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shrinkingnadia
Past Member
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Posted: 20 Jul 2008 02:34 am |
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I have been trying to count calories and am very frustrated. I am not having trouble counting them or keeping in my daily limit, just not losing any weight from it. I know it is not an exact science, but would like to know by about how much I should change things. I am getting very discouraged because at the site that I was a regular on, the people seem to have a very casual attitude when it is not their weight. "It will all work out in the end" and "Give it a month or two to see if it works" and that kind of thing. I feel like they are patting me on the head like a puppy so I will go away. I have no support system in real life, so losing (in a way) the online support is really hard.
Currently, I am just under 180 pounds, 26 years old, female, 5'6". I would like to try to lose 1-2 pounds a week, which I have heard many times would be healthy (except at the aforementioned site, where several people acted like I should only try for one pound a month! =-o). My exercise right now is minimal. I do 1/2-1 hour of treadmill or elliptical machine but it ranges from 4 times a week to none, depending on my schedule. I will be able to regularly do it 3-4 times a week in the future.
I tried doing around 1450 calories a day for a month. I do not have much of an appetite and little time to eat, so it is not that hard for me (sorry to others). When looking over my data, it seemed that the days I ate less calories I gained, and more, I lost. So I decided the calculation I was using was not working for me. I went to http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm and it gave me a zig-zag plan. This is how it has broken down so far this week:
14-Jul Min: 1440 Max: 1512 Did: 1463.6 Exercise: No
Weight Change Next Day: Up 1.20
15-Jul Min: 1440 Max: 1450 Did: 1443.25 Exercise: 30 minutes Light
Weight Change Next Day: Down 0.30
16-Jul Min: 1728 Max: 1805 Did: 1742.75 Exercise: No
Weight Change Next Day: Up 0.20
17-Jul Min: 1440 Max: 1512 Did: 1477.75 Exercise: 30 minutes Light
Weight Change Next Day: Down 0.5
18-Jul Min: 1440 Max: 1701 Did: 1600.75 Exercise: No
Weight Change Next Day: Up 0.39
I feel that I am gaining more than losing. I get that the zig zag thing will make it go back and forth, but. . . Will let the week finish and see where I end up. I just feel bad when I eat extra that I do not want just to make calories and then gain. . .Last edited on 20 Jul 2008 02:45 am by
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austrianguy
New Member
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Posted: 23 Jul 2008 08:00 pm |
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uhhh, IMHO and experience weight can change a lot up and down in the matter of a day or two. It depends greatly how much you eat and drink, sweat and ... uhmm... "go", if you get my meaning. Sometimes food stays in your tummy a little bit longer and yikes! freak-out.
Average. Monitor continuously and over a few weeks you will see the trend and you will smile.
Loosing weight is not a day-to-day thing, it's (painfully) slow....
But if you stick to your plan you will be GREATLY rewarded.
Just my $0.02
Christoph
2/15/2008 307lbs
5/24/2008 250lbs
7/22/2008 222lbs
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