Blankness of mind!

I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

Using the "Fitday" site, I seem to have eaten less than I thought, today
(despite the mini-pork pie), but oh, that site is so awkward to use!
They seem to put all the possible recipe ideas first, and the plain food
last, so you have to wade through pages and pages of "chicken a la King"
or "X's chicken pot pie" and even then they don't seem to know about
plain boiled chicken, skin removed prior to cooking...... And pages and
pages of potato recipes before you finally find plain boiled new
potatoes! And the only fresh melon they seem to know about is Honeydew,
where's the Charentais or other orange-fleshed types?
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004

Have you tried being more specific in Fitday -- i.e. entering "boiled chicken"
instead of just "chicken" in the search area?

Mary M


"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...
I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

Using the "Fitday" site, I seem to have eaten less than I thought, today
(despite the mini-pork pie), but oh, that site is so awkward to use!
They seem to put all the possible recipe ideas first, and the plain food
last, so you have to wade through pages and pages of "chicken a la King"
or "X's chicken pot pie" and even then they don't seem to know about
plain boiled chicken, skin removed prior to cooking...... And pages and
pages of potato recipes before you finally find plain boiled new
potatoes! And the only fresh melon they seem to know about is Honeydew,
where's the Charentais or other orange-fleshed types?
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

Using the "Fitday" site, I seem to have eaten less than I thought, today
(despite the mini-pork pie), but oh, that site is so awkward to use!
They seem to put all the possible recipe ideas first, and the plain food
last, so you have to wade through pages and pages of "chicken a la King"
or "X's chicken pot pie" and even then they don't seem to know about
plain boiled chicken, skin removed prior to cooking...... And pages and
pages of potato recipes before you finally find plain boiled new
potatoes! And the only fresh melon they seem to know about is Honeydew,
where's the Charentais or other orange-fleshed types?

Annabel
I'm in the UK too, and I use http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/ I
find it much easier than fitday, and well geared to all the products
available here. The only snag is you have to pay, but they let you
try it for 3 days free.


janice
233/183/133

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

Using the "Fitday" site, I seem to have eaten less than I thought, today
(despite the mini-pork pie), but oh, that site is so awkward to use!
They seem to put all the possible recipe ideas first, and the plain food
last, so you have to wade through pages and pages of "chicken a la King"
or "X's chicken pot pie" and even then they don't seem to know about
plain boiled chicken, skin removed prior to cooking...... And pages and
pages of potato recipes before you finally find plain boiled new
potatoes! And the only fresh melon they seem to know about is Honeydew,
where's the Charentais or other orange-fleshed types?

Annabel
I'm in the UK too, and I use http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/ I
find it much easier than fitday, and well geared to all the products
available here. The only snag is you have to pay, but they let you
try it for 3 days free.


janice
233/183/133

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

Using the "Fitday" site, I seem to have eaten less than I thought, today
(despite the mini-pork pie), but oh, that site is so awkward to use!
They seem to put all the possible recipe ideas first, and the plain food
last, so you have to wade through pages and pages of "chicken a la King"
or "X's chicken pot pie" and even then they don't seem to know about
plain boiled chicken, skin removed prior to cooking...... And pages and
pages of potato recipes before you finally find plain boiled new
potatoes! And the only fresh melon they seem to know about is Honeydew,
where's the Charentais or other orange-fleshed types?

Annabel
I'm in the UK too, and I use http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/ I
find it much easier than fitday, and well geared to all the products
available here. The only snag is you have to pay, but they let you
try it for 3 days free.


janice
233/183/133

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:52:51 GMT, (jayjay) wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

I am suddenly blank - how many calories should a reasonably-active woman
in her 50s wishing to lose about 20 kg (slowly) be eating per day? I
know the amount will have to go down as I lose weight, but to start
with, what is a realistic goal?

That is subjective to who you are and what your physical stats are.
But the *general* figures are for someone to eat at 10 x body weight
to lose weight.

So, if you weigh 150lbs, to lose weight you consume 1500 calories.
(10x150 = 1500)


it's true that this varies a lot for different individuals, but the
chances are that Annabel, being in her 50s (particular if in
menopause) might need fewer calories than that to lose weight. That
has been my experience, certainly. (I'm 56, menopausal, also quite
active.) I'd recommend setting a target amount (pick 10x bodyweight
if you like, but you might try more like 8x or 9x to start), do it for
a couple of weeks, see what happens, adjust upward or downward as
appropriate until it seems to be working. Then adjust over time if
your weighloss grinds to a long halt (over 3-4 weeks) or if you lose
too fast (I'd say over 2 lbs./week for someone who's not extremely
overweight).

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

On 26 Jul 2004 20:23:40 -0700, (Heywood Mogroot)
wrote:

(janice) wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth

janice
233/183/133

you're halfway there!

Thanks for noticing, but I don't post my numbers every time I
contribute nowadays because they fluctuate so much. Last year I was
quite a bit more than half way there, but at least I've been
travelling in the right direction for some weeks now
janice

On 26 Jul 2004 20:23:40 -0700, (Heywood Mogroot)
wrote:

(janice) wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0100, Annabel Smyth

janice
233/183/133

you're halfway there!

Thanks for noticing, but I don't post my numbers every time I
contribute nowadays because they fluctuate so much. Last year I was
quite a bit more than half way there, but at least I've been
travelling in the right direction for some weeks now
janice

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 at 15:44:24, Mary M - Ohio
wrote:

Have you tried being more specific in Fitday -- i.e. entering "boiled chicken"
instead of just "chicken" in the search area?

Yes, and it came up with a nil return.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 at 15:44:24, Mary M - Ohio
wrote:

Have you tried being more specific in Fitday -- i.e. entering "boiled chicken"
instead of just "chicken" in the search area?

Yes, and it came up with a nil return.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 18 July 2004