Hello!! How are you? I spent some time over the last 2 weeks really thinking about my New Year’s Resolutions and Goals for 2020. Some of them are things I’ve been working on for a long time and want to continue to improve on… some of them are new goals that are really important to […]
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So as the title says I’m constantly around 80-81 kg when I weigh myself throughout the day. Weighing doesn’t mean anything unless it’s a huge different but it’s been like that for a few months so I think it’s correct.
I’ve been watching what I eat - eating more fat and less carbs. So it makes sense that I’ve lost weight.
Here is what concerns me. I work in an office and wear casual skirts to work. They all don’t fit me very well but I’m kinda thinking that perhaps they didn’t fit very well to being with. That they got bigger in the wash. I should have taken measurements but I didn’t.
What also confuses me is my leather skirt doesn’t fit any better, so I’m not sure if the 4kg of weight loss is just water.
Am I making sense?
No one has noticed my weight loss.
*oh yes I’ve started to not binge eat at night. Lol.
I’m a 26F and 324 pounds (ughhhh) with a pretty sedentary life style (aside from work I’m usually just sitting around at home). I’ve been counting calories for a couple weeks now, but seem to be maintaining my weight instead of losing? MFP says I need to eat 1790 a day to lose 2 pounds a week but I’ve been staying under that, around 1400 calories a day. I haven’t even shed any water weight over the past two weeks! Which I find odd because past weight loss endeavors I’ve taken part in, I’ve lost at least 7 pounds in water weight the first week, and that was with a higher calorie intake than 1500. Is it possible I’m eating too little and my body is hanging onto my fat?
Or any other heart rate tracker.
I am very short and not so overweight at this point that my sedentary TDEE getting pretty low. I am also breastfeeding a toddler, which further complicates my hunger levels and calories burned. For months, I have been angry at my sedentary TDEE, which is ~1,500 calories. I keep thinking to myself, "How am I supposed to cut 500 off THAT? so I cut 250 and I can't last more than a morning trying to spread out those calories, so I will just eat based on hunger and I will be fat forever."
Over Christmas (3 weeks of vacation), I was eating around 2,000 a day and maintaining. That shouldn't be right... my tdee is 1,500, how am i maintaining at an amount i should be gaining 1 lb a week at? Even with the minimal amounts my toddler is breastfeeding, this doesn't sound right.
Spoiler: it wasn't.
As I was going through my fitbit app the other night, I realized i hit and exceeded my "calories burned" goal every day, sometimes just scraping past 1,800, other days hitting 2,400 or higher. I had this sudden realization that my lifestyle is not "sedentary" at all. I have a toddler, a job, two dogs, I love to exercise... plus breastfeeding (which again is minimal but impacts my hunger more than anything). When I am eating 1,500 calories AND breastfeeding, my deficit is closer to 750. WHAT THE WHAT?!?!?!
Knowing that my TDEE is much higher than I expected has significantly changed my mindset and how I view my calories. Before, I thought eating 1,500 was a personal failure and I could not, for the life of me, figure out why my "maintenance" calories were so difficult to stick to. Had I been persistent, I would have seen a loss, but instead I regularly ate over my allowance in a "woe is me, i'll never lose weight" kind of way.
Anyways, I am back to losing weight with over two lost in two weeks, proving accurate that I do have at least a 500+ deficit.
Just thought I would share with you, if nothing else, it's helping how I view my calories, which is a huge part of weight loss!
tl;dr: thought I was a lazy bum but I'm not.
Hello, beautiful people of r/ lose it I have been a long time lurker but now first time poster on this Reddit. When I started my weight loss, I made a healthy snack option for every craving I often had, and this has made my life so much easier. I definitely have some things and snacks that I never used to eat but now can live without and I want to know yours because we are all here for a good time.
My top four,
- cold brew with a protein shake instead of creamer (not less calorie dense per se but the macros are nice - students cant be buying that much meat sometimes)
- yoghurt cups for dessert - I really like the key lime with one or two mini ginger snaps crushed in it my weird version of key lime pie
- halloumi cheese- its 100 calories for a small amount of fried cheese but it completely kills my chip/ salt cravings
- lightly watered down hummus - it has more of a creamy ranch texture and adds no calories with more volume
you don't need to read this but a bit about me, I guess. I started in august and lost 20 pounds gained 8 but back on my bs and almost back at my start in a few weeks. 5'10 F 200 pd start - 184pd now GW 160ish. Doing CICO (1500-1800) and mixed strength and cardio five days a week.
