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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintain with?
"Doug Lerner" wrote in message
... This is a poll (suggested by another person) aimed at successful weight losers who have lost a LOT of weight (gone from obese to normal weight) and who have maintained that weight loss for a reasonable amount of time. 1. What plan did you follow? I was inspired by Dr. Herman Taller's diet from 1961. I kept his macronutrient ratios, substituted any fat for his saflower oil, rejected his love for potatoes, and rejected his belief that calories would just take care of themselves. I counted calories with careful measurement where possible. 2. How many calories per day are you maintaining your weight on? 2.7 months at 1845 calories per day (no activity deductions, Doug) 3. What is your age, sex, height and before and after weights? -in 2001 I was 320 pounds I'm now 152. 5' 8" male, 49 years old 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. 1. low carb high fat reduced appetite 2. Frequent tiny snack-like meals with no large regular meals made it possible to be calorie restricted without being hungry. 3. Exercise made no apparent difference. 4. Occasional extreme low calorie days didn't stop weightloss progress. IMHO: "Starvation Mode" is a harmful myth. 5. Constant tracking of food and weight in Fitday allowed me to manage my diet even when crazy weight fluctuations might have broken my spirit of determination. I'll summarize the results for everybody! Thanks! doug |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintain with?
Cubit,
"Exercise made no apparent difference." Does that mean that it didn't matter whether or not you exercised, just if you stuck within your caloric limit, you still lost weight? HS Cubit wrote: 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. 1. low carb high fat reduced appetite 2. Frequent tiny snack-like meals with no large regular meals made it possible to be calorie restricted without being hungry. 3. Exercise made no apparent difference. |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintain with?
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"Her Subj." wrote in message oups.com... Cubit, "Exercise made no apparent difference." Does that mean that it didn't matter whether or not you exercised, just if you stuck within your caloric limit, you still lost weight? HS Cubit wrote: 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. 1. low carb high fat reduced appetite 2. Frequent tiny snack-like meals with no large regular meals made it possible to be calorie restricted without being hungry. 3. Exercise made no apparent difference. |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintainwith?
Doug Lerner wrote:
This is a poll (suggested by another person) aimed at successful weight losers who have lost a LOT of weight (gone from obese to normal weight) and who have maintained that weight loss for a reasonable amount of time. 1. What plan did you follow? 2. How many calories per day are you maintaining your weight on? 3. What is your age, sex, height and before and after weights? 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. I'll summarize the results for everybody! Thanks! doug 1. Current plan: 2100 calories 40% protein (lean) 40% carbs (complex) 20% fat (unsaturated) 2. Current calories 2100 3. Current age:40 sex:M height:5'8" Befo185(too fat), After:140(too skinny), Maintaining:165 (bf% slightly high) 4. Comments: Learn from your mistakes. -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintainwith?
Ignoramus19006 wrote:
On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:29:30 -0800, Cheese wrote: 1. Current plan: 2100 calories 40% protein (lean) 40% carbs (complex) 20% fat (unsaturated) That's impressive. I am curious, from where do you get so much protein. 2. Current calories 2100 3. Current age:40 sex:M height:5'8" Befo185(too fat), After:140(too skinny), Maintaining:165 (bf% slightly high) These are very nice numbers. i 4. Comments: Learn from your mistakes. I have to use a bar and a shake. I also have caloric room for alcohol in the evening. Apparently these three items are not very popular in this group. You can search the group for "Where can I find 250mg of calcium daily" if you're curious. The original goal was 45/45/10 but I found that nearly impossible to reach while sharing dinner with my family. I compromised with the less aggressive balance (40/40/20). 6:30am – Multi-grain English muffin w/natural peanut butter, black coffee (1) and a multi-vitamin 9:30am - Tri-O-Plex protein bar 10:30am - Banana 12:00am - Protein shake (Myoplex) 1:00pm - Spinach wrap sandwich (roast beef, turkey, tuna salad, chicken salad or salami cold cuts with veggies) and a multi-vitamin 3:00pm - Cottage cheese 5:00pm - Martinis (2) 6:00pm - Varies: Beef, poultry and seafood choices Vegetable sides or salad Whole wheat pastas or whole grain rice choices 2126 Calories 13.5% Fat 43.4% Carbs (net) 43.1% Protein -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintainwith?
Ignoramus20878 wrote:
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:53:02 +0900, Doug Lerner wrote: This is a poll (suggested by another person) aimed at successful weight losers who have lost a LOT of weight (gone from obese to normal weight) and who have maintained that weight loss for a reasonable amount of time. 1. What plan did you follow? Eat less while losing, same for the first 10 months on maintenance, low carb afterwards 2. How many calories per day are you maintaining your weight on? 2400-2500 3. What is your age, sex, height and before and after weights? 34, male, 5'11", 223/176 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. I wanted to be slim and acted to be slim. i I'll summarize the results for everybody! Thanks! doug How much do you exercise? If I run your numbers in the BMR formula I use I calculate you need to burn between 600-700 calories to maintain 176. Dropping the exercise to a more reasonable 300 calories puts you maintaining your original weight (223). What am I missing here? -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintain with?
