Hi Everyone!!

I am new.  I am 32 years old; weigh 203 lbs; I am married and have 3 children.  Two of them are fraternal twins.  Almost 3.  My eldest daughter is 9.

 

I am following the Low Glycemic diet and watching my calories.  I have lost a total of 16 lbs since the beginning of January.  I walk at least 45 min's or more most days of the week.  I drink 8-10 glasses of water a day.  I am aiming for 1250 calories a day, although somedays I do not get that many in and I should to lose weight the healthy way and not too fast.

 I wish everyone the best of luck!!  Hope to hear from you soon!!

 

Brenny

Hi Brenny! I am new here too. Welcome. Wow! You have lost a lot of weight fast. Congratulations. It takes a lot of commitment to exercise that amount too - particularly with 3 young kids! What is your 1250 cal goal based on? It does seem a bit low to me.

Hi paulajmcd.  I am following the low Glycemic diet.  I have pcos.  I am also watching my calories.  I'm not sure why I lost weight so fast.  Part of it is probably because I wasn't even trying to get 1250 calories in.  I was lucky if I was getting 500-700 calories a day and with the excercising that probably helped alot.  I started out the wrong way!!  I'm bad.  When I started seeing the weight drop so fast I got excited.   Too excited!!  I was suppose to start out with 1500, but like I said I wasn't eating like I should have so I was recommended to at least eat 1250 a day and not to go below that.

Hi, brennym32!!!

Welcome to CC!!!

Like you, I started too low... Like you, I'm now exercising in the cardio style! I love the benefits I gained with the recommended weight lifting- nice feminine muscles that I needed- but my weight loss is sloowww, so, I'm now walking, too!

I have a 2 1/2 mile road (round trip), that I live on the end of, and I was surprised to find it wasn't hard for me, now. It takes me about the same time you are taking to walk that whole thing- so you are doing really good with 45 minutes!

My Nutritionist recently bumped me up to 1300 avg. calories- staggered over the week from 3x 1200, 3x 1350, and 1x 1450. The 1350's are really 1200's with a 150 cal. protein shake for after weight lifting...

But... I started at 206.5 and my needs are less now at 169.5... so don't go too low and get tired chasing those children...! You need energy more than I do with my empty nest...!

Glad you're here!

Sincerely, 2beittybitty-but-Healthy!

2beittybitty,  Thanks for the advice!  I don't know why I am having such a hard time trying to get in 1250 calories.  When I wasn't dieting I could triple that!!! lol!!

I wish I was down to 169 lbs.  It seems so far off!  I'm getting closer to 1200.  I am trying to work on this!

Great job on all of your weightloss!  How long did it take to lose all of that?  I weigh 203 right now.  I am hoping to be 145 lbs by the end of August.  Do you think that is to soon?  I am kind of discouraged this week because I am bloated.  I feel like and look like I haven't  lost anything.  Does it take a significant amount to lose before your pants feel loser? 

Nice to hear from you!  Hope to hear back from you soon!!

miller

Hi!

My weight loss is sloowww!!! I went to the Nutritionist because of this, and being 45 makes it slower... the walking should help both of us! I lost 12, then 5, then 4 a month till the end of the year... Stress and a plateau then slowed it a lot, and the Nutritionist confirmed that. My results were also affected by heavy weight lifting- I've prob. lost more than 40, though only 37 is showing on the scale now, due to the visible muscle weight gains I have.  Soooo, I can't predict your loss rate very well, lol!

Keep trying to eat, though! Plateau's get us if we don't, and you've got a lot of folks depending on your energy!!!

You'll make it! Whether it's when you want it or not-- don't quit and you will succeed! It's a Life-Style for me now, not a diet- and the Nutritionist said her long-term successes were the slower losers- they learn good habits that keep them from gaining back! Practice Does make perfect!

This has to be the way I eat for now on so I am trying to enjoy what I eat by being more creative.  Slow but sure wins the race right?!

Thanks for the info and encouragement!  Nice to hear from you.  Keep in touch!!

Brenny