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18 April 2010
Weigh-in:
214.0 lb
lost so far:
3.0 lb
still to go:
84.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 3.5 lb a week
14 April 2010
I'm a little bit confused about the calorie thing.
So, you're body is constantly burning calories no matter what you're doing, right? Even when you sleep you burn calories. So throughout my day, according to fatsecret, I've burned roughly 3575 calories today, my recommended caloric intake is 2100. So to lose 1 lb per week, I should have a deficit of 500 calories which is calories burned minus calories consumed that should leave me with a deficit. If I have a deficit of 3500 calories at the end of the week, I should have lost 1 lb. If I had a calorie deficit of 7000 calories, I should lose 2 lbs. Anything less than that is not medically advisable.
But what confuses me is how the heck you can eat that much and still lose weight. I've been eating all day just to reach this damned 2100 because normally, I'd probably eat about half of that. I mean, I went out and bought all this healthy low-calorie food so that I could watch what I'm eating and now I'm eating twice as much and I don't think I can lose weight this way. 2100 calories seems like a lot doesn't it?
If I eat any more I'm going to barf. I've eaten 1700 calories today, that's 4 meals and 4 snacks and that STILL leaves me at a deficit of 1865. Normal people don't eat that much do they? Or did I do something wrong with the exercise journal? I'm so confused. I originally thought that it was supposed to be your recommended daily intake minus 1000 calories. 1100 sounds a lot more do-able for me. Did I have it right the first time? Should I eat higher calorie meals?
Sorry if it's annoying to hear someone complain that they are too full. I just want to make sure I'm doing this the right way. Someone please help!
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12 April 2010
I've been going to the gym every day for about a week now. I realized that I have more energy and I'm less depressed when I work out so I plan to do cardio at least every day, strength training every other day.
Today I was at the dollar store and Target. I bought a couple of mini composition books to log my calories and my exercise. I also got a couple of sports bras, a water bottle and some low-calories snacks; special K bars, string cheese, fiddle faddle and these awesome ginger snaps that are only 120 calories for 4 decent sized cookies. And, because the water around here tastes icky, some of those single crystal light packets for the water.
So if anyone reads this who is looking to lose weight, there are a couple of other websites you might consider checking out: dailymile.com helps you log the distances you've walked, ran cycled, swam...etc. Sparkpeople.com is brilliant, I could tell you all about it, but I'd be selling it short. Just visit it yourself. :)
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12 April 2010
Weigh-in:
217.0 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
87.0 lb
Diet followed N/A
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