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cportwine
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Posted: 15 October 2009 05:42 pm |
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Ok, I was reading on here and had an idea. I want everyone to pick a goal for the week and then do it.
I was going to put this in the general area, but thought this is more of a challenge kind of thing.
It can be anything you want from exercise to eating to losing numbers on the scale.
I realize this week is almost over. So, if your in on this then we will start on Monday....
My first goal on Monday is going to be: Making up 100 calorie snack packs for my cupboards and refrigerator. I would like to complete this task on Monday and then if I find the need for a snack that week it will have to be one of my packs. Then on Friday I will post on how I did with this challenge.....
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BJD74
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Posted: 15 October 2009 11:47 pm |
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Hey Cport! :) I am in!
Put me down next week for no cookies!!!! :) If I can kick a week, then maybe I can kick two weeks, then three weeks....etcetc
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Hiker
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Posted: 16 October 2009 03:06 pm |
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okay, I'm in for next week. Okay....this is tough for me....no ice cream for the week.
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BJD74
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Posted: 16 October 2009 07:16 pm |
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gasp! no ice cream hiker?!!$*(@&%$) WOW woman, I am totally behind you on this one...just like me with the cookies!! Oh Lord let us be strong!!! :)
I havent had a cookie this whole week though, now that i think about it...lol.....just havent had anything i like i suppose...lol....there are oreos in the laundry back cabinets...but until opening them i dont have temptation. I did have cupcakes around from the gathering last saturday, and last nite i practically threw the last one at D and begged him to get it gone because i was gonna wolf it down! LOL
Ok, so we have 100 cal snacks, no cookies and no ice cream.... whos next? mchen? michellep? anyone anyone???? :)
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Hiker
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Posted: 16 October 2009 09:08 pm |
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BJD74 wrote: gasp! no ice cream hiker?!!$*(@&%$) WOW woman, I am totally behind you on this one...just like me with the cookies!! Oh Lord let us be strong!!! :)
Yup, my ice cream, your cookies....we are crazy! Now notice I agreed to no ice cream NEXT week so if I have some this weekend it's okay ..I had to cut myself some wiggle room  . I don't know, can someone die from a week without ice cream? I've never tried it.
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sqzee
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Posted: 19 October 2009 08:27 pm |
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Ok I have one... I will try, but I promise nothing. Challenges have not been my thing lately.
I will not eat after dinner. Which means I can have a diet coke and/or a hot chocolate (40kcals). IF I am at the verge of a breakdown I can have a VEGETABLE (no fruit!).
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cportwine
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Posted: 20 October 2009 03:02 pm |
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I am not doing so good at my goal. I got the stuff, just to lazy to make up the packs. But, I can say that I am counting the stuff out so I don't go over the amount I am suppose to have. So, my snacking is going good so far. Maybe later today I can make up a few bags or something. It just seems silly on some of the stuff. Like apples. I am not putting an apple in a bag, lol. Ok, well I hope everyone else is doing good on their goals.
Good luck Hiker...Ice cream is a hard one to kick. I bought low cal fudge bars to replace ice cream. They are kind of the same but without all the fat. Maybe you can find something to replace your ice cream for the week.
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BJD74
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Posted: 20 October 2009 03:59 pm |
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had a cookie yesterday, gotta get the 12 min mile in today to make up for it. UGH...not even a day in and we are struggling! we are a bunch of lushes! we can do this ladies!!! I am not giving up, even if it means i am doing 12 12 min miles a day!!! LOL
cport, at least you are counting them out, that is better than just dumping into a dish and eating it all!!!
i wont be bad anymore this week, my head isnt hurting (yet!!! but it may begin if MJ doesnt start to listen to her mommy!!!!).....so i am ok, just volitile today, ready to pop at any given moment you know? do you guys get that way? like you have no patience left in you to be calm?
maybe i should go out into the orchard and scream at the top of my lungs...maybe that will feel better.... ;o
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Hiker
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Posted: 20 October 2009 06:05 pm |
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I slipped up on the first day and had 1/2 cup of ice cream. But I did go to the gym and spent an extra 20 minutes on the treadmill so at least I paid for my error. . This challenge helps when I start looking at 1/2 cups of ice cream as 20 minutes on the treadmill it isn't so tempting....I think we might be onto something here.
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sqzee
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Posted: 21 October 2009 08:34 am |
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Sounds great Hiker  And exercise is good even if its not just for paying for the ice cream.
