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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 |
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A ? regarding calories burned
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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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A ? regarding calories burned
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 |
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