Disney Weight Loss 2

[BabyPiglet]

I ended it, and it went well. Basically what I discovered is, meal frequency should only be based on your schedule. I enjoy about four meals a day, because I love to cook. But, fasting works well for very busy people.

And probably a good idea on Atkins. And yeah, my piss and breath smelled like straigh-up crap while I was in ketosis. It's the easiest way to know that you're body is in ketosis.

BTW, make sure it's natural peanut butter. Chocolate Dreams Natty PB from Wal-Mart by the PB Co. is AMAZING. I eat that stuff like it was going out of style.

Yeah, I bought some organic, natural peanut butter with 150 calories or so per tablespoon. I'm having a really difficult time getting my calories up, because I feel so full. My calories for today are only 800 something, but I couldn't eat another bite tonight. I'm entertaining the thought of just eating a couple spoon fulls of peanut butter or some cheese or something. I definitely don't want to trash my metabolism.

My active BMR is around 1,900 so I need to be eating AT LEAST 1,200 calories a day. I didn't know it was going to be difficult to eat more!

Hey everyone...
I've been kinda hanging around this thread, reading what everyone is saying, and finally decided to jump in.
For the last few months I've been trying to start a "diet" and regular exercise program. But, between work and school my schedule has been crazy and not regular at all. So, it's failed every time. But since school is out that I will be able to complete devote myself to plan now. A set out "diet" by a company or the such never work for me. But, I've looked through a bunch (Atkins, Sparkteens.com) to get a feel for what they suggest.
So, here's my plan (let me know what you think)...
Food wise...breakfast options: Multi Grain Cheeros, Scrambled Eggs with a little bit of cheese, English Muffin with a little bit of peanut butter (or butter or jelly but in small amounts)... lunch/dinner options: see this is where it gets tricky. Because of my work schedule I'll be at work for at least one of these meals a day. And this is where I run into a problem. I tend to eat out a lot at work. So, I'm trying to figure out how to eat healthy at either Chipolte or Panera. Or I may try to bring my lunch. Not sure on these meals yet as it hard with my schedule. Oh and I work at Jamba Juice so I could always have a smoothie for a meal (which actually happens a lot...)
Exercise wise...I am training for a 5K at the end of the summer so I'll be running every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for that. Those days will be my cardio only days. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday are my weight training days, mostly lower body for snowboarding, at my health club. I ride my bike there every time I go (pending weather) so I'll get cardio in every day, plus some cross training such as swimming or basketball or Zumba. Not sure totally on that, depends on how everything times out.
Any advice or anything would be great.

BabyPiglet...wanna work together this summer via here or email or something to keep each other motivated or on track? I dunno about you, but having someone there for me helps.

Hi! It sounds like you're getting a ton of exercise which is really great. I have little motivation to get off my butt sometimes, but today I jogged on the treadmill for about 25 minutes and I plan on doing about 30 minutes on the exercise bike later (while watching tv, of course, lol). It's not much, but I want to start out slow.

I'd love to have a 'diet buddy'. Support is key to this, I believe. Oh, and my name is Jenn (or Jenny).

My meal plan for tomorrow is:
B - Special K Protein bar
L - Tuna with a tiny bit of light mayo on a pita with a side salad.
D - Roasted red pepper turkey burger on a pita with some roasted potatoes.
S - Rice cakes and whole wheat crackers.

Does that sound okay? I'm only counting about 1,000 for this, ugh. It's hard for me to process that I need to eat more.

 

[Fatphil32]

Yeah, I bought some organic, natural peanut butter with 150 calories or so per tablespoon. I'm having a really difficult time getting my calories up, because I feel so full. My calories for today are only 800 something, but I couldn't eat another bite tonight. I'm entertaining the thought of just eating a couple spoon fulls of peanut butter or some cheese or something. I definitely don't want to trash my metabolism.

My active BMR is around 1,900 so I need to be eating AT LEAST 1,200 calories a day. I didn't know it was going to be difficult to eat more!