I don't think I can say that I did bad or good yesterday since I didn't really have dinner. I just ate a lot of carrots and an apple and a chocolate thing. So its like a 50/50
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BJD74
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Posted: 21 October 2009 05:00 pm |
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| WEDNESDAY, SO FAR SO GOOD... :) TUESDAY MADE IT THROUGH WITHOUT ANY STRUGGLE... :)
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cportwine
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Posted: 21 October 2009 05:31 pm |
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I think I am doing alright. I am counting them out (the snacks) and even have made up some stuff for the freezer that will be low cal. option for meals. So, I think even though I am not sticking to the original goal I think over all I have achieved what I wanted. Now, just got to follow through and eat the good stuff and not the bad stuff.
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Hiker
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Posted: 21 October 2009 10:53 pm |
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| well, I'm not eating ice cream but I'm eating other junk so I can't say I'm doing well.
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sqzee
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Posted: 23 October 2009 08:23 am |
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| Didn't eat anything after dinner yesterday but that was because I was at a charity dinner so I had more than enough... So can't really say I'm doing well either.
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BJD74
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Posted: 23 October 2009 10:33 pm |
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hello ladies... :)
its friday and i wanted to report that i have gone this whole week, since sunday without having any cookies!
thankfully none of the kinds i enjoy are around...that surely is helping me!!! I have discovered that i like the cinnamon buns...argh......i got reduced fat even, and they are good! I think I will have to add them to my list on here as a new challenge because i made some last nite, had one and wanted like 3 more! But i only had one, that was my one sweet for the day :)
weight is 159 again today. I have done 18 hard miles of exercise this week and havent lost anything, i am trying so hard and its been such a tough week! i wish it would get easier!!!!
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Hiker
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Posted: 23 October 2009 10:37 pm |
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| Well, I did okay staying off ice cream but I just substituted other bad things so it really didn't help much. Of course that is my fault, that is not the spirit of the challenge. I need to get back on track....hmmm I've said that before.
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Hiker
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Posted: 23 October 2009 10:37 pm |
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| Well, I did okay staying off ice cream but I just substituted other bad things so it really didn't help much. Of course that is my fault, that is not the spirit of the challenge. I need to get back on track....hmmm I've said that before.
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BJD74
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Posted: 27 October 2009 05:48 pm |
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its tuesday and i havent had a cookie since last sunday. i am happy about that. now, however i think i need to lock away the snickers bars. i need to watch the cheetos. i need to watch the sodas.
its funny that we are substituting other things for the ones we took away. how can we avoid this???
so now, my new rule for THIS WEEK.
NO SNICKERS. (i have two more frozen in the garage freezer)
NO CHEETOS! (just gave the last of bag to mj for snack, and we do have the spicy cheetos in the back cabinets, waiting to be opened for lunches etc)
1 soda every 2-3 days only, that allows me to have 2 sodas a week.
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BJD74
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Posted: 28 October 2009 09:50 pm |
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hey team,
so, ok, well....hmmmmm...........made chocolate chip cookies for D today and lord if they didnt look so delicious sitting there are crunchy with the melted chips......and i had 4 of them!!! (i mkae them like a 50cent piece size but still!!!!) SO TO MAKE IT OK I HAVE DONE 2 12 MIN MILES on top of the 3 12 min miles that I did for today.
I also had a kit kat...darn it. Its just terrible, these cravings that i have for the yummy sweets especially when i tell myself not to eat them!!! It seems that i defeat myself by working so hard, telling myself that i cant have these things and then i just cave like a huge avalanche of weakness!!!
Hiker, what are we gonna do? we are all facing the same weights as we began with practically for this halloween challenge....argh....why is it if we allow ourselves to "live" a little that we end up back where we began? D keeps telling me that I can maintain with the way I am now...but Gosh, i dont know if i can????? I feel like if i just stop writing for even one day i just stop counting and start eating all the more.....even with the workouts.
I mean, come on...5 miles a day is hard to do!, esp each day!!! But I am doing it to make up for the bad i cant seem to stop eating....lol....oh i guess i just have to concede if i can make it thru the holidays to the new year staying under 165 that i should be proud of myself! Maybe that is how i should start to look at this challenge I am facing???
What do you guys think? Is that realistic you think?
