Calories

[Frenchmaid1969]

Hi everyone!
Yes i back again.... but no change... its like too rooth...i am trying again and again to get moving and starting again to loose weigh it seem to be a never end stougle all the time... its crazy because i really have everything at home to be able to loose the weight i need too but i think its LAZYNESS AND NO WEELPOWER AT ALL anyway

I read in a site that i should eat 1 800 calories just to maintain just what i weight now and then to be able to loose 1 lbs a week i got to reduce to 500 calories a week and 2 lbs its 1 000 is this good???

Like today so far i eat
One cup of Fiber one cereal + 1/2 milk !%
2 apple
(that was during the morning)
i went for a walk for lunch 60 min walk now i am back have not eat yet but i have some vegetable soup its like 110 cal per cup and i got 2 cups of it....

I feel so dum i never know where to start and what to do....

[Frenchmaid1969]

If you are lazy and have no will power, then have you considered being happy the way you are? Why beat yourself over something you won't change? Or you could actually work on what is causing laziness and try to work on your willpower.

Why don't you try this. For 30 days, write down every event where your willpower is tested, regardless of the outcome. Do the same for things that don't get accomplished because of laziness. Each day go back and think about these things and how you could improve, even by a little bit. Each week strive for a 1% increase in effectiveness. Do this for a year, and you will be 52% more effective than when you start. I don't think it would take a year, likely a month would do it.

I can't be happy the way i am... i can see that this is not healthy i am 5.3 and weight 174 the weight is all over so i don't look that big but i do on the scale! But clothing are tighter and i don't feel good so it go to change!!!

I have already start walking i walk last week all week at lunch for 60 min, coffe break 20 min am and pm. Also this week! I am just now sure how much calorie i need to eat and how much exercice i need to do to start body to burn fat!!!

I don't get much sleep too so maybe its party been lazy because i am too tired! I got to pick son all the time from work he goes to school from 8 am to 4 and then work from 4 to 11 pm and i get up at 5:45 in the morning i don't think its enough sleep but i will try to improve on that when he get his licence!

[Frenchmaid1969]

You don't want to eat any less than 1,200 calories or your body will enter starvation mode (where it will think it's starving and will hold onto every calorie and bit of fat it can get so it can survive). There's a point where eating less calories does NOT lead to more weight loss, as you might be inclined to think, and 1,200 for a woman is generally considered to be that level.

I'd recommend sticking around 1,800 if you are exercising. You might be able to get away with 1,500, but that's still on the very low end. You might lose weight for a time, but you'll also lose energy (and won't be able to workout as hard). Then when you plateau, you won't have anywhere to go with your calories...you can't keep dropping them forever.

Really 1, 500 caloris low...wow... I was talking to daughter well she is 23 but she goes god 1 800 is way to much for you so this is why i decide to come and ask here because she goes but after all i am not your age and i go to the gym for 2 hrs a day and i weight 110 lbs..so you better ask someone else.

So do you write everything down like if you have a cup of grapes and stuff like that in order to find exactly how many calorie you eat...

oupps sorry i will check the post later i got to go its 4:00 here going home... ttys

[Boss Man]

1,800 calories a day, is what the average sedentary female needs. It's 200 a day less than the average sedentary man needs.

In your case, you could go about 300 higher than that, especially when exercising, so you have a surplus to burn and 2,100 a day or females is DEFINITELY not excessive.

Just make sure that things like Trans Fats, Hydrogenates and Saturates are not exceed or if they are not to a high and regular degree.

Saturates based on the average sedentary intake, should be 20g a day, from a total Fat intake of 70g a day. Logically this would infer that females will be okay, if they don't consume more than 18g Saturates, from an 1,800 calorie a day diet.

I personally would not say however, if you're going to eat around 2,100 calories, you can increase the upper limit to 21g of Saturates. Yes it wouldn't be a hideous quantity to consume, but treat the upper limit as still being 18g per day, if you do eat 2 or 300 more calories above the 1,800 total.

Hopefully that all makes sense .

[Frenchmaid1969]

Sorry i not sure if i understand this quite well !!! In your opinion i could eat 2 100 a day and loose weight ....So if i go on this site and log all food this will tell me how much calorie eat during the day right ... how do you know how much exercice to do in order to burn that 2 100 calorie you just eat...or maybe i don't need to burn those 2 100 calories because they are the one body need to fonction during the day?

I find it very hard to have to mesure everything do i really have to do this?

