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| Weight Loss | Scales... | Sep 02 2008 13:59 (UTC) |
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Use one scale only. Even if it is not correct to 3 decimal places, if you use the same one every time, then you will have an accurate weight over the long run. I have a Taylor glass scale with digital readout, accurate to one decimal place. PS- scales do not lie, only people lie to themselves. I would suggest you stop obsessing over what your scales are showing you, and put that energy into working out more. |
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| Young Calorie Counters | I really need help, please | May 13 2008 15:45 (UTC) |
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How many crunches a day are you doing? How far do you run each day? Do you use several different isolation crunches, or just standard crunches? Do you work your obliques as hard as your upper and lower abdominal muscles? Are you eating at least 1800-2000 calories a day? Are you achieving a 800-1000 calorie deficit through exercise expenditures? how much cardio vs. resistance training are you doing each week? If you are not doing all of these things, then you don't really want a tight tummy, or to be fit, you are just being lazy and whining about something you are not willing to work for. Sorry for being blunt, but thats what it takes. "Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight... You have to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight!" - B. Cockburn |
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| Weight Loss | Why am I so hungry? | May 13 2008 15:30 (UTC) |
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Original Post by yaballas: Could be you are not drinking enough water? Dehydration can mimmick hunger pains. Try gulping down a glass of water or two, wait 15 mins. and see if you are still hungry.
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| Weight Loss | I thought I wouldn't ask this question | May 09 2008 15:32 (UTC) |
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| Foods | pizza question | May 06 2008 19:17 (UTC) |
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Original Post by egirl28: Easiest way to determine ALL food values is to buy a high quality, digital foodscale, which can be had on Ebay for as little as $10. No guessing ever.
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| Weight Loss | Why did I GAIN two pounds in a day? | Apr 25 2008 18:15 (UTC) |
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Original Post by samilou76: Hey Sam;
In the future, never do day to day comparisons, do week to week and month to month. Weigh yourself every day if you want, but compare Thursday to Thursday or Monday to Monday, March 25 to April 25, etc. Spikes in both gains and losses day to day are misleading and can be very discouraging, even though they have little to do with ACTUAL gains and losses. I liken it to driving, if you look just 20 ft. in front of your car and nowhere else, you will be reacting too quickly and with poor judgement to things that are popping up right in front of you. But if you drive looking ahead a 1/4 mile, you will see the bigger picture and things that had been popping up and causing you to act hastily will become part of that bigger picture and won't faze you, allowing you to take them in stride. I am going to get up on my soapbox here for a minute and pontificate. The entire 'diet' industry is perpetuated by people's need for instant gratification. People want to lose weight NOW. So up pops an industry promising just that. "Quick weight loss!" "Lose 10 pounds in 10 days!!" "Be ready for swimsuit season, drop that gut FAST!!" The problem is, millions of years of evolutionary necessity have created bodies that do not lose or gain weight quickly. There are lots of programs that exploit our bodies reaction to the onset of starvation (rapid water loss) to make us think that losing weight is a quick endeavor. But in order to lose weight permanently, it is a slow, applied process requiring discipline and long term commitment. Any other method will ultimately fail in the long run.
Man, am I long winded sometimes. LOL!
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| Weight Loss | What has been the best thing you have invested in to help your weight loss? | Apr 24 2008 16:33 (UTC) |
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Original Post by pgeorgian: I feel bad that I forgot my lil dog now. A border collie, I HAVE to walk her at least an hour each day or she goes insane and starts chewing the baseboards! LOL! If anyone wants to lose weight, you are right, an active breed of dog is the best thing you can buy. |
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| Calorie Count | How about a daily/weekly calorie deficit counter? | Apr 23 2008 20:14 (UTC) |
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Just received an e-mail from admin, as follows:
Hi ####,
Hopefully, they will figure out a way to implement this idea, that would be great. |
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| Health & Support | That has never happened before even when I was obese. | Apr 23 2008 20:09 (UTC) |
