[99fairies]

I forced myself to eat more yesterday and I lost a pound!

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Originally Posted by 99fairies

I forced myself to eat more yesterday and I lost a pound!

Except for short term water weight, there is a lag time of more than a day between eating and effect. To lose a pound of body mass you need a calorie deficit of 3500, which is usually accrued across a few days. My weight yesterday was a pound higher than 2 days earlier, so I ignored it; it is just a fluctuation that isn't body mass. I only ate about 3000 calories total on the two days, so I could not have eaten 3500 excess calories. In fact I am quite certain I ate less than I burned and the drop will show up within a few days.

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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25

I ate healthy yesterday in the sense that I ate mostly fruit, veggies, and lean proteins. But I was still completely out of control. I still felt like I had to keep eating even when I wasn’t hungry. I logged my calories as well as my weight watcher points and while my points were in range my calories were well over 2000. So I don’t understand how WW will work. I think switching fruits to zero points doesn’t make sense bc they are still calorie dense. I’m going to continue to do both for awhile. I just don’t know how to stop this insatiable need to eat without stopping depakote. I really don’t want to, I’m starting to even out. But should I trade mental health for diabetes?

So frustrated.

Fruits are zero points? I just looked back a few days at my log and I go over 300 calories of fruit fairly often.

[hopeless2015]

I've been tracking carbs and calories and coming in at 30 carbs a day and between 1200 and 1500 calories a day. I'll weigh tomorrow to see where I'm at.

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Another day near goal. Mixed in some junk food again. I had a single Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake today. 200 empty calories of bliss. I really need to eat more balanced meals though.

[bizi]

Well I finished the bag of chocolates, sugar free ones. I will not be buying them ever again! That was 800 calories!
geesh!
bizi

[bizi]

oh, I feel awful.
all of that sugar free candy gave me horrendous gas and explosive diarrhea....
sigh
never again
biz

[Tucson]

I still weigh 177. I ate 2500 calories today. I did not intend to do this, but I drank two yogurt smoothies. I found the Greek Gods Greek Yougert a dollar off from its regular price. Out of the different yougerts I have looked at and and ate, IMHO this is the best whole milk yougert that I have