How do you guys feel? I made it thru walmart today without going crazy, i had a marked down german chocolate cake in my cart that by the end of shopping i had put back. I knew i wouldnt enjoy it as much as a homemade german chocolate cake and i didnt need it. I didnt get any sweets aside from fresh fruit.....oh and the kit kat that is already gone thanks to my 5 miles that i did today! lol.... :)
ok, i caved, but it wasnt a snickers! lol...nor was it cheetos!
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Hiker
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Posted: 28 October 2009 10:52 pm |
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Hey BJD, you put the german chocolate cake back....and it was marked down  . good for you!
We need to celebrate our success, we are quick enough to dwell on our failures. I say we need to give the same attention to what we do right that we do to what we do wrong.
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BJD74
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Posted: 3 November 2009 04:02 pm |
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ok this is wierd, but i want a nice juicy fresh cooked steak! i made it thru the weekend without any cookies, but i didnt stay away from the candy. i had a few snack size mounds bars. At least i am having dark chocolate! lol......and coconut!
i havent weighed myself since saturday, that is 3 days ago. I wonder how i am doing? I will weigh in on friday. :)
my challenge this week will be trying to resist the mounds bars. i love them. it was a spontaneous buy, i know.
soda, chips, cookies, all the other stuff right now, hasnt bothered me much. the pizza this weekend we had, so not the way i recalled it two years ago. As it stands, the Mimmos is still the best and worth waiting for! :)
howre you guys all doing???
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cportwine
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Posted: 3 November 2009 07:47 pm |
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Ok, my challenge for this week is no more cheese and to eat as many veggies as possible. Hope it helps me.
I have officially gain 20lbs since I quit smoking. Hoping to get that number down a little. Just because I gave up one bad habit doesn't mean I need to pick up another one (like eating myself silly).
So, I am counting calories again and this time I am going to follow through. So consider that another goal for this week to count all calories consumed.
Alright, I will come back on friday and let you know how I did.
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Hiker
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Posted: 3 November 2009 11:15 pm |
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| My goal is to just stop eating junk. To get back to keeping my calories under control again. Can I do it....I really don't know but I am going to try.
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BJD74
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Posted: 4 November 2009 04:17 pm |
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ahh hiker, it is a relief to know its not just me. with the livestrong diary, it charts and graphs out the carbs fats etc...and somehow i am leveling out with carbs even though i am eating the candy still! I am taking waay too much in, i am still in those higher 2300 for the day, with a net intake of 1500-1900. The difference being the amount of exercise i am putting in etc. I feel like I wake and i am already thinking about food. Is that a sign I am not eating the right things? or that i am not eating enough? or that i am eating too much and my body now needs more? I doubt its the latter, because the 2300 or so is so high normally how could anyone be hungry on that intake?
im ready to toss the mounds bars. i managed to stay away from them after D came home last nite, but we had pancakes for dinner with sage sausage, hows that for healthy? lol.....i did have a small snack at 830, made some popcorn and ate it one piece at a time. Gave it to D at 9pm and he commented that i barely had any. I also had a mint cup of tea, but i dont know if tea is keeping me away from the food.
The only right thing i did yesterday was eating during the day and not after dinner.
Its so hard.
I was thinkin about when i first started this journey, estimating my calorie intake, watching everything so closely......not really looking up the calories etc....but guesstimating it....I wonder if I was actually consuming the amounts I am now, or if i am eating alot more now, but having more activity? I cant imagine going back to try to take in 1200 calories a day, wihtout exercise in my day. I would not lose at that rate accord to Nir....but somehow i did. I must have been starving myself, on top of working out!
I cant go back to that, but i have to find some way to overcome the choices i am making and start to get some control back, at least in my head.
We can do it Hiker, how are you doing ? What are you doing to get back to your healthy habits? how did we get to Not having healthy habits anyway? lol...
Hang in there!
So today, if and when i eat, i am going to go for healthy, fruit. I am going to try my hardest not to snack. One step at a time.
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cportwine
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Posted: 4 November 2009 06:10 pm |
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It's a cycle sometimes. I stopped eating a healthy breakfast cause I was snacking to much. So, then I was just eating all kinds of bad stuff instead of my good breakfast.  So, I am now trying to get back into the good breakfast thing and give up the snacking once again. You would thing that after we already done something the wrong way once before that we wouldn't do it again. But, we always go back to what just seems natural.
