Posts by parkagirl

Have you started an exercise program? I tried dieting with no exercise for a long time, and had the same sorts of problems that you were having. But I find if I'm exercising regularly, it really helps control my bad eating habits and cravings. I also feel less depressed and more energetic, so I don't self-medicate with junk food.

I tend to just work around restaurant meals. This really isn't the absolute healthiest way to go about losing weight, but I've lost forty pounds so far while still eating 1-3 700-1000 calorie restaurant dinners a week. If I know I'm going out that night I eat lighter food during the day: frozen waffle and a serving of almonds for breakfast, fruit and yogurt for lunch, etc. Doing something like that you can definitely still stay close to your calorie level as I assume you're not eating under 1300 calories a day. And if you're exercising and eating around 1500 cals a day, it's even easier to work around. I'd love to eat in an absolutely healthy way but I'm horrible about boxing things up at restaurants and I'm not willing to put my life on hold for weight loss. 

My Monday weigh-in:

Starting weight was 159.2 lbs, today was 158.5. I'm pleased since I've mostly been fluctuating 159-161 so that actually seems like it could be some real loss.

I dragged myself out of bed to yoga this morning to get my body moving again; I'm planning on going back to the gym tomorrow. Cardio workout tomorrow and then I'm going to start lifting again on Wednesday. I'm going with lighter weights/lighter workout this week to try to gauge how much strength I've lost.

This week I'm trying for more vegetables, too. I haven't been doing so well on that one.

I would love to do this if there's still room; I've been maintaining for about four months now and I need to get back into weight loss mode. I've lost 40 lbs with this site so far and I need to get motivated again.

Name: Lauren
Age: 23
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 159 lbs
Goal Weight : 147 lbs

My goal is to start seriously lifting weights again; I've mostly been keeping my calorie intake down where it should be but I just can't seem to lose the weight without working out. I haven't been to the gym in three months which is just no good!

I've lost: 41 lbs.

This is a bit of a repeat, but not really... last year I lost about 20 lbs really fast in an unhealthy way and gained it all back as soon as I started eating again. This time I've changed the way I eat sustainably.

I'm not done, want to lose about 10 more lbs and build some significant muscle as well.

It's taken me about 9 months so far, and I've been doing really well. I took a break in December and ate at maintence to be sure that I could keep the weight off especially around holidays, which I did very sucessfully.

I've basically just been logging all my calories, eating at the level I calculate from Phord's calorie calculator. I also have been doing serious strength training 2-3 times a week with cardio thrown in at least twice a week.

Breakfast- Kashi cereal and skim milk

Snack- orange

Lunch- bean soup, whole grain roll

Dinner- chicken burrito bowl from Chipotle

The biggest one has been bagging my lunch and always making sure that I eat some kind of raw fruit or vegetable. It helps fill me up on a lower calorie meal. Instead of buying a sandwich that runs 500-700 calories, I'm fine eating yogurt and a orange or banana or apple, which is a fifth of the calories. 

Thanks! I appreciate it.

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I would love it if I'm gaining muscle. Hopefully that's it.

I don't think I have a deficit greater than 1000 unless I am drastically underestimating my activity level. But when I log exercise, the counter tells me I never burn more than 400 cals a workout, usually more like 350.

I guess I'll see how the scale looks later in the week. It's not really ttotm, and I rarely see significant weight increases because of that anyway. Hopefully this is just water retention.

Breakfast: Homemade dry-rub pulled pork on a whole wheat bun (leftovers from dinner party)

Snack: Popcorn

Lunch: Clam Chowder

Dinner: Spicy Tuna Roll

Snack: Raisin Bran muffin

Not the best day nutritionally, but I didn't exceed my calories at least...

I would imagine you'd be safe with lightly active; I was losing weight like crazy at the lightly active calorie level when I had about the same activity level as you're describing (I'm a student too, so I spend the majority of my time sitting).

I'm eating at sedentary right now since I'm in the midst of exams (haven't been to the gym in three weeks, literally spend all day sitting and working except for minimal walking to get where I need to go) and I'm still losing about a pound a week, so I think sedentary would be way too low for you. Try lightly active, and if you aren't losing or you end up losing too fast, you can always adjust.

Breakfast: wheat toast and tea

Lunch: tuna salad made with mustard

Snack: beets

Dinner: fuji apple chicken salad and whole grain roll from Panera

Snack: raisin scone