Still losing, and redefining my goal

Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

Chris Braun wrote in
:

Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)


I think a 10 pound range is a very sensable range. You have done so great
that I stand behind you 100% no matter what you decide to do. Upping ones
daily caloric intake can be a bit scary. Especially when it comes to
thyroid problems. Although I dont reply to them often. I look foward to
each and every food and exercise post you make. LOL Chris you have become
like my favorite tv show. I cant wait till the next episode.

YOU ARE AWSOME!!!! Keep it up.
peace!!

--
start 365
goal 200
maintaining 189-194 range

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:57:09 GMT, "
wrote:

I look foward to
each and every food and exercise post you make. LOL Chris you have become
like my favorite tv show. I cant wait till the next episode.

YOU ARE AWSOME!!!! Keep it up.
peace!!

Aw gee, thanks blushing! I really just do the posts for me, but I'm
glad if anyone else finds them interesting or helpful.

Chris

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

I think the wide range is great. How will this impact your weight lifting?
I'm referring to the weight class in which you compete.

Beverly

Congrats on yet another loss! Has your strength weakened since you dropped
from 145?

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:31:26 GMT, "Beverly"
wrote:


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
.. .
Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

I think the wide range is great. How will this impact your weight lifting?
I'm referring to the weight class in which you compete.

Beverly


Well, the two types of lifting in which I compete (power and Olympic)
have somewhat different weight class boundaries, so there's no one
perfect weight for both anyway. In power lifting, there's a class
from 132 to 148 lbs. in which I'll likely fall. Olympic lifting is
more complicated. There's one class from 127 to 138 lbs. and another
from 139-152. So there I can decided based on how I'm feeling about
weight vs. strength at the time -- and also based on who else I think
is going to be in my weight class in the competition :-). I'm
stronger when I'm heavier, but it's generally advantageous to be near
the high end of the weight range rather than the low end, and I'm not
likely to want to get up close to 152, so I might opt for the 127-138
class. I probably won't do any competitions until after Christmas, so
I'll have some time to see where my weight stabilizes.

Chris
262/137/ (145-150)

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:53:26 -0500, "Perple Gyrl"
wrote:

Congrats on yet another loss! Has your strength weakened since you dropped
from 145?

Well, sometimes I think so, sometimes I don't :-). Today I felt
pretty strong. But I'm not trying to keep losing, so I'm not sure
congrats are in order :-). Tom and Ahmed are pretty adamant about me
not losing more.

Chris

On 14 Sep 2004 00:57:37 GMT, Ignoramus2437
wrote:

Chris, how do you feel? Do you feel hungry, or not? Full of energy, or
not very full of energy? if you find that you are losing strength
disproportionately, then, I would apply the same diligence as you
showed during weight loss, to making sure that you eat as much as you
calculate you really need.

I feel fine, and generally pretty energetic -- certainly more than
most women my age that I know. I don't let myself go hungry. I get
hungry when I haven't eaten for a while, and then I eat something.
But I do feel that too much of the weight is coming from muscle at
this point. I don't think my bodyfat is too high.

I'm all for being diligent, but I don't know how to determine my
maintenance calorie level except by gradually changing it and
observing the results. But I have been surprised that it hasn't
stabilized yet, so I'm going to try to push the calories up some. At
the moment, that means I'm planning a snack tonight that I'm not
really hungry for, though. And I can't wait terribly late to eat it
since I have to be up at 5:30 tomorrow. I'm not sure it's really that
great a plan to eat when I'm not hungry.

I figure it will all work out, though :-)

Chris
262/137/ (145-150)

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:37:44 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

Chris, I'm glad to see you're proposing to handle this with the same
excellent common sense and thoughtfulness you've brought to your whole
programme. I think a 10 lb range is a good idea. How often do you
plan to weigh yourself to keep a realistic check on the bigger
picture?

Janice
(who will never believe that daily weighing is a good thing)

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:37:44 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

Well, my "official" weight is now 137, down another two pounds. This
was definitely unplanned, and, while I don't particularly mind being
at this weight, I don't want to keep going lower. And I worry about
loss of strength/muscle. I'm still thinking things may adjust when I
start my new thyroid hormone dosage, but I've decided to up my daily
non-cheat-day calorie goal to 1600. I don't swear to eat that much
every day, though :-). It will take some getting used to.

And I've decided I want to lower my goal range a bit. I'm going to
have a rather wide range for now -- 135-145 -- at least until I see
what happens with the thyroid and stuff, and bearing in mind that I
will probably have sort of higher and lower seasons depending on my
balance of cardio vs. training for lifting competitions.

So anyway, now I'm ...

Chris
262/137/ (135-145)

Chris, I'm glad to see you're proposing to handle this with the same
excellent common sense and thoughtfulness you've brought to your whole
programme. I think a 10 lb range is a good idea. How often do you
plan to weigh yourself to keep a realistic check on the bigger
picture?

Janice
(who will never believe that daily weighing is a good thing)