I am just trying to be aware of what I am doing to myself. Keep telling myself when I eat "is this food worth it". Cause to be honest, some of the stuff I have been eating lately was not even good. So, why am I doing this to myself. It's to bad that eating has to be related to everything else in our lives.
I read an article today that said instead of trying not to feed our emotions to feed them, but with the right foods. So, I guess if I am going to be fat it's going to be on healthy foods...
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BJD74
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Posted: 4 November 2009 06:23 pm |
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ok cport....so goin on that idea that we should feed our emotions with good foods.....WHAT WOULD THOSE GOOD FOODS BE? :)
Fruit, Nuts, Cheeses.........veggies? :)
I have fruit, i chomp on my walnuts and almonds, i have cheeses and veggies too....but oddly enough, NONE Of them taste AT ALL like a dark chocolate coconut bar?? :(
Is there a veggie out there that tastes like that? Where can i buy some?? :)
we can do it! so far today i havent munched, i have kept myself busy at the computer and catching up on my law and order svu's.....been in the bathroom alot, the fasting tea i had yesterday has caught up with me and is cleaning me out! lol......i will accept that! :)
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Hiker
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Posted: 5 November 2009 01:09 am |
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BJD. I feel your pain.....there isn't much like soft moist cocunut covered in dark chocolate (AKA mounds bar) unless it is a mounds bar that has been frozen  .
Anyway, regarding your earlier post, I beleive you are alilttle taller than me so if you were eating 1200 calories a day I am sure you would loose without exercise. I was doing 1300 four days a week and 1500 three days a week with little or no exercise and I was loosing. Have you checked out this site http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm, it has a really good calculator on it and you can adjust it based on exercise. I personally always go with little or no exercise then whatever I do is a bonus. But that's just me.
I don't know what happened to our motivation what I do know is we need to get it back....we are strong and we can do this....Cport, you too. We need to get ourselves going somehow.
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BJD74
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Posted: 5 November 2009 03:38 pm |
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hiker, that aligns nicely to the livestrong.com calculator for me. thanks! :) When i said the 1200 wouldnt work now, its due to the high amount of workouts i do. Or have done, as i havent really done anything since Sunday! If i were to try to eat that low of a number with my workouts now, i would be hurting or starving myself......hence that i should be around the 1400-1500 daily. To maintain i should be around 1900 or so.
last nite i went to bed at 8pm, all snorkly and stuffed up, and my throat was sore. slept till clock at 6 got us up then went back to bed after i got D off to work. Awoken like 10 min later to the dogs goin crazy barking and i got up to find a beautfiul brown horse outside our gate! He wanted in badly! I guess maybe Calypso, our mare is in heat? but regardless, I let him in and now there are 3 horses wandering in the corral. He is lovely. Not much bigger than ours and so far they are all getting along OK. D said if noone can claim him wiht a marking or branding (which he has none of) within 2 weeks, we will keep him. :)
My oh My I am a horse manager now!!! lol
Kinda puts my challenges on the backburner doesnt it? seeing as now my challenge shall be how to manage 4 dogs, a kid and 3 horses!
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Nir
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Posted: 5 November 2009 05:32 pm |
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I have reviewed the calculator on 'freedieting' and contrasted it with our  calculator. The way it works: it first calculates your unadjusted RMR (this figure is not actually shown), it then calculates Maintenance by multiplying it by your activity factor. If you pick 'little/no exercise (desk job) it uses 1.2, if you pick '3 times a week' it uses 1.375, note that these are the same figures used by the CPH calculator which in turn were sourced from the McArdle book.
Then, the 'fat loss' and 'extreme fat loss' lines are simply 0.8 and 0.6 of the the Maintenance figure. So if you have selected 'little/no exercise' then the 'fat loss' line will be 0.8 x 1.2 x (unadjusted RMR) = 0.96 x (unadjusted RMR), as as you might recall eating at unadjusted RMR is a reasonable strategy for someone who is not obese and is doing a variable amount of exercise (sometimes exercising, sometimes not) as it means they're getting some deficit even on their rest days. Eating less than that is definitely not advisable.
(From personal experience, eating at that level of approximately unadjusted RMR is indeed 'extreme' for someone who is 'seriously active'.)
