Posts by rainbowjelly

Could i please have the recipe. They are really hard to find here in Australia, I have seen then once so the recipe would be great

I always wondered this too so i decided to eat the same amount of calories in healthy food for a week and the same amount in what ever i wanted for a week...the result? Exactly the same. So like everyone said, its better to eat healthy for many reasons but i find weight wise, i am the same.

I hate to tell you the bad news but my boyfriend is the same, he cannot gain weight. He is 6ft and weighs 125lbs, he has for the past 8 years. He works out and all he does is get stronger, run faster and lower his BF %.....there is nothing wrong with him the doctor said, it's just genetics.

thank you very much.. i have seen a 1lb drop already :)

I don't post a lot but i wanted to congratulate you, losing 100 pounds is wonderful :) and i think what your doing is so gret. A lot of people at that weight would give up but the fact you want to make a different is awesome.

I think you could have some more protein from lean meat. Instead of having 2 slices of bread for dinner, why not have a piece of lean fish or the chicken you make unless you always have that but didn't add it to your menu. The same with lunch, add in some lean protein and you will find you won't feel as hungry.

Do you like yoghurt? If you ever get sick of skim milk, you could have a fat free yoghurt instead.

Hey,

7 pounds is actually really good. Most diets you see in magazines promote a weight loss of 2lbs a week. Well CC kind of promotes 1lb a week. This way, yes you are eating more but this is suppose to allow you a little extra of what you like and in general, more food so you don't fail.

Its hard to think like this because you want those 2lbs like the magazines state but by doing it this way you have more of a chance of keeping the weight off :)

Well, my goal is to become fit. I don't want to be super, super fit though, just comfortably fit. I would also like to tone my legs. I feel i become "fitter" on the tredmill and cross trainer, my legs works harder on the bike. But i'm not sure how to divide my time/days.

Thanks for the help :)

Good Luck. Going home is a great motivation :)

Hey :)

I have your same problem. I joined the gym two weeks ago and for about 10 days i was having a deficit of about 1 100. I lost barely anything.

So now i am upping my calories so i only have a 700cal deficit per day. They say that you shouldn't have a deficit over 1 000.

Here is what some people said on my post:

Definitely eat more.  Getting tired is basically your body trying to conserve energy because it doesn't think it has enough for your level of activity.   But also realize that if you just recently started a new workout routine, the muscles you're using are going to tend to hold on to a lot more water, both because they need to repair themselves (this is a good thing) and because they're going to tend to store more glycogen in them, which holds water (also a good thing).

So maybe you should try to have a smaller deficit and it may help :)

They have not budged ever since i started at the gym. I have been getting really tired from the gym as well so i am trying to eat more which will hopefully help.

First of all, congratulations :) You have a great attitude

If you find yourself consistantly a little under 1200 calories then its good to have something little to get you just over that mark but if it happens once every 1 or 2 weeks then it's not a huge deal because when you are sick and eat less for a few days, your body doesn't instantly go into starvation mode. Also, in your life i'm sure you have ate less than 1200 calories for at least one day.

So as long as it doesn't happen on a very often basis and you don't want to eat because you want to stay under that number (which i don't think you would), you are fine

Just keep eating healthy and counting calories despite what he thinks. Just think, in another month it will be 10lbs which is definately significant. Plus, the more you resist the foods he leaves laying around, the easier it will get :)

Breakfast: wholemeal toast with pb, strawberry yoghurt, nectarine, cup of tea
Snack: mixed veggies in ricotta, 2 slices of soy meat, baby beets
Snack: fruit strap, tin of mixed beans, carrot
Lunch: salad wrap, ricotta and tofu
Dinner: vegetarian sausages, mini veggie fritters, vegetables
Snack: cup of tea, bar of dark chocolate

My worst day was about 8000-10 000 calories

• 10-15 cream biscuits
• 1 jar pb (really small one)
• 6 slices bread
• 1 whole bag of M&M's (family size)
• 2 huge bowls of ice-cream with topping and sprinkles
• 4 packets of medium chips
• 1/4 jar nutella
• take away noodles
• 1 pot chocolate mousse
• half box crackers
• Bowl od crunchy nut cereal with cream

I think there was more but my brain has blocked it. I ate all that in about 5 hours. As soon as i became a little un-full, i would eat again

I pick one day of the week (for me it's saturday because its the hardest day for me to eat healthy) and i eat maintainance calories in anything i want. By this i mean, i don't try to get good ratio's. I love chocolate so where as someone may go out for a big meal, i would rather fit in a chocolate bar, some cookies, ice-cream etc. Also, i try to do more exercise because the more i burn the more i can eat lol.

But each day i have about a 50-100 calorie "treat". Sometimes its a cookie, a fun size chocolate bar or a frozen yoghurt. Just something that i can look forward too