Posts by sharpey00

I bought a Used Polar F11 for 80 bucks on EBay.  It has some great features for everyone from beginners to hardcore, but it's pretty simple to use.  Some good stuff in there for helping guide you through effective workouts.  

I use Silk, and that stuff stays around like army rations.  Think you probably just had a tainted batch.  Don't give up on it.

I always wondered why we drink cows milk.  I'm no veggieveganarian or whoever it is that shuns cows milk like a redheaded dwarf, but doesn't it seem a little quirky?  I mean, we're people right?  Seriously doubt we'll see any job postings for hourly female employees at the people dairy anytime soon.  But nutritionally that would make more sense.

I am right there with you.  My company seems to think that cake is the multipurpose food answer to everything that happens in the building.    Retirements, baby showers, promotions, anniversaries. There's big sheet of cake in our conference room just about every day.  Ankle deep in cake.  

I eat the strawberries off the top and leave the rest.  Then I scowl at people who look like they're going to ask me why I'm not eating the cake, and they don't ask.  It's kinda fun.  

I try to keep a cliff bar in my desk, or some fruit too.  You'd be surprised at how people leave you alone if you're munching on an apple while they're power slamming the refined sugar.  As long as you're stuffing your face with something, they'll accept.

Swimming laps, even at a slow pace is great exercise.  You use just about every major muscle goup, and it's very low impact.  The burn log says:

light lap swimming you get 623-712 calories per hour. 

Vigourous effort will get you 890 calories per hour. 

Leisurely (not lap swimming) gets 523 calories per hour.  I suspect these are things like walking around, playing, basically moving around in the water.

Just do what you're comfortable with, and build up your length and activity level.  I swam competitively in high school and I was skinny as a rail, and our coach made us eat constantly.

And beer makes you gassy too.  Don't try to deny it.  Empty calories, no nutrition.  So if you plan to drink you have to starve to make room for the calories, and then you don't get enough calcuim and vitamin K, and then you get carpel tunnel syndrome or the flesh eating bacteria virus.  

Just be sensible.  Plan for the extra calories, burn a little more, and you'll be ok.

Original Post by bigpun416:

I have a gym at my college, but i just use the weights because i can get aerobics on the basketball court or playing Flag Football, Ultimate Frisbee and so on. So you may not see them on those machines because men get aerobic excersises elsewhere.

Come on people, men use cardio machines, they lift weights, they run they swim they jog.  And news flash...are you sitting down....women do the same things.  Go to the gym, work out, and stop worrying about what other people are doing.  This whole thread is silly.  This is the whole reason there are women's only gyms.

Sorry I'm late checking in.  In-laws are in town.  So mexico damage isn't quite as bad as I thought, I knew I probably still carried a deficit, or at least maintained, but losing momentum after a solid month is tough.  Motivated again though, so we'll see how it goes.

Weight this week is:

195.2---> which is .8 lb lost this week, and 15.8 lbs since I started.  

Congrats Rocky, 3lbs in a week is fantastic!  Keep up the awesome week!

Original Post by rocky_:

ooo thats a really great tip.  I tend not to drink enough water anyways and find myself always hungry, so I am going to try your water trick and see how it goes.  I have a pretty good imagination so I'll close my eyes really hard and pretend its something delicious!  I am also definitely going to take your suggestion and really ease myself into it.  I think I am going to try and do intervals when I go to the gym next (because I hear thats the best way to zap off actual body fat).  I'll probably only stay on for 15-20mins again at a steady walk to ease myself in, but then throw in some light jogging for like 15 seconds a few times throughout and slowly add in more jogging time and for longer over the weeks.  I have never been a runner though...do you have any good tips from your training days on how to properly run to help with cramping and getting out of breath?

So should we maybe do weigh-ins here every week (like fridays)?  The accountability of writing it to someone I think would help me stay motivated.  And, I like to hear how great you are doing! 

Cheers.

 

I think Friday weigh ins are great, we'll start this week.  My first tip is that if you don't like running, just don't do it.  You don't want exercise to be dreadful, find a few things you like to do and mix it up.  I swim, do elipticals, jog a little.  Keep yourself from getting bored.  For cramping and shortness of breath, the best thing is to start slowly and work your way up, even if you have to walk at increasing speeds for two weeks.  Drink lots of water and breathe from your belly not your chest if that makes sense.

Splitrail, you're more than welcome.  Sounds like you have a great start already.  I think I may have started to get some apnea symptoms as well at aroun 215-220.  It was one of the things that scared me straight really.

Octopus, welcome too, you've been doing a superb job too it looks like, keep it up.

