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44.6% woo-hoo!!! :) :) :) I am at a new low weight. Yesterday was a huge success for me. I'd been getting really over-anxious about this whole weight loss thing so I spent most of it calming down, re-grouping, introspecting. I'm dropping the diet cure. Its a bad idea to follow it exactly (though it has helped me in some important ways). It is too many calories, too much fat for me. And yesterday, after breakfast, I didn't count calories at all because I realized that my obsession to use calorie counts to make sure I wasn't eating too much or too little was interfering with whether I was actually eating too much or too little (as told by my stomach). I spent the day really focusing on my true needs, neither ignoring my hunger nor my lack thereof, and ended up eating less than I have since I've been on this website, without starving at night. Now, I'm not approaching the feats of my many 1200-calorie buddies, but that I'm in the 1500-1600 range without being hungry is a freakin' miracle. (Yes, I can hear some FS people saying, "I can't believe I ate 1500 calories! I have to cut down!" I see things like that on the home page a lot and feel envious. :) But my efforts to eat in the vicnity of 1200 always lead me to eat 2400. :/ So I am very happy that I found a good balance that works for me and am going to use yesterday as a template/example for myself. Of course its the weekend and its always harder during the workweek. But that will be a challenge for tomorrow. And I have it kinda easy because I work only PT and largely out of my home. Last night I had an important and symbolic dream confirming that I am on the right path. The scale is speaking nice things to me, too. I don't think I have lost this much in a day since I have been on here. I'm also happy because an FS buddy and I (as aspiring writers) have agreed to a writing challenge of 50,000 words in a month. So I can meticulously count words instead of calories, and it won't matter if there are too many! ;)
edited to note: ooh! :) I have a pretty new color on my weight history bars. I think it is the color of "halfway to my mini-goal." :)
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92.1 kg
Lost so far: 1.8 kg.
Still to go: 33.1 kg.
Diet followed: 100%.
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Losing 5.1 kg a Week
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Wow...you have truly inspired me this morning. Having put on 1 lb after a continued weight loss I was feeling badly. But, now I'm simply going to pull myself together and calm down. All, because of your sharing!!!
Thank you for sharing this with us this morning!!
03 Feb 08 by member: marciisme
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omg, wow, I am so happy I could inspire you that way! :)
03 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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You are really seeing a downward trend and that is great! I am so happy for you. I know you'll work this out.
03 Feb 08 by member: sararay
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03 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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03 Feb 08 by member: biblioholic03
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thanks, biblioholic! I am doing my best :)
04 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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Very nice!! Keep up the positive spin on turning out the negatives!! LOVE IT! =D
04 Feb 08 by member: bullytrouble
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04 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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You are definately doing the right thing by upping your calorie intake. 1200 calories is a bare minimum that Drs say not to go below but depending on your height and weight and activity level 1200 calories may have been way to less for you. Here is a chart for measuring what each individual needs and if you lower what you get by 500-1000 then you are on the right track. Hope this helps. 1500 is what I am suppose to eat to create a 1000 calorie deficit.
Men: BMR = 66 + (13.7 X wt in kg) + (5 X ht in cm) - (6.8 X age in years)
Women: BMR = 655 + (9.6 X wt in kg) + (1.8 X ht in cm) - (4.7 X age in years)
Note: 1 inch = 2.54 cm.
1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs.
Example:
You are female
You are 30 yrs old
You are 5' 6 " tall (167.6 cm)
You weigh 120 lbs. (54.5 kilos)
Your BMR = 655 + 523 + 302 - 141 = 1339 calories/day
Now that you know your BMR, you can calculate TDEE by multiplying your BMR by your activity multiplier from the chart below:
Activity Multiplier
Sedentary = BMR X 1.2 (little or no exercise, desk job)
Lightly active = BMR X 1.375 (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)
Mod. active = BMR X 1.55 (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)
Very active = BMR X 1.725 (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)
Extr. active = BMR X 1.9 (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.)
Example:
Your BMR is 1339 calories per day
Your activity level is moderately active (work out 3-4 times per week)
Your activity factor is 1.55
Your TDEE = 1.55 X 1339 = 2075 calories/day
04 Feb 08 by member: dana3lynn
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Hey Dana, I guess I should say that I never exactly tried to reach 1200. I know that 1200 is always considered the bare minimum but even though I know better, I have a very destructive habit of looking at what other people are eating and panicking irrationally and thinking that I should be eating as little as they are, even if they never exercise and weigh 98 lbs. I think that many of the people I have misguidedly tried to emulate are eating about 1200 calories. But as I said, I always get starving after that and then I rebel and eat tons. A happy medium would be good. :) Anyway, I agree with you and I appreciate your comments and your formulas. I'm going to use them. thanks! :)
04 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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04 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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dana, what does tdee stand for??
04 Feb 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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