My meal plan for tomorrow is:
B - Special K Protein bar
L - Tuna with a tiny bit of light mayo on a pita with a side salad.
D - Roasted red pepper turkey burger on a pita with some roasted potatoes.
S - Rice cakes and whole wheat crackers.

Does that sound okay? I'm only counting about 1,000 for this, ugh. It's hard for me to process that I need to eat more.

lol, I had in 800 calories by 10 a.m. this morning. I had to cut it short at lunch and only had a couple hundred, but then I had a huge freaking dinner [4oz pasta, 8oz. 95/5 ground beef, pasta sauce, chocolate cheesecake].

And I eat PB out of the spoon all the time. If you don't quite like the taste, then PB & Co. has some specialty flavored PB they sell at Wal-Mart. My favorite PB brand is definitely Naturally More. It has the best fat to protein ratio and is enhanced with egg whites and flax to name a couple. It's sold at Wal-Mart also.

And that meal plan looks very solid. If you have trouble getting in a few other calories, then calorie dense foods are your friends. One is peanut butter, but another great one is milk. Milk contains casein protein, which is a slow digesting protein [takes up to 7-8 hours to digest]. It's great to drink before bed, as it'll fuel your body with protein throughout the night.

 

[princess.chell]

Hi! It sounds like you're getting a ton of exercise which is really great. I have little motivation to get off my butt sometimes, but today I jogged on the treadmill for about 25 minutes and I plan on doing about 30 minutes on the exercise bike later (while watching tv, of course, lol). It's not much, but I want to start out slow.

I'd love to have a 'diet buddy'. Support is key to this, I believe. Oh, and my name is Jenn (or Jenny).

My meal plan for tomorrow is:
B - Special K Protein bar
L - Tuna with a tiny bit of light mayo on a pita with a side salad.
D - Roasted red pepper turkey burger on a pita with some roasted potatoes.
S - Rice cakes and whole wheat crackers.

Does that sound okay? I'm only counting about 1,000 for this, ugh. It's hard for me to process that I need to eat more.

Hey,
Exercising has always been something that's easy for me as I have always been playing a sport. So exercise was built in and through something I loved (most of the time). But I stopped play basketball this year for multiple reason, so I have to make time to exercise. Hahah kinda different for me now. My name's Michelle btw...nice to meet you!
Tomorrow I'm planning...
B - Multi Grain Cheeros with fresh strawberries.
L - PB&J and apple on the run to interning
D - ? depends on what time I get home and what is available. Hopefully, a grilled chicken wrap.
S - 100 Calorie pack of Peanut Butter cookies (basically the outsides of NutterButters)

To get a few more calories, maybe try adding some fresh fruit for breakfast: an apple, handful of strawberries, or whatever is in season and you have on hand. I find it helps with my horrible sweet tooth.
Btw...your dinner sounds delish! Do you make the roasted red pepper turkey burgers? I love burgers and that sounds like a healthy way for me to get my fix. For me, I'm trying to find healthy options of the foods I love. (i.e whole grain pastas, turkey burgers)

Oh and another thing you should know about me...I'm not so concentrated on the numbers of everything. While I want to see my weight drop, I don't scale watch. For me, it's discouraging. I've got a pair of my "skinny" jeans that I go by and also how I think I look. I'll peek at the scale every now and then, but I don't religiously weight myself. Me and counting calories doesn't always exactly work but I try to do that as I know it's an important part of a diet.

 

[BabyPiglet]

lol, I had in 800 calories by 10 a.m. this morning. I had to cut it short at lunch and only had a couple hundred, but then I had a huge freaking dinner [4oz pasta, 8oz. 95/5 ground beef, pasta sauce, chocolate cheesecake].

