Posts by andrea_smith

Alyssa,

I know how you feel. As soon as I see alittle bit of progress it goes down hill from there. I'm the same way about logging my food. If I'm telling someone about it, I'm able to stay on track but if I'm just doing it myself I don't stick with it for more than a couple of days.

I haven't been on track for at least a week. I'm trying to get to the gym everyday, but if I miss a day I can't seem to get back into the routine. I love working out because it gives me a great feeling it's just tough to make it to the gym sometimes. Hopefully I'll start back tomorrow. I also need to get back on track with what I eat. Today I completely binged and lost control completely. I stayed home all day and basically stuffed my face.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a frest start for me after weeks of half way trying (which isn't going to get my anywhere!)

Alanah,

Congratulations on getting to 124.6!!! That's great!!

tryin2lose25,

i've just recently started to learn about nutrition. one thing i've learned is that you can substitute everything from your past eating with something else that's much healthier! for example, the mashed potatoes, sub sweet potatoes... white bread, bagels, pasta etc, sub wheat bread, wheat bagels, wheat pasta. now i LOVE the taste of wheat bread and bagels, I can eat them by themselves and wheat pasta is Awesome! you can't even tell a difference with sauce on top!

I love carbs and this is an awesome way for me to get them without feeling guilty! :-)

hope some of this helps

alanah,

earlier today i was feeling a bit delirious but after a protein bar i was as good as new! lol, so i think i'm going to go to the ab class but take your advise and skip out on cardio today

small success:i refused the most delicious piece of cheescake i've ever seen.

which is good cause i was all the way up to 1400-1500 cals today! ah! but i did enjoy some yummy greek food for dinner at a friend's house.

no gym today

alanah, that's an awesome acheivement. i don't think i could've handled all of that food at once! especially with the sea food, i would have gone off the deep end, lol. great job!!

Also your food log looks a lot like mine. i took a couple of your ideas such as hummus, yum!

goal for tomorrow- keep cals up and go to the gym!

hey everyone,

so yesterday i had a huge binge. eh... I ate cereal, yogurt and a banana for breakfast and then i completely binged on chips and dip, cookies, and donuts. at night i had a bagel and cream cheese. HORRIBLE day, and i felt soooo bad afterwards. I felt really sick that night.

so today i'm getting back into it.. i'm feeling much more motivated after feeling that bad. i can't even look at a sugary snack without feeling sick!

Hey everyone!

So this weekend I wasn't very good. No exercise, bad food. So I'm trying to start fresh and get back into cal counting. I'm still confused on how many cals I should be eating b/c I'm still hearing multiple opinions. I'm trying to get out of starvation mode and I'm eating 1300 -1500 cals everyday. trying to stay closer to 1400. Is that too much?? Is 1200 too little?? ah.. well I started working out monday. Trying to get to the gym everyday. Not today, too much homework.

Alanah, I love smoothies. I usually have strawberries, bananas, ff vanilla yogurt, and added fiber or protein. I have one almost everyday to help me get my fruit, dairy and fiber in. It's pretty much a staple for me now.

Krrpt, that park sounds awesome! I love jogging as well but usually just on the treadmills. there are way too many hills in my neighborhood.

 personaltrainer87
that's awesome how you eat so naturally. It's so hard to do. It would be great to have someone to challenge me. I just need some motivation to hit the gym and stay on top of what i eat.

anyways, still just trying to stay in it.

Hey thank you all!

I will definitely check out those websites. My gym does offer classes, 2 of which I'm going to today! Hopefully that will help! My gym offered a complimentary personal training class which helped a small bit. I'll have to find out about getting help with a workout routine. That's a great idea going at off hours! There is a woman's only room that I use b/c I can't get up the nerve to go upstairs. But the woman's room doesn't offer as many options so I'll def go when not many [body builders] are there, haha

Thanks so much for the advice!

I'm in a relationship, and although we haven't broken up, I have gained weight. Relationship + those freshman 15 does not make a good mix. I would like to get these extra pounds off before its too late! (Don't wanna let myself go any farther than I've already gone)

Last friday was day 5 skipped sat and sun; so tomorrow day 6 hahahaha

Now just trying to stick with it which is the hardest part

Here, I posted something similar to your topic and I got a couple of replies. I'm in the same boat as you, but I've realized that I have to get my calories up if I'm ever going to lose weight. So... here's the link for a list of high cal, healthy foods:

http://caloriecount.about.com/high-calorie-he althy-foods-help-ft134599

If you suddenly increase your cals you will definitely gain weight at first but if you continue to work as hard as you are then you'll start losing soon. I've just started increasing my cals and I'm terrified of gaining weight, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Hope this helps. Increase your cals to where they should be and you'll see better results then 10 pounds in 3 months.

Hey, thanks for the link! Do you think a local bookstore would carry this book, so I don't have to order it?

Hey thanks for the reply. I have started working out at the gym recently so my goal is exactly what you said, lose the weight naturally. I'm doing it the "hard way" lol. A friend of mine has told me to increase my cals to 1500 on days when I work out, so I'll be trying that. I'm trying not to slow my metabolism more than it already is so I'm trying to stay at or a little bit over 1200.