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Ok I just figured out my diet for tomorrow.  My burn meter says 1,740 and I am planning on eating 1,785 before 8 a.m. on Tuesday.  This should be ok I hope, I don't want to have another bad week where I hardly lose anything.  My food that I am taking with me includes 2 whey protein shakes ( 1 WITH PEANUT BUTTER IN IT), two Flax Seed Cookies and 4 clementines.  I know I will get plenty of exercise with those kids.

Original Post by mollymouser:

Original Post by amy_blue:

OK here is my question. On sedentary with my height, age and weight the burn meter tool here says that I burn 1800 calories a day. I add in my activities manually. Today I burned 449 calories in 2 hours of brisk walking outside. So how come my burn meter says 2100 total for the entire day? And I don't mean so far today. It says my total burn is 2100.

If I add my sedentary (1800) to my activities (449) then I get 2249. So how come the burn meter on here says 2100? Anyone know?

OOO!!! I know! I know!

You would have burned X number of calories during that 2 hour period even if you were just laying on the couch. Instead, you burned 449 calories. So the burn meter takes that 449 calories, subtracts the couch calories (2 hours' worth), and what you get is the difference your exercise caused.

So, unless you can burn 400 calories in 5 minutes, it won't make a 400-calorie difference on your burn meter. 

=^..^= MOLLY

EDIT ... see the second post on this subject I just posted!

DOH!!! I feel like an idiot for not understanding this on my own. This makes perfect sense!! I've been doing it wrong all along!! OK - I get it now. Thank you Molly for both of your explanations.

< big ole "boy I feel like a doofus" sigh >

Oh, Amy ... no worries. It really can be a bit complicated .... the only reason I understand it is because I HAD to figure it out so I could explain it to other people! (grin!)

=^..^= MOLLY

MONDAY'S MENU -- SIZZLIN' CHICKEN SAUSAGE

I was looking at my list of dinner proteins, and trying to decide what to have for dinner for the last night of December. And I decided that Trader Joe's sun-dried tomato sausage would be the perfect way to end the month! I will grill mine with some zesty diced onions, fresh garlic (of course) and with some small cubes of new white potatoes! Won't that be scrumptious? To finish off dinner, I will add my basic salad of cucumber, tomato and fresh, crunchy radishes!

Have I mentioned that I keep a list of my dinner proteins? Yep, I do ... it's one of the tools that helps me limit my intake of red meat, and also to ensure that I get my weekly servings of fish ... plus I just like to plan plenty of variety and flavors into my meals (especially dinner!) I've been tracking this since September 1, and know just what I've eaten and how often ... for dinner protein. So, what's the breakdown for the 31 days of December? Seafood: 9 days (shrimp, salmon, sand dabs, tuna and tilapia!) ; Chicken: 7 days; Beef: 6 days; Turkey: 4 days; Eggs: 2 days; Ostrich: 2 days; vegetarian: 1 day. I know this is silly that I track this, but it does help remind me of yummy meals and menu-planning options, ya know?

For dinner starches, I just keep a mental list of my options... bulgur, quinoa, potatoes, acorn squash, butternut squash, corn, or Thomas' light multigrain english muffins. With the exception of tofu-shirataki noodles, I've pretty much eliminated pasta since even the whole wheat kind spikes my blood sugar too much. And I've found the same with rice ... brown or white rice. Some evenings, I just have enough non-starchy veggies to "fill the starch" square ... giving me the proper percentage of carbohydrate calories.

BREAKFAST

two toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffins (200 calories)

2.5 ounces of smoked salmon (120 calories)

2 tablespoons of roasted red pepper hummus (32 calories)

LUNCH

one toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffin (100 calories)

four slices of oven-roasted turkey (100 calories)

one slice of Kraft fat free sharp cheddar (31 calories)

four servings of steamed broccoli (100 calories)

one medium apple (72 calories)

DINNER

two sun-dried tomato sausages, diced and grilled (220 calories)

one-half a cup of chopped onion, grilled (34 calories)

approx. 12 ounced of diced new potatoes, grilled (158 calories)

one medium cucumber, sliced (24 calories)

one cup of cherry tomatoes, halved (27 calories)

one cup of sliced radishes (19 calories)

TOTAL CALORIES : 1237 (not including snacks)

VEGGIE/FRUIT SERVINGS: 11 servings

GRAMS OF FIBER: 49 grams

NUTRITION REPORT: (24.3% fat / 27.7% protein / 48.0% carbs)

Wow you're eating plan looks so tasty. I still don't understand the burning meter concept... if you exercised then wouldn't you add the calories to the normal calories you would burn? Sorry for not understanding I'm very confused.