And I eat PB out of the spoon all the time. If you don't quite like the taste, then PB & Co. has some specialty flavored PB they sell at Wal-Mart. My favorite PB brand is definitely Naturally More. It has the best fat to protein ratio and is enhanced with egg whites and flax to name a couple. It's sold at Wal-Mart also.

And that meal plan looks very solid. If you have trouble getting in a few other calories, then calorie dense foods are your friends. One is peanut butter, but another great one is milk. Milk contains casein protein, which is a slow digesting protein [takes up to 7-8 hours to digest]. It's great to drink before bed, as it'll fuel your body with protein throughout the night.

No, I'm not much of a peanut butter person. This kind I bought was really high in protein and low in sugar, so I thought that sounded pretty good. It's amazing how much sugar is in most commercial brands!

Hey,
Exercising has always been something that's easy for me as I have always been playing a sport. So exercise was built in and through something I loved (most of the time). But I stopped play basketball this year for multiple reason, so I have to make time to exercise. Hahah kinda different for me now. My name's Michelle btw...nice to meet you!
Tomorrow I'm planning...
B - Multi Grain Cheeros with fresh strawberries.
L - PB&J and apple on the run to interning
D - ? depends on what time I get home and what is available. Hopefully, a grilled chicken wrap.
S - 100 Calorie pack of Peanut Butter cookies (basically the outsides of NutterButters)

To get a few more calories, maybe try adding some fresh fruit for breakfast: an apple, handful of strawberries, or whatever is in season and you have on hand. I find it helps with my horrible sweet tooth.
Btw...your dinner sounds delish! Do you make the roasted red pepper turkey burgers? I love burgers and that sounds like a healthy way for me to get my fix. For me, I'm trying to find healthy options of the foods I love. (i.e whole grain pastas, turkey burgers)

Oh and another thing you should know about me...I'm not so concentrated on the numbers of everything. While I want to see my weight drop, I don't scale watch. For me, it's discouraging. I've got a pair of my "skinny" jeans that I go by and also how I think I look. I'll peek at the scale every now and then, but I don't religiously weight myself. Me and counting calories doesn't always exactly work but I try to do that as I know it's an important part of a diet.

I posted the recipe over on fatphil's new recipe thread. It's really simple and they make juicy low-cal burgers! I got it from www.allrecipes.com which is an amazing site.

I'm not hung up on numbers either. For me it's more about jeans size. When my clothes start getting looser, I know I'm on the right track. I'll weight every 2 weeks or so, if that. I really just care about getting into a smaller size, having a flat tummy, and being healthy! It's not like you walk around with your weight number posted above your head or something.

Nice to meet you, Michelle.

 

[andy.b]

So Fatphil, you seem like the guy for this...

I want to build up my arm strength some more and make my upper arms bigger. What I do now is most mornings and nights I do about 15-20 reps each arm with 6 lb weights. Then I do about 5-10 with 20 lb weights. Sometimes I do those lifting it above my head instead of curling.

Is that gonna do anything, or should I do something different?

 

[Fatphil32]

So Fatphil, you seem like the guy for this...

I want to build up my arm strength some more and make my upper arms bigger. What I do now is most mornings and nights I do about 15-20 reps each arm with 6 lb weights. Then I do about 5-10 with 20 lb weights. Sometimes I do those lifting it above my head instead of curling.

Is that gonna do anything, or should I do something different?

It won't do anything noticable. It's a complicated process, but here's a link that will better explain how muscle actually builds.

http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/you-have-to-tear-muscle-to-build-it-10706.html

But, doing small amount of reps like that probably isn't doing it the proper way. I know guys who have absolutely jacked biceps and have never done a curl in their life. The best way to build body parts are to work on other bodyparts. You've got to have a solid full lifting program to be able to build your biceps/triceps. Also, you have to allow 72 hours after you tear your muscle to rebuild before working them again. If you don't, you risk overworking the muscle and causing serious damage.

If you need help setting up a workout program let me know. Also, a good diet goes a long way..

