You are some kinda funny!
I like all beans. I have no #1 bean. No top beanana. No numero uno. All beans are equal to me.
Speaking of, the bean pie. Looks so awesome. I'm gonna have to make that.
). And I am part vampire, so that helps. 
And Lyz and Nancy--shhhh! Shut. it. Stop with all of the compliments. You are going to make Roddy impossible to live with!
Yes, must try the bean pie.
). And I agree with your assessments. 
Two trainers and the gym owner sat me down and gave me the "lecture" 
And as I look at it, I'm kinda putting my tail between my legs- because as I *thought* I was doing pretty well, I'm realizing that I may not be doing exactly what they told me. I may track calories again at some point here soon just to make sure that my WW points are where I think they are calorie-wise.). I'm sure I have loads to catch up on!
4 MORE DAYS TILL KIDS SHOW H E L L week will be over!
I am up to my eye balls in house remodeling that is not going as smooth as I hoped.
Basement still? Or a new project?
Let you know more later but if me going to the hospital for Carsyn's surgery yesterday morning and finding out they moved it to next Tuesday
How does that happen? I hope they had a dang good reason 
All day. 
to all.I do remember. (that's kinda why I asked
I just pulled out my stuff from when I had an "intervention" at the gym
Anyway - for losing fat and maintaining/gaining muscle this is what my suggested eating guidelines are:
1900 calories per day split into 5-6 evenly spaced meals (roughly every 3 hours) aiming for an average of 380 calories per "feeding".
Each meal is to be centered around my protein source - aiming for 19g of protein and 8g fat per meal.
Workouts- focus on strength training with moderate cardio.
Mon-full body weights
Tues - cardio
Wed - 4 -5 muscle groups w/light cardio to follow
Thurs - circuit - weights with intermittent cardio bursts
Fri - full body weights
Sat - cardio
I recall nearly falling out of my chair at the thought of eating that much. But I promised to give it 2 weeks. And I found that I felt much better, my energy level was up, and lost fat pounds while gaining muscle mass. I think one of the biggest changes was that I was eating small amounts more constantly - as a society we are so focused on the "big dinner meal". Changing that mindset for me was a big step, and one of the major keys to my success I think. My dinner is no bigger than any other meal - and honestly it is typically less WW points then my post-workout meal.
So - I guess what I'm telling you in a round-about way is I agree with your plan. Focus on protein. And strength training. And I'd probably try to get 1300-1500 calories the nutritionist suggested for a week or two and see how it goes.
Now. I started this post at 10:15 this morning (what does that say about my day!
And it's sooo true. That's four points, about 200 calories. So there you go. The point is not to lose weight and go back to eating ice cream, but to use those 4 points or 200 calories a day for something better. So it IS lifestyle on one hand, but not on the other.
Okay, see, this makes sense. 1900 is your maintenance calorie level.
However, to lose weight, you have to create a calorie deficit. In essence, temporarily "starving" the body of what it needs to maintain.
The industry standard on this is 3500 cals = 1 lb. So, if you create a 3500 calorie deficit a week, you will lose 1 lb a week. 3500/7 = 500, so if you ate 1400 calories a day, you would lose 1 lb a week. Cut more, and you lose more rapidly. You would have to go below half of your basal metabolism, so 950 as evidenced by the 1900 calories, to even touch your metabolic rate.
The "starvation mode" myth is really that after you hit half your basal metabolic needs, that your metabolism slows down a bit, but not enough to really affect weight loss in that moment ("bounce back" and other stuff notwithstanding). To hit this, you have to go low enough that your calorie deficit is so high that you will still lose. This is why you don't see a fat anorexic.
As to the exercse = calories burned = therefore I can eat more thing, I tend to err on the side of ignoring that. I don't tend to believe that I am burning as many calories as "they" say I am (i.e. it is not an exact science)...
Lyz, yes. Maintaining is definitely not the same lifestyle as losing. Same idea, but with more "give".
Love it! do you know what my WW leader says? The difference between losing and maintaining is a bowl of ice cream.
Nancy, I just use the simple 50 calories to a WW pt formula. So, if you're eating an average of 25 pts a day, that's an average of 1250 calories per day. Of course fat and fiber are factored in, but this is just the very simple way I calculate it.
? She was been on WW several times in her life and continuously failed at it for the very reason you just posted. You have no idea how many times I've been talking to her and she is adding her points for the day and heard her say, "I have x amount of points left, I can have cake", "I have x amount of points left, I can eat ice cream". She's one of the ones that told me my style of weight loss is unhealthy, yet, she's close to 100 lbs overweight. My usual retort would be, "Well, why don't you use those points to snack on cucumbers with FF dip or carrot sticks", but I don't know what I'm talking about. Needless to say, she's not on WW anymore. I don't think she's even trying to lose weight now. Anyway, I'll shut up, great psychic articulation of my point, Liz! 
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And by fattie, I mean Heavy Liz. Not Nancy or anyone else.
