missybrubaker's Journal, 21 March 2018

Sorry missybrubaker. Didn't mean to start a war. 😑 

Try a 24 hour fast once a week, if you haven’t tried fasting already. I guarantee you will lose 5-10 lbs and keep it off. 

With Vitamin supplements* (forgot to add that) 

Enough already deadpool geeze 

stuck? ...then change something... 

OMG I'm flipping out. Please let us help you. I looked at your food for the last 2 days and you're sabotaging your diet (even at 1200 cals) with very little protein and way too much carbs AND fat. You just can't do high fat/high carb no matter what. Just pick one or the other and up your protein -way up. First thing is stop eating bananas and bread. If I am wrong, someone please call me on it and I will gladly admit error and apologize. I hope we can help you, we've all been struggling and are glad to help each other (and I'll butt out too if you wish). Best wishes. 

Jipper I agree I just sent Missy a message about the carbs, We'll get those pounds flying off her Sis!  

Deadpool, I think 1200 is fine depending on what she eats. For example, I might have 4/5 oz chicken breast OR 2-3 eggs for breakfast, then salmon and/or shrimp (poached/steamed) and broccoli and raw apples for lunch, and then steak and strawberries and halo mandarin orange and green beans or pork and beans for dinner and add a kind bar. All that I can do for under 1200 cals and it's battle hard fuel as far as I can manage. Salad with veggies fruit and meat is great too, just use red wine vinegar or lime juice for your dressing. Dieting and eating easy to fix yummy food is very possible. And mix it up. Fruit/Greek yogurt/protein powder/milk smoothies are great for a meal too. Kale smoothies are NOT for me. LOL I just have to like my food. 

She can eat whatever she wants to, that’s not a problem. I wasn’t saying it wasn’t possible that she can’t continue to have 1200 calories every day, anyone can do that, and if her foods are. But there will be a point where it’ll become more difficult to remain in a 1200 calorie deficit over time, as well as yourself. There’s only so much body fat someone can lose relative to their weight that makes it a sustainable, safe and healthy way to lose fat per week, especially in the long run. But if muscle loss isn’t something someone cares about, and eventually, 1200 calories a day (If you’re not eating more than that without tracking it by knowing or unknowing) then eventually it’ll just lead to issues down the road as the body begins to start fighting back more and more once you get down to your ideal goal weight. Now can a larger deficit cause weight loss to happen faster? Every time! So in the case of your foods, if you’re not inaccurately tracking food, and not sneaking extra bites or eating over the amounts you log every day, and legitimately eating 1200 calories per day, then for you, of course you’re going to be loosing weight more rapidly, you may even have The willpower to continue it for a long time, but eventually it’ll catch up, physically and mentally, and sustaining 1200 daily will become problematic at that point. Just by the difference in your weight loss diary vs Missy’s, she most likely is eating food she isn’t tracking, or else her weight loss diary would look like yours, consistently losing. So, yes, you can certainly eat as low calorie as you want, all I’m saying is there’s a difference between going low enough to be healthy and sustainable vs too low & be problematic. But to each is own.  

But also Jipper500 it makes difference between if you’re eating 1200 calories of nutrient dense, fiber rich, whole food sources, balanced, optimally nutritious diet & more filling foods & getting adequate hydration. Vs 1200 calories of non-filling/satisfying foods, non-nutritious, hunger inducing foods... which are 2 VERY big differences in terms of composition of calories when comparing amounts. 

That was my point, eat strategically; make every calorie count. I'm less than 40 lbs from goal wt. I won't be eating low cal forever. For me, maint will be around 1400. I can be very comfortable with that. I'll adapt whatever it takes to be battle hard healthy.  

Yes of course. As well as age and activity level, for example for your age and your weight/height, if you’re basically sedentary, then on average your maintenance calories would be around 1650 (on average). Which a deficit for you at healthy levels will be 1243 calories (on average), which is approximately the range you’re consuming anyways. Which is completely fine. But for women who are more physically active, younger,but with the same height/weight as yourself, they’ll have higher ranges. But as long as you’re healthy and happy, continue progressing. 👍🏻 

Everyone is different you can't throw everyone in the same calorie bracket. I don't, eat the recommendation amount it makes me too full. I eat under 800 and lift weights and have tons of ener6 

Can someone explain a 'medium slice of meatloaf' and tell me how accurate the MACRO's are relative to someone weighing their food? The OP's log is inaccurate. Is this difficult to understand? I read entries for someone who claimed 1,000 calories for a day and they were off by 300 calories. If folks would review their own entries from time to time they'd start to learn the importance of accuracy. OP needs to review their own entries.  

Thank-you all for all the comments!!! I thought about what I'm eating now compared to what I was eating months ago when I first started..Months ago I was losing gradually..I was eating more THEN than NOW...I think that Deadpool12345 is right! So this morning I didnt have Kefire instead I had multiugrain flat bread wrap with lettuse & 2 poached eggs..Im going to eat more protein like I use to...so I'll ck back in a wk from now & see if I do better!!!! Thank-you all for the advice and the encouragement! I read all of them! thank-you!!!!!  

Fasting for the day to shock my system. Then back to the calorie count. Seems like that is affective for me.