Hi, everybody! Well it is the weekend! I hope all of you are having a great (and safe eating) one! It is a beautiful day here in South Carolina today, cool and sunshiney. I am looking out the window currently and watching 2 squirrels playing near the top of an oak tree. There was a bluejay on the tree limb earlier, singing (I think he was singing 'It Will Soon Be Springtime, So All of You DietDiary Journalers Get To Work!') and I threw him some bread to eat. Well, I am doing well with my 64 ounces of water a day and 1 mile on the treadmill. Slowly getting to goal of 140. I know I'm eating a lot of fruit here lately, but I bought it so I've got to eat it...but I haven't forgotten about vegetables. I think I just got carried away in the grocery store. So, today will be approximately the same menu as yesterday, only there will be a broiled porkchop instead of fish in menu somewhere, lunch or either supper. Hubby LOVES FRIED porkchops, so I am going to fix him some today and broil mine. Have a great day, all of you and I will be checking back to read your interesting journals! Maria
Hello everybody! Rainy day here in South Carolina. I hope all of you are having a good day and doing well with your eating and exercise. My menu for today is: Breakfast: Mug of cocoa, 1 cup fresh strawberries, 2 tablespoons coolwhip. Snack: 1 cup cubed watermelon and a banana. Lunch: Broiled ocean perch fish and salad with fat-free dressing. Snack: Canteloupe and red grapes. Supper: Tuna/egg salad on lettuce. I am going to try to do over a mile on treadmill today and drink 64 ounces water. I will be checking back later to read all of your entries. Have a great day! Maria
Hey, I hope you don't think I'm being to forward, but I wanted to make some comments about your diet. If you think I'm being to presumptuous, please ignore me! ;-) I notice that you are now saying you are on a low-starch 1200-1500 calorie diet. I'm just wondering a couple of things. When you say "low starch" do you simply mean that you're forgoing bread and starchy veggies like potatoes? The reason I ask is that carbs are carbs no matter what they come from. Of course it's better to eat the carbs in a piece of melon than a muffin, because of all the vitamins and nutrients, but if you are trying to have a low amount in general, all the fruit you seem to be eating can add up, especially the bananas which are a very starchy fruit. Have you actually tried counting carbs or fat aside or protein? Do you have a range you are trying to go for? I know you said 1200-1500 calories, but do you have any goals as far as the amount of protein, carbs, or fat that you eat each day? Just wondering. Also, I wish you luck, and if you feel satisfied, that's great, but caloric restriction can often leave you feeling pretty hungry, and that's one thing you don't want to feel on a diet because it will set you up for binges and discourage you and your body will also rebel by lowering your metabolism. Also, there are often hidden carbs in things, especially processed foods and especially a lot of low-fat or no-fat products. These products are pumped with sugar and chemicals in order to compensate for the lack of taste after the fat is removed. The important thing is to read labels as much as you can. When I first started doing low-carb dieting, I was buying stuff that turned out to be a lot higher in carbs than I thought. The food industry tends to put sugar or starch in almost anything they can! ;-) I remember eating a lot of smoked salmon when I first started, than I read the label (I had thought it was just pure protein and fat) and it turned out it had 4 grams of carbs per serving - and I was eating a lot more than one serving per ditting! ;-)
Anyway, good luck, if its working for you, keep at it. But also try to vary your diet as much as you can. Whenever I used to diet in the past I would eat the same thing almost every day. It was kind of a safeguard for going off. I knew I could control myself with certain foods, so I would just stick to them and it would make it a lot easier. Unfortunately, your body gets used to this and your metabolism tends to slow, plus, when you finally reach your goal and you all of a sudden feel like you can eat other things, you aren't used to all the choices and it becomes all of a sudden very difficult to eat sensibly. At least that's been my experience...
Hello, everybody! I'm back to where I was! I got in more water yesterday and didn't touch breads or anything with flour, nor starches. I ate yesterday: Breakfast: Banana, Cocoa. Lunch: Salad (made of wild onion, cucumber, carrot, lettuce, bell pepper), broiled ocean perch fish, celery with a little lite pimento cheese on it. Snack: Banana. Supper was a cantaloupe and more broiled fish. I drank about 3 big glasses water and walked about 1/2 mile on treadmill. Today I'm going to try to do about the same menu and walk a mile on treadmill. I am so glad to see all our newcomers...(even though I am still sort of one myself, been coming here almost a month). I will be reading all of your entries later today. Have a great day! Maria
Keep up the awesome work! Hugs! ~~Sunny~~
Here's a formula to help you out. The average person burns about 11 calories per pound per day just functioning - if you are not TOO sedentary. Multiply your weight by 11. That is what your body requires to maintain. For every 100 calories you can pare off that number, you can hopefully lose about one pound per month. (Each pound is worth 3500 calories). The average person burns 100 calories walking a mile. You need to exercise 100 calories worth per day to burn one pound's worth of calories in a month.