"Cheese" wrote in message ... Ignoramus19006 wrote: On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:29:30 -0800, Cheese wrote: 1. Current plan: 2100 calories 40% protein (lean) 40% carbs (complex) 20% fat (unsaturated) That's impressive. I am curious, from where do you get so much protein. 2. Current calories 2100 3. Current age:40 sex:M height:5'8" Befo185(too fat), After:140(too skinny), Maintaining:165 (bf% slightly high) These are very nice numbers. i 4. Comments: Learn from your mistakes. I have to use a bar and a shake. I also have caloric room for alcohol in the evening. Apparently these three items are not very popular in this group. You can search the group for "Where can I find 250mg of calcium daily" if you're curious. Not everyone here has a problem with protein bars and shakes, or alcohol for that matter. Some of the most successful people in this group regularly use all 3. I use whey or soy powder in my cereal/oatmeal each morning and in a pinch I'll eat a half a protein bar. I don't drink alcohol anymore for medical reason or else I'd be saving some points for it. -- the volleyballchick |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintainwith?
Ignoramus8020 wrote:
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:15:43 -0800, Cheese wrote: Ignoramus20878 wrote: On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:53:02 +0900, Doug Lerner wrote: This is a poll (suggested by another person) aimed at successful weight losers who have lost a LOT of weight (gone from obese to normal weight) and who have maintained that weight loss for a reasonable amount of time. 1. What plan did you follow? Eat less while losing, same for the first 10 months on maintenance, low carb afterwards 2. How many calories per day are you maintaining your weight on? 2400-2500 3. What is your age, sex, height and before and after weights? 34, male, 5'11", 223/176 4. Any additional comments about what made you successful. I wanted to be slim and acted to be slim. i I'll summarize the results for everybody! Thanks! doug How much do you exercise? If I run your numbers in the BMR formula I use I calculate you need to burn between 600-700 calories to maintain 176. Dropping the exercise to a more reasonable 300 calories puts you maintaining your original weight (223). What am I missing here? I am not sure what formula you used here, but 2400 calories for 176 lbs of weight is 13.64 calories per lb, which is a very reasonable number for a male. i Men: BMR = 66 + (6.23 x pounds) + (12.7 x inches) - (6.8 x age) Women: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x pounds) + (4.7 x inches) - (4.7 x age) I guess we use different formulas. If you're maintaining then your formula works fine. Can't argue success. -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintainwith?
Nunya B. wrote:
"Cheese" wrote in message ... Ignoramus19006 wrote: On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:29:30 -0800, Cheese wrote: 1. Current plan: 2100 calories 40% protein (lean) 40% carbs (complex) 20% fat (unsaturated) That's impressive. I am curious, from where do you get so much protein. 2. Current calories 2100 3. Current age:40 sex:M height:5'8" Befo185(too fat), After:140(too skinny), Maintaining:165 (bf% slightly high) These are very nice numbers. i 4. Comments: Learn from your mistakes. I have to use a bar and a shake. I also have caloric room for alcohol in the evening. Apparently these three items are not very popular in this group. You can search the group for "Where can I find 250mg of calcium daily" if you're curious. Not everyone here has a problem with protein bars and shakes, or alcohol for that matter. Some of the most successful people in this group regularly use all 3. I use whey or soy powder in my cereal/oatmeal each morning and in a pinch I'll eat a half a protein bar. I don't drink alcohol anymore for medical reason or else I'd be saving some points for it. Thanks for your support! -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ |
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A poll for successful losers - how many calories do you maintain with?
"Cheese" wrote in message ... Nunya B. wrote: "Cheese" wrote in message ... Ignoramus19006 wrote: On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:29:30 -0800, Cheese wrote: 1. Current plan: 2100 calories 40% protein (lean) 40% carbs (complex) 20% fat (unsaturated) That's impressive. I am curious, from where do you get so much protein. 2. Current calories 2100 3. Current age:40 sex:M height:5'8" Befo185(too fat), After:140(too skinny), Maintaining:165 (bf% slightly high) These are very nice numbers. i 4. Comments: Learn from your mistakes. I have to use a bar and a shake. I also have caloric room for alcohol in the evening. Apparently these three items are not very popular in this group. You can search the group for "Where can I find 250mg of calcium daily" if you're curious. Not everyone here has a problem with protein bars and shakes, or alcohol for that matter. Some of the most successful people in this group regularly use all 3. I use whey or soy powder in my cereal/oatmeal each morning and in a pinch I'll eat a half a protein bar. I don't drink alcohol anymore for medical reason or else I'd be saving some points for it. Thanks for your support! -- Cheese http://cheesensweets.com/contact-cheese/ I use protein powder in my oatmeal. It's a great way to get extra protein. I don't use the bars too often but always have one in my bike bag in case I need something while out on the bike. I prefer bananas but they get a little messy if you forget to take it out of the bagg Beverly |
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