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Original Post by safina1: Look at your typical menu, it is not good. Calories are WAY too low, hardly any fats, very low protein. You need to drastically reconsider your intake. I know this website says the females can go on 1200 calories a day. I think its too low. you should be eating 1500-2000 a day. You won't lose weight in the starvation mode you are in, and you will binge. You should be achieving your deficit through activity, not depravation. PS- I am not a doctor, but I think the pain you are experiencing is more likely over-satiation. Internal organs rarely relay pain from their source. If you are eating like a bird most days, then shovel in a truckload of junk, your stomach is going to protest. Use this website to track HEALTHY habits, not to reinforce bad ones, ie., self starvation, bingeing, purging. I really feel sorry for most women, what the media and popular culture is doing to a lot of you is criminal. |
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| Weight Loss | Why did I GAIN two pounds in a day? | Apr 23 2008 15:51 (UTC) |
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Original Post by samilou76: Don't worry about day to day weights, you can hold up to 5 lbs. of water easily in any 24 hr period. Use the 'green' line on your weight graph to get your actual weight. Also, make sure you weigh yourself at the same time each day, under the same conditions. A large glass of water can weigh 1 pound. A meal can weigh 2 lbs. I always weigh in in the morning before breakfast. Worrying about your weight from one day to the next is pointless. Look at your weight trends over weeks and months. Weight loss is not a speed sport. |
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| Motivation | Have you lost 50 Pounds? How long did it take? | Apr 19 2008 13:51 (UTC) |
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Original Post by soltestimony: In the last two months of 04 and the first 3 months of 05 I lost 111 lbs. through the Bernstein program. Problem was, that was way too fast and in a manner which was not sustainable. It was a starvation diet, I was eating 3 chicken salads a day (without dressing) and 3 fruits, 3 melaba toasts with no-fat cream cheese and minimum 4 litres of water. So, once I stopped Brenstein (it was $600 month) I gradually put back on over 40 lbs. I caught myself this past Christmas approaching 250 lbs. again and vowed to regain control. This website was a real find. It has allowed me to lose over 10 lbs. over this past month through control of intake thanks to food logs and control of burn thanks to activity logs. I eat between 2200-2400 calories a day and have learned that deprivation is NOT the way to lose weight. I try to profess this wisdom, but even some people on here don't want to hear it and continue to torture themselves. It is proper choices, applied exercise program (I currently walk about 7 miles per day @ 4 mph) and realizing a few things. One, a bad day is no reason to throw in the towel. I have had a couple of 4000 calorie days where I seemed to put on 5 lbs. overnight, but thanks to the 'green line' on the weight graph, I realize that water weight is not bodyweight. Secondly, trying to lose weight by deprivation rather than balancing is doomed to failure. All these people trying to operate with restriction based deficits of 600 or more calories rather than expenditure deficits are hurting themselves. I feel confident that this time, because I really do not deprive myself, that I will succeed so long as I apply what I have learned here and stick to my new plan. Good luck to everyone in achieving health and fitness!! |
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| Calorie Count | How about a daily/weekly calorie deficit counter? | Apr 19 2008 13:31 (UTC) |
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Yes, I realize that you can deduce your deficit, but it would be very handy to have a daily/weekly running total that could be instantly accessed so that it would be easier to plan daily food requirements or exercise requirements on the fly as things change. Eliminates the need to track these with pen and paper. Thanks for the input, though, this may not have been apparent to others. I did take your suggestion to submit this to the powers that be here. |
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| Calorie Count | How about a daily/weekly calorie deficit counter? | Apr 18 2008 21:27 (UTC) |
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I tried Fitday, it was somehow too clunky for me.
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| Weight Loss | What has been the best thing you have invested in to help your weight loss? | Apr 16 2008 12:01 (UTC) |
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1) Accurate digital foodscale.
2) High quality incline bench and hex dumbell set.
3) Fitted runners that were designed for my foot & gait type.
4) High quality digital body scale.
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| Weight Loss | I went for a jog for the first time ever! | Apr 12 2008 12:17 (UTC) |
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Original Post by demanding_munch: That is a result of the intense amount of blood being pumped through your lungs. You body is not used to that level of pulmonary activity. As your cardio health improves, this will decrease. The important thing is to keep doing activities that challenge your cardio health!! Congrats!!
