Posts by skylar87

It was REALLY hard and demotivating. I even started running and worked my way up to 30 minutes at a time and the scale still wouldn't budge. I guess waiting out that stubborn month long plateau finally paid off!

It depends on your carb intake during the rest of the day really. In the mornings I eat 1/2 a cup of oatmeal made with water and 81g of banana cut up and on top of it. I usually eat a yogart with it (low carb yogart b/c it has more protein) so that the macro nutrients aren't leaning so heavily towards the carbs and so that it keeps me full longer.  That's 49 carbs which is kindof high (45 w/out the yogart).

I used to put artificial sweetner in it (equal) until I found out how bad they are for your metabolism. I cut way back on the equal now and just put in a tsp of brown sugar in it.

IMPO, I think that it's better to eat most of your carbs earlier in the day and then lower carb more fat and protein rich foods after 3:00 pm. I have been losing weight more quickly than I was before I started doing this. I got the idea from one of my friends who is a personal trainer.

I don't know what your stats are but personally on my "splurge" days I try not to go over my maintenece calories. If, for example, I know we're having cake I'll try to find out what kind it's gonna be. I check nutrition on the box the mix is in if its gonna be a homemade one or select something in the CC food database that is close to it. But just practice some portion control and do eat what you want. I tried to keep track of what and how much I ate by logging stuff in on here so I didn't go completely overboard.

Even if you go above maintenence, it's gonna be ok. On the 4th of July I probably ate around 2000 calories (I'm on 1200-1300 normally) and after the next day of inevitable water weight from all the salt and sugar, was back to my weight before I ate all that junk. It was just for a day though. Since I ate a little bit of everything I wanted, I was able to start fresh the next day and finally be rid of some of the cravings that I'd been ignoring for so long.

There is a really good thread on here that I read before I started my day. It's about having cheat days to speed up your metabolism and prevent or get off of stubborn plateaus. So far I've been following the advice AND I've started losing weight again (had been on a 2 week plateu of 107 before, now 104.8).

Here's the thread. I'm such a dork. I usually research something to find out how to do it "correctly" before I actually do it. http://caloriecount.about.com/cheating-diet-i ncrease-fat-loss-ft7139

Sorry this was so long,and it may have been more info than you needed or asked for.I just thought that it might help you relax and enjoy your well deserved day of celebration without stressing about hypothetical consequences. More than likely, one day isn't going to undo all of your hard work. Happy Birthday hun!

I'm 4'11 & 3/4 and 105.6lbs. It stinks! I've been dieting for almost 2 months and haven't even lost 2 lbs. because my calorie deficit is so low.I have about 1500 on burn meter and min. of 1200 cal. It's definately harder for us shorties to lose weight and it takes more time, I think. Anyways, I'll be there for ya anytime you need to talk or want some input. I am steadily losing weight now(slowly but surely) and since we are almost the same size I might be able to help.

I personally do believe that eating the majority of your calories at one time is not good for your metabolism. You should spread your calories throughout the day. 1,000 calories for breakfast may be a little excessive for a single meal.I eat every 3-4 hrs  and have been losing weight faster than when I was just eating 3 times a day. It's been working for me

Artificial sweetners are not good for your metabolism. They teach your body to ignore sugar as a source of calories. In small amounts this probably wouldn't happen but if you are consuming mostly diet drinks it could have an ill effect.

Go shorty, it's your birthday! Very proud of you hun!

4lbs in 4 days? If you ate foods that you don't usually eat like those high in sodium you might be retaining water. If you had sweets but only use artificial sweetners and eat sugar-free foods when on your "diet" your body could have disregarded the sugar's caloric content and gone straight to storing it away as fat instead of metabolising it. SInce you didn't consume 3500 over your limit on EVERY one of your off days you shouldn't have just 4 lbs of fat so those are the only two other things I can think of.

Just curious, how much fiber have you been consuming?I think about 25-30 grams a day is considered healthy for the average adult. There is such a thing as too much fiber. I heard somewhere that it causes the colon to age faster. Besides that, it can make you constipated if you have too much. But like lyn said, if you are just beginning to eat fiber (in a healthy amount) it WILL take your body some time to get used to it. Look at your diet too. Consuming too little fat, which lots of fruits a vegetables can lack, can also cause you to be a little..backed up if that's what you mean by feeling bloated.

http://caloriecount.about.com/metabolic-types -eating-ft93247

check that link out if you haven't already. hope this helps!

I also heard that green tea helps to promote weight loss. Supposedly, it is supposed to keep your body from converting as much sugars, carbs, and proteins into fat. Not sure how valid that is. However, green tea has been shown to help eliminate cancer causing free radicals that are produced during exercise and muscle developement so it's good for you. The fat oxidation that green tea diet pills claim to promote probably comes from the caffeine.

That being said, I recently started drinking decaf green tea instead of water ( I just got sick of regular water, really. I hate water.lol!) so that's about 4-5 cups of warm to hot tea a day. On top of that I take 2 Mega-tea diet capsules 1x a day (instead of 2x a day as recomended on the bottle cuz the caffeine is a little much for me later in the day). 

I have lost about 2 lbs this week, maybe a little less. It's nice because I think it has helped me to get over a plataeu I was on for about 2 weeks. Now i'm losing again. YAY!

Keep in mind that is a LOT of green tea but since it's decaf (besides the 2 pills which has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee) I feel like I'm getting the benefits without feeling... uncomfortable.

Melkor makes a very valid point. Green tea alone is not going to make you lose weight by itself if one doesn't adopt a healthy nutritional diet along with it. But think of it this way. You're going to be cutting that unhealthy stuff out of your diet anyway. Green tea will burn some extra calories for ya. Every little bit helps.

Adel, I think you're probably right about the jump from 1200 to 1800 being a little big. I'll definately consider that for next time. I've already planned the food for today and it's about 1700 and the burn meter is at 1400 so...I dunno. We'll see how it affects me the rest of week.

I was put on this medication for the treatment of anxiety and bipolar disorder. I think it worked pretty well for the treatment, but after taking it I was EXTREMELY hungry after and couldn't get full no matter how much I ate. This might be different for other people, but that's just how it affected me and as a result I did stop taking it.

Whats the last food you ate that:

wasnt worth the calories?: a cinnamon raisin mini bagel

was indulgent but worth it?: Nana's homemade banana pudding- lots of whipped cream, canned milk, bananas, vanilla wafers, and vanilla pudding in 6 delicious layers. OMG!

was so good you cant believe only had that many calories?: sugar free rice pudding. Only 70 cal