Posts by need2change28

javagirl- i do eat more than that its was just a common example.. its just when i have eaten more that 1350 calories(the average amt EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE has recomended to lose weight. and the tools on here even say it too...i gain. so i dont like goin higher.. and zig zagging is what u r talkin about i  tried but thats how i gained and then never lost. so i dont know. im so discouraged

well i didnt go crazy on christmas i just ate some stuff i dont normally...

i had apple before people came over bc we were eating shortly after..soo then i had two 2.5 ounce chicken strips skinless bonless(breaded but the guy who made them is a health nut about breading so it wasnt like way high calorie fat)..1.5 T of instant mash potatos(yeahh they were cheap lol not my choice)..a small roll 1/4 T butter..then 1 or 2 smaller pieces of PB fudge..about a 2in by 2in peice of this chex mini marshmellow mini choc chip baked thing sumone made..then about 4 hours later we went to his aunts..and i had one choc chip cookie..one cookie with the hershey kiss in the middle but it was really tiny..carrots and celery..a small piece of lowfat cheese on a cracker..and i split a slice of a brownie muffin from the hungry girl recipe book i made for xmas with a small amt of green whipped frosting..so i did bad on xmas..but not as bad as last year.

i need more protein and calcuim in my diet..i hate red meat and milk and yogurts..so its hard..an example of a day of me eating would go:

breakfast 9am..Light Wheat Toast*35 cals a slice..sometimes i have 2 slices,with a few sprays of i cant believe its not butter spray..and one eggbeater on top. with a bottle of water

Snack*if i eat a small breakfast like that bc of time, i usually have a snack around 10:30-11am...and its usually an apple and a few mini pretzels..

Lunch 1pm. steamed rice and steam veggies

Snack - apple

Dinner-salad(lettuce,tomato,cucumer,no onion,no cheese,no bacon)thousand island on the side(but i only use about 1/2 T) and then if i have dessert..maybe fat free ice cream

Night snack...if i have one..apple

thats an average idea..butttt seee with holdday food in our house.. or when there is like anything i might crave i sumtimes throw that in the mix bc i do eat more than that in a day..but around the 1300 im suposta have. i think "'grazing" is sumtimes a problem for me.

true i can try the library for dvds. and look up some online....i do do more than pushups...i dance sumtimes for a while, while wearing a pedometer to judge my calories burned..or i do leg exercises and lift 10 lb weights...

i dont do it often enough. but im going to definitly try and get my body doing some more. i would run in place but i live on a top floor apartment above someone..and i dont wanna disturb them b stomping on their floor.

Javagirl20-i know what u mean about losing too quickly. we all wanna lose and the more that we see come off the faster the better we feel. but i would just be happy with ANY progress really! and im not really into pasta much..every rarely..and i eat light wheat bread...IF i drink soda..its diet. but i dont very often..

christmas i didnt count. bc it would be depressing. but i know its one day. and it wont KILL me. bc if i dwell too much on it it will bother me more and more

well the eating out thing isnt often, its like 2 times a week at most. and i always always always have a garden salad, lettuce,cucumber, tomato..no cheese no bacon no onion(bc i hate it lol) no nothing else..and usually i do get a thousand island on the side, but i dont even use half of it..like and its the small one tablespoon portions. so when i DO eat out, i dont think i have a problem there.. except the random few times i eat some of my fiances side fries.

i havnt really had time to count calories, i motly am on here for support and looking up info. but we know how to cook , but he likes to eat and cook fatty stuff that i dont even like.and were never really home together and i get that its cheaper to cook. we do cook time to time.but usually we buy our own things to make when we need to eat. which is for the most part all healthy on my half..the worse thing is cereal bc sugars..

i have a yoga dvd i hate, so that might be why i havnt spent more money on any other exercise tapes in fear ill waste my $ again. but i think maybe i will try that , i heard there is a walk at home tape that works good for alot of ppl. and i do crunches, lunches randomly thru the house at times. and ill try to more. i dont have a big enough apartment for any exercise equip yet, not until we buy a biggger place.

i bought the hungry girl recipe book and theres alot i want to try. but its just the $ issue...i have my new car i have to pay off,school, and rent/bills so we get pretty little food.. like we get wut we can afford that we will use without it going bad too quickly.