I typically have the strongest urge on my way home from work to eat crap in order to "decompress" my anxiety.
I've tried things like HITT, weight lifting, taking a walk, drinking water, playing videogames, marijuana, meditation, eating something healthy instead, but nothing takes the "edge off" like 1000 calories of junk. If I delay it with one of the above methods, I just feel like I'm pushing it out and my mind still desperately wants it - willpower always breaks eventually. I might make it a day, but never long term.
Ugh.. Writing this out makes me feel like an addict. I don't even want a magic weight loss pill- I want a pill that makes me treat food as fuel.
I've been thinking about going to therapy again and asking to try an antidepressant, but I'm nervous. Will it cause me to just gain more? Will I become dependent and unable to get off of it? Will it change who I am? Will it have long term side effects?
Thanks for reading this far.
Americans are eating healthy: Just ask them! According to Live Science, a Consumer Reports survey reveals that 90 percent of Americans think their diet is healthy. However, more than 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So, what gives? For one thing, certain foods can appear healthier than they are. It has become extremely common for products to be marketed as “natural” or “superfood” with little or no regulation. These are marketing terms and they work. In the United Kingdom, more than 60 percent of consumers say they’ve bought a “superfood” because it was marketed that way, says TheGaurdian.com.
Still, many more Americans are eating foods like kale, almonds and quinoa. And you know they’re munching on avocados! So, why are we not losing weight if our diets are “healthy”?
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For starters, the definition is always changing. In 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started redefining how it regulated the word “healthy” on food packaging. According to FoodDive.com, the change started after one company fought back when the FDA said its “healthy” bars had too much fat in them. The fat came from nuts in the bar, not from oils or other sources of fat, the company argued. And the FDA ultimately agreed.
The response helps explain what “healthy” food means for most Americans today: “Real” food that’s rich in nutrients that help fight off disease. These include foods like almonds, which help to fend off belly fat, says the Journal of Nutrition. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, other nuts, such as Cashews, are loaded with the types of monounsaturated fat that fueled the “healthy” debate about the bars mentioned earlier. The popular avocado provides potassium, which your body needs for heart function, explains Harvard Health. These nutritious ingredients have become increasingly popular as more people try eating healthy.
Just because a food is rich in nutrients, doesn’t mean you can eat it with abandon if your goal is to shed pounds. Even a calorie from a “good,” “healthy” food is a calorie that your body has to burn or store. A half-cup of avocado might be rich in polyunsaturated fats that your body needs. However, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), it also has 192 calories—a fairly large percentage of many people’s daily diets. And if you snack mindless on almonds, the calories can add up even faster. A cup of those nuts is 828 calories, says the USDA. Adding an extra 800 calories to your diet can be the difference between moving towards your weight loss goal and packing on the pounds—even if it’s 800 calories of “healthy” food.
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With so much portion size confusion, successful weight loss plans like Nutrisystem become even more important for healthy eating. Our plans focus on what healthy foods are and how much you need to eat to lose weight. Nutrisystem diet meals and snacks are loaded with fiber, which aids in digestion and weight loss while helping you feel fuller for longer, says Healthline. They’re also packed with protein, which helps to build and maintain muscle and increase feelings of fullness. All of these foods are doled out in portions that provide the nutrients your body needs while keeping an eye on the calories your weight loss goals require.
If you’re not eating pre-portioned foods, portion control may be a little more difficult. One study, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that Americans guess serving sizes correctly only about half of the time. Study participants estimated snack, cereal, fruit and vegetable serving sizes to be bigger than they actually are. Bread and cold cut serving sizes were estimated to be smaller than they are.
The Nutrisystem Grocery Guide tells you exactly how much of a “healthy” food you can eat—like almonds, avocados, cashews and more. With easy-to-follow PowerFuel and SmartCarb guidelines, you can budget these foods into your daily diet and eat proper portions even after you’ve reached your goal weight.
The Grocery Guide also has your list of maybe the “healthiest” foods of all—non-starchy vegetables. In a study of more than 130,000 people, published in The Lancet, scientists found that eating three or four servings of vegetables per day resulted in the lowest rates of premature death. On the Nutrisystem program, non-starchy veggies are “unlimited” due to their low-calorie count. This means they aren’t just “healthy”—they’re healthy in larger portions that you can enjoy as much as you’d like. So, you can eat healthy, stay satisfied AND lose weight!
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