Posts by sbearman

Original Post by chelslaw1984:

i cant sustain an "8" on the treadmill (is that 8 mph?)

i do HIIT, so i sprint for 1 minute, then walk for 1 minute for a total of 20 min

 

An "8" on the treadmill is the same as 8 mph. 

That is already very fast for most people -- it's great for HIIT training, but sure hard to sustain!

Most treadmills do go up to 10mph, though, so if you want to up your HIIT training there will still be room to do so.

Good luck in your search!

Hey!

Just to start off, I generally don't post on CC anymore and haven't used the site to count calories for about three months... but when I happened to read your post it really stood out to me because it reminded me of the exact same issues I had over the summer.

I lost a lot of weight this summer, generally in a "healthy" but obsessive manner. I always ate the required 1,500 calories, but I thought about food nonstop. I looked at food blogs, I read labels, I surfed the CC forums, and I planned out my meals.

When I went out with friends I thought so much about food and what I "could" eat...it began to control my time and really ended up making me unhappy.

When I would let go and eat like the rest of my friends, afterwards I would feel disgusting and overweight.

My problem was finding a healthy medium. In the end, the only way I could solve this issue was ending my use of CC. I know that it's a great tool for thousands of people, but the calorie counting just got too obsessive for me.

Now I haven't counted for three months and have built a really healthy relationship with food...I eat when I'm hungry whatever I want and am not afraid of a small amount of sweets. And the best thing is, I only gained 4 pounds (which I probably needed) and now I'm at a steady weight. Sometimes I still have negative food thoughts, but I just remind myself to listen to my body. I don't eat for others, but I do eat for myself, and I recognize that sometimes I DO want something sweet.

My point is this: You'll feel a lot happier if you stop thinking about food constantly and just enjoy your time. A small piece of cake will not hurt. Even a big piece won't, as long as you don't make it a habit.

Good luck!

Breakfast: Special K with Red Berries cereal and skim milk. One large peach.

Lunch: Vegetable salad, two whole-grain rice cakes, tomatoes, slice of Piave cheese. Two plums.

Dinner: Mushroom pizza. Light beer.

Dessert: Marzipan.

Hey guys! Wow, it's been a while...

I've stopped counting calories and am now eating what feels like a healthy and good amount, and it's great because I haven't gained any weight and am happily maintaining =)

Anyway, I thought I'd post today, just to check in and say hi!

Breakfast: Lemon yogurt with one sliced banana and granola. Sliced peach and apple.

Lunch: Large salad with yellow bell pepper, tomatoes, and carrot. Small quesadilla with cheese, oregano, hot pepper, and tomato.

Snack: Two taralli al peperoncino (amazing spicy round Italian crackers) and a cookie.

Dinner: Farro salad with roasted vegetables (zucchini, red pepper, asparagus, onion) and a pesto sauce. Topped with pecorino cheese.

Dessert: Cookies.

Anyway, I moved with my family to Italy for 4 months (to Bologna!) and the food here is incredible and I'm just working on proportion sizes and such.

Hopefully I'll post again soon. Bye!

I agree that a scale is best.

That said, let's say you go out to dinner and want to log what you've eaten once you get home.

The best way is to visualize food amounts in terms of objects you are already familiar with i.e. a deck of cards, a floppy disk, dominos. This way you can approximate how many ounces or grams you ate.

Here is one website that I found helpful, here is another.

Hope that helps!

Original Post by when_i_fly_and_look_down:

Original Post by sbearman:

Dessert: I had friends over... so I ended up eating a HUGE amount of dessert. But that's life, and I enjoyed it! I had a huge slice of whole wheat banana bread, as well as two brownies.

whole wheat banana bread sounds good. i love sweet breads. but have been too hot to use the oven (for long periods of time at least) lately.

It was really good =) I used this recipe, but instead of walnuts and choc. chips, I put in dried cranberries...and even more banana.

Breakfast: Special K Protein Plus cereal with almond milk and blueberries... it's kind of getting old, but cereal is the easiest breakfast :/

Lunch: Egg white omelette made with mushrooms, tomatoes, and sprouts. Served on toast with a wedge of laughing cow cheese.

Snack: Chocolate Pecan Pie Luna Bar

Dinner: Green pepper stuffed with brown rice, beans, eggplant, carrot, and tomato. Corn on the cob.

Dessert: Whole wheat banana bread with dried cranberries.

On a side note, I was wondering what Ezekiel bread is... does it taste good? Thanks!

I first added the word "fat" to my vocabulary when I was 10. I was living in Italy at the time, and the kids were much meaner there than at the school in NY I had come from. One boy called me fat all the time. Then, when I was 12, I went back to visit the school, and another boy said, in Italian, "Oh, I see the elephant has decided to visit!" They thought I couldn't understand, but I did.

I wasn't even an overweight kid, I was just a lot more muscular than the other Italian girls at my school.