I like the power that comes from not just using a calculator but understanding how the numbers are crunched. That is why I found BFFM such a great read - Tom Venuto may be a body builder but he certainly loves to talk numbers. Here is Peter's attempt to explain it all... http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_BMR.php
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Hiker
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Posted: 5 November 2009 10:41 pm |
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| Nir, thanks for the explanation, it makes more sense to me now. I had tried reading it before but it seemed too technical, now I get it and it really isn't. I actaully like that calculator better than the one I found on freedieting. Thanks for the help.
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BJD74
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Posted: 9 November 2009 06:42 pm |
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my goal for this week will be to allow myself to have ONLY ONE CANDY SNACK BAR that i got from my folks from Halloween. I have put the bag in the freezer out in the garage and it is therefor out of sight for me. I have on my new rules to allow myself ONE SWEET PER DAY, ONE SERVING PER DAY.
if I go over that amount then I am sticking to the extra 12 minute mile to work it off, for each candy bar that i go over I have to do that extra mile. NO EXCUSES! I have to find a way to control what I want, and moderate it. There should be no reason that I cant just enjoy one frozen candy bar slowly and appreciate it GREATLY!
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BJD74
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Posted: 11 November 2009 02:36 pm |
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hey kids,
so yesterday i allowed myself to have a snack size snickers bar. it was frozen and i ate it while i did the folding of the laundry. it was the middle of the day, not at nite.
baby steps. :)
first day back to myself, just talked to dad, sounds like MJ will be back tomorrow, pending how D does today back at work. He was ready to go I think, but I will hear from him if he starts to crash. He hasnt spent the last few days doing anything but laying on the couch, so a full day back on his feet may wind him. I hope that his virus doesnt hit me :( or MJ!
How is everyone else doing??? Cport are you having breakfast again? you have to have that meal, its the most important meal of the day!!! Even an apple and hard boiled egg with a cup of coffee!! :) Dont skip it, you will regret it!!
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cportwine
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Posted: 23 November 2009 08:06 pm |
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Hey Bj! Yep, I am back to having breakfast and I am keeping it at around 200cals. But, I do eat almost every two hours. So, its working. I have got some of the weight back off. But, not enough to please me. You know how you have a certain weight in your head that you don't ever want to go past. Well, I passed mine and I am not liking it. I have always told myself no matter what I will not go above 136lbs. So, I need to get back to that.
Ok, my goals for this week are to keep up with the healthy eating and try not to over do it on thanksgiving. I would hate to have one day mess up all my efforts.
Well, I will post back on friday with how I am doing.
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BJD74
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Posted: 24 November 2009 12:53 am |
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hey cport! glad you made the choice to get back in here with us! :) we sure could use each others support, esp with holiday around the corner.
for me this week is to stay under 1700 calories a day, knowing that the holiday will have yuummy potatoes, stuffing, and of course pies!!! pecan and pumpkin....here i come! i am also goin to make the extra effort with my workouts, maybe kick in a bowflex workout? who knows? i also will make the effort to not eat after dinner, unless its just a 100-200 cal desert/snack. :)
i got up to 1900 cals today, D said something that hurt my feelings and well, guess where i went and spent some useless calories....yep the kitchen!
but i am done for the nite, just tea till bed. :)
i can do it!! we can do it! see you on friday!! heres to a good week!
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BJD74
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Posted: 11 January 2010 04:49 pm |
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ok, i havent been in here since november and i have gained about 5 pds since then. i need to reevaluate the way i am doing this! :)
I have cut White Sugar out. I let it back in for my coffee, cereal etc....and i am drinking way too much coffee lately!!! Hopefully this will slow me down. I know it will be in some things i make, because i cant use the splenda, D would freak out, he can taste the difference. If i do get it, its gonna be thru the low sugar oatmeal i have, although after this box of oatmeal i am goin to start getting the sugar free oatmeal from walmart. I didnt mind it, i just got the other kind out of convenience.
I am only using Sweet and Low now. In my evening tea, cereal, and anything else that needs some sweet.
I am going to try to do between 1400-1600 calories a day without any exercise deducted, so that any exercise i do do, will only benefit me! :) (so far, yesterday was the only day i really adhered to those numbers.....need to get better! Its funny that in the beginning i did this with out effort, and now to look at how little i was eating, it is wild to think i ever ate that little! I have to go back to basics......!
