Posts by poofyball

Blatant ridiculousness of the science aside, an article on the creator of this diet cites that he maintains on 1200 calories on this diet, including the oil. I'm none too impressed.

My plateau came right at 10% too. I think 6 months was a good idea for someone in my situation, as I'd get a better feel for how to maintain a weight.

I'm having the opposite problem, and I have to agree that compromise is key.

I'm only barely watching my weight anymore, but my man has decided to get healthy. I'm a total foodie, and I get mad when he doesn't want to go with me to whatever restaurant I'm dying to go to because he doesn't want to eat that much or doesn't want to eat such calorie-dense food. And I refuse to eat Subway as a "dinner out." I know I should be more supportive, but eating out is one of my favorite hobbies, and he signed up for foodie me years ago. We don't make plans either.

So now, we go where I want every other week, and the other weeks, he picks or I cook. I've also compromised on his workout schedule, because although I feel that those hours are much better spent entertaining me, it's also pretty fun going to the gym with him or having time to myself.

I think that your problem is something that time can iron out. If you've been one way for three years, it may take some time for him to get used to your new schedule. It sounds like you both need to actually talk about this instead of letting it go with the flow if he's getting testy.

I would try to eat something light before I go. That bread basket starts to look very good when you haven't eaten much all day.

I don't count anymore, but I don't think there's anything wrong with what you're doing. Like pg, I sometimes have a mental estimate of what I'm taking in. I think at some point, you should be able to maintain without counting, if that's what you want to do. But to me, counting while maintaining seems like a security blankie. I try to trust that I know what I need in terms of input/output.

If you don't like feeling obsessed, maybe try counting at the end of the day instead of throughout the day. And when you're right on every day for a while, maybe then you don't need to count at the end of the day anymore.

Getting out there is the hardest part, so you're doing great. It's definitely okay to take some walking breaks. As was said, take it slow. Make sure your hands are loose and not clenched, because you use energy to clench them. Make sure you're breathing well. Do a warm up and a cool down, and make sure you stretch after each.

Original Post by deiseblue:

poofyball what is pick-up basketball? do you stop playing when you get a date??

LOL! Oh, your comment made me look crazy in front of my co-workers (because work isn't funny!)

I actually only have 1 female friend that I can play with, and she moved an hour away. It makes me wish jkub lived here, because it's too hard to find other girls who can play. So I do end up playing with guys, but it's kind of hard to play with people who are that damn tall. But yes, half-naked sweaty guys = real pick-up ball!

I did have a great time snowboarding, though I ended up teaching most of the time. I expected that though, and it was still fun. Got a lot of calories burned from hiking up and down the slope lugging my snowboard. I've wrangled a promise from my man that he'll come snowboard next weekend, so that'll be a hoot.

I'm also supposed to actually go paintballing, and I can't wait. I found a camo shirt deep in my closet :)

Thanks, nfrank!

jkub, you should really, really just go out and do it (snowboarding, I mean). It's fun, but the bonus is, it burns a load of calories and you don't even notice until you're ravenous on the way home! Well, except for the initial falling and getting up stage... So how was the gym + hoops?

Well, today's V-day, and there's no chocolate in sight (I don't know if that's good or bad...) I didn't manage to go snowboard Friday night, but I am waxed and ready to go all day tomorrow! I hope that makes up for my nonaccountability ;) My run and basketball hopes for the weekend were dashed, though I could probably fit at least the run in today. I want to do something more active with my man, but I don't think he thinks of paintball as a Valentine's day activity...

Happy Valentine's Day, if anybody checks in today! Hope your weekend went more accountably than mine, and hope we all don't overdo it today...

I think maintaining while counting calories is tough, if you don't know how many calories you really expend in a day. The site numbers aren't perfect and don't conform to you uniquely. But if your output is really 1550, and you eat 1700, it may take a long time to gain that one pound of fat, especially when you take into consideration the normal fluctuations. I ate above what I thought was my maintenance for a couple-month period and didn't realize the 1-2 pounds I gained for weeks after. So it may be that your daily calorie expenditure is higher than you think, or it could be that the 150 calorie difference isn't big enough for you to see a gain yet. Or that you're making up for an excess by having a deficit on another day.

I was going to say, sounds like you overestimated the chicken, but looks like you've figured that out. Almost 300 still sounds a little high, unless it's a huge chicken leg.

Are you really eating 1700 calories in vegetables and bread? That's a lot of vegetables and bread.