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| Fitness | My quads are burning.. what should I do? | Apr 12 2008 12:13 (UTC) |
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Original Post by safina1: The need to drink a lot of water is your body screaming "DRINK SOME F*&^%$G WATER PLEASE!!!!" :) The taste could be ketones in your system because your body is burning fat cells. Or it could just be a result of breathing heavily through your mouth while working out. |
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| Fitness | My quads are burning.. what should I do? | Apr 12 2008 01:52 (UTC) |
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Original Post by safina1:
2) As long as you are in your burn zone for 20 uninterrupted minutes or more for cardio, a 10 minute break is fine. |
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| Weight Loss | Help Me With My Plateau, Please | Apr 11 2008 13:26 (UTC) |
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| Weight Loss | Help Me With My Plateau, Please | Apr 11 2008 13:25 (UTC) |
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Original Post by vendicare: I would up calories to at least 2300 a day, you are quite tall. Your workout schedule is pretty intense, your body is probably in starvation mode due to this. If you are only ingesting 1800 calories a day, and you are burning 800 most days on cardio alone, your deficit is WAY too big, like probably about 2000-3000, where 1000 is the highest you want it to be if you want to avoid starvation mode, 500-800 for optimal weight control. |
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| Foods | 1 tbsp = 120 calories?! are you kidding me?!?! | Apr 09 2008 13:42 (UTC) |
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Original Post by funkymunky0016:
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| Health & Support | FAT OR CARBOS, which is worse? | Apr 08 2008 12:16 (UTC) |
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Original Post by 1talldrinkofh20: Its really a matter of figuring out what is right for you. For me, 45% fats is allowing me to lose weight and not feel deprived. Maybe if or when I plateau, I'll adjust those numbers, but it is really a matter of tracking yourself for a few weeks and tinkering to see what best suits you. Most people spend their whole life not realizing what they are putting into their body. So now you have the diagnostic tool in the form of this website, now you have to hone your expertise on what makes YOUR body tick. |
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| Health & Support | FAT OR CARBOS, which is worse? | Apr 07 2008 23:05 (UTC) |
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Original Post by 1talldrinkofh20:
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| Health & Support | Ack, Denny's at 2am. oops (purging help) | Apr 06 2008 17:03 (UTC) |
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| New Members | Newbie Question - Fiber | Apr 06 2008 00:08 (UTC) |
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A good way to top up fibre is to go to a health food store and grab a package of ground psyllium seed husks, they provide a nice wallop of both soluble and insoluble&nbs p;fibres with the added benefit of absorbing toxins, building smooth muscle strength of the large intestine, alleviating in IBS type symtoms and keeping one VERY regular. I take mine at bedtime and as they say, it provides fast, effective relief from constipation. LOL!!! It is NOT a laxitive, and because it increases bulk in stool, this allows more bile to be disposed of, reulting in a lower LDL cholesterol level. Its win, win, win. Tastes awful, though, more a texture thing. But is kicks Metamucal's ass as a dietary fibre supplement. (Metamucal is a psyllium supplement, but has sugar and less psyllium.) |
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| Weight Loss | What am I doing wrong? Need help from weight-loss savvy | Apr 05 2008 14:19 (UTC) |
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I would suggest doing the exact same thing physically, but try eating your 2100 cals/day for three weeks, see what happens. It sounds like you are not eating enough, so your body, especially because of your past ED, is hoarding, probably at the expense of lean muscle tissue. How do you feel? Like, energetic, or drained? If you are not comfortable going up to 2100, try even a full 1800 for the three weeks, see if your numbers move. |
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| Health & Support | Ack, Denny's at 2am. oops (purging help) | Apr 05 2008 11:24 (UTC) |
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Original Post by questobefit: Just see the occasional blip at Denny's as just that, a blip. Throwing up or fasting or any of that is NOT HEALTHY, so you should stop that right now. Get back to your routine, eat your 1500 cals per day and EXERCISE!!! Very simple math. |
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| Fitness | Hiking | Apr 02 2008 15:47 (UTC) |
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| Weight Loss | what are some good diet tips- what am I doing wrong | Mar 31 2008 05:04 (UTC) |
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Original Post by riecee: 8 lbs. in one month is very good, that is 96 lbs in one year. If you don't get out of the 'I want to be thin right now, Dammit!' mindset, you are setting yourself up for failure. Lose that bad habit now, and revel in the fact that you had such a successful first month, you have set the bar high for yourself. But don't become discouraged if you have an occasional gain. Use the green line on your weight chart, it is more representative of your true weight. You are better off eating the 2150 calories and using physical activity to increase the deficit. The less you eat, the slower you burn, as your metabolism slows to conserve for the decreased energy input. The more you eat and compensate with increased activity, the faster you burn, as you body leaves starvation mode and becomes less efficient. |
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| Health & Support | Winter weather walkers..................advice! | Mar 31 2008 03:27 (UTC) |
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Original Post by tobyholic:
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| Health & Support | Emotional Eating... What am I really shoveling here? | Mar 30 2008 23:55 (UTC) |
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Original Post by moneymeister: 1. Get rid of tempting high carb snacks. They will getcha every time. Until you can control your binge attacks (which will come with practice), they are NO-NO no. 1!!
2. This works. I swear. I have both quit smoking, and lost weight. When you feel the urge to attack the snack, walk around the block at least once. This serves three purposes. i) it elevates your metabolism which in turn, decreases your hunger. ii) trains your body to expect physical activity when a craving hits and iii) gives you a tangible weapon to combat the craving. Walk more than 1 block if you want to.
3. Drink at least 8 cups of water a day. I am sure you have heard this ad naseum, but in my experience, water is the best weight loss tool you have. Yes, you will pee a lot. But its worth it. I like to keep 500 ml bottles of water on hand, that way if I drink at least 4 a day, I know I have filled my water quota. It suppresses false hunger pangs (often a by-product of dehydration), allows metabolic functions to occur smoothly and flushes toxins.
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