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| Weight Loss | Hey everyone new to this | Jun 25 2009 21:35 (UTC) |
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I've been on the site for almost two months now and there is one thing that I've learned for those of us who start at larger weights (I started at over 300 lbs): Don't cut your calories too much too soon. As other's have mentioned go for a calorie deficit between 500 and 800 calories a day. I lose close to 3lbs a week doing this, ~ 1% of my body weight. (I know that math doesn't work out right, but that's what's happened.) When you start out at a heavier weight, your calorie needs are much higher than those who start out only wanting to lose 20 pounds or so. My stats put me at eating alomost 2,000 calories a day to lose weight when I first started. Every few weeks or months (depending on how fast the weight comes off), put your new stats into the Calories Needed for Weight-loss or Burn Meter tools and refigure your daily calories to update on your profile. That way, you make sure that your calorie needs are being met while still maintaining a good deficit. I think that it's great that you joined cc, and we look forward to hearing from you on your journey. I know that this site has helped me stay on track longer than ever before. Goodluck! |
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| Young Calorie Counters | How do I get my activity up anymore? | Jun 24 2009 17:53 (UTC) |
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agmilano: I think you're forgetting one very important thing - you burn calories just by being alive. This is called your BMR, or your Base Metabolic Rate. When adding up you're daily burn, you need to take into account both the exercise you participate in and the amount of calories you burn for existing. There are a number of good tools you can use to to find out your BMR. I just use the tools on calories count (http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/calories-bur ned.php), set my activity level to sedentary and then add in any exercise under the activity log. The result shows up in my burn meter on my home page. The nice thing about calorie count is that you don't have to worry about subtracting 1/24 of your daily BMR for every hour of exercise you log because it does it for you. (Normally you'd have to do this, because exercise calories are burned in place of your BMR calories for the time you spend exercising, not just in addition to them - have I confuse you yet?) Every body is different, so these types of tools are not exact, but it might give you a better starting point. I know that most gyms have a breathing test you can take to get a more exact BMR, but the cost is usually around $50. The estimates have done just fine for me so far =) |
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| Fitness | I did a squat and my thighs got so BULKY | Jun 18 2009 21:55 (UTC) |
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Original Post by thesuperbex: Same here. Thank you everyone! Actually heard at the gym: "I won't gain too much muscle as long as I only do cardio right??? You know like swimming and stuff???" After all, we all know how weak those swimmers are. |
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| Foods | someone has to help me, how can I eat cake and lose weight? | Jun 15 2009 18:12 (UTC) |
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Original Post by pgeorgian: Check in the bakery section at the grocery store. I know that the ones by me sell individual cake slices you can by for about $1.50 in the cases. They're still closer to two serving than one, but at least it's not a whole cake! |
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| Weight Loss | What you've had to unlearn from childhood. | Jun 15 2009 18:04 (UTC) |
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Like a lot of people who have posted, my family was poor and that probably led to some of these. Here we go. Things that I had to unlearn from my childhood: -- The food won't be there tomorrow, you have to eat it all now if you want it. (In my house, if you didn't eat it right then, someone was likely to have already consumed it by the next day.) -- Pizza is a well-balanced, healthy breakfast because it has every food group. This can be followed by pizza for lunch, pizza for dinner, pizza for a late night snack for the same reason. -- It's not good to spoil my appetite. (My mother was very insistent that snacks were NOT okay since they kept me from finishing my lunch/dinner.) -- You can't have a meal without dessert. It's mandatory. (I don't really like sugary things and always ate desserts because I was told to. All the wasted calories...) -- Because it's home-made, it's good for you. (Case in point: Grandma's cheesy bacon stew, close to 1,200 calories per cup.) -- If you have soup, you must have tons of bread/rolls with it or it's just not worth the effort. -- As long as you go to a "sit-down" restaraunt, you can have as much as you'd like. After all, it's not "fast food". -- If I don't eat what's on my plate, little children in China will starve. Wow, that was a little cathardic! Like everyone else, I don't believe my parents were bad because of what they fed me. After all, they sucessfully kept me fed when there was very little money to do so. I just have to learn new ways of relating to food and make sure that when I have kids, they pick up the healthy lessons. : -) |
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| Weight Loss | fluctuating weight | Jun 08 2009 20:09 (UTC) |
