Bandrai's Journal, 31 July 2018

Just determined .. if not a little disappointed with the amount of progress. It is going round in circles a bit. I have had a couple of forum members tell me I should jack back up to maintenance around 1700 cal .. so I may do that at the weekend, when I'm more active. Its definitely the worse stall I've ever had lol  

Thanks btw. i'm a fighter but its great to have the support of people on here too..it helps a lot:) 

1.4 is a decent drop :). My body seems to like the 137-142 range as I’ve stayed there for awhile now! Perhaps it’s just a thing for that weight. I am going back to maintaining at 1500-1700 and then I’ll drop again. I’d like to build a bit of muscle first. Want that metabolism a bit higher for the BMR than it is right now. If you go that route go slow. Everything I read online states that if you go fast then you’ll have some fat gain. You’ll get there, just be patient- said by the most impatient person I know lol (ME). 

I raised mine 200 calories and dropped. It is a good idea to wait until you know you can be active. though it is not necessary. Idea is to trick your body into thinking the survival mode can back off 

and nice drop 

peeperjj ...If this wasn't lie the fifth time since March I was at this number ... I really would not complain. I am in a similar holding pattern, I'm going over an back between 140 and 145ish since for blooody ever lol - mostly around 142lb. Its not even fair as I haven't really cheated at all, been really well mannered :( Man 3.5 months .. I think like I have been PATIENT lol. Yeah I think I'm going to try 1600-1800cals for a couple of days.. and tonnes of water! Here is bloody hoping. Let me know how you do on your maintenance trick too! 

Thanks baskington interesting you gloated up and got some reward. I am thinking I'm just a little under nourished.. and maybe slightly fatigued. If I go back up you may well be right I might kick it off again! Fingers crossed. And thanks you guys for all your help n advice! 

Nice drop Bandrai...hope you find a key to move you off your plateau. 

Bandrai yeah I’d be frustrated too! I get frustrated when it’s just 2-6 weeks. I think you’ll find that if you go up slowly it will help and you won’t put on excess fat. I went from 1200 to now 1500-1700 and my measurements are still the same so I know I didn’t put on fat. I recommend measuring thighs, biceps, hips and waist before increasing calories so that you can measure each week to see if there’s a change. To make it easier, if you gain evenly on both sides like most people, you could just measure the right side. Good luck!  

You might reconsider your exercise routine. Do you do any muscle toning/ building activity like swimming, water aerobics etc, or even just hand weightts in front of the TV. You don’t have to bulk up or do do extreme cardio (that’s counter productive in the beginning). Also are you weighing your food? I really suggest a Digital scale. Trying to measure walnuts in a measuring cup is highly inaccurate. And speaking of Inaccurate, many many food values on FS are so not accurate. And for the omelette question, mine is 1-2 eggs with small amount peppers and onions and Nopales small diced, 10 grams of cheese, and homemade chicken or turkey sausage. I make the sausage fixings, freeze portioned in ice cube trays and defrost and fry when I want an omelette 

Kenna, I’ve noticed a lot of the foods on here are odd too. I scan barcoades and check against the labels. If no barcode then I check online like on the usda page for meat. I like to have two sources of information showing the same info before I’m comfortable with the accuracy. Last month I was off 333 calories total. Not bad when some foods aren’t accurate. Or maybe for me 3500 isn’t a pound ;).  

Peeper— do a Google of “where does that 3500 cal come from when you loose weight.”. What many people don’t understand I’d that when you burn those calories, your body can’t take it from your thighs, your hips, your but by choice. It takes it from your body as a whole. The brain consists of about 90% water and is made up of just about 60% fat. Your brain is fueled by carbohydrates— to be more specific, sugar (dextrose). So when you deprive it of sugar it ceases to function normally until the body reorganizes and starts burning fat— part of that Keto flu I guess.. so you not only loose from hips, waist, and thighs, but also from your brain. 

I know first hand that it comes from all over. 😉 My abdomen used to be harder to get off. Thighs seem to be slower than anywhere else. My arms are slimming down the fastest. I hadn’t realized the brain runs on sugar. I had read carbs but I didn’t link that with sugar I guess.