Weight Loss and exercise

I went crazy over again yesterday, worked out this morning and will once again try to keep it in check. I really need to come up with more accurate goals and tracking. My goal is too aggressive and my exercise tracking too conservative and I know that. The result is that I pretty much ignore goal lately which is a really bad thing to start doing. Weight has been stable and staying in range though. I will weigh tomorrow.

I've been pretty good this weekend. I'm trying to not weigh myself until Friday.

Yesterday was a pretty light day on the exercise. Just some walking. I was supposed to go hiking this morning but it was raining so I switched my schedule around to start work early and try to hike this evening.

I stayed mostly on my calorie budget except I had popcorn last night so went over, but was still in deficit overall.

I'm feeling pretty hopeful now that I started kickboxing. I've got it scheduled in almost every day this week.

I had thought maybe I'll start up in ballet class again, but I can't right now, not until I lose some of this weight. Not because I don't want to, but if you ever been in a dance class, you'd know you're surrounded by mirrors. You can't NOT look at yourself. And as much as I love dancing, I think I'd just find it demoralizing right now to have to stare at myself in a mirror for 90 minutes. I'll focus on the kickboxing for right now and when I'm starting to feel stronger and more confident, jump back into ballet.

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I stopped drinking soda. Not by choice but one of my new meds has this weird side effect that causes carbonated drinks to taste very flat. I tried drinking them anyways but it is to the point where I no longer want to drink them. I’m also worried about mixing coffee with Xanax. I know alcohol is deadly but I don’t think coffee is too good either. That basically leaves me with lemonade. So I’ve been drinking a lot of lemonade and brisk half and half where the caffeine content is very very low. I have heard of people dropping 10-15 pounds just from stopping soda. Does anyone have any expirence with this?

Also has anyone taken topamax before?

My old goal weight was 145. My doctor wanted me to stop at 150. I currently no longer see that doctor. I think I may want to try to get to 135. I am 5’4 and I have a large athletic build I am not sure this is ok or not but the only person who I have asked before besides my doctor was my therapist and she told me to stop losing weight when I was 185 pounds and still 13 pounds away from being overweight (I was still obese according to BMI)

I weigh 172 pounds. 1025 steps made today. No exercise. My target is 2200 calories. I have consumed 2318 calories. So I am over by 118 calories, so exercise tomorrow will take care of this.

I am trying to finish off all of these expensive meals by having one each day. The calories can be high, like 1000 calories for todays meal. So I need to
monitor my consumption of goodies. I need to keep this under control. I still find myself looking for something to munch on. Not good.

Yikes - this morning's weigh in said 159! I know that's a spike. I went a little fruit crazy yesterday and went over ~300 feeling pretty sure my goal was low. No exercise today, which is good since I tweaked my knee and ankle a bit yesterday. I know it was from circuit training; I tried to make sure I was more active on the step platform between machines and I did a few fast side to side step patterns at a brisk pace. I will probably be fine tomorrow and just have to go a little easier on the leg cardio (which is pretty much all cardio).

Anyway, I have to be more firm about the line in the sand today. I will be out of town this weekend and will have to really watch what I eat. It shouldn't be too hard. I will be in NY and everything costs a fortune.

I will weigh again Thursday.

My weight is now 173. I will exercise today since at least for right now it is 77 degrees outside. In terms of Arizona, this is a bit “cold”. I am having another meal from that meal service. The meals are anywhere from about 700 to 1000 calories. So I may need to watch my snacking. Perhaps no purchase of a pie due to these meals.

1000 calories for one meal seems a bit high. What kind of meal service is that?

I just weighed myself at 3 in the afternoon. I weigh 162.8. I don’t think that’s accurate. That would mean I really weigh 157-159. Plus I was having stomach issues before I weighed myself. I had planned on weighing myself before I realized I was going to have stomach issues. I feel like I might be getting a bug or something. I think there’s something going around at work since people are calling in a lot.

It is by HelloFresh. Their operating practices remind my of a racket, just a hair shy of this. Some of the food is really good. They ship you all the ingredients, including meats, and instructions on how to make it. Even though you do all the cooking, and their portion size can be unrealistically small, they still charge $8 a serving. There is one meal that had about 1000 calories. I have not run accross it since. Right now I have a 890 calorie meal waiting in my refridgerator for me to make in the futire. The calories for their meals normally go from lets say 600 to 800 calories, but there are exceptions.

I didn't exercise the past two days due to being sick but might get back to it today or tomorrow

I take trileptal which is similar, I'm also 5'4

9831 steps. Exercised for 4.33 miles. I have burned 468 calories. This makes for a target of 2668 calories. I have consumed maybe 2463 calories, which is 200 calories short. I will make up this tomorror. Now if I am unabke to eat a scoop of ice cream, the calories consumed will be next. I am very full now. I need to start eating my meals early in the morning which will give my stomach time to digest all of the calories. I do not like feeling this full.

I weigh 172 pounds today. No exersize for me today. I have been using the MET approach for a month now. My weight has been up and down from 173 to 171 with a brief excursion down to 170 pounds. I have no idea why. The best I can say right now is that I may have dropped a pound during this time.