 

[Darkwing Duck]

the 300 workout is a great workout, but it's really intense. I've done it a bunch of times and it makes a difference. Other than that I just work out everyday, curls, bench, triceps, push ups and sit ups

 

[Fatphil32]

Real weight lifting > P90x, 300, ect.

Lift some real weights.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Dude are you kidding me? I said I have done the 300 workout and that it was intense. I don't do it on a daily basis. I lift weights. I've worked my butt off to get to where I am now by doing "real lifting." That doesn't mean that the 300 isn't a good workout.

 

[Fatphil32]

Dude are you kidding me? I said I have done the 300 workout and that it was intense. I don't do it on a daily basis. I lift weights. I've worked my butt off to get to where I am now by doing "real lifting." That doesn't mean that the 300 isn't a good workout.

Hahahaha, calm down. I never said they weren't good workouts. Lifting weights just triumphs them.

BTW, congrats on reaching where you want to be. Setting goals and achieving them goes a long way towards keeping on the right track for diet and exercise.

 

[princess.chell]

I posted the recipe over on fatphil's new recipe thread. It's really simple and they make juicy low-cal burgers! I got it from www.allrecipes.com which is an amazing site.

I'm not hung up on numbers either. For me it's more about jeans size. When my clothes start getting looser, I know I'm on the right track. I'll weight every 2 weeks or so, if that. I really just care about getting into a smaller size, having a flat tummy, and being healthy! It's not like you walk around with your weight number posted above your head or something.

Thanks! I'm really excited to try it!

I totally am the same way: smaller jeans, flat stomach, and feeling better about myself are my goals. I'm glad we are both aiming for similar things. I tried to get fit with a friend, and she was so concentrated on how much she weight it was annoying and distracting.

 

[BabyPiglet]

So, my day went pretty well. I successfully got up to 1200 without having to spoon feed myself peanut butter.

Tomorrow I think I'm going super easy and having some cheerios with oat clusters and skim milk for breakfast, a lean cuisine/healthy choice for lunch, and some chicken breast and roasted sweet potatoes for dinner. I think I'm going to buy some cashews or almonds tomorrow, they're my favourite snack and a little higher in calories.

Who knew it'd be tough trying to get 1200 calories?

 

[Fatphil32]

So, my day went pretty well. I successfully got up to 1200 without having to spoon feed myself peanut butter.

Tomorrow I think I'm going super easy and having some cheerios with oat clusters and skim milk for breakfast, a lean cuisine/healthy choice for lunch, and some chicken breast and roasted sweet potatoes for dinner. I think I'm going to buy some cashews or almonds tomorrow, they're my favourite snack and a little higher in calories.

Who knew it'd be tough trying to get 1200 calories?

lol, do you like cottage cheese? If so, that's a great way to get in another hundred calories or so. It's easily the best food to eat right before bed. It has casein protein, which is very slow digesting. It helps you feel full at night and supplies your body with protein throughout the night. I've got a ton of articles on the positive effects of it before bed. Two of the top bodybuilders in the world, Jay Cutler [not the Broncos QB] and Ronnie Coleman, eat it every night.

 

[andy.b]

lol, do you like cottage cheese? If so, that's a great way to get in another hundred calories or so. It's easily the best food to eat right before bed. It has casein protein, which is very slow digesting. It helps you feel full at night and supplies your body with protein throughout the night. I've got a ton of articles on the positive effects of it before bed. Two of the top bodybuilders in the world, Jay Cutler [not the Broncos QB] and Ronnie Coleman, eat it every night.

Actually he's with the Bears now, but whatever... Just sayin.

 

[Fatphil32]

Actually he's with the Bears now, but whatever... Just sayin.

Yeah, I noticed that after I posted it and it wouldn't let me edit, haha. Josh McDaniels is an idiot.

 

[andy.b]

If you need help setting up a workout program let me know. Also, a good diet goes a long way..

