Posts by browneyes1

Good Morning!

I am at 171.5. A half pound gain. It has been two weeks since I weighed myself as I was not home last weekend. I guess it is okay but I really want to lose and will try focusing harder this week.

What helps me is I leave the scale in the bathroom and weigh myself 3 times back to back. I use the weight that comes up  2 out of 3 times. Sometimes I will get the same weight 3 times but I have a cheap scale too so if it doesn't I will try for 2 out of 3 then 3 out of 5. Usually I only have to weigh myself 3 times though.

okay. I wasn't sure what to expect because in the middle of the week I was up a pound. Today, I am at 171 which is a .5 pound loss from last Sat. Shewww! I don't understand it, but I am glad. Hopefully this week I wll be a little stricter on my self because this is slow.

1/12 173.5

1/19 171.5

1/26 171.0

Kudos to everyone, especially those who scored off 2 lbs.

sriginal Post by talkdoc:

the following are my guidelines.  adjust to your liking...

30 g fiber/day

90 g protein/day

under 2000 mg sodium/day

under 300 mg cholesterol/day

at least 64 ounces water/day

under 2300 mg of sodium 

over 25 grams of fiber

1200 calories/day breakdown:

40-50% carbs = 480-600 calories (120-150 grams)

25-35% protein = 300-420 calories (75-105 grams)

20-30% fat = 240-360 calories (26-40 grams)

now don't go all OCD on me & follow exactly.  they're just guidelines! 

Talkdoc - Thanks for these guidelindes. I have just never known this stuff and I am learning alot from you guys. I won't go OCD although it wouldn't hurt me, but this definatley will help me pick some better foods. Thanks to everybody!

Courtney - Way to Go!! Keep it up.

xqueen - It sounds like you've got a lot going on. That always makes it harder to be successful so don't be hard on yourself. I had to make some lifestyle changes in order to make this a priority and I am glad I did.

letsgetitstarted - I read the posting about the 1200 cal too. I went to the websites looked at the formulas and everything. My conclusion was that 1200 may be okay for some people but not for me. I don't want my body to get adjusted to 1200 then have it expect only that the rest of my life cause I like to eat. My goal is 1450 and I lost 2 lbs this week so that is what works for me. I expect my maintenance level to be 1800 but if I got my body accustomed to 1200 my maintenance level would be less and I don't want that but this in my own theory. I also couldn't do 1200 I would find myself bingeing at some point, then giving up. I think every one is different and if you take it week by week you can see what works for you. Hope this helps.

Snowfence - I think I noticed you talking about your sodium levels. Do you know what he right amount of sodium is a day? What about the rest of the stuff Vit. A, C, Iron, fat, carb, protein, etc?

Congratulations you guys!! I also had a successfull week. A couple evening struggles but a two pound loss!!

Start wieght: 173.5

Today's weight: 171.5

Original Post by snowfence:

that is so cool! :D and i love pandas! they are soooo cute!!!

well, it's midweek & it looks pretty bad for me so far. i had pizza monday & chicken wings yesterday. i went way over in calories both days too!!! especially yesterday :(

i'm gonna add up the damage & maybe do some calorie adjusting to finish off the week so hopefully i won't have to log in a gain for the week... and do more walking!!! i didn't walk at all yesterday either & it was just a TOTAL binge day. :(

don't feel bad snowfence. I went off the wagon yesterday and the day before. That's why I haven't posted for the last couple days. I am looking at it like this. If I stayed on my cal intake for 5 days and messed up two. It's better then messing up sal even and I am still hoping to see a loss tomorrow.

Original Post by waterwalker:

Original Post by xqueenofheartsx:

Browneyes, you have you use the about.com version of cc rather then the classic version to quote people.  Go to cc.about.com. (this is how i think its done..never learned how to do it on the classic)

Hi there:

 I just hit the quote button  and it pops up for me. But it doesn't work that way for me on the smiley icons.