A ? regarding calories burned

Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to fitday.com
I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living - and more on days
that I excercise. My calorie intake is waaaay below this. But my weightloss
has slowed right down. I havent changed anything in my diet, and since
Christmas I have been sticking really closely to my plan, but Im not having
near the success I had before Christmas. Im not excercising as regularly as
I was (now only 2-3 times per week instead of every day), but according to
fitday that has had little impact on my ingoing vs outgoing calories per
day.
My pride will hate me for saying this, but Im starting to get a little
discouraged. Im painfully close to reaching my 10kg mini goal, and I have
been for 2 weeks, but those damn scales just wont budge! Prior to that I was
at a slightly higher weight for over 2 weeks. I understand that weightloss
is not a steady decline, but Im finding it hard to stay motivated to
excercise and be positive at the moment.
I should add that Im not on Atkins or any of the more popular diets - Im
working in conjunction with a dietitian who has (dramatically) reduced my
carb intake and set up a fairly flexible eating plan for me. Seeing the
success everyone around this place has been having Im beginning to think I
should consider moving to a more rigid plan.
Thanks for listening, and have a great day!
--
Caity H
kgs: 114.7/105/70
lbs: 252.8/231/154.3
height: 5'8", 173cms
Began 16th October 2003

CaityH wrote:

Hi everyone,
success everyone around this place has been having Im beginning to think I
should consider moving to a more rigid plan.
Thanks for listening, and have a great day!

Please post a sample daily menu.


--
Jim Marnott
231/194/194 (Hit goal on 22 Nov '03 -- exactly 6 months later)
Atkins since 22 May '03
Gym since 1 sept '03

"CaityH" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to
fitday.com
I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living - and more on days
that I excercise.

how does fitday know your resting metabolic rate?

-kelly

Patience is a virtue. Two weeks is not a stall.

In ,
CaityH stated
| Hi everyone,
| I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to
| fitday.com I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living -
| and more on days that I excercise. My calorie intake is waaaay below
| this. But my weightloss has slowed right down. I havent changed
| anything in my diet, and since Christmas I have been sticking really
| closely to my plan, but Im not having near the success I had before
| Christmas. Im not excercising as regularly as I was (now only 2-3
| times per week instead of every day), but according to fitday that
| has had little impact on my ingoing vs outgoing calories per day.
| My pride will hate me for saying this, but Im starting to get a little
| discouraged. Im painfully close to reaching my 10kg mini goal, and I
| have been for 2 weeks, but those damn scales just wont budge! Prior
| to that I was at a slightly higher weight for over 2 weeks. I
| understand that weightloss is not a steady decline, but Im finding it
| hard to stay motivated to excercise and be positive at the moment.
| I should add that Im not on Atkins or any of the more popular diets -
| Im working in conjunction with a dietitian who has (dramatically)
| reduced my carb intake and set up a fairly flexible eating plan for
| me. Seeing the success everyone around this place has been having Im
| beginning to think I should consider moving to a more rigid plan.
| Thanks for listening, and have a great day!
| --
| Caity H
| kgs: 114.7/105/70
| lbs: 252.8/231/154.3
| height: 5'8", 173cms
| Began 16th October 2003

"Jim Marnott" wrote in message
.. .
CaityH wrote:

Hi everyone,
success everyone around this place has been having Im beginning to think
I
should consider moving to a more rigid plan.
Thanks for listening, and have a great day!

Please post a sample daily menu.


--
Jim Marnott
231/194/194 (Hit goal on 22 Nov '03 -- exactly 6 months later)
Atkins since 22 May '03
Gym since 1 sept '03


Hi Jim,
OK, this will scare some of the "under-20-carbers" out there but here is a
sample of what I eat daily.

Breakfast: 1 slice Low GI Burgen rye bread, carbs 8g
0.5 tblsp fat reduced peanut butter, carbs 3g
1 cup diet yoghurt (artificially sweetened), 11 carbs
Snack: 5 large strawberries, 6 carbs (or other small piece of fruit)
Lunch: 70g tin of salmon, 1 carb
1 cup mixed salad (tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber) 3 carbs
Snack: small high fibre muffin, 15 carbs (I get these from my
dietician, they are whole wheat and artificially sweetened - really yummy)
Dinner: home made chicken fajita (tortilla, chicken breast, fajita
seasoning, cheese & salad) approx 25 carbs.
Other meals include chicken vegetable curry and 1/2 cup low GI rice,
tandoori chicken breast salad, x2 slices homemade pizza on thin pita base,
stirfry etc

Sometimes I have diet yoghurt for dessert, or occassionaly 2 scoops of low
fat ice cream. I drink 2 litres of water per day and a few glasses of diet
soft drink. Occasionally I drink some artificially sweetened cranberry juice
.. Usually I am under 100g of carbs per day.

My calorie intake is really quite low, but thats the plan thats been working
for me until recently.
Thanks for your input.
--
Caity H
kgs: 114.7/105/70
lbs: 252.8/231/154.3
height: 5'8", 173cms
Began 16th October 2003

"kc" wrote in message
...

"CaityH" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to
fitday.com
I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living - and more on days
that I excercise.

how does fitday know your resting metabolic rate?