A reasonable goal is one to two pounds per week weight loss. That means you would have to cut your calorie requirments by 500 calories EVERY day for one week AND you would have to burn 500 calories EVERY day for one week to see a two pound loss total.
It sounds hard doesn't it? But start out slowly. Eat less... drink a lot of water and start some exercising. You will get used to the exercising and be able to do more later. The important thing is to start. Also important is to eat healthy and be CONSISTANT. Also be sure to eat enough... if your body doesn't have enough food.. it will think it is starving and use even less calories to operate!!! We are in this journey for life. None of us here wants to JUST lose weight...we want to keep it off for good. We can't diet and then go back to our old ways. The journey is worth it and the friends you will meet here add to the enjoyment.
Good luck and keep up the good attitude. We're going to make it together!
P.S. that was 3 tops for $3.00 each! Sear doesn't have that great of bargains... but that was pretty good!
Hello, everybody! Do we hear the word, 'DISCOURAGED'....???? That's what I am....I have been so good, not going over my calories and trying to stay low starch, and what do I get for my treadmill walking???? A GAIN!!! Well,.....I hear you now saying..."That's just muscle weight, Maria, the real measurement is not the scale when you exercise, it is the tape measure."......Well...the tape measure shows NO CHANGE....I feel like going on a food binge...I'm glad that when I went to the grocery store last night after practice at church I didn't give in to buying any fat-free chips (I might would eat the WHOLE BAG!) or low calorie sweets (it would be high-calorie when I would finish it all). Instead, I bought nice, healthy items, like celery, wild onions, baby carrots, canteloupe, sliced watermelon, salad stuff (lettuce, tomato, cucumber,etc.), and I bought some lite pimento spread for the celery that is only 70 cals/2 tablespoons. How can I binge off of this stuff???? I bought my Hubby a little 300 calorie oatmeal cake, but he ate it last night, not that it will add to his slim weight. I also bought some fish to broil for lunch today, ho, ho, ho...oh, well. I needed to vent and thanks for listening (reading). I walked the usual mile on the treadmill yesterday and had for the day's food 1500 calories, maybe need to go lower...what do you all think? Maria
Hello, everybody! Well, we didn't get any snow, but we are having sunshine, so maybe those were sunshine birds I saw yesterday...I want to ask you all if any of you are familiar with or have the free long-distance calling anywhere in the U.S. by Yahoo or by anyone else? I downloaded it last night and it seems to be working well...I called my brother, who lives up north and saved (I think) a long-distance charge by talking with him through this computer. Any comments on this would be appreciated. I did pretty well on my eating yesterday, and trying to do the same today. So far, I've had (for breakfast) 2 toast, 1 egg, mug of cocoa and am now drinking tea. Lunch will probably be tuna/egg salad and tea and supper something low-calorie, with fruit for snacks today. I hope you all have a great day! Maria
Hello, everybody! I hope you are all doing well today! It is a rainy, cool day here in S.C. Not much going on...I am taking a much-needed 'break'. Eating out costed a little gain yesterday, but I am making up for it today. I enjoyed reading the 7 guideline rules posted by Panda. I thought they sounded good. I will be looking forward to reading all of your entries later on after each of you post today. Maria UPDATE: It quit raining for a while this afternoon and I looked outside and lots of SNOWBIRDS were here! This happened last year on January 24th and within hours we received 1/2 foot of snow! SOOOOOOoooooooo......just maybe....... Maria
Hello, everybody! Cloudy day here in S.C., not too cold. Just got home from eating out buffet after church. Buffet is my weakness. But Hubby LOVES it. I bet I ate 1500 calories, and it could have easily been much more. I walked on the treadmill over a mile yesterday and I think it is helping. Anyway, I will SURELY be doing some walking on it this afternoon! From what I understand, walking not only burns calories, but it increases metabolism, to where you end up with more calories burned than just what the walking burns. We had a wonderful church service this morning. Looking forward to going back tonight. Well, guess I'll get on the treadmill, do a mile, call my brother, who lives up north and talk to him a little while, and then rest and maybe watch a movie this afternoon. What I've eaten today? I am almost ashamed to say: Breakfast: 1 egg fried with vegetable oil spray, 2 toast, mug of cocoa, tea. Lunch (at buffet restuarant): Barbeque, slaw, candied yams, rice, gravy, corn, potato salad, banana pudding, ice cream, sprite. So far I think I've had a total of about 2000 calories for today. Tonight will only be a mug of cocoa and maybe tea and I am hoping to not see a gain by tomorrow morning after the treadmill walk. Hope all of you have a great day! Maria
Hello, everybody! Well, yesterday's eating got me back down to where I was. Had to go out this morning to get an oven unit heating element...I guess that's what you call it. On Christmas day, with the ham baking, the bottom oven unit decided to go out and it didn't just go out, it broke half in two. But at least the ham was done (barely). So, I tried cooking some barbequed chicken in the oven since then and it didn't turn out real well, just using the broiler top and turning the chicken over several times while it cooked. Strange, how we don't really appreciate some things until we have to do without them. Anyway, I went to a salvage shop, where I got the oven unit for about one-third the cost, and it was new, too. Came back home....(however I did stop by a store and saw that they were practically giving away their Christmas candy and if I didn't care how much I weighed, I would have just about bought them out)....there were four messages and I've called none back yet. Thanks for all of your concerned responses to my entry yesterday...I'll work on getting my calories back up a little. Have a great day, all of you! Maria
Hello, everybody. Been another busy day today, as was yesterday. I am feeling better some and do plan to rest, maybe starting Monday...? I am back on track with dieting. Today I've eaten: Breakfast: 1 banana, tea. Lunch: Small tuna/egg salad, no bread. Tea. Supper: Small tuna/egg salad on lettuce. Tea. No snacks today. Total calories: 800. I enjoy reading the entries you all write. Maria
Anyway, take care!