I am only going to allow myself to use the smaller dinner plates, to ensure i am taking in less food. I went back to the larger dinner plate and yesterday it was like a SLAP IN THE FACE to look at the amount of food on my dish. even healthy things add up! I am really going to try to get back to the smaller amounts of food. I somehow lost focus and all the things i eat started to look so small so i put more on the plate and told myself it was ok. I need to stop doing this.
Workouts must happen! I will be working out at least the 5 days that D is at work. When I say workout, I mean my videos or the bowflex. Anything outside of that is extra activity. :)
I am also going to start making the effort to buy the lower fat milk. Granted, i dont like the 0% so i will get the 2% and have small amounts. I cant kinda get away with having it, D will tolerate it, but honestly he NEEDS the Vitamin D! Its tough to have two bottles of Milk open, but well, changes have to be made.
Its more than one goal, i realize but i am voicing it all over to keep myself accountable. :) Thanks for letting me put it on here to make it more real for me. I appreciate you guys!!! :)
How is Cport? How is Hiker? Anyone? have you guys all done well over the holidays? Cport havent seen or heard lately, all is ok i hope!
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Posted: 11 January 2010 10:59 pm |
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I would like to participate in this. I need to stop drinking alcohol on the weekends for a while until I lose these 10 lbs. It is the hardest thing for me to do. Even if I only drink on fridays then my eating on saturday is bad because I crave foods and I usually do not get to the gym either. Help what do I do?
Denise
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cportwine
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Posted: 12 January 2010 12:55 pm |
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Hi Bj! Glad to see someone on here. I haven't been on for awhile. I have been really busy with starting yet another baby. That and I have been fighting this stupid sinus infection. I am feeling the affects of my thyroid meds big time now. So, it's a good time to get back into the game and try to lose a few pounds.
My goal for the rest of this week, is to start eating healthier foods. I have really been slacking on that. I am not usually into eating allot of meat and yesterday I had roast beef, pork ribs, and sausage for breakfast. I had quite the pig out. Not really lots of food, just fating foods. So, I need to get back to my salads and fish. lol, besides I spent a pile on the lettuce stuff I better eat it up....
Ok, I will check back in on friday with a progress report....
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BJD74
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Posted: 12 January 2010 04:15 pm |
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Denise, welcome! Its hard to not drink, esp if you are social with friends and family. Myself, i cant really enjoy it due to the medications i take, and often if i do drink i am sorry! :( So, thankfully not drinking isnt my struggle. I wish I had some perfect solution, well, i can say you can downgrade your beverages to a light low carb beer? I love the Michelob Ultra! its so light, but i still feel good, and i can enjoy a beverage without hurting the diet terribly.
Other than leaning towards healthier drinks I would have to say just drop off the drinks until you find a change in your wt. Its not easy, but if you share with friends, hopefully they will support your goals! :) I recall how hard it used to be before when i did drink the next day munchies, it was like NOTHING i could eat would make it better, so yeah, i dont miss that alot. Its not worth it for me. And, often I am sure that the next day munchies didnt ever help me! :(
There are so many healthier ways to have a drink, subsitution like seltzer or club soda instead of soda etcetc....the bartenders can always make some lighter and still make it good!
Good Luck and keep checking in, its nice to have someone new! :) Other than the drinking, are you changing any other little habits to help you lose that last 10? I am struggling to get back on my track as you saw, so I am looking of tips too!
Cport! Happy to hear you are doing well with the meds? have you lost any wt? I know how you feel about the eating, its been the last few weeks for me too!!!! I am coming down from a new all time high thank goodness! It was scary for me a few days there, but I am clearing out the fog and starting new!!! I did ok yesterday! :) 2 good days in a row for this week, can i make it all the way?! :)
I cant wait to hear how good you feel after getting your metabolism back on track! :)
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Posted: 12 January 2010 09:07 pm |
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This seems like a good idea, i think my goal will be no cookies, chips, or snacks at work (besides the fruit i bring) for this week.
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BJD74
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Posted: 12 January 2010 10:33 pm |
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hey g! :)
that sounds like a great start! i remember working in real estate, the eating out on the road all the time, snacking when in classes with stuff from vending machines! argh..its soo hard! i congratulate you for trying to eliminate the junk! :) i try to allow myself one indulgence a day, whether its cereal, cocoa, a cookie, or scoop of ice cream....even the worst, a snickers bar. If i dont let myself have them, i find that i will overeat when i finally give in!!! bad bad, like 3-5 candy bars ON TOP of that one snickers.....its happened believe me!
so be careful and love yourself, even if you slip a little, its part of integrating better habits into who we are now! :)
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dhokey
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Posted: 13 January 2010 01:48 am |
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Hi BJD74, yeah it is hard to not drink when I socialize with my friends. I do drink the mic ultra but get tired of that. I just need to not drink for a while and see how the weight loss goes, or if I do drink just have a couple and not drink the whole night :) That is one problem I have I do not know when to stop most times.