I was talking to daughter and she goes omg that way too much calories for you 1800 a day you sat on your butt all day long...lol but she is 24, and 110 lbs and she said she goes to the gym for 2 hours a day... she told me that she does not want to get big like me... well i just got like this really since i had son well almost 18 years ago now... so i guess i could of change this a long time ago no excuse right!!! The last time i weight 130 when like 7 years ago and really it was because i had gallbladder problem and i could not eat junk, greasy food, not much food... so i went from 178 to 130 in 6 month i think but i really would like to get back to that... I just got a hard time to get starting i guess you should know this by now.. i alway come back with the same situation and did not loose nothing... i get mad at myself! its actually embarrissing but i guess i still have to come back in order to one day achive what i want and be happier!!

[Frenchmaid1969]

You're already started - you come on and ask questions, that's a start! You say you keep coming back to the same situation and not losing...so...maybe its time to change what you are doing? You have got to get your metabolism ramped up, thats all there is too it.

Get your calories up as has been stated. Have a look at your calories and try to get an idea of what your eating. Make sure you get enought protein and healthy fats and lay off on the bread, pasta and sugar. Write down what you are eating and try to figure out how many calories you are taking in. When I started thats what I did and then people made comments and suggestions which I incorporated into diet.

Another thing - stop looking at past attempts other than for the learning aspect of them. Sometimes failed attempts are needed to actually have success so don't look at those attempts as failures - view them as educational opportunites

Thank you brentyboy!

I was not 100% sure if i have to upper calories to 2, 100 like i scread to gain more weight. I have find a site fitday and i can log food there i guess i could do it here too maybe people could see! I just have to mesure everything i eat like 1 cup of grapes, or spaghgetti sauce ect... take a lots of time but got to be done i guess...

I just not sure when you say to get metabolism ramped up this is to burn the 2 100 calories i took during the day so how much exercice i got to do.... should i bike (stationnary for 30 min) i walk during the day but i am sure that not enough!

I never did weight lifting so i am not sure where to start and what to do or how many should i do ....
I try to skip rope ... lol god i lasted like 3 min... its not like when i was young anymore...

What i have a hard time to understand it ... how can i eat so much 2 100 calories and be able to loose weigh with that i will never exercice enough to be able to burn all this off!

I hope i don't ask too many questions if i do sorry ...

[Boss Man]

Sorry i not sure if i understand this quite well !!! In your opinion i could eat 2 100 a day and loose weight ....So if i go on this site and log all food this will tell me how much calorie eat during the day right ... how do you know how much exercice to do in order to burn that 2 100 calorie you just eat...or maybe i don't need to burn those 2 100 calories because they are the one body need to fonction during the day?

I find it very hard to have to mesure everything do i really have to do this?

It's not absolutely vital to do it, but logging food choices will be good for monitoring and I think the figure of 2,100 calories a day is viable and whilst not necessarily a one size fits all amount, it's good enough I feel, ot help you get the results needed, so you don't poentially get mild nutritional deficiencies, from having around 1,200-1,400 a day.

Fitfay is notoriously innaccurate sometimes. I think they calculated the carb ratio at 0.75 calories less than it should be. Fittracker resources should potentially help you better .

[Frenchmaid1969]

Ask questions, how else will you learn?

Walking is good, I walk lots but the base of exercise program is lifting weights. This is what will increase your metabolism, not stationary bike. Those things suck and are boring. No wonder people quit working out. If you lift weights, you can increase your metabolism and change your body composition. Go read some of the profiles on bodybuilding .com. There are 100's of stories of people who completely changed their body composition ie lost fat gained muscle but their weight didn't really change that much.

Search body is a barbell by alwyn cosgrove and start with that, very little equipment required. Or check out zuzana bodyrock.tv

Ok thanks brentyboy i will check those site this weekend. Really you loose more weight doing the weightlifting... wow... well i try the dumbell they are 1.5 kg... god how depressing i could not do very much.... i guess you go to take it slow with this...

[Frenchmaid1969]

Oooh I love bodyrock! I'm a big fan of at home bodyweight right now because I'm on the outs with gym (:

I'd also like to tell you that in clinical practice, as a dietitian, I very very rarely prescribe fewer than 1300 calories/day. It's depressing and difficult, you are unable to enjoy food, and people rarely stick with it anyway. You get hungry and cranky (: At least, I do. With a higher calorie count you'll have more energy to do the things you enjoy (like walking) and the things you'll come to enjoy in short time (weightlifting!).

Ok....i guess like today i only eat 950 calorie i think when i log it... i use fitday but i will start to use the one here.

