| need help.. weight is killing me slowly |
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whitegremlin
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Posted: 11 July 2009 01:33 am |
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| im new to cph.. but im in need of some guidance from wise people that arent going to tell me that "youre doing great keep it up.." bs.. if i was doin that great id be at my target healthy weight.. im 27 5'3 and 180.. ive lost 10 lbs since may and cant lose anymore.. ive upped my workouts and cut out bread and potatoes and more than a gallon of soda a day.. i dont know what im doin wrong.. i exercise 5-6 days a week, walking mostly, i cant run or i would due to pins and screws in my foot and hip.. i do weights 2-3 days a week every other day and occasionaly do tae bo when im in the mood.. i walk either indoor walk(leslie sansone walk at home) for 3 miles/45 min or walk around my yard at a very fast paced with intervals for 40min-hr .. my diet consist of yogurt and fruit for breakfast, an apple snack, steamed brocoli and cauliflower or a big garden salad with no dressing or cheese for lunch, 2-3 hard boiled egg whites for snack and grilled chicken or turkey for dinner with vegies.. ive done my research but dont know what else i need to do to lose this weight.. i drink water, water, green tea, water and more water.. over a gallon a day, im always thrirsty and borderline diabetic cause of my weight my doctor says.. i have high blood pressure also and arthritis but the walking eases the pain.. im lost as to what else to do.. Last edited on 11 July 2009 01:34 am by whitegremlin
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Nir
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Posted: 11 July 2009 08:06 am |
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Crunching those numbers: your BMI is 31.9. Your unadjusted RMR is 1521. At your BMI it is safe to eat fewer calories - up to 75% of that number (this works out at 1141) so you might want to set yourself a target 0f 1200 a day. If you stick to that you should be able to lose at least 1lb a week (even without exercise). I therefore predict that something in the food you're eating brings that total up and is sabotaging your efforts.
What I think would be most helpful for you right now is to keep eating what you're eating right now and use a calorie counting website or program to track calorie intake, at least for a few days. Is it less than 1200? Is it more than 1800? Make adjustments as necessary. Perhaps you're eating too little, perhaps some ingredient you're not focusing on is bumping up calories, perhaps it is all good but portion sizes mean you're eating too many calories.
Find out - knowledge is power
ps in your other post you mentioned 'beyond calories' those are reasonably flexible guidelines that you could potentially lose weight within subject to the above extra note about calories. If you're interested, go to the FL4I section of the forum where you'll find some other people following BC and compare notes.
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whitegremlin
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Posted: 11 July 2009 11:35 pm |
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| ok so i figured it out so far as calories for the day as of 5pm and i'm only at 600 calories in so far.. so i guess i need another 600 today? i walked 2 miles this morning before work at 7am and ran my booty off all day at work, really heart pumping and sweating.. so i only counted 2 hrs walking fast and i burned 550 calories.. i really need to bring snacks with me to work but just too busy at work on weekends.. thanks for the advice and i do agree i need up the calories..
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Nir
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Posted: 12 July 2009 01:05 am |
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| certainly if you have been consistently eating too few calories that tends to have the effect of slowing things down. Also note that in such a case the advice is to bring calories back up gradually (or else risk some wait gain)
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