Posts by paocesp

it's true it was not the healthiest meal/snack/whatever. But to me, there is a kind of happiness of taking the day-off an eating sweets and junk. As long as, is  ONE day  and not everyday, I think is even healthy to treat yourself once in a while.

Tomorrow will be a new day, if you feel really bad, have a salad and yogurt with some fruit the rest of the day, and lots of water. If don't enjoy your day-off.

thank you all for your replies.

I read about the pronation and I think I don't do it. I watched some videos, and ask my husband to watch me, and he thinks I don't pronate. Also I bought my shoes 1/2 size larger. I check my posture in the shadow and try not to bend over, and also try that my feet lands completely. Probably I am doing something wrong, at the end what do I know. Probably you are right and it is my shoes, I will try the running shoe store.

As I said it is not neccessarilly pain, it is just I feel them all the time in a funny way, that doesn't feel normal. But again, it is the first time in my life I run regularly so I don't know what normal is. In 2007 I didn't feel anything but I only ran once a week and a very slow pace, the other days I did Pilates.

I have two more questions:

1. Since I am running 5 miles, now I stop at the middle for a minute to drink water, but when I run again I get a side stitch (not sure if that is the name), but it is that pain in one side below your ribs, so the second half of my 5 mile-running is a little unconfortable. But I am just drinking water, and I know it is almost mandatory to hydrate yourself in the long runs. Any hints to avoid this.
2. How good is to run several days consecutive. Half of the books, articles, blogs, etc, say that for people that want to run marathons they have to run, but others say crosstraining is the best.

Here are my suggestions of some things you can eat.

• Peanut Butter sandwich (2 slices + 2 tbsp panut butter) = 350 cal
• Large Baked Potatoe with cheese = 310 cal 
     Wash and dry a large potatoe, pinch it 10 times with a fork, put it in the microwave for 3-4 minutes, cut in half (be carefull, it will be really hot) and put some shredded cheese.
• Peanuts or trail mix (3 tbsp) = 180 cal
• Avocado = 250 cal, I eat them as itself, just cut them in half, take out the seed, sprinkle with salt, and eat them with a spoon; they are a little expensive though.
• Drink whole milk.
• Treat yourself sometimes with ice cream (a lot of calories)
• An easy salsa for your pasta, cut 5 or 6 slices of ham in small squares, heat them it in pan, buy a bootle of Ragu Alfredo (in target costs $2), add it to the ham, if it is too thick add a little milk, pour it over your pasta. The whole bottle will make 6 small serving or 4 big ones. Probably not too healthy but once in a while won't kill you, an it is so good (I don't even count the calories of this but it is a lot)
• Put a flour tortilla in a plate, pour 1/2 cup of shredded cheese, some diced tomato, cover with another tortilla, microwave for 1-2 minutes = 400 calories (too big for one serving though)

Hope it helps.....

thanks all of you!

I also understand how you feel. Anyway don't ever go below 1200 cal. I'd suggest you ask to someone you really trust, I mean someone that will tell you the true, no matter what. Don't ask your boyfriend/husband/partner, because they always think they will be in trouble if they say you look a little overweight, so they always say you look fine.

Probably you think you look fatter than you are. That happens to me (even though I do need to loose some weight)

Good luck!

I am 5'2'', 125 lb, female. Exercise, mmmmm. I do my best. I would say once a week, one hour, not too much. I walk a lot during the day though. I won't consider myself sedentary, maybe light activity.

I would love to reach 112 pounds, I know is almost the limit, but I always look a little bit heavier that I really am.

just start eating more. the longer you wait the worse.

I think you don't have to let your calorie deficit to be more than 800 each day(calories burn minus calorie intake). otherwise, you will get in starvation mode, and as soon as you start eating again you will gain weight faster.

well , I am in the same place. I still have a lot of snacks and my dinner to go, all of them very healthy I think. An apple,  a whole wheat slice fo bread with fat free cotage cheese, my vegetable soup, my light yogurt and another apple, my cheerios, bla bla bla. But I am still low in calorie intake, so I am between 3 buttermilk toffees that I love, or another apple that will be my 3rd of the day, or any healthy fruit.

I think I can have my toffees, since with all my snacks I won't be hungry, but I am never sure if this will mess up my diet plan, even though I am still within my calories allowed.

Does you body knows that your calories come from healthy or bad food? do you still lose weight

what does ocd stand for?

I don't drink it because I'm thirsty, I drink it because I have to drink a lot of water to lose weight and not to eat other stuffs. But like a I have it next to my computer I drink it constantly and sometimes I think I drink too fast, and of course I go to the bathroom 50,000 times a day.

Measure my frame by measuring my wrist with my fingers, I am a large frame, but my hands are ridiculous small. Measuring by the elbow method, I am a medium, and measuring by the website above I am small, LOL.

Anyway, I calculate my calories intake for mantaining and for losing weight with the three frames, and nothing change, the same amount of calories for both cases... So my question is why it is important to know your body frame?

I've been a member for almost two months, and I've been losing consistently 1.5 to 2 pounds per week. it's great! quite adictive, though. I check even the gum I chew.

Good luck!, and don't froget that the key to reach your weight goal is eating the right things and the right amounts .

Use the forums, there are a lot of people with helpful info and great stories, the great thing of this website is that all of us are in the same, so everybody wants to help.

I really appreciate all the people who responded; however I think I am kind of dumb, because I am still very confused.

First of all, I didn't get about the "Account Home" part; but I would love to understand what that means.

At this moment Oct 17 11:18 pm, I ate 1210 cal and I am done with the eating for today. And my burn meter says 1761 cal (even though I didn't work out today and I didn't put anything in my log activity). Is this healthy???

I really need to know if I am in starvation mode if I am eating only 1200 calories at day everyday, INCLUDING the days I work out, and in my normal life, I think I am between a light activity and a moderate activity person.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!

what I would like to know is if it is still healthy to eat ONLY 1200 calories, including  the days I work out. That is what I've doing for two months and it has been working, but I am not sure how healthy it is. I eat everyday 1200 calories whether I work out or not, most of the day healthy foods.

For example yesterday I ate 1236 cal, I did aerobics and pilates for one hour, which according to the activity log, I burned 317 cal. Is this healthy????? I don't want to enter in starvation mode, because I know people gain weight faster when they start to eating again the regular amount of calories. Help!

ok, somehow I have a clearer picture and at the same time I'm kind of confuse.

I will definitely add more protein, with the almonds, lentils, cottage cheese, etc, no problem on that. However, I am confused on identifying foods high in protein, when I add almond to my log, they show 75% of fat approx, and like 20% protein in the breakdown pie. Lentil are more carbs that protein in its breakdown pie, the same with milk and eggs and beans. So can I assume that if a product has at least 20% of protein is high in it???? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

If I mix my fat free yogurt with 1/2 cup of fat free milk, would it be healthy and enough protein to have that for dinner, I like my dinner to be more sweet than salty; however if it is not healthy let me know and I will go with the cheese and the tuna.

How much calories I should add the days I work out?? I usually do 40 min of fat burning and 20 minutes of toning (pilates). How bad is if I don't do it, meaning I stil consume only 1200 calories until I reach my weight goal, it is I m doing so well in losing weight for the first time in my whole life, that I want to reach my weight goal and then I will eat more and probably I'll torture all of you with questions in "Mantain weight forum"