I didn't start trying to do anything about my weight until this year though, when I realized I had gained a lot. At 5'9" and 155 pounds, I decided to get back to my regular weight a year ago, which had been 130. I'm there and super happy now... so HAH!

I still want to go back to Italy, find those boys, and kick them in the balls. =)

Aww I love my back dimples! I've had them as long as I can remember, and all the women in my family have them. My mom always told me that when I got older I'd see why they are so awesome... and now I know why. Guys LOVE them! Really, all of my guy friends or boy friends have thought they are adorable and sexy. Haha, I think it's pretty cool =)

But I think mine stayed the same size even though I lost weight... hmm.

Hi Mike.

So it's great that you've realized you need to get yourself out of starvation mode. I quickly calculated your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate). BMR is the number of calories you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day, as if you were in a coma. It is important to never eat under your BMR, because this number is what your body needs for all of it's organs to function properly. Your BMR is 3016. So you should not be eating under that amount. You can then use the tools on CC to figure out how much you burn when you include all of your daily activities. Judging from the exercise you do, I would put your activity level at either "sedentary" or "light".

Overall, you should probably be eating around 3600 calories a day. I hope this helped.

Good luck!

OOH! I love this topic =)

Breakfast: A HUGE stack of pancakes topped with caramelized bananas and peanut butter. A glass of fresh-squeezed OJ.

OR

Huevos Rancheros, made really spicy with tons of chips, guacamole, beans, eggs, etc. Spicy home-fries and toast on the side.

Snack: A big bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and milk. Blueberries and strawberries on the side.

Lunch: A citrus salad topped with grilled salmon and garlic chips.

OR

Maple syrup-seared scallops on a bed of greens. Good french bread on the side.

Snack: Pirates Booty or Red Hot Blues. Guacamole and salsa for dipping.

Dinner: My mom's amazing home-made macaroni and cheese, topped with bacon bits and oozy gruyere cheese. Salad on the side. Garlic knots.

Dessert: A huge slice of Banoffee Pie. Any type of fresh fruit crumble/crisp. More pie.

starcrossedlovex: I agree that this is getting a little out of hand, but I still don't think the forum should be deleted because regardless of the ridiculous teens who post 400-calorie days, I still find that many of the posts give me awesome meal plans and ideas for my own diet. And I think that all of us can tell who isn't eating enough...when I see someone who is unhealthy, I think to myself, "Well, thank God I'm not slowly killing myself! Yay for me, and the fact that I eat over 1,500 calories every day". I just ignore those posts and go back to reading what people who actually EAT have posted. Anyway, just my two-cents... =)

Breakfast: Special K Protein Plus cereal with almond milk and blueberries. A large peach.

Snack: Cherry tomatoes and cucumber.

Lunch: Tofu shirataki noodles mixed with laughing cow cheese, parmesan cheese, and cherry tomatoes.

Snack: Sliced apple topped with sugar and cinnamon, baked.

Dinner: Burrito filled with rice, spicy beans, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, salsa, jalapenos, cucumber, and guacamole. Yum!

Dessert: Blueberry-peach crumble, warm from the oven, topped with vanilla frozen yogurt.

when_i_fly_and_look_down: I think what you eat is really inspiring! It always looks like you get enough calories, and not only that, but it seems like your meals are all really varied and inventive. =) Don't worry, your posts are NOT like those others that have been circulating on this forum.

What I ate today:

Breakfast: Big bowl of Special K Protein Plus Cereal with almond milk and fresh blueberries. A plum on the side.

Snack: Peanut Butter Cookie Luna Bar (first time trying this flavor... not the best, sadly)

Lunch: Avocado, cucumber, tomato, and green pepper salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Toast with homemade "peanut butter and jelly hummus". Sounds strange, but it's really yummy.

Dinner: Gemelli pasta with spicy jalapeno tomato sauce. Zucchini rounds baked with parmesan cheese and lots of pepper.

Dessert: Half a banana topped with PBJ hummus. Yum.

Breakfast: Special K Protein Plus cereal with almond milk and blueberries

Snack: Blueberries and a plum

Snack 2: Lowfat Stonyfield Farms Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt, blueberries

Lunch: Tofu Shirataki fettucine alfredo made with a laughing cow cheese wedge, parmesan cheese, and cherry tomatoes

Dinner: Whole wheat pita pocket stuffed with homemade zucchini-mushroom-onion patties, tomato, lettuce, and cucumber. Served with homemade tzatziki sauce and hummus

Dessert: Vanilla Fudge swirl frozen yogurt

Breakfast:

Special K with Red Berries Cereal, Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze

Snack:

Light n' Fit Blueberry Yogurt

Lunch:

Iced Oatmeal Raisin Luna Bar

Avocado, Roasted Beet, Cherry Tomato, and Spinach Salad with Lemon-Vinegar Dressing

Dinner:

Pepper-crusted Fresh Tuna

Corn on the Cob

Dessert:

Vanilla Fudge Swirl Frozen Yogurt