I am counting calories and I do weight training and cardio. I do not have a problem with the exercise part of it and I know what I need to do, the diet just needs cleaned up.
I am trying to eat less carbs in the evenings and going to start zig zagging my carbs between low and high days and see if this helps. According to the wii scale I have lost 3.1 lbs in 7 days so i guess I am off to a good start.
Thanks for the advice.
Denise
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Hiker
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Posted: 13 January 2010 11:08 am |
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dhokey wrote: Hi BJD74, yeah it is hard to not drink when I socialize with my friends. I do drink the mic ultra but get tired of that. I just need to not drink for a while and see how the weight loss goes, or if I do drink just have a couple and not drink the whole night :) That is one problem I have I do not know when to stop most times.
Denise
Denise, when used to go out a lot with friends I would alternate ever other drink with a soda water with lime. For some reason soft drinks made me feel deprived but if I had the soda water every other round for whatever reason I was fine with that.
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BJD74
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Posted: 13 January 2010 04:53 pm |
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Hey D, so you have the Wii Fitness?? We just got the Wii Sports and we are totally hooked! :) We love to play Golf, Bowling then Tennis, and in tennis we play both people instead of the computer being your partner, and that makes it a lot more activity! :) I love it!
It sounds like you have your eggs in the basket and just need to take it easy with drinking with your friends. I understand about not knowing when to stop, before i started to take those med's i used to drink weekly at my bowling league and some days lord help me for not remembering exactly how i got home at 2-3am? i am wiser now, but its still that easy, we have a tendency in my family to be drinkers so i know how you can get overboard easy! :(
Good luck and Good Job on 3lbs! AWESOME!
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BJD74
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Posted: 14 January 2010 05:13 pm |
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ok, so far this week, i am doing good without the white sugar, using sweet n low and i am ok with it. chocolate has been maintained, allowing myself to have 2 liquor candys for 140calories in the evening as my treat. Had one bowl of frosted flakes yesterday, MJ kiddie bowl and ONLY ONE! but i wish I hadnt, i didnt need it. I also chose to eat an extra tortilla last nite while cooking our dinner, HONESTLY not even SURE WHY i ate it??? It was there, so i did i suppose, because i wasnt starving or anything and dinner was on the way. Anyway, it was folly of me and a waste of my calories. LESSON LEARNED. I have also given in to cocoa last nite, made a mix of coffee, some 2% milk and cocoa mix. I had a small mug (maybe 8-9oz) and gave the rest to D. Controlled really well because it was delicious!
Overall, not as many regrets as i thought, but i am not happy with myself for going for the extra Tortilla, or the cocoa.
I will do better today. :) So far, I have had coffee, a hard boiled egg, a packet of low sugar oatmeal, and 2 slices of mozerella. (couldve avoided 2nd slice but it was the last of the cheese so i just ate it.)
Again, choices i am making are better but the amounts are not right yet.
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Hiker
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Posted: 14 January 2010 05:52 pm |
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BJD74 wrote: . I also chose to eat an extra tortilla last nite while cooking our dinner, HONESTLY not even SURE WHY i ate it??? It was there, so i did i suppose, because i wasnt starving or anything and dinner was on the way. Anyway, it was folly of me and a waste of my calories. LESSON LEARNED. I have also given in to cocoa last nite, made a mix of coffee, some 2% milk and cocoa mix. I had a small mug (maybe 8-9oz) and gave the rest to D. Controlled really well because it was delicious!
Overall, not as many regrets as i thought, but i am not happy with myself for going for the extra Tortilla, or the cocoa.
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We all slip sometimes...like me a few minutes ago, I had my lunch, a nice health chicken thigh on a low carb wrap. Pretty much my usual lunch and then I got up and made myself a peanut butter sandwich  , oh yeah.....I ate the whole thing which had way to much PB on it. Like you I have no idea why, I think a little devil was on my shoulder saying go ahead, it won't hurt . Hmmm, I don't know, it just happened  .
