unicat's Journal

using caloriecount.about.com

1) take before pictures... i know you may not want to.. i hated mine.. but do it.. you will be glad you did

2) take before measurements... you want measurements of your neck, breast, chest (right below the breasts), natural waistline (narrowest part), widest part of your waist, widest part of your hips, widest part of dominate thigh, widest part of dominant calf, and your wrist... these will show you what that scale sometimes wont..

3) take those measurements and go here .. this will give your body fat index... this can also help show you what that scale sometimes wont...

4) DRINK LOTS OF WATER..  half your body weight in oz..  so you weigh 134 you should be drinking AT LEAST 67 oz of water.. and add an 8 oz glass for each half hour of exercise you do.

5)definitely take advantage of the free tools that calorie count has to offer... figure out your BMI...  then figure out your daily allowance  .... then figure out your daily expenditure  ... 

6) i set my activity level at sedentary.. because one.. your body is use to what you do on a daily basis, besides added exercise..  so i just add whatever exercise i do each day to figure out my total calories burned..

7) use your food log.. this will help you figure out your deficit each day... and will hold you accountable for everything you put in your body..  if you cant use the log all day, you can take a notebook with you and write everything down then enter it later... i personally find its easier to plan what i am going to eat a day in advance, especially if i find i have a special event happening..

8)then take your daily calories burned  and subtract your daily caloric intake... this will equal your deficit for the day..  you want this to be between say 500 - 750 .. everybody is different, so you need to find that magic number that works for you...

9) exercise... even if you are just starting out..  you can take it slow to start with.. getting up and walking ten minutes will be good for a beginner.. you dont have to jump right into an hour workout..  you dont have to work out everyday.. just get into a habit of doing it.. you will almost immediately see results in at least the way you feel each day because of it..

10) use the forums... there are a lot of knowledgeable people out there..  and they have almost all been right where you are at some point in this journey..  we are all more then willing to help..  if we can...

11) plateaus - i hate em lol. i am stuck on one now.. and i know the advice i have given does work to break them.. i just have to force myself to do so.. lol... to break a plateau.. CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING... it will basically "shock" your metabolism..  so if you are eating 1300 calories a day.. try eating 1500 calories for a few days then drop back down for a few.. then back up for a few.. then back down...  your body wont know what to expect next..  they call this "zigzagging" here on cc..   it works.. sometimes if i go out and have a good dinner.. enjoy myself.. dont worry so much about the calories.. i will see a change when i go back to eating normal.. (just watch your sodium level when you do this.. over 2500 mg in a day and you are BOUND to see a weight gain, and it will mostly be water... the only way you will see a real weight gain is if its 1) muscle or 2) you ate 3500 calories over your allowance...(3500 equals a lb according to cc)  if changing up what you are eating doesnt work.. then change up your exercise routine.. do something different.. increase it.. try a different type of workout.. something different...

12) enjoy yourself.. dont deprive yourself...  use will power, and eat proper propertions of foods..  try not to fill your caloric allotment with empty calories.

AS of NOV 2008 I have MAINTAINED my weight at about 130 lbs for over 1 year.. THIS DOES WORK!! GL

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Hi all, just wanted to let you know I am still around, sorry I havent been commenting on anyones journal entries...  I have basically maintained around 130 (give or take 5 lbs either way)  for the last year, until April when my husband came home and has been home since.. Its soooo much easier to eat GOOD when hes not here lol..  When hes here it seems we eat out more often, and its just been easier to fix the foods he likes rather then the foods that are "better" for me, lol..  So I actually hit 140 a couple times in the last few months, and as of this week and last week, am attempting to get back on track.. Also with the kids out of school for the summer, and my boredom with the Gym.. plus our A/C being out for a bit of the time, I DIDNT exercise either, .... :( ....  But am trying to get back on track there too, starting with some walking..  Kids are gone back to school starting today and tomorrow, INCLUDING my BABY.. He started Kindergarten today :( Just wanted all to know where I was, and how I have been...  And I will leave you with this FUNNY...

THE COPING DIET
Only women can understand this one. This is a specially formulated
diet designed to help us cope with the stress that builds during the
day.

Breakfast
1 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
1 cup skim milk

Lunch
1 small portion lean, steamed chicken
1 cup spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Hershey's kiss

Afternoon Snack
The rest of the Hershey kisses in the bag
1 tub of Hagen-Daaz ice cream with chocolate chips

Dinner
4 glasses of wine (red or white)
2 loaves garlic bread
1 family size supreme pizza
3 Snickers Bars

Late Night Snack
1 whole Sarah Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from the freezer)[Thus
helping with the hot flashes.]

Remember: Stressed spelled backward is desserts.

Send this to four women and you will lose two pounds.

Send this to all the women you know (or ever knew) and you will lose
10 pounds.

