fun exercise ideas??

Fairy~ Sounds like strength training might be what you need.  I like yoga instead of traditional weight lifting, you gain flexibility along with strength, if you get a yoga burn or faster yoga it will give you the aerobic aspect too.  You can find me on my elliptical, treadmill, or out running.  I also try to do yoga once to twice a week and do traditional strength training with a friend and at home twice a week.

Well, I gained again but same yo-yo.  They say that an increase is to be expected until the body stabilizes and realizes that it won't starve again.  Besides my Tanita scale showed an increase in Body Mass, which I'm assuming is the same thing as Lean Body Mass; Body Fat% and Visceral Fat both went down.

1/22/08    1/29    2/05    2/12      2/19      2/26

CW: 138.6    139.2   139.6   139.4      138.4      139.8

GW: 128.0

Cal:  1385                1485                                   1585

 

Thanks cfeltontufty, I've been trying weights but not really sure what I'm doing hehe. I liked yoga as I tried it at school so I might take that up again. How much yoga do you need to do (i.e. time and days) for it to take effect?

I can't believe how many calories are burned doing so little trivial things - like sleeping!  Just went to This Site  to use their tool to calculate each activity on my non-gym days for 24 hours and I burn over 2200 cal just sleeping,eating, getting dressed and working on my computer!

 I have been afraid to increase my calories and have been paying for it for months.  Should have believed the success stories but the minute I gained, I went right back to  1200-1300 in the past.

Is it OK if I join? I rarely check the Motivation forum and was trying to start a group like this in Weight Loss without realising one already existed.

I'm 5'3" and 125lbs, so right in the healthy BMI category but I'd like to be a little less jiggly.  Also, I feel like I'm carrying all my fat around my middle which probably isn't so good for me.  Goal is 119, just to be able to be under 120 :)

6lbs shouldn't be that hard but I'm really really lazy about exercising.  I have a treadmill, I have a couple of DVDs at home, but I've been making a lot of excuses.  I have been a tiny bit better this week than last, tried lifting weights a bit on Monday, and went for brisk walks on my lunch hours the past three days. 

This is the group for me! So happy to find you all! I have that ten to lose- 5'3 129 and a very petite frame. I have been active for years, but never reached my potential (In the process of being dx with Celiac, which sucks the life outta ya). I am ready to work towards that 118!

DO I SMELL FUNNY?

No one seems to reply to anything I ever post-- is there a strategy for meeting people on CC?

I am not that far North, but I love to CC ski!

Original Post by idgystripes:

I just dont get how you can know exactly how many calories you are eating. It is so much work to figure it all out. I don't have the time to add up everything I am eating. Like, how many calories are in 3 medium strawberries? or 7 jelly beans, or homemade spagetti (lean meat)...Its just too time consuming to look up each ingredient.

 If you are serious about knowing the calories you are actually eating in a day, you need to invest in a kitchen scale - digital is best.  that way you can weigh everything you put in your mouth, and say you eat 7 jelly beans, weigh them (OR if you eat them first, just count out 7 more if you have them, put them on the scale & see what it comes out as, then log it into cc)  you can adjust just about every item in cc database to be in ounces or grams, which is very precise.(choose "other" for serving size and input it exactly)  My teenage girls are just maintaining, but are vigilant with what they eat, so they weigh or measure everything the night before and write it down, that way they know the calories in everything they eat during the day while not home.  

The problem  is that if you don't log everything you eat, you may be really surprised at how many calories are in those few small things you are eating.  ie, a few candies, a handful of chips, a couple of crackers, creamer in coffee -- they all add up quickly. on the other hand, if you're popping radishes or cucumber slices, not so many calories there!

If you are making homemade spaghetti sauce(or anything), there is a place where you can input any recipe (foods tab) and it will give you the exact nutrition info of what you are eating.  there again, some things home made can be far less calories than bought stuff, or could be more, depends on what you are using for ingredients. Some recipes for sauce I have used call for like 1/4 or 1/2 cup olive oil, I always cut it back to zero or no more than 1 TBsp, and then see the difference it makes in the calories on that one! Little changes make huge differences, and it all adds up over time.  I  adjust recipes to use extra lean ground beef or ground turkey/chicken  instead of regular beef, leave out the oil, no sugar, low salt or just use something like Mrs. Dash seasonings, then input them into the 'new recipe' area on cc and add one serving to my food log. then I tag it if I have more I will be eating at another time, or if I will make it again.  That way it's faster next time to log!

:)