Hello everybody. Well, I'm up. Don't care. Feel 'out of it'. My mother is here today and I am going to take her around some places. Presently I am washing her clothes. I don't feel good, but trying to be cheerful. I really just want to lay down and go to sleep. It is still sunny and cold here. Guess I am fighting off a cold. My Hubby is still sick. I am giving him cold med, but I can't take any, it will make me go to sleep. Got lots to do today. I hope all of you are doing well. I overate yesterday afternoon. Still doing it today, too. Years ago when I was real slim, I would usually put on about 10 pounds every winter without trying. Then without trying, lose them in the summer. But that was way before I became overweight. It didn't matter then. I guess as we get older, our metabolism slows down due to being less physically active. I hear the treadmill calling me, but all I've got to say is "not today..." Maria
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Wow, yeah, I have heard bad things about aspartame before. In Protein Power Lifeplan, they go into a history of a bunch of different artificial sweeteners including aspartame. The only ones they said hadn't been proven harmful were cyclamates (which are no longer available in the US due to political reasons) and sucralose (Splenda). But they said even as far as sucralose, that it hadn't been proven harmful YET. So who knows. I've actually seen reports that it enlarges the liver kidneys and one other organ (can't remember which) with significant quantities on a daily basis in rats, but I'm not sure what that quantity is, and they haven't proved it in humans yet... In the book they talk about how many of these artificial sweeteners (but I don't think they include Splenda), can trigger a rise in insulin even though they should be metabolicly inert. So perhaps this is why people have determined they can cause plateaus or stalls...
As far as fitday, yes, if you look at the total calories burned, it looks like I would have to consume 2400 calories per day on a day I don't exercise to break even and I'm consistantly (for the last three days anyway) eating between 1800 and 2000). But throw in exercise and that goes up to 3000 calories burned give or take. I don't know how accurate the calories burned without exercise is because I think that depends a lot on your metabolism, so if you have a really slow metabolism, that could be down at 1500 calories, or a really fast one at 3500! But at least it's been consistant with the weight loss - I've lost now three days in a row. Don't tell anyone, but tonight when I post my diary, it'll be at a new low ;-) Have a great weekend!
pastagal on 01/13/2001:
Hi Maria,,,,,sounds like your doing super lately on your program,,,,and thats so great to hear:} your weather sounds nice to,,,it was like that here yesterday,,,but now today is alittle colder outside and alittle cloudy,,,so not sure what is in store weather wise today,,,,
Tomorrow when i buy groceries i gotta get more fruit,i love to take bananas & apples and cut up in bite size peices and put fat free cool whip in them and oh boy are they good and only couple points for a cup full,,,and very filling and really takes care of the sweet urge:}
I love fried pork chops myself,,i just love Pork period!! but i bought a George Forman grill last yr and i dearly love it for grilling food on,have you ever tried one,,cooks so fast and so moist and evenly cooked,,cause it cooks on both sides at the same time,,its great for veggies to,,
well today i am hitting the treadmill,you are inspiring me girl:}} Ok have a great weekend and keep this up and your gonna hit your goal before you know it:}}
jenny on 01/13/2001:
Well, fruit's not so bad!! I could think of worse things, that's for sure. Good for you...a broiled pork chop will be just the ticket. Happy sunshine day, lucky you!
poundcake on 01/13/2001:
maria..Thanks for the encouragement! I am new here and not really sure about how all of this works. Seems it would be alot better if they had a chat room. But anyway..thanks. poundcake
km on 01/14/2001:
Wow sounds like you are right on track with your dieting and exercise> Keep up the great work~Kim~