Posts by wildmustng87

HW: 225

LW: 180

GW: 145

I'm surprised I lost anything this week because I haven't been able to go walking/jogging cuz of the rain all week! Goin to buy a new scale today so I may have to tweak my weights since I am getting a more accurate scale, but knowing that I lost a pound and a half feels great!

I think it would definately help you to have a scale! Otherwise... how will you keep track of your weight loss? It helps to know because if you are doing something wrong and not losing anything, you can modify your diet/exercise until you being to see results!

I weigh in once a week. I used to every couple days because I was so anxious to lose weight, but I found I would get discourage because 1/3lb (or other small amounts) don't really show up on the scale I have. But after a week, it may add up to a pound or two, which is healthy weight loss!

~Far from an expert, but just from my experience~

Goodluck!

Original Post by andi8983:

I was wondering if any of you have had trouble actually hitting your minimum calorie goals?  I find that by supper I need something like 600 calories to get to around 1300, and usually I'm not even hungry enough to hit that.  Maybe I'm still just balancing things out.. any tips on how to have a more even calorie balance throughout the day (ie snacks that won't cause a binge)?

 I have the same problem andi.. through a combo of eating healthier and eating smaller portions, my calorie count was always low. A suggestion told to me was to add a handful of almonds or other nuts in as a snack between meals,  eating apple slices with peanut butter as opposed to eating just the apple, or adding a glass of 2% milk to your meals or just as a snack somewhere in between, which add healthier calories than if you just had some cookies or whatever to pack in the missing calories. Those are just a few examples.. I am far from an expert but (I believe) eating under 1200 calories (minimum) will cause your body to go into starvation mode and will retain fat, rather than burn it off. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the link, I'll try that out! Having those muscles start to show sounds good lol, so I will try to get some strength training into my routine, I'll probably go get a set of dumbells as suggested :)

Thanks guys!