-kelly


I know its probably not very accurate, but you can generate reports which
calculate your calories burned vs calories eaten, which takes into account
calories burned for "each component of your metabolism" - basal, lifestyle
and excercise. Im not clear at all on how this works, but it tells me that
Im burning over 3000 calories per day. Perhaps someone who's more
knowledgable about this can explain further.
Caity

"FOB" wrote in message
gy.com...
Patience is a virtue. Two weeks is not a stall.

Hi FOB, I know Im being impatient, but its actually been a month since Ive
lost more than 1/2 a kg. Im not going to give up, but Im just feeling
frustrated. Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it!


In ,
CaityH stated
| Hi everyone,
| I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to
| fitday.com I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living -
| and more on days that I excercise. My calorie intake is waaaay below
| this. But my weightloss has slowed right down. I havent changed
| anything in my diet, and since Christmas I have been sticking really
| closely to my plan, but Im not having near the success I had before
| Christmas. Im not excercising as regularly as I was (now only 2-3
| times per week instead of every day), but according to fitday that
| has had little impact on my ingoing vs outgoing calories per day.
| My pride will hate me for saying this, but Im starting to get a little
| discouraged. Im painfully close to reaching my 10kg mini goal, and I
| have been for 2 weeks, but those damn scales just wont budge! Prior
| to that I was at a slightly higher weight for over 2 weeks. I
| understand that weightloss is not a steady decline, but Im finding it
| hard to stay motivated to excercise and be positive at the moment.
| I should add that Im not on Atkins or any of the more popular diets -
| Im working in conjunction with a dietitian who has (dramatically)
| reduced my carb intake and set up a fairly flexible eating plan for
| me. Seeing the success everyone around this place has been having Im
| beginning to think I should consider moving to a more rigid plan.
| Thanks for listening, and have a great day!
| --
| Caity H
| kgs: 114.7/105/70
| lbs: 252.8/231/154.3
| height: 5'8", 173cms
| Began 16th October 2003

"CaityH" wrote in message
...



I know its probably not very accurate, but you can generate reports which
calculate your calories burned vs calories eaten, which takes into account
calories burned for "each component of your metabolism" - basal, lifestyle
and excercise. Im not clear at all on how this works, but it tells me that
Im burning over 3000 calories per day. Perhaps someone who's more
knowledgable about this can explain further.
Caity


interesting.

you can raise your basal metabolic rate in a number of ways. one is eating
smaller meals more frequently. another is building more muscle (people with
more muscle mass burn more calories, even at rest). doing more exercise
always helps (your body burns calories at an increased rate for hours after
you stop). and make sure you're getting all the vitamins and minerals you
need (especially B complex and vitamin C).

-kelly

It is really hard to judge, as I am LC newbie, but this menu, compared
to my, simply seems to lack the fat

Breakfast: 1 slice Low GI Burgen rye bread, carbs 8g
0.5 tblsp fat reduced peanut butter, carbs 3g
1 cup diet yoghurt (artificially sweetened), 11
carbs

I would consider replacing 'diet' youghurt for regular one (4% fat), but
perhaps half a cup only (about 150ml, I do not know whether you are
using US cup here). My general thumb of rule is "stay away from diet
food".

Snack: 5 large strawberries, 6 carbs (or other small piece of
fruit)
Lunch: 70g tin of salmon, 1 carb
1 cup mixed salad (tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber) 3
carbs
Snack: small high fibre muffin, 15 carbs (I get these from my
dietician, they are whole wheat and artificially sweetened - really
yummy)
Dinner: home made chicken fajita (tortilla, chicken breast,
fajita
seasoning, cheese & salad) approx 25 carbs.
Other meals include chicken vegetable curry and 1/2 cup low GI rice,
tandoori chicken breast salad, x2 slices homemade pizza on thin pita
base,
stirfry etc

Other than that, carb intake seems really low, not everybody here is on
induction levels and common wisdom of ASDLC seems to be that it is
useless and perhaps a little bit harmuful to stay on induction levels
for too long.

Anyway, I would also consider possibility that you are eating too
little - maybe you are in starvation mode. What is your caloric intake?
I guess that if you would get under about 1500 kcal, this could be a
concern.

Mirek

On 1/21/2004 8:04 PM, CaityH wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding the burning of calories. According to fitday.com
I am buring over 3000 calories per day just by living - and more on days
that I excercise. My calorie intake is waaaay below this. But my weightloss
has slowed right down. I havent changed anything in my diet, and since
Christmas I have been sticking really closely to my plan, but Im not having
near the success I had before Christmas. Im not excercising as regularly as
I was (now only 2-3 times per week instead of every day), but according to
fitday that has had little impact on my ingoing vs outgoing calories per
day.
My pride will hate me for saying this, but Im starting to get a little
discouraged. Im painfully close to reaching my 10kg mini goal, and I have
been for 2 weeks, but those damn scales just wont budge! Prior to that I was
at a slightly higher weight for over 2 weeks. I understand that weightloss
is not a steady decline, but Im finding it hard to stay motivated to
excercise and be positive at the moment.

When I was in weight loss mode I found that if I had this sort of two
week stall, I was still loosing inches. My scale measures bf% as well
and I would see a decline in bf% even as my weight loss stalled. That
helped me to see that something was still going on and helped with my
motivation -- otherwise I found myself going over everything that I had
eaten over the past few days. If you feel that you are on track with
your plan, then I think that may be what is happening to you. Hang in
there!
--
jmk in NC