I'm so happy today! I told myself yesterday I will eat healthier and listen to stomach. I ran today and to be honest I was real....slow and my calves were literally on fire. Never again will I skip running for two days straight. 

Breakfast (9:40am)

• 1 white pita
• 1 poached egg
• 3 tbs yogurt
• 1/2 tbs olive oil
• 1 medium orange
• WATER!!!

I barely eat egg but it makes me feel real full for a long time. A trainer from school also says you should eat protein first in a meal so the absorption of sugar is slowed down. That's why I ate the orange last.  Anyone else follow by some rule or something like that? There should like be a list of maxims for eating or something like that.

Peace,

-hananabanana

 CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW YEAR!!!

I am also very confused about the burn meter. I am just not very good at puzzles.  Molly's explanations are a good start (thank you!) but I will have to ask again.

I've been doing well with intake

Breakfast- oatmeal with fruit and a little milk

Lunch- peanut butter, 2 slices of whole wheat bread, skim milk and some grapefruit slices

Dinner- homemade chile with a tiny bit of mozzarella cheese (it was yummy) and a great salad with romaine, cherry tomato, spinach, cucumber and a splash of fat free Italian

Snack- I did splurge and had a piece of peanut butter fudge and a rum (with diet pepsi instead of real coke)

This all took me just to my limit, Yay!

Mary Anne

I'm back! I was gone for about a week.

I weighed myself this morning and I was 200! One more lb to go to my first mini goal! It'll be nice to start working on mini goal number 2!

I haven't excersized in a week! Horrible me! I've been sick with a cold though and have had bad sinus headaches for a few days now. Plus TTOTM hit and I had cramps yesterday too. I'm guessing I gain about 3-4 lbs before TTOTM because a few days ago I was 203 and this morning 200. So that'll help me know what's going on next month.

If I start feeling better today than I will try to get on the treadmill, but if I don't than I'll start again on Wednesday.

Now I'm going to get back to making sure I drink 12 cups of water a day.

Does anyone know of good cabbage recipes???

Hey G4G Gang,

Not much going on today, I slept in a little until 9am but was supposed to get up at 6--guess my body needed the extra sleep. I have a session today with my personal trainer and besides that not much else going on today. Forks, thanks for the new years toast. I won't be doing much. If anything I will go to bed early tonight, no plans!

Breakfast: 1 cup of oatmeal, 1 tablespoon light butter, 1 tsp cinnamon,1 tsp brown-sugar, 1 cup of blue-berries, 1 cup of raspberries , I'm amazed at how full oatmeal and fruit makes me feel, I almost couldn't finish the whole bowl

My goal today is 4 liters of water which might be hard, I usually just get 3 liters in

Ok have a great day, I will check back in later with my nutritional report!

It's noon-- I just finished finished 3 liters of water or 101.4 fl ounces of water, now I have the rest of the day to get 1 liter down! I feel so full right now though and it's almost time for lunch! O'well at least I won't stuff my face

Lunch: 96/4 Lean hamburger with fat free cheese on 5 gram fiber bread and oven french fries      &nbs p;  Total calories: 400            Total for the day thus far: 800

Melanie ....

Did you want hot, cooked cabbage recipes or cold, salad-y cabbage recipes?

=^..^= MOLLY

Preferably cooked cabbage recipes. Something that doesn't require a bunch of "strange" incredients... lol That way hopefully I'll have them.

They have this awesome cabbage casserole at this restaurant I used to work at. It's so good. It's creamy and has cheese on top. I bet it's high in calories, but I'd love a healthier version of that. I should google it sometime, to see what I can find.

DWF, put the crockpot on high and then hopefully it'll be done in a few hours. The low setting usually takes 8+ hours to cook something.

To hannabanana and mel re: burn meter:

OK think of it like this. I am using this as an example with my burn meter statistics:

Saturday I exercised for 2 hours. I burned 600 calories exercising in those two hours.

My sedentary burn (no exercise) is 1800 calories a day which is about 75 calories an hour. So in two hours without any exercise, I would burn 150 calories. However in two hours with exercise I burned a total of 600. So it's not 600 calories + 150 calories. It's 600 calories - 150 calories to figure out how much I actually burned exercising. Because if I hadn't exercised for 2 hours I would have burned those 150 calories doing nothing but existing.

So I don't add the 600 calories to my burn meter. I add 450 calories to my burn meter, or the burn meter actually does that for me if I add in my activity calories by clicking to update my burn meter for that day.

Using this logic, this is the outcome. Saturday I excercised for 600 calories. So my total burn for those 24 hours was 1800 (usual sedentary burn including the 2 hours I exercised in these hours) + 450 (2 hours of exercise) = 2250.

Does that help? This is really difficult to explain!! I have a newfound respect for Molly!! lol

Happy New Year everyone!!!

xo,

Amy Blue