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Original Post by hotharmony:

We recently started solids with our 6 month old, and we are doing Baby Lead Weaning following the book Baby Lead Weaning by Gill Rapley.

Basically we give our baby the same food we eat in large chunks so he can feed himself, it's super messy but he will learn to feed himself and I don't need to worry about buying him jarred food.

I encourage checking it out.

We are inadvertently doing this with our child.  

When she was around 4-5 months, I started off making her homemade baby food.  She just wasn't that into eating pureed food from a spoon.  But she would grab at any food that we were eating.  She was able to chew it despite not having any teeth.

So we started giving her little bits of what we were eating and I also steam or boil fruits/veggies especially for her.  It only took a few times for her to master chewing, even without any teeth.  She has been able to pick things up and put them in her mouth since she was 3 months. 

She hasn't been given any nuts, meat, eggs, or dairy yet.  We will give her meats and egg yolks in the next month or two. 

Even though she doesn't have any teeth yet, she does great with chomping on cheerios, goldfish, toast, pasta, fruits, veggies, and any other food we allow her to get her hands on.

Being able to feed her finger foods makes it a lot easier and convenient since we are on the go quite often.  I just have to make sure to bring a couple changes of clothes and plenty of wipes for when she makes a mess. 

Original Post by szaffyka:

So, when I calculated my basal metabolic rate (BMR) I took into account my age,gender, height, current weight and I also measured my hips(80 cm), thigh(48 cm) and my upper arm(27 cm), according to the recomandation of this site www.kulinarisvilag.hu.  And it come out that my percentage of body fat is 46% which is extremely high, while the normal rate is 13% for women and my muscle weight (LBM) is only 27 kg.... Then taking into account my pure muscle weight (27 kg) my age and gender I calculated my daily BMR at this site www.medifat.hu  and I find out that it is 890.328 calories/day.

At the beginning of my diet (two months ago) I've been on a 1000-1200 calorie diet for a month, and then due to a minor injury I had to stop doing workouts for a while and that is why I've cut down my calorie intake to 800-900 calories per day. After recovering I started again doing my workouts even increasing the intensity of them. I also tried to increase my cal intake but every time I eat a little bit more (about 1000 cal per day) morning when I weigh more with 200-300 grams. That is the reason why I'm so scaaarrred and sceptic about increasing my calorie intake...

How can I increase my calories to around 1100-1200 calories and still continue to lose weight at least NOT gain weight?

 

You are 5'2.5" and weigh 106.4lbs.  

A healthy weight range for someone your height would be 102.5-138lbs (46.5kg-63kg).  

How much weight are you aiming to lose?  You are already at the lower end of the healthy weight range.

It is difficult to get your body fat percentage based on a calculator that only takes three measurements.  I find it hard to believe that you have 46% body fat at your height and weight.  

A better way to find out your body fat percentage is:

• Go to a gym and have them test your body fat with calipers
• If you can find a place that does DEXA (Body Fat Composition) testing or Hydrostatic Weighing (Underwater weighing)

I'm not sure where you got 13% for the average body fat percentage for women.  The average adult body fat is closer to 22 to 25% for women.

As for only losing .5lb a week, the closer you get to your goal weight the slower your weight loss will be so that sounds about average.

You should raise your calories to at least 1200 calories on your inactive days and increase your calories 200-300 on your active days.  Remember that your weight naturally fluctuates day to day and you may see a slight increase on the scale when you raise your calories but your weight will level off after a few days.

The most important thing is being healthy, not a number on a scale.

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So you are around 5ft tall?  Are you trying to lose weight, maintain, or gain?

Here is a calculator for teens: http://www.kidsnutrition.org/bodycomp/bmiz2.h tml

I entered your stats and got the following:

"A 60-inch tall, 95-pound, 18-year-old girl has a body mass index (BMI) of 18.6, which is at the 14th percentile for age. Although being thin could be perfectly normal for this girl, she could potentially be at risk of being underweight, particularly if she has recently lost weight or has stopped gaining weight.

A healthy weight range for this particular girl would be from about 95-pounds to 131-pounds."   

Since you exercise a half hour almost everyday, you should consume around 1760 calories a day.  On more active days, you should increase your calorie intake.

