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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 22:20:03 GMT
I have been doing low carb for about a month, I think, and before that I did a no sugar challenge.
I have lost about 10 pounds so far, and would like to lose about 70 or 80 total, but I know that it will take time. I walk, but need to walk more. My goal is to be able to walk home from work (1.5 miles).
The low carb works for me, but it is hard to come up with stuff to eat without repeats. Alot of chicken lol. But satisfying to see the scale go down in numbers.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 0:28:31 GMT
Congratulations on everyone's accomplishments--keep up the good work! I decided when I started going to the dietician, I would only use their scale, and would know my weight loss on a monthly basis at my appointment. So I don't know how much I might have lost in the past week. I just plan to keep on keeping on, and we'll see the results. Here's my biggest struggle: I've battled with my weight my entire life. So I've done the calories/points with WW, I've done the premade meals with Jenny Craig, and I've counted carbs with Atkins. The dietician I'm seeing really wants me to count calories AND carbs--so tracking 2 things. I'm not really thrilled with this. I really hate counting calories especially, and it's quite challenging balancing both. I'm doing it, and I did lose 11 lbs. the first month, but this is a struggle. Does anybody else track/balance both calories and carbs? ***eta***One other thing--at my last appointment she also wanted me to increase and track my fiber intake. Ummmmm...okay, count calories, carbs and slowly track fiber. IMO it's a bit much, and I haven't even given much thought to fiber. Is this the norm? I'm almost afraid to find out what next month's topic is gonna be, lol. I track all of my food at Sparkpeople; I can set which nutrients I want to show up on my daily records, so it's easy to see everything at once without having to manually keep track of several nutrients. I do eat low carb. It has worked INCREDIBLY well for me. I gained a lot of weight after having babies about 10 years ago, and back then did everything "right" (moderal cals, balanced all nutrients, moderate exercise 5-6 days a week) and it took me 9 months to lose 28 lbs, and a 1 year 5 months to lose a total of 38 pounds. In May of this year I started cutting back on portions and stopped eating after dinner; at the beginning of June I started low carb (no sugar, no starches, no grains, aiming for under 25 g net carbs per day) and I've lost 38 lbs so far. I don't care what anyone else says.. that's a huge weight loss, is keeping me motivated, and I love it. I'm never hungry, and my migraines and headaches have also stopped completely. I'm building muscle, and have gone down several clothing sizes -- lost about 5 inches from my hips, 9 from my waist, and 3 from my bust.
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Post by peasapie on Aug 27, 2015 0:33:47 GMT
Congratulations on everyone's accomplishments--keep up the good work! I decided when I started going to the dietician, I would only use their scale, and would know my weight loss on a monthly basis at my appointment. So I don't know how much I might have lost in the past week. I just plan to keep on keeping on, and we'll see the results. Here's my biggest struggle: I've battled with my weight my entire life. So I've done the calories/points with WW, I've done the premade meals with Jenny Craig, and I've counted carbs with Atkins. The dietician I'm seeing really wants me to count calories AND carbs--so tracking 2 things. I'm not really thrilled with this. I really hate counting calories especially, and it's quite challenging balancing both. I'm doing it, and I did lose 11 lbs. the first month, but this is a struggle. Does anybody else track/balance both calories and carbs? ***eta***One other thing--at my last appointment she also wanted me to increase and track my fiber intake. Ummmmm...okay, count calories, carbs and slowly track fiber. IMO it's a bit much, and I haven't even given much thought to fiber. Is this the norm? I'm almost afraid to find out what next month's topic is gonna be, lol. That seems like a lot of tracking. Don't weight watchers points include fiber and carbs?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 0:37:09 GMT
I'm building muscle, and have gone down several clothing sizes -- lost about 5 inches from my hips, 9 from my waist, and 3 from my bust. Yeah, my boobs got smaller, but as long as other parts also get smaller, I am happy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 1:06:47 GMT
Thanks for the suggestions on different apps. The dietician suggested LoseIt, which I've been using. Maybe I'm not using it to it's fullest potential, but as far as I can tell I have to put in calories, carbs, protein, etc. separately. Maybe there's a different way to use it, but I haven't figured it out yet.
I'll give one sample of a suggestion for increasing fiber she gave: She said I should limit carb intake to 10-15 grams per meal, and if I was still hungry to add one or 2 snacks a day, with the same 10-15 gram intake. So anywhere between 30-60 grams/day. My caloric intake is based on my weight and loss goal, so that changes as I lose weight.
One suggestion was having a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast. So, 1 cup=111 calories/22.2 carbs, and 1/2 c 2% milk=61 calories/11.42 carbs. So that breakfast while low in calories - 172, is high in carbs - 33.62. That carb amount is what she's suggesting I have for the day in carbs +/-. I could cut the meal in half with 1/2c Cheerios and 1/4c milk, but damn--no way would that even begin to make me somewhat satisfied.
I dunno.
Don't mean to bore anyone, but this is a completely different and more time consuming way for me to lose weight. I know losing weight is hard, and it takes work, I just didn't think I'd have to become a math whiz to do it, lol.