[Frenchmaid1969]

Sorry i not sure if i understand this quite well !!! In your opinion i could eat 2 100 a day and loose weight ....So if i go on this site and log all food this will tell me how much calorie eat during the day right ... how do you know how much exercice to do in order to burn that 2 100 calorie you just eat...or maybe i don't need to burn those 2 100 calories because they are the one body need to fonction during the day?

I find it very hard to have to mesure everything do i really have to do this?

It's not absolutely vital to do it, but logging food choices will be good for monitoring and I think the figure of 2,100 calories a day is viable and whilst not necessarily a one size fits all amount, it's good enough I feel, ot help you get the results needed, so you don't poentially get mild nutritional deficiencies, from having around 1,200-1,400 a day.

Fitfay is notoriously innaccurate sometimes. I think they calculated the carb ratio at 0.75 calories less than it should be. Fittracker resources should potentially help you better .

Ok i will try this 2, 100 but like today i eat a few stuff like
breakfast: bowl cereal with half cup milk
lunch: egg sandwish with 8 green olives
supper: spaghetti (1cup) sauce (half cup) and hald cup cottage cheese (i think all togerther it came out to like 957 not been exact calorie...( so i guess i have to add more stuff because i got a way to go in order to get to the 2,100

This what i dont understand i dont much and i am fat? maybe its the lack of exercice or not eating enought????

[Fygle]

Excercise and eat more indeed, keep it clean and healthy. Your body will actually store fat if it doesn't get enough calories. Eat more (5~ meals a day) to fuel weightlifting and cardio, which will in turn increase your metabolism, and give your body the OK to start burning fat. Win, win, win.

[Frenchmaid1969]

Excercise and eat more indeed, keep it clean and healthy. Your body will actually store fat if it doesn't get enough calories. Eat more (5~ meals a day) to fuel weightlifting and cardio, which will in turn increase your metabolism, and give your body the OK to start burning fat. Win, win, win.

Hi!
I guess walking just 46 - 60 min a day is not much exercice and the 957 something calories i eat yesterday is way too low either....

5 meals a day? Wow... sometime i don't get even too... i start wroking and i forget about eathing not good because then i eat like breakfast at 11 am and then i am not hungry for lunch and i eat lunch at 2 or 3 and not hungry for supper and then late at night i am hungry and i end up eating junk.

So maybe 5 meal of 400 cal each ... that a lots no?????

[Fygle]

Time to get structured, then Avoid junk. And no, I wouldn't call walking a very efficient workout. If you're not in top shape, you can start out by jogging, then walk til you catch your breath again, rinse and repeat. Eventually you will be able to go for longer distances without walking. It's important to start out slow so you don't injure yourself. You need to adjust your body to a new level of activity. Biking/spinning is also a good way to start out if your joints can't handle high impact cardio like jogging yet. Invest in GOOD running shoes.

[Frenchmaid1969]

Time to get structured, then Avoid junk. And no, I wouldn't call walking a very efficient workout. If you're not in top shape, you can start out by jogging, then walk til you catch your breath again, rinse and repeat. Eventually you will be able to go for longer distances without walking. It's important to start out slow so you don't injure yourself. You need to adjust your body to a new level of activity. Biking/spinning is also a good way to start out if your joints can't handle high impact cardio like jogging yet. Invest in GOOD running shoes.

I think maybe i would have to do the Biking/spinning because i have plantar fasciitis in one of foot i have no clue how i got this all i know is its getting worst over the years and extremely painfull so i not sure if i could jogging, walking is painfull.....

So who do you do this Biking/spinning i can do this on the stationnary bike... so 15 min reg biking and the going fast until i can catch breath?

To tell you the trueth Fygle... i have a very hard time to stop the junk food.. i don't really like chips and salty stuff.. its the sweet and i don't know why but sometime i get very strong craving for sweet also i find it very hard when partner is eating pizza or mc donald and i eat something else but the last 2 weeks i have try harder last time he had pizza or mcdo i eat some salad with some pasta and fruits... but i am telling you its not eazy!

[Fygle]

Well, you know what you have to do to get results. Now you must decide what you want more, sweets or a better lifestyle. Cravings will go away if you can avoid the junk for a while. Not having any of it in your house is what you should aim for. It will become a habbit and you'll think nothing of it. As for stationary bike, you can start out by doing some steady state 30-40 (or longer) mins for a while, then move on to doing tougher, shorter interval sessions when your shape is better.