If you delete this message, you will gain 10 pounds immediately.  That
is why I had to pass it on;  I couldn't risk it.

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Hubby picked up a Wii on friday, he and kids have been playing it since, basically every day.... night before last we bought the Wii Fit game/board... Finally tonight we tried it out.. i spent 70 minutes using it and burned 220 calories..  as a beginner Mii.. I am sure it will probably burn more as time goes by lol.. plus I didnt do the 2 mile run lol.. probably should of ...  but it seems fun.. there is  Yoga poses, aerobic exercises, strength, and balance games... pretty cool :) plus we each have our own Mii, and it tells our BMI and our weight, and our Mii age, etc.. mine says I am 41 :( (i am 38 lol) but my BMI and weight are great lol... anyhow.. i just thought it was interesting and thought i would tell everyone about it :) you can also set goals on it :) and it keeps track of how much time you spend on it, and you can also log other activities :)

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Abductions You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves. Well, this kind of cruel theft is happening with other body parts as well! My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again.

My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts. Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arms swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary ~ my body was being replaced one section at a time. What could they do to me next? When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story.

Women of the world, wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again ~ was it lifted from you? THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night. WARN YOUR FRIENDS! P.S. Last year I thought someone had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.



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I know some of ya'll have been wondering where I am.. sorry I havent been posting.. I have still been keeping track of my calories, and basically maintaining between 125 and 130, which I am fine with :) my day so far has been decent. I set up a private poker tourney for 8 am this morning, my time.. and played with 17 railbirds friends :) it was a great game, even though i finished in 4th (bubble girl, one out of the money :P ) and a great time was had by all :)  my calories are only at 500 so far for today but I am saving up for dinner.. havent quite decided what i want for dinner, but bday calories dont count anyway right?? thinking either Italian or Red Lobster.. we shall see.. just wanted to check in with ya'll real quick while i had a minute :) Hope all are doing well :) staying on the wagon :)

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Military Spouse Day, 2008

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

Military spouses embody the courage, nobility of duty, and love of country that inspire every American. On Military Spouse Day, we pay tribute to the husbands and wives who support their spouses in America's Armed Forces during times of war and peace.

 

 

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which is only a half lb down from last week.. but i will take it since last weeks was after having that stomach flu or whatever it was for over 24 hours (at which point i am POSITIVE I was dehydrated).. so its all good.. BUT today was cheat day, and I had Jack in the Box...  my whole weeks worth of sodium in one meal lol..  AND it combined with my breakfast made up my days normal calories burned.. so gotta get off my butt and do something to burn some calories so i can eat dinner LOL... (i did do some painting, and have to clean the floor up now lol)

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sorry i am copy and pasting this from a message i am sending someone else. please forgive me.. i just dont wanna type it umpteen times..

well he told me nothing new.. firmly bellieve it is vasol vagal syncope..  says to have her drink gatorade (or powerade, etc) at least once a day.. cos it has sodium in it, to help RETAIN the fluids, keep her from getting dehydrated..  make sure she understands that if she feels like she is going to pass out to sit down or lay down.. she should feel better pretty quickly if she does so..  make sure shes not eating too big of bites of food as this can trigger the vasal vagal (i spell it wrong every time) nerve and cause her to pass out.. this includes stuff like ice cream.. he did NOT have the results from the ctscan, so i still have to wait for her neurologist to call me..  he did say that even though its not QUITE as common in younger children as it is in teenagers, that it DOES happen..

the good thing?? they normally outgrow it in a couple years.. and from everything i have told him, and his examination of her, he doesnt feel it could be anything else..  so we shall wait and see..

so thats where i am.. still insecure about the diagnosis.. this is my child we are talking about.. but 2 specialists, and 2 ER pediatricians all agree this is probably what it is.. so I guess I have to take their word, and hope they are right..

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so when i woke up this morning i weighed in at 127.5 .... this after 24 hrs of "stomach problems" ...  but i would have to say that today (CHEAT DAY) made up for any calories that didnt get digested yesterday.. UGH... I went to mcdonalds for lunch fully intending on getting just a Mcchicken and a small order of fries for myself.. instead i got their ranch blt chicken sandwich, medium fries, and a chocolate shake... then shared an apple pie with the two little ones..   THEN i took them to dairy queen for a snack.. intending on JUST a SMALL chocolate dipped cone..  DIDNt happen.. :( Brownie earthquake instead.. :( so its only 3 pm and my calories for today are at........ 2570   and my sodium is at 3129... UGH and i feel like i am going to BARF... ugh..

oh well c'est la vie.. :(  nice to see a lower number then 129 for a change though.. AND I havent really exercised all week.. next week hopefully back into the exercise if i am not STILL bored with it.. wish me luck..

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A woman goes to the doctor for her yearly physical.  The nurse starts with certain basic items. 
"How much do you weigh?" she asks.

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