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I'm gonna give this a shot ...
Hi everyone. I've had weight issues for some time now, but I think I tend to
get discouraged and give in too easily. Today I decided I really wanted to give this a shot. I thought it might help if I found a group of people who were in the same position as me. So I suppose that's why I'm here. Ya'll seem like ya'll really support each other and give sincere, helpful advice. I already go the gym. My problem is, I don't know where to start as far as "starting over" with the exception of cutting out the sweets. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or where I can start, I'd really appreciate it. |
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I'm gonna give this a shot ...
"J A Haynes" wrote in message m... Hi everyone. I've had weight issues for some time now, but I think I tend to get discouraged and give in too easily. Today I decided I really wanted to give this a shot. I thought it might help if I found a group of people who were in the same position as me. So I suppose that's why I'm here. Ya'll seem like ya'll really support each other and give sincere, helpful advice. I already go the gym. My problem is, I don't know where to start as far as "starting over" with the exception of cutting out the sweets. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or where I can start, I'd really appreciate it. Welcome to ASD. You might want to start by logging your food into www.fitday.com This will give you some idea of the number of calories you're eating every day. Many in the group suggest 10 x current weight as a starting point for losing weight. I find drinking plenty of water really helps me. It not only fills me up but I feel better when I remember to drink it. What type of workouts are you doing at the gym? I normally do weights a couple times a week and ride bikes 2-3 days a week. Beverly |
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I'm gonna give this a shot ...
"J A Haynes" wrote in message om...
My problem is, I don't know where to start as far as "starting over" with the exception of cutting out the sweets. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or where I can start, I'd really appreciate it. I humbly recommend keeping track of your food intake and exercise at www.fitday.com. As always, YMMV. Kasey 365/257/??? |
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I'm gonna give this a shot ...
"J A Haynes" wrote in message om...
Hi everyone. I've had weight issues for some time now, but I think I tend to get discouraged and give in too easily. Today I decided I really wanted to give this a shot. I thought it might help if I found a group of people who were in the same position as me. So I suppose that's why I'm here. Ya'll seem like ya'll really support each other and give sincere, helpful advice. I already go the gym. My problem is, I don't know where to start as far as "starting over" with the exception of cutting out the sweets. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or where I can start, I'd really appreciate it. Well, I'm probably different from you, but I can tell you what has been working for me. 1) Regularize and Minimize I cut out a lot of randomness out of my diet (which was mostly fast-food options) and settled on a quasi-routine. I eat several meal-snacks a day, plus a more-or-less normal dinner. My goal is to lose 2lbs/week max, so I shoot for a 1000 kcal/day deficit. By cutting out the crap from my diet (soft drinks, candy, snack foods) I've got a lot of calories to actually feed myself with. 2) Be normal I don't eat cheeseburgers without the bun (not that I eat cheeseburgers often). While I think ketogenic dieting could indeed let me lose faster and be more protein sparing, I'm looking for a way of eating that is low-maintenance and hassle-free, so I'm using plain old portion control for my dieting. 3) Drink lots of water I buy gallon jugs from Walmart (the 'Spring Water' is pretty good). I make sure to go through half a gallon a day, more when I go out in the heat. 4) Don't avoid fats (the good unsaturated ones) My lunch or mid-day snack is 1 serving (1oz, about 28 nuts) of almonds. They taste REALLY good with my water, even thought they load 25% of the daily recommendation for fat, I don't care. 5) Go for some long burns Exercise for more than 2 hours occasionally. Don't overdo it, but really clean out your system once in a while. Stay hydrated when exercising, and don't get hungry -- I use clif bars to keep my carbs and energy humming when I'm out. 6) Don't deny yourself I can eat cheese with my meals, eg. with a sliced apple. I have ca. 2000 calories a day to eat, so I can afford to add in tasty stuff here and there. Don't give into stupid temptations, but live a little and don't make food the enemy. Everything in moderation, and while the journey isn't really the reward, extreme dieting is most likely counter-productive in the long-run. 7) Get your protein Find a protein shake that you like. Mix it in with stuff like oatmeal or your cold cereal. A scoop is 200 kcals of goodness. 8) Eat well veggies, etc. I could do better here. I think the reports that dairy intake helps dieting may be true, but even if not I like the energy, protein, and satiety I get from 1% milk and the occasional cheese. Heywood 232/195/182 |
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I'm gonna give this a shot ...
"J A Haynes" wrote in message om...
Hi everyone. I've had weight issues for some time now, but I think I tend to get discouraged and give in too easily. Today I decided I really wanted to give this a shot. I thought it might help if I found a group of people who were in the same position as me. So I suppose that's why I'm here. Ya'll seem like ya'll really support each other and give sincere, helpful advice. I already go the gym. My problem is, I don't know where to start as far as "starting over" with the exception of cutting out the sweets. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions or where I can start, I'd really appreciate it. oh yeah, one mo Instrument your diet progress I keep an excel spreadsheet tracking my diet. I couldn't imagine keeping to a diet without this daily accounting of progress or lack thereof. I even graph it: http://homepage.mac.com/t_d/.Public/week19.jpg and I can say the graph has been been very motivating for me. Note also that I use the spreadsheet to calculate my "moving average" for each day. Weights on the scale vary quite a lot, but the moving average is a lot more reliable. The calculation is pretty simple: today's average = yesterday's average + (today's weight - yesterday's average) * 0.25 tracking the moving average every day is actually pretty fun -- as long as your scale weight is lower than the the average, the average will go down. Since the average movement lags the scale movement, if you eat right it's pretty easy (at least for me) to keep your average moving down consistently even when the scale weight fluctuates up & down a little or plateaus. Quite the sanity saver. |
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