I went stupid again yesterday going over 700 calories past my goal. It was a coworker's birthday and a really good ice cream cake. Kicking that can on down the road...

I worked out hard at the gym this morning, logged somewhat conservatively, had a light breakfast, light lunch and no snack yet. I logged just a chicken breast for dinner. I brought it to work to have with salad but there was chicken taco meat out from the group lunch we had yesterday. they put leftovers in the fridge and bring them out at lunchtime for a day or two. So I will take the chicken breast with me when I go paddling and eat it around 4. I am currently 1154 calories under goal (including the pre-logged chicken breast and a lunch dessert I decided to add) and I will paddle this afternoon. I think I will have a 90 calorie protein bar as a snack in a bit.

With paddling calories and maybe some fruit later I will still probably have a deficit well over 1000 today to make up for some recent overages. I will weigh in the morning and then probably not again until Tuesday after I get back from NY. I actually expect to maintain a deficit on the trip. In the office or at home I am surrounded by treats/fruit that is there for the taking on a whim.

My weight was 163.6. At 2 this afternoon. That seems more accurate. It probably wasn’t a good idea to weigh immediately after having stomach issues. I’m probably still under 160 though. The topamax works good but it does a number on my stomach. It has worked best to just eat 3 decent size meals a day. Usually a big 400 calorie snack at work at 10, then 400 calories at lunch at noon and then 400 calories at dinner at 5.

Today I have logged 1450 calories consumed, 950 calories from exercise. 4.6 miles of SUP paddling and ~75 minutes of fairly high intensity exercise. Since my goal was 1500, this leaves me about 1000 short and should make up for the last couple of days. I will weigh in the morning.

A little under 158 this morning. With all the exercise yesterday and feeling a little dehydrated, I most likely would have been over 160 if I had weighed yesterday. But I didn't, so I have officially stayed in maintenance range. I won't weigh again until Tuesday and after lunch today, nearly all food will be estimated. I will be able to work out a time or two where my son lives but it probably won't be as long as I work out at the gym lately.

I weigh 160.6. I’m really hoping to be below 160 at my next morning weigh in on Sunday. I ordered a couple pairs of used True Religion jeans online. I’m hoping they fit. They are size women’s 31. If not I have a new goal.

I want a chicken sandwhich without sauce and medium fries from McDonald's today. That is 780 calories. Then We plan on having chicken done in the oven which I think is about 270 calories. So that’s 1,050. And then I’ll probably have 3 servings of baby carrots and that will be about 1,155. A little low but not too bad for right now. I am off work today and I’m not doing too much,

My weight is 171 pounds. Not too bad. My weight goes from 171 to 172, with brief excursions up to 173 and down to 170. I find this odd. I am going to exercise today even though I am not up to it

Yesterday, I had exercised for 4.28 miles. I had burned 470 calories. So this had made for a target of 2670. I came very short yesterday. I need to eat my meals on time. I also cannot let time slip by for this to happen. Maybe snacking through the day will help too? I will not exercise today.

I was 163.2 this afternoon. I had some French onion soup right before which probably had a lot of sodium. I’m guessing on Sunday morning I’ll be 159.8.

Does anyone know where I can talk to a reliable nutritionist or a dietitian? I don’t know what the difference is. I don’t need one right now. I need one when I am ready to maintain. I obviously can’t maintain on 1,200 calories. I really have no idea how to do it. I’ve looked at calculators online and I don’t think I need 2,1200 calories to maintain 135 pounds. I don’t have a doctor. I have a therapist who is also a nurse but she has no idea what’s she’s talking about and you will not believe the stuff that spews out of her mouth when it comes to counting to calories and weight loss. She thinks that all intentional healthy weight loss will lead to eating disorders and other things like that. Does Medicare pay for a session with a dietiction or should I be looking at a fitness center or park district type thing? I just need one session since i don’t know what I’m doing. One session shouldn’t be that much money I should think.

Stayed just under 1500 calories yesterday, no exercise. Probably will go over at dinner tonight, but there is a 24 hour fitness center where I am staying and I will exercise later.

I am 279 pounds.I started my diet on wednesday,sticking to between 1000 calories and 1400 calories a day.On tuesday next week I start yoga classes and I will do other exercise too.I am diabetic since 2003 but it has been badly controlled for years,so have stopped all sugary treats and drinks.I hope to lose half my body weight.

My weight is about 171 pounds from what I remember. My previous shortage amounted to 1100 calories. My target is 2200 calories for this day of no exercise. I have consumed 2692 calories. So I am over by 492 calories. This offsets the previous shortage by about one half. I will exercise tomorrow.

Omg, this is super frustrating...I have tracked every calorie for the past week and had an 1000 deficit each day, worked out nearly every day and on days off did low impact walking to keep up the calorie burn, and the scale says I gained weight! I will say that I can distinctly feel me clothes a little less tight and a lot stronger, so I'm hoping it's just a reaction of shock from my body and if I keep at it, the number will start to drop. And no, I'm not cheating, I track every calorie religiously. In and out.

I don't need any advice or suggestions, just venting my frustration. This can be normal to have to fight your body for a bit to get out of its comfort zone. Trying to examine the macros in my diet to see if I can adjust things there and make a difference.