Thanks for letting me whine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 1:13:40 GMT
Thanks for the suggestions on different apps. The dietician suggested LoseIt, which I've been using. Maybe I'm not using it to it's fullest potential, but as far as I can tell I have to put in calories, carbs, protein, etc. separately. Maybe there's a different way to use it, but I haven't figured it out yet. I'll give one sample of a suggestion for increasing fiber she gave: She said I should limit carb intake to 10-15 grams per meal, and if I was still hungry to add one or 2 snacks a day, with the same 10-15 gram intake. So anywhere between 30-60 grams/day. My caloric intake is based on my weight and loss goal, so that changes as I lose weight. One suggestion was having a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast. So, 1 cup=111 calories/22.2 carbs, and 1/2 c 2% milk=61 calories/11.42 carbs. So that breakfast while low in calories - 172, is high in carbs - 33.62. That carb amount is what she's suggesting I have for the day in carbs +/-. I could cut the meal in half with 1/2c Cheerios and 1/4c milk, but damn--no way would that even begin to make me somewhat satisfied. I dunno. Don't mean to bore anyone, but this is a completely different and more time consuming way for me to lose weight. I know losing weight is hard, and it takes work, I just didn't think I'd have to become a math whiz to do it, lol. Thanks for letting me whine. The dietician recommended those carb limits AND suggested Cheerios and milk for breakfast? Did she break down or discuss the calories/carbs in that meal? That seems like conflicting info to be giving you. Your current recommendations are similar to what I needed to eat when I had gestational diabetes. I found it VERY difficult to eat such tiny, limited amount of carbs -- psychologically (I am not struggling with that now that I'm not eating any at all. Much easier this way!!). At first planning meals and snacks was difficult but in not too long I found combos that worked well, and learned to mix-and-match and make some substitutions so the carbs added up correctly.
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Post by ReneeH20 on Aug 27, 2015 17:33:02 GMT
Congratulations on everyone's accomplishments--keep up the good work! I decided when I started going to the dietician, I would only use their scale, and would know my weight loss on a monthly basis at my appointment. So I don't know how much I might have lost in the past week. I just plan to keep on keeping on, and we'll see the results. Here's my biggest struggle: I've battled with my weight my entire life. So I've done the calories/points with WW, I've done the premade meals with Jenny Craig, and I've counted carbs with Atkins. The dietician I'm seeing really wants me to count calories AND carbs--so tracking 2 things. I'm not really thrilled with this. I really hate counting calories especially, and it's quite challenging balancing both. I'm doing it, and I did lose 11 lbs. the first month, but this is a struggle. Does anybody else track/balance both calories and carbs? ***eta***One other thing--at my last appointment she also wanted me to increase and track my fiber intake. Ummmmm...okay, count calories, carbs and slowly track fiber. IMO it's a bit much, and I haven't even given much thought to fiber. Is this the norm? I'm almost afraid to find out what next month's topic is gonna be, lol. I track all of my food at Sparkpeople; I can set which nutrients I want to show up on my daily records, so it's easy to see everything at once without having to manually keep track of several nutrients. I do eat low carb. It has worked INCREDIBLY well for me. I gained a lot of weight after having babies about 10 years ago, and back then did everything "right" (moderal cals, balanced all nutrients, moderate exercise 5-6 days a week) and it took me 9 months to lose 28 lbs, and a 1 year 5 months to lose a total of 38 pounds. In May of this year I started cutting back on portions and stopped eating after dinner; at the beginning of June I started low carb (no sugar, no starches, no grains, aiming for under 25 g net carbs per day) and I've lost 38 lbs so far. I don't care what anyone else says.. that's a huge weight loss, is keeping me motivated, and I love it. I'm never hungry, and my migraines and headaches have also stopped completely. I'm building muscle, and have gone down several clothing sizes -- lost about 5 inches from my hips, 9 from my waist, and 3 from my bust. That is a huge loss, Ashley! Congrats! I totally get what you are saying. I was eating the recommended way and gained 110 pounds over the course of 10 years. I started low carb, low sugar, high fat diet the end of December and have lost 71 pounds. My calories have gone down automatically with my weight. I no longer have foggy brain, my headaches have gone away, and I sleep a lot better (no more snoring either). I was put on this diet by my doctor whose specialties are OB/GYN and Obesity Medicine. I was already regularly exercising (cardio) and have added in strength training since I started my diet. Devil Dog - I would have a hard time tracking all those things, too. I use MyFitnessPal and record everything I eat. It will tell you the carbs, fiber, etc. and add up the calories for you. I just mostly watch the carbs and sugar. Look for most of my carbs to come from veggies - no grains or fruit except berries. Watch the sugar in everything I eat. If it has more than 4g of sugar per serving, I don't eat it. What I have learned from my doctor is that some of us can't process large amounts of carbohydrates. Our bodies automatically convert most of it to fat. So eating the normally recommended diet doesn't work for some of us. It makes us gain rather than lose. It goes against everything we are taught, but it works for me. I am seeing a doctor who checks to make sure that I am healthy. My numbers are good. I also would not be satisfied eating that amount of cheerios for breakfast. The grains would have me craving carbs all day. I eat eggs and bacon or sausage almost every day. For me having fat in my diet keeps hunger at bay.
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Post by loco coco on Aug 27, 2015 17:46:07 GMT
You ladies are inspiring! Ashley, 38lbs is AMAZING. Ive lost 7 but it took me way longer than I want to admit. I have 40 more to go to get to my happy weight. I eat healthy but do snack and cheat on weekends, weekends are just SO HARD! I have got to get on the treadmill tonight and keep up my cardio
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