Weight: 144.4Calories eaten yesterday: 1626
Calories burned: 1951
Calorie deficit/overage: -325
Fat: 70g (41%)
Carbs: 60g (16%)
Protein: 121g (31%)
Calories burned in exercise: 98
I'm hungry all the time, drinking plenty of water, and eating less than I burn, so how come my body is hoarding the fat?!? It seems I can only lose by having a tiny breakfast, no lunch, and a much smaller dinner than I want.
I think FitDay is way off, even though I even put my sleeping in which lower the total calories burned. I'll keep listing my totals, but take out the calories burned and the deficit because those number are way off or I'd be losing something.
I hear about eating 10x my goal weight in calories. That would be only 1400 calories! Talk about starving. My basal metabolism is higher than that and my stupid meds make me way hungrier than my basal. If I eat to satiety I gain a lot of weight fast. I have to be hungry just to maintain, and it's likely the fault of the medication messing with my serotonin. So I'm not depressed anymore, but I am hungry.
Maybe my body want to be heavier than I want it to be. *sigh*
Just kind of down about my weight today. Don't mind me. And I'm not giving up. This is a lifestyle change for me, not a temporary diet.
The good news is I should break 700,000 steps since August 22 on Walker Tracker today. I'll be at my first goal of 1 million in no time. :) If you like to walk, get a pedometer and sign up. The more the merrier.
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10 comments:
The medication making you hungry is such a bummer.
I usually have a hard time making 1400 calories and I really, really try! I emphasize meat so much, in order to get enough protein for my weight, I guess that's why.
So you're not depressed anymore, not counting being depressed about not losing weight LOL. (Kidding.)
I'm off my monthly induction cycle tomorrow. I'll try to do early my planned experiment for a coconut popcorn chicken as a munchy food with low cal and high protein. If it works, something like that might add to your workable menu for filling things you can graze on rather than just make a meal.
Brad W Says:
You know what may help is go to induction for a little bump in the weight loss, to get an edge if you haven't tried that. From past posts here I seem to think you may have done something like that. Of course, there is a point if we are eating right that the body goes, NO more.
Everyone must determinte what that weight is to be effective. It will also change with time. Sorry you are in a stall period. Sooo frustrating.Makes you want to be a breatharian. Well, maybe..Really, I think women would be happier if they could just choose a body type they can live with and then change later if they change their minds. Like hair color. IF women could do that they would be so much happier..=-) Most would anyway. Some would complain others always get the "Better" ones and they get the leftovers..hehehehe!!
You look so good in the 'after' photo maybe 140 is too low a weight.
Remember you're weightlifting, and you may be offsetting fat loss for muscle gain and thus not losing on the scale. Have you tracked your body fat and inches instead of scale weight? It gives a much more accurate picture of progress.
Hang in there. And remember, you look fabulous now.
Brad - I actually skipped Induction and went straight to OWL. I couldn't get my carbs below 25g a day and refused to give up my nightly glass of wine. I still lost weight pretty steadily until I reached 152. Every pound since then has been tooth and nail.
Carol - My body fat has remained fairly stable. It's currently at 23% (caliper method). The scale measures lower body fat only and has me much higher (typical for a woman).
And the "after" photo is at about 140. I got down to it (actually got down to 138) and then gained a bunch when I had to eat high carb for 5 days for a glucose tolerance test. Afterwards the weight didn't come off so it was real weight, not water weight.
You eat good food. You exercise an adequate amount (maybe even more than adequate). Have you thought about just continuing with your WOL and ignore the scale for a while? Keep an eye on how you feel, and how your clothes fit, and how you look in the mirror even....but don't get on the scale and just keep eating and exercising etc.
Maybe this can tell you your set point....of maybe it will allow you to then cut back for a bit and loose the last few pounds you want to loose.
If you gained that much from just a few days of high carb and a GTT, sounds like either you're very sensitive to carbs and have to all but eliminate them (what % do you eat?)....or your body does want to be where it is.
Just a few thoughts....good luck! Thanks for your blog.
Oh those last few kgs are tough, hang in there and listen to your body, don't over do it!
I wonder if playing around with your carb and fat ratio would help your appetite?
You can do it, good luck!
Cindy - My carb intake is around 15%. I do tend to overtrain because I like exercise. I'd go to the gym almost everyday if I could. I am pretty sensitive to carbs - I take after my Dad who got diabetes from eating too many carbs and being overweight (I was following in his footsteps when I found Atkins).
Sherrie - I've been trying to lower my protein and up my fat because I suspect I'm eating too much (a safe amount kindey-wise, but too much to lose weight). The reason for the peanut butter is to get my fat intake higher with only moderate carbs and protein. I've managed to tweak my fat up to 40-45%, but can't seen to get it higher without the calories getting out of control.
What about instead of peanut butter which would have protein you have say a tablespoon of flax oil or some other oil/fat? I know that sounds gross but its a good way of upping the fat without upping protein as well. You could make a salad dressing with it or chuck it in a protein shake if you have them, mix it into cream, things like that.
For me things with a high protein ratio like say a chicken salad always made me hungry (still does). I used to often have a slice of low carb cheesecake for lunch, yum and very satisying with a good fat ratio!
But we are all different.
The celery and peanut butter is my 9 o'clock snack. To add the calories elsewhere would be to erase that snack.
The PB isn't the problem, folks! I've often stated that two tablespoons of peanut butter does more to fill me up that a entire cup of plain yogurt. It tastes the edge off my 24/7 better than anything else I've tried.
Cheesecake would be too many calories. Unlike most people my meds make it so I *have* to carefully watch my calories to lose. And being hungry all the time doesn't help.
Let's try that middle paragraph again:
The PB isn't the problem, folks! I've often stated that two tablespoons of peanut butter does more to fill me up than an entire cup of plain yogurt. It takes the edge off my 24/7 appetite better than anything else I've tried.
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