Posts by michellejlr

I found out about this granola by Galaxy Granola from this forum.  There are 4 different "flavors."  The calories range (per 1/2 cup or 50g) 155 to 165 and sugar from 7g to 14g.  Check out this link :   http://www.galaxygranola.com/

I love granola too.  I have a serving of their "not sweet vanilla" which has nothing but just granola and add a serving of silvered almonds EVERY day.  This is one snack that I must have on a daily basis....I look forward to it.  I purchase mine from Whole Foods but you can get them on-line thru this link (or can find out where to buy them, the info. is on this link as well).  If you find something better in your quest, be sure to share.  Good luck!

We'll be staying in Seoul for the bulk of our stay and a few days in Soreaksan for some hiking.  We're in a hotel so no kitchen.  You're all right about Korean food being low in calories.  Most of their side dishes are vegetables.  Although I love the noodles with black bean sauce (and so inexpensive!).  I was mainly concerned with sodium....but what I'll do is wait for a whole week after my return to get on the scale.  That way the water retention will have disappeared and won't depress me (that is if I fair well overall with the food intake).  I hate to be going on a vacation with only 4 - 5 lbs left.  I'd rather be going when I've entered the maintenance stage so I can up my total daily calories.  But the way Seoul is laid out, we'll be walking plenty so that should be some help.

Mermaid, we'll be drinking bottled water so I'm not too concerned as far as the quality of the water I'll be drowning in .  The issue there will be locating a restroom everywhere I go!

Thanks all.

Yes, that is what I meant.  If I burned 2k, I'd eat 2k.  If I burned 2500, I'd eat 2500.  I'm just over 4 lbs from my goal so I hope to be eating my "maintenance" sooner than later.  So far, I've been obtaining a deficit between 500 and 750 although I'm "thinking" of incorporating 1 cheat day per week (supposedly effective in weight loss).

I've had my Gowear for about a month now.  I love it.  Since I was already counting calories for food intake, I just needed to know how many calories I burned (didn't want to do all the calculations for every activity I engaged in....I'm lazy).  Gowear has helped me in maintaing the calorie deficit on a daily basis and also helped in losing more pounds!  The best part is that it has also motivated me with parking the car a bit further, taking the stairs vs. the elevator, etc.  I'm still lazy but a lot less lazier than pre-Gowear.  It would be best to get the display watch as well....that way you don't have to upload to the computer each time you wanted to see what you've burned.  

Thank you pilgrimdude! 

Got it, thanks!

Thank you, I have a better understanding of that statement now.  Could I ask one more question....this one arose from reading other posts.  Many asks how many calories they should be eating to maintain.....but if it's a matter of consuming what you burn, why do we need to know our BMR, etc?  Why the calculations?  Again, just curious but I'm hoping to reach the maintenance sooner than later .  This is just preparatory research.

m4mitchell, i have a couple of questions for you after having only worn my gowear full-time for the past 5 days.

1) does your arm (where sensor meets the skin) get irritated at all?  after 3 days, mine was itchy and welted despite not having worn it too tightly and i take it off during showers and give breaks now and then.  right now, i've switched it to my right arm even though the directions say to wear on the left arm......seems to work fine.

2) gowear seems to give much lower calories burned than my elliptical machine (which was to be expected since the machines are often inaccurate).  but also lower than my HRM which i "thought" was somewhat accurate.  any thoughts on this?

gowear has also motivated me to be more active....i even park the car in the corner spot so that i can walk....i never used to do that.

thanks

Hi, just wondering how you like your Gowear.  Mine is arriving tomorrow and am very excited.  This deficit thing has had me reeling.  I'm hoping the gadget will take all the uncertainties out of it....making it a clear cut to knowing exactly how many cal to consume for a 500 per day deficit.

Chrissy, that is good news!  I ate 1300 today and thought I overate....but I actually under ate!  I thought 1200 was kinda low....I do work out ~5 days per week between 30-50min (mostly cardio).  I plugged in "lightly active" as I'm mostly sedentary aside from my workouts, the recommendation was still 1200....I wonder why?  My weight loss overall has been a bit slow....up and down daily although the trend has been downwards mostly.  But definitely, I'm not losing a pound per week.  I'm 7 pounds from my goal and although I expected a slow loss journey, I can't wait to hit my goal and start the maintenance stage.  Maybe upping my daily calories will help speed up my loss (that sounds so strange and contradictory).  I can only hope!  Thanks!

Pinkberry yogurt (original flavor) with granola!

Hi, can you check the calories for kimchi chije (hot spicy soup)?  No meat, no tofu.

Thanks!

The concept of "calories in and calories out" is one that I can understand totally.  But, trying not to consume too much sugar (natural or not) is one that I'm having trouble with.  Just incorporating grapes, blueberries, strawberries and yogurt pushes my total intake way up.  What I don't understand is how people say to eat all the fruit we want while watching the sugar.  It's really hard, there's tons of sugar in fruits no matter how natural it may be.  It just adds up quickly.  I try to stay below 80g but that's probably too high already for a daily intake.

Like the others mentioned, frozen grapes,  f. blueberries and f. cherries are great. Kinda slushy.  

Skinny Cow Chocolate Truffle and Fudgsicles are 100 cal. each and very yummy. What brand is the fudgsicles that only has 70 cal?  When you're counting cal, every one of them counts!

I have a question about grapes.....it is very high in natural sugar, is it one of those fruits that I should be limiting myself to?  Out of all the frozen fruits, it is my favorite and I have it every day.  I've been consuming 5oz a day but I wouldn't mind upping that 

Out of curiosity, what happens when you don't log for a few days?  Does it go flat line for those days?  Like for days when you're not able to log due to traveling or what not. I will plan to log for TTOM as it seems to be a good idea for future reference.  But I'll be traveling pretty soon and don't want to carry my laptop.