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I've heard that a person's weight can vary that much in just a day. It doesn't sound unreasonable for it to fluctuate on a weekly basis as well. I'm not sure if you are male o r female, but my ToM usually affects my weight as well. I'll gain between one and two pounds the week before, and then it will be gone (and then some since I'm trying to lose right now) the week after. If your sodium intake fluctuates, water retention could also explain those small fluctuations. In short, to quote amethystgirl: "Yes, very normal." |
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| Weight Loss | Veggies...do you count them? | Jun 02 2009 18:25 (UTC) |
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I agree with dkenworthy. Counting veggies will give you a better picture of your overall nutrition. Veggies are packed full of vitamins and minerals, along with pleanty of fiber (depending on what kinds you are eating). And, yes, the calories do count. They might not be much, but if you are munching all day the amount you're consuming could surprise you. |
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| The Lounge | Puppy Crates | Jun 01 2009 20:53 (UTC) |
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How much traveling are you planning on doing? If you're only taking a trip 2 or 3 times a month, I think you'll be fine with a single crate. Do you want the extra crate in your car all the time or will you remove it anyway when your dog isn't riding with you? On a related note, I've had two dogs: one we crate trained and one we didn't. Life has been so much better with the crate training. No coming home to messes on the carpet, dishes broken in the kitchen, a ten pound bag of potatoes sitting inside my dogs stomach (minus the plastic bag - most of it anyway)... I don't ever want to go back to the way things were. My current labrador / border collie mix has learned to love her kennel and goes in on her own to sleep at night or nap away the heat of the day. |
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| Foods | Fiber! | May 29 2009 19:05 (UTC) |
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My favorite high fiber foods are raspberries and blackberries. And yay, they just got into season here! They are sweet enough that I use berries as a desert, especially when I mix them with Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding. Yummmm... |
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| Health & Support | Panic Attacks after Exercise | May 28 2009 05:06 (UTC) |
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Are you doing something that has high intensity, like running or circuit training? You might want to try doing something more relaxing, like yoga or tai-chi (I'm not sure if I'm spelling that right). If you do something you find relaxing, it might keep you from having such anxiety before, during, or in your case after a work out. After doing a low intensity, low stress workout for a few weeks you might find high intensity training less stressful and/or anxiety provoking. Then you could slowly add it back in. A longer and more drawn out cool-down period might also help. |
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| Weight Loss | Why most Japanese girls slim???? | May 25 2009 20:48 (UTC) |
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Like Rikaj, I was only there for a few weeks, but I did a ton of walking. We walked everywhere. Just from that change alone, I dropped about 20 pounds in a month (no it didn't stay off when I came back to the states). Their diet is slightly different, with more lean meats and much smaller portions at restaurants. Not to say that they don't pig out on junk food too, but their staple foods tend to be healthier. And then there is the genetics... (I'm ging to stop before jealousy rears it's ugly head) |
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| The Lounge | Top Ten positive things about being 300+ pounds | May 25 2009 20:42 (UTC) |
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You made my day No one ever tries to tell me that I'm not strong enough to lift or carry something. I always get the front seat when in the car with my friends. I can eat over 2000 calories a day and still lose over a pound a week. I can dress in comfortable jeans and T-shirts and no one complains. None of my friends borrow my clothing because it's just too big for them (this keeps things from being lost, stolen, or destroyed) When a I am in a relationship, I don't have to worry about whether he's in it for my looks or my mind |
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| Foods | Bread...should you limit how much you eat?? | May 19 2009 21:52 (UTC) |
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Original Post by tealparadise: It's actually pretty good, even if the slices are a bit thin. I eat at least one slice on most days and sometimes get up to as many as four. I try to balance it with the protein in my sandwhich with maybe a side of veggies or a piece of fruit. I'm relatively new to this, but it's worked out so far. |
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| Foods | How many carbs are too many | May 19 2009 21:26 (UTC) |
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gi-jane is right, carbs have gotten a bad rap lately. Probably because of starchy foods like pasta, white bread, and potaties, which people tend to go overboard on. As a result, people are now avoiding fruits and veggies, which is not a great idea. There was a good overview of the nutrition report written in the Ask Mary section not too long ago. It went over suggested daily amount of protein, carbs, and fat. Here's the link: |
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