Please note, that as you get older 95lbs will no longer be in the healthy range for you.

Week 2 Results:

Jan 11 | 120 min workout | 464 cals burned
Jan 12 | 1800 Cal Goal/1826 Cals Consumed | 154 Cal Deficit
Jan 13 | 1800 Cal Goal/1792 Cals Consumed | 188 Cal Deficit
Jan 14 | 1800 Cal Goal/1860 Cals Consumed | 120 Cal Deficit

Week 3's Calorie Goal: 1800 Cals

01/05/2009:

Calorie Goal:  1800 Calories
Calories Consumed:  1884 Calories

200 Calories Burned lifting weights for 30 minutes

2150 Calories Burned for the day - 1884 Calories Consumed = 266 Calorie Deficit

Calorie Goal for 01/06/2009:  2000 Calories

Calories consumed for 01/03/2009:  1935 Calories

Calorie Goal for 01/04/2009:  1800 Calories

Original Post by deloughy:

How will the info we log be monitored to know it is accurate? As far as I know, you can't view other people's calorie and workout info, and we especially won't be able to know each other's weight.

It is each member's responsibility to report their information either daily or weekly at each weigh in.  Without the information, I will not be able to award any points.  

Original Post by braindamage13:

well it is legal in some countries, anyway it doesn't matter i will be doing it in a safe environment/around people i know so i'm not going to get arrested or get into any bad situations haha

i was just wondering how to fit this in to my daily calories since beer doesn't really have much nutrition (as far as i know) but it has lots of calories

 

edit: sorry, i just realized this is probably not the best place to ask this question. didn't mean to go so off topic, feel free to delete my post

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What is your friend's username?

Edit:  Is your friend sschmidt13?  That is the only member that has you as a friend and you haven't friended back.  (This is viewable by going to your Profile)

What have you set as your daily calorie target?

Since CC's calculators are not geared towards teenagers, I used this calculator to get the following information:

1900 Calories - Inactive (Never Active)
2250 Calories - Low Activity (Less than 1 Hour a day)
2580 Calories - Moderate (About 1 Hour a Day)
3120 Calories - Very Active (More than 1 Hour a Day)

Since you said that you are going to remain inactive today, you still have an extra 790 Calories before you reach your maintenance calories for the day.

It takes an estimated 3500 calories to gain one pound.  So unless you plan on eating an extra 3500 calories on top of your maintenance calories, you are good to go. 

Make sure you are taking in enough calories on the days that you row.  You are probably losing weight so rapidly because you are very active and not taking in enough calories to supplement your activity.

Enjoy your "cheat day".   

I hope your PI finds out some information soon!

You and your family are in my thoughts.

(((Shannon))) 

When_I_Fly_I_Look_Down ~

Right now, at 21yo/5'4.75"/100-105lbs, your BMI ranges from 16.8 to 17.6 which is classified as underweight.  A healthy weight range for your height would be 110lbs - 148lbs.

There are some people (not many) who are naturally underweight but they maintain on much more calories than required for the average person (ie. 3000+ calories a day). 

How did you reach your current weight? 

Did you diet to get to your weight now or have you always been this weight? 

How would you feel about gaining another 5-10lbs to reach a healthy weight?

Have you discussed with your doctor or better yet a nutritionist or dietitian your weight and your daily calories consumed?

If you are a server, ride your bike everywhere, and do strength training it sounds like you are at least moderately active if not very active. 

If you were to gain 5-10lbs and reach 110lbs, your BMR would be 1339.12 calories.

To calculate your Daily Calorie Needs you would use the following calculations:

1. If you are sedentary(little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 (1606 Calories)
   
2. If you are lightly active(light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375 (1841 Calories)
   
3. If you are moderatetely active(moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55 (2075 Calories)
   
4. If you are very active(hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725 (2309 Calories)
   
5. If you are extra active(very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9 (2544 Calories)

So, essentially, you would need at least 2000 calories a day to maintain your current activity level. 

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Original Post by babykilola:

 No.
Yesterday I ate alot more calories Then Usual
I mean I obtained the low caloire Diet just a few days ago.
So eh'
But yes. I have been eating moree food.Calories ect.

That's great that you are eating more calories than usual. 

Do you know how many calories you consumed yesterday?