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I got this cool new app that allows me to log my weight daily and shows the list, graph, etc.
Thought it might motivate me to really go after my goals. Welp, September 1, I was 163 and today, I am 161.8. A whopping 1.2 lbs. in 4 weeks. I exercised 16 of 28 days. So much for consistency. I went over my 1500-calorie budget several days. Gah, just imagine if I had stuck to it. Siggghh.
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You may need to lower your caloric intake. Try 1200 - 1400 for a daily total. Write everything down or record it.
When you exercise are you pushing yourself? Working up a sweat? Getting your heart rate to rise and then sustaining it?
If you do exercise try and get a rough estimate of your calorie burn and then replenish those calories so you are still at your daily goal.
You may need to lower your caloric intake. Try 1200 - 1400 for a daily total. Write everything down or record it.
When you exercise are you pushing yourself? Working up a sweat? Getting your heart rate to rise and then sustaining it?
If you do exercise try and get a rough estimate of your calorie burn and then replenish those calories so you are still at your daily goal.
I know I need to lower my caloric intake. It needs to be 1500. But I end up eating 1800+.
I do record everything I eat.
I am not pushing myself with exercise at this time, I do not see a need. I know I need to focus on the calories more than the exercise at this point. I do not purposely eat back any calories burned for fear I may eat too many.
I know I need to lower my caloric intake. It needs to be 1500. But I end up eating 1800+.
I do record everything I eat.
I am not pushing myself with exercise at this time, I do not see a need. I know I need to focus on the calories more than the exercise at this point. I do not purposely eat back any calories burned for fear I may eat too many.
Why do you not see a need to push yourself? You are not seeing the scale move and this is a great way to be able to eat a little bit more if you have a hard time with the amount of calories you are eating. Pushing yourself during exercise will enable you to burn more calories throughout the day. Get out of your comfort zone and go work up a good sweat. Plus it does wonders for your self esteem and mood. The harder I push myself the more euphoric I feel afterward. It leaves me in a great mood all day.
I got this cool new app that allows me to log my weight daily and shows the list, graph, etc.
Thought it might motivate me to really go after my goals. Welp, September 1, I was 163 and today, I am 161.8. A whopping 1.2 lbs. in 4 weeks. I exercised 16 of 28 days. So much for consistency. I went over my 1500-calorie budget several days. Gah, just imagine if I had stuck to it. Siggghh.
C-D really needs a way bigger library of emojis.
Another way to look at it is you went 4 weeks without gaining.
WHAT you eat is definitely more important than total calories. Keep starches and sugars to a minimum, and eat protein and healthy fats. For me, I confine my starches to the a.m. (most days). Rest of day I try to severely limit them. I do a lot of exercise after my breakfast which helps work them off.
Stepping up the exercise will really put you in "fat-blasting mode." I know it did for me when I stepped up the strength training. Try a combination of increasing your exercise while lowering your calories just a little, but ESPECIALLY the starchy or sugary carbs. You might even try skipping a meal here and there some days, that works for me also.
I use "Monitor Your Weight" app.. Nothing fancy.. I started my diet/exercise on September 9th.. 252.0lbs.. Last night's weigh in was 238.8lbs.
I like it, because I enter it every day.. And.. I got into the mindset that I was stuck and wasn't losing any weight.. Even the past week, I can see that I lost 2.5lbs.
It tells me that if I keep this average up, i'll hit my target weight of 180.9 on January 7, 2016.. It shows that a 'normal' weight loss of about a pound a week, i'd hit my target on January 20, 2017
Shows my starting BMI was 36.2, current is 34.3, that i've lost 13.2 lbs and have 57.9 to go and that may Diet should consist of 2161 Calories/day to maintain.
My average daily weight loss is 0.63lbs and average weekly is 4.40lbs.
Now.. I'm just talking about the app here.. My diet.. Lord, I'm about on a starvation diet.. ~1000 cals per day. Some less, some a little more. Exercised every day but 3 or so.. Keep stepping up the workouts.. I started at about 2.5mph on the treadmill with incline varying to keep heart rate at 117.. I've switched it up now that I use the "Hill" program, was at 3.5mph at level 10.. Now today will likely be 40 mins at 3.0mph at level 12.. Work my way up to 45 minutes, then increase speed to 3.2, then to 3.5, then drop speed to 3.0 and level to 14.
Very little done with weights right now. Going to get the weight down, then try putting muscle back on.
I use "Monitor Your Weight" app.. Nothing fancy.. I started my diet/exercise on September 9th.. 252.0lbs.. Last night's weigh in was 238.8lbs.
I like it, because I enter it every day.. And.. I got into the mindset that I was stuck and wasn't losing any weight.. Even the past week, I can see that I lost 2.5lbs.
It tells me that if I keep this average up, i'll hit my target weight of 180.9 on January 7, 2016.. It shows that a 'normal' weight loss of about a pound a week, i'd hit my target on January 20, 2017
Shows my starting BMI was 36.2, current is 34.3, that i've lost 13.2 lbs and have 57.9 to go and that may Diet should consist of 2161 Calories/day to maintain.
My average daily weight loss is 0.63lbs and average weekly is 4.40lbs.
Now.. I'm just talking about the app here.. My diet.. Lord, I'm about on a starvation diet.. ~1000 cals per day. Some less, some a little more. Exercised every day but 3 or so.. Keep stepping up the workouts.. I started at about 2.5mph on the treadmill with incline varying to keep heart rate at 117.. I've switched it up now that I use the "Hill" program, was at 3.5mph at level 10.. Now today will likely be 40 mins at 3.0mph at level 12.. Work my way up to 45 minutes, then increase speed to 3.2, then to 3.5, then drop speed to 3.0 and level to 14.
Very little done with weights right now. Going to get the weight down, then try putting muscle back on.
Good for you with your success. I wouldn't wait on the weights however. Muscle mass burns calories. Try and add some weights to your routine, even cut back on the cardio. The weights will do more your body and burning calories than the cardio.
Good for you, Labonte. My app is the same. September 1 I was 163. Today, October 1, 163.2. Walked 19 out of 30 days.
I realize it's my calories, here's a sampling of what they were throughout September:
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