If you could, that would be real cool. I probably wouldn't start until next week or so, since tomorrow is my last day of school and Sunday is graduation.

 

[BabyPiglet]

lol, do you like cottage cheese? If so, that's a great way to get in another hundred calories or so. It's easily the best food to eat right before bed. It has casein protein, which is very slow digesting. It helps you feel full at night and supplies your body with protein throughout the night. I've got a ton of articles on the positive effects of it before bed. Two of the top bodybuilders in the world, Jay Cutler [not the Broncos QB] and Ronnie Coleman, eat it every night.

No, lol, I hate it. I can't get past the texture, and I'm not huge on dairy. For example, I love skim milk because it tastes less...milky. Haha.

 

[princess.chell]

So, my day went pretty well. I successfully got up to 1200 without having to spoon feed myself peanut butter.

Tomorrow I think I'm going super easy and having some cheerios with oat clusters and skim milk for breakfast, a lean cuisine/healthy choice for lunch, and some chicken breast and roasted sweet potatoes for dinner. I think I'm going to buy some cashews or almonds tomorrow, they're my favourite snack and a little higher in calories.

Who knew it'd be tough trying to get 1200 calories?

Hahaha my problem is exactly the opposite. trying to cut out calories. I am the type of person who is nearly always hungry. Like some nights, I eat dinner at like 5:30 or 6 and am hungry again by like 7:30 or 8. And I wouldn't have a small dinner, I'd have a good sized meal. It's crazy.

Today was a crazy day for me with my last day of finals and my schedule being all over the place. Breakfast went well with a little bit of Frosted Cheeros. Lunch, not so well. I left my lunch at home in a rush to leave for school on time so I got stuck with an uncrustable and a bottle of water. Soooo filling and healthy. Not. Two and half hours later, I was hungry, but not feeling well (I blame the uncrustable). And fell asleep till I had to leave for work leaving me no time to eat at home. So I ended up having a healthy choice (no sarcasm there) and a little bit of oatmeal at work because I was starving. And now, here I am, hungry again. I love life some days
Tomorrow should be interesting as well. I'm not going to be home at all, meaning eating out all day. Breakfast out with friends, lunch at the ballpark, and dinner somewhere between the game, a wake, and a bonfire.
Hopefully, your day is better than mine
I like the whole meal plan thing. I feel like I need to stick to it and feel accountable.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Hahaha my problem is exactly the opposite. trying to cut out calories. I am the type of person who is nearly always hungry. Like some nights, I eat dinner at like 5:30 or 6 and am hungry again by like 7:30 or 8. And I wouldn't have a small dinner, I'd have a good sized meal. It's crazy.

Today was a crazy day for me with my last day of finals and my schedule being all over the place. Breakfast went well with a little bit of Frosted Cheeros. Lunch, not so well. I left my lunch at home in a rush to leave for school on time so I got stuck with an uncrustable and a bottle of water. Soooo filling and healthy. Not. Two and half hours later, I was hungry, but not feeling well (I blame the uncrustable). And fell asleep till I had to leave for work leaving me no time to eat at home. So I ended up having a healthy choice (no sarcasm there) and a little bit of oatmeal at work because I was starving. And now, here I am, hungry again. I love life some days
Tomorrow should be interesting as well. I'm not going to be home at all, meaning eating out all day. Breakfast out with friends, lunch at the ballpark, and dinner somewhere between the game, a wake, and a bonfire.
Hopefully, your day is better than mine
I like the whole meal plan thing. I feel like I need to stick to it and feel accountable.

I'm hungry a lot, too. I'm definitely a snacker! I just buy really low-calorie things, so it doesn't seem to add up to much. Like the other night I ate a huge dinner, but by 10 o'clock I was having hunger pains! It's strange.

I find a lot of useful information at www.caloriecount.about.com They have great and helpful forums.

 

[BabyPiglet]

So who lost 5 pounds?
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Jenny did! Even though it's probably water weight, I'm still super excited!