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BJD74
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Posted: 14 January 2010 08:15 pm |
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i did good just now hiker, you would be Proud of me! Went out on errands, and mj asked for taco bell, i had a few bucks so i said ok, and i didnt get anything! She had the bean burrito with plain nacho cheese and chips, churros and a soda. I know so many calories! And still only 35pds! lol...thankfully she has good genes~ so i tried to take half of her burrito and ended up with one bite cuz it was soo salty!!! i gave the rest to simon.....i did have some of her sierrra mist, probably 1/3 and 1/3 of her churros. :)
small steps. but big for me! :)
at least you opted for peanut butter as that second lunch! lol...it could have been something like ice cream! or candy! or a bag of chips! you did fine, just stay on track the rest of the day, make good choices if you decide to snack! :) you can do it!
i on the other hand and still feeding mj, gona try to lay her down for a nap, and shes sayin she isn tired! i need to workout still! ugh! i feel i pulled something in my lower left back area, when i turn back that way or breathe in too deep...probably did it with the weights, swang the wrong way!
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cportwine
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Posted: 19 January 2010 11:18 am |
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I am going to do this challenge again. Cause right now I am focusing on the week days since I keep screwing up the weekends. So, my goal for this week is to eat clean. That means nothing that is not healthy for me. I have been working on cutting out empty calories and so far it is working. So, I want to keep this going.
It was hard last night. My husband brought home Hershey's chocolate bars with almonds... yum! one of my favorites. I told him to get them out of my site and he did, lol.
So, if it not going to benefit me then it's not going in my mouth. Going to try and get in some spinach and maybe even some broccoli today. All good stuff....might even make some healthy soup later this week...
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dhokey
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Posted: 19 January 2010 02:12 pm |
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I hear you, I am having problems with my weekends. I do good all week with eating and exercising then the weekend comes and I just blow it. Mainly it starts out with some drinks, then my eating goes down the drain and it usually lasts until Sunday. This weekend is going to be different! I am not going to drink at all, I find it is either all or nothing for me, so when I drink I drink, can not just have one or two. I just like to socialize and that is what our friends do,they drink. None of them including my husband do anything good for their health so it makes it hard for me expecially on weekends.
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BJD74
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Posted: 19 January 2010 06:01 pm |
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dhokey, boy can i relate! its very hard for me to be with our friends, and not drink. that is why i use the michelob ultra and we almost never go out with friends, we do things at home with them. If we do get a drink out, we have one, then nothing else, cuz its with our dinner and a treat really since we are tightly budgeted now. I hope you can do it!!! I know how hard it is, and I really never succeeded with friends. Explaining why i dont drink etc, gets old. people get tired of hearing youre on a diet, you know? its tough for us! We have to stick together, thru this site to get stronger! keep coming back and you will get stronger!!!! :)
cindy, man alive, D will bring me a Snickers as a treat sometimes...its kills me. I cant resist, and i usually dont! GOOD FOR YOU FOR SENDING HIM AWAY! I see the yummy hersheys almonds commercials and i want one too. They are soo yummy. I send you a gold star for overcoming that temptation!!!!
As for me, made brownies yesterday, testing myself i guess. Seeing if i can handle having just one. So far, not too good. But today, i havent had any! I had two yesterday for my dessert and that is it for now. I want them, But i know they wont help me. I cant bring myself to toss them, but i may if i get too tempted. D wont miss them. I would. He wont. :)
For the week, I need to look at servings, making sure i have one serving, even if its just cheese! Nothing is free.
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Hiker
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Posted: 19 January 2010 10:48 pm |
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| You guys are killing me with all this talk about Hersey bars and Snickers. I have a bunch of chocolate in my freezer from Christimas, Hersey bars, Dove Bars and even some Godiva Chocolate....boy do I want to go to the freezer and get it. But I won't I need to be on track this week. End of story for me. Now as for the drinks, I think it's an age thing, I used to drink every weekend and if I was with friends I definatly drank more. Now I have maybe one drink every two or thre months . It's not a moral thing, I just hate to waste calories I could use on say chocolate on a drink. I enjoy the chocolate so much more. Still weekends are tough, for me it's that we eat out most of the time and I am always tempted by the bad stuff . But for the week I am going to try and stay on track, keeping those calories where they should be.
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