Posts by dove2424

I always forget how many people are here that are just plain mean.  I aplogize for getting my terms all screwed up.  I am obviously NOT a nutritionist.  I was sharing the information that I got.  Why?  Because I thought it might be nice to get some information out there.  Why is nutrition so messed up.  I could find articles about the evils of carbs and find JUST as many that sing carbs praises.  Where do we get REAL education?  How do we REALLY know what to do?  I went to a friend, nurse and dietition.  This is an ON-LINE forum.  People LIE online.  I don't know what your qualifications are.  I only know what you tell me, but I can go into my friends office and SEE her degrees hanging on her wall.  I can talk to her, and rather than make me feel like a ****, she is patient, kind, and explains to me what I wanted to know. 

I am NOT going to be firing my trainer.  I DO know that what I have been doing is NOT working.  I DO know that my clothes are not fitting the way that they were.  I haven't gained a lot of weight.  (1 pound.)  I DO know that I can see (this could be in my head) mor fat on my body.  I DO know that I have been eating 1400 to 1500 calories on days that I work out (6 days a week.)  I DO know that I haven't lost an ounce of weight.  The only thing I DON'T know is why.  I am going to try what she says and eat the bulk of the carbs that I do eat in the day time, and minimize them at night.  I am NOT cutting them out.  I am 30 and I work out 6 days a week.  I know that I need carbs.  I just don't think that I need to eat bread at night.  I am going to give this a shot and see how it works.  If it does work, GREAT.  If not, I will try something else.  I am consuming the SAME amount of calories.  I am consuming the SAME amount of carbs, just changing the times that I DO consume them.  I REALLY don't see the harm in that. 

Thank you all.. This is the most response I have ever gotten from a question here, and I have been on calorie count for the last 6 years.  (wow.. I can't believe it has been that long, it sure was easier to lose weight when I was 24!)

I spoke to a nurse who also has a degree in nutrition.  She kinda said the oppisite of some of you, but I am gonna share anyway.  She said that as we get older, carbs at night are the enemy.  Complex carbs that is.  The reason is, Complex carbs turn to sugar to be burned off, but then you go to bed so instead of it all getting burned, a small amount gets burned, (you burn calories sleeping) and the rest goes from CC to sugar to fat.  That is why I have noticed an increase of fat around my midsection.

Her advice is NOT for me to cut out carbs, because I do work out so much I DO need them.  Her advice was to cut them down at night.  (good by fat free frozen yogurt.. I will miss you!)  She said that I need to eat the majority (2/3) of my carbs BEFORE I go to the gym.  She also said that people eat WAY more carbs than they think they do.  She says, at night I need to eat no more bread.  I need to stick with protein (for my muscles) and Simple carbs like veggies.  This way the small amount of carbs that I am eating (in the veggies) are being used (when I sleep) and there is not a bundle that is not being utilized. 

Most importantly, she said that EVERY BODY IS DIFFRENT.  Your body may utilize complex carbs diffrent than mine.  But lucky me, I log what I eat every day and she took a look at my account.  The only reason that she can see that I was gaining fat (as much as I work out) is the bread that I eat at night.  She told me to try this and check back in a month and a half.  She is confient that this is the ticket, but if I am still not losing weight, I may have to go see my doctor.  I have a deficit calorie wise, and if this isn't it, I may have a thyroid problem (I don't think that is likely since I get a blood test every year and that came back fine.) 

Thank you to everyone that posted.  I'll let you know if this works, eating most carbs during the day and fewer at night.  Be advised this is not a low carb diet.  This is me shuffling around my complex carbs to something that is better for my body. 

I had knee surgery about 2 years ago... ACL, MCL replcement and Miniscus repair... so Running is kinda out of the question.  I can do it but only about a mile at a time and I pay for it later.

I lift weights 2-3 times a week.  I switch off upper and lower body each time. 

On the same token, I have been gaining weight.  I admit that for about a month I was not counting calories. I thought I had a good handle on what I was eating.  But I get so hungry after the gym, I really didn't.  I gained 2 pounds (and then had the wedding shower and didn't get on the scale till a week later)  So I started counting again 2 weeks ago and was back down to 131 on Saturday.  I wasn't doing bad before, just not as big a deficit as I wanted.  I am just super annoyed.  I should have lost more than a single pound in 2 weeks.

That is really not helpful.  I LIKE my trainer.  Why fire her.  She pushes me really hard and my arms are looking great.  Is she wrong about the carbs?  If she is say so.

Gonna throw in my two cents.

This is not a diet.. This is a life style change, and it is unreasonable for anyone to expect you to never have ice cream (or anything else that you enjoy) ever again.  That is why diets always fail.  You CAN have your ice cream.  You just need to plan for it, and have A serving, not 5.  I have ice cream every night when I was maintaining, and still have it now that I have decided to lose another 5 pounds.  I work it in.  If I deny myself, I just want it more and will binge. 

Also, if you have steped up your weight lifting, then you are likely holding water weight.  That coupled with TTOTM, you are holding water.  Don't get on the scale again until next week. 

It seems to me that you are doing all the right things.  You can't expect to lose every week.  Our bodies go through plateaus.  It is just something that we have to get used to.  You will lose again.  Just keep doing all the right things that you are doing. 

Missing so many vitamins and nutirients.  If you eat the same thing every day, you will start craving the things you need.  Like fatty acids and the Omegas.  Your body needs more nutrients than you are giving it even if you were eating enough.

I am 5'3.  130 is a perfectly healthy weight for someone that is 5'3.  Annnnddd then that camera takes pictures and I feel like the 6 days at the gym are doing NOTHING.  Worse, I am totally stuck here.  I have been working out 6 days a week and even got a trainer and I KILL myself, and the scale went UP not DOWN.  I am eating what I should be and I keep getting told, muscle weighs more than fat.  Yeah, I know that but I should be LOSING FAT TOO!  What is the deal?

I think I would try everything on the list... I'll try anything once.  Try it doesn't mean eat the whole thing.  You can have a taste, just can't over do it.  Plus, it isn't like you would ever eat any of that stuff every day.  Once in a while (followed by about an hour on the tredmill) is totally OK.  If you deprive yourself, THAT is when bad things happen!

For me.. to feel better about me...

I do that!  When I actually log, I get obsessive and don't eat enough.  If I keep a running tally in my head, I am not so obsessed, eat more, and actually lose.  PLUS, I am not the crazy person that I am when I write it all down. 

You have just started weight training.  When I did this, it took FOREVER to lose, but I could SEE changes.  Here is what is happening... You are gaining muscle weight, (which is nicer looking and leaner) and losing fat.  The muscle weighs more (sorta) so you are probably losing the fat as fast as you are gaining the muscle.  Also when you lift weights, you are basically tearing the muscles.  They use water to heal (or something like that) What I do know is that water goes into the muscles so that makes the scale think you are heavier too.

Keep it up though, you will eventually start to see the scale go down, but in the mean time, start measuring.  It is such a great feeling to see the inches come off, or your muscles get bigger.  (that was what I wanted!)

Good luck!

Really?  1200 cals?  Thats it?  That seems kinda low, but maybe I am eating too much and thinking it is OK because I am working out.  I read that in an article today actually.  I'll skim it back a bit and see what happens. 

Thanks!

Yeah the measurements have stayed the same for a few weeks... I am in a helthy BMR, but on the high end.. I want to be middle to middle low...  I am just blah!  I don't know what else to do.  grrr