im going to cut out french fries all together...and im going to try to eat some more protien(i hate red meat) so if i cant get in protein ill take my iron supplements.but otherwise i dont know what else to try.

any meal suggestions for like a days worth of food for 1300 calories?

or any other suggestions im not dealing with this well

Thats a good idea..where does it say 28, i may have mis typed beaucse im 23..but anywho..i will try to up the calories like u said and then go back. i wouldnt say im THAT active cuz it depends day to day on what we do in class and the weather outside. but yes i am going to try even more fruits and veggies. i have a small food scale..so just weigh actual FOOD in grams of what i am eating? doesnt seem too hard. i drink anywheres from 64-100 ounces of water..i definitly want to lose weight.. this is so rough

I sure do have a lot to reply to..

first off...

peaches0405- im 5'3-5'4 147 pounds and the tools said around 1400 and thats what i do now.. before i was trying at 1250. I measure out what i have .. and i know nutritional info before eating. some days it varies depending on when i work i sometimes cant eat. but usually im pretty good. I've had my thyroid checked and they said its perfect.

nevarren- its hard to post what i have in a day cuz its never the same cuz im usuallly really busy so i do different things..as for fiber, calcium and iron..i dont like dairy at all except in no sugar added reduced fat ice cream once and a while... and i hate red meat.. so i stick to chicken some pork and turkey. i have iron supplements as well.i drink between 70-100 ounces of water a day..my doctor said thats too much but shes always been wrong about everything shes told me. and any other doctor ive mentioned it to said its perfect. some days less some days more it really depends on whats going on but i usually have water everywhere. i hate salty foods so i aviod as much as i can and i look at sodium content on labels and wont eat it if its alot..sugar..not much of. and no im probably not burning 500 calories bc i have NO time to exercise. i work everyday and barely have enough time to sit and come on here.i eat 6 small meals a day..because its always worked best for me.. and i usually eat when i wake up..then eat like 2-3 hours apart and if i end up having to eat late.. i usually stay up later or just consider it a bad night. but some times i cant help it.

erfica-thank u but not in my clothes i can barely fit into. and im so not happy with what i feel or see anymore. every time i suggest it to my doctor she wont help me. and i have tried getting other ones but no one excepts new patients.. and im not going to the ER or urgent care over this.

i hope this helps.. please let me know

i didnt STOP exercising. i never actually did start, when i lost all the weight and kept it off all i was doing was crunches. now i do them and walk and have ran a few nights. but not often.

well my bust is 36..waist in 28 and hips are 40..

&& everyone TELLS me i look perfectly proportioned. but i know i am not. i am extremely uncomfortable. and i hate tryin to put on clothes from when i weighed less when i lost all my weight.. now i gained almost all of it back and am soo depressed about it. idk i eat right. i count and measure everything.

i really have no ways to exercise because i cant afford a gym. and i walk when i have the spare time.. and i do crunches/push ups etc.. so i dont know.

when i lost the weight before i wasnt exercising EXCEPT crunches.

it really helps when ppl tell me that.. like my fiance and his friends say that but i mean... i take pictures and see rolls and its gross. my back is nasty. i hate it. i meann i get confidence makes u appear better than not being confident but i just duno

the exact same thing happend to me.. i was 160 at my highest..then i changed everything bc i was unhappy and got to 125 ish  and loved it. and somwhow im back up to 145 again.. and im sooo uncomfortable and unhappy. i need to get it off i wanna look good and fit into my skinny jeans again

all she will tell me is to stop taking them but i already will..i just need to get rid of this feelign its getting worse and i have to work very soon

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its not only in my stomach... alot is in my thighs/butt. i have the picture on there as a motivation foor wanting to look better.

my arms are carrying alot more weight too .

i walk, 100+crunches, weight toning/training.. but i havnt lost any icnches or pounds.

Carleyrapp - Thank you =) i really feel a little bit of confidence HEARING that from someone. i mean when i sit, my stomach obviously doesnt look as much like that. but just hearing that from someone other than my fiance makes me feel like maybe im getting to where i want.. i still wanna weigh 125 where i was last summer, my ultimate goal is 115. but ill be extremely happy with 125 again.

mortalmonkey-thank u. i really hope to lose it. but im glad at least im showing progress to you guys. i hope i can get better tho..

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