And now for me.  I've fallen off the map for 3 days, because that's literally what I did.  I was in Mexico for a three day business trip, and off the wagon I went.  I didn't binge, and I watched my portions closely, but there was no way for me to count or avoid some things.  I took a bunch of cliff bars with me, which saved me for breakfasts, but other than that it was rough.  Good thing is work was much more physical and much longer than normal every day, and I was able to keep from over doing it.  Got on the scale when I got back, and there were negligible initial results, think I managed to maintain, but holy crap tough trip.

Your math adds up to 2109 calories burned short of 1 pound.  You're probably pretty far from affecting changes on most scales (ones not precise down to fractions of pounds.)  

If you've truly carried over any calorie deficit, the weight gain you're experiencing could be a few different things:  the weight of food in your bowels that hasn't worked itself through yet (sorry ), it could be retained water from dehydration and high sodium intake (if your pee is yellow and you eat a lot of salt, your body will hold on to any moisture it can and you'll gain water weight).  If you're getting close to your cycle it can cause this too.  Don't sweat it, drink some water, maybe look for ways to increase your deficit (more exercise or less calories - if you're still above at least 1200 total every day).  

You'll be ok, promise :)

That's the key, ease yourself into everything, start out with what you're comfortable and turn it up when it feels like it's time to.  Start off on the treadmill walking at a brisk pace for 15 minutes (like 3.5-4.0mph).  Do that for a week.  The next week, walk at 4 for 20 minutes, do that for a week.  Then then next week, jog at a very light pace for 15 minutes (4.5-5).  Then work yourself up from there.  If you need more than a week at a certain pace, take it, if you need less then move on.  Get your body used to moving before you send it through the ringer, it'll be much more pleasant in the long run.  I used to run 5 miles a day when I was in the military, it blows my mind because I'd die right now if I tried it, but that just shows you that your body adapts.

Whenever I get a craving in the evening, I fill up my liter bottle full of water and sip on it until it's gone.  This takes care of the tactile motion of putting something in my mouth and it helps fill me up a little.  You can put a little crystal light in there too.

My newest desert: diet chocolate cherry dr. pepper, it was limited so I guess they might not be making it anymore, but OMG.  It was like drinking a chocolate sunday!

I agree, drink till your pee looks the same going out as it did going in.  You CAN get too much water, it's called water intoxication or hyponatermia and your cells literally drown at the cellular level.  The good news is is that you have to drink a lot of water in a short amount of time, 5 liters plus, and even then it's based on your kidney health.

Here's a link with more info.

http://kidneydiseases.about.com/od/kidneydise ases/a/h2ointoxication.htm

I have a liter bottle that I fill and drain 2-3 times a day, throughout the entire day.  That's way more than the 8 glasses, but it helps regulate sodium levels and keep waterweight fluctuations down for me.  I always feel much better when I'm well hydrated too, and there are some studies out there that link hydration to metabolism rates, google it if you're interested.

Drink Up!

Your heart is definitely in the right place here queen.  Thanks for the story, I think people can benefit greatly from it.  

I implore you though, don't be ashamed of yourself.  You are exactly where you need to be.  People make mistakes, but the sum total of who we are is constructed of our experiences, and what we learn when we make mistakes.  I see strength here, pride, hope, and success.  You are doing fantastic, you have a great outlook, and your experiences have made you a stronger, healthier person.  Be proud of yourself!

Try the recipie analyzer sometime too, it's pretty rad.  Take your favorite recipes, throw it in there (click on tips to figure out the formatting), and you can save that recipe and tag it to use whenever.  This is the best part for me, and the reason counting hasn't really worked for me before, I was just too lazy to sit there and figure that stuff out myself.  Good luck!!

This sounds more than reasonable to me.  Even if you shrink or negate your deficit tonight, remember that everything here is cumulative.  One night of treating yourself is not going to kill your progress, especially if you plan ahead like you are.  Think about shaving a few more calories in the next couple of days too, nothing drastic, but you can erase anything out of spec for you by the end of next week, and still have a great time tonight.  Have fun!

Original Post by davefiredancer19:

yes two relies in a row....if I cant bring stuff (like flying) then I hope to heck that the hotel has a fridge/microwave and theres a store nearby...that way I can get frozen meals or veggies and have that....

Another thing I like to bring are steamer bags for the microwaves...mmm carrots in the steamer bag! yum!

If forced to eat out, then you just have to use the restaurant tricks...I'm getting used to saying "no oil"...I need to figure out how to say it in spanish...

"Por Favor, Sin Olio"  I'm headed to Mexico next week, and I'm worried about drinking water as well as food.  Hopefully I'll be able to get to a grocery store, but otherwise I'm fully prepared to go with Restaurant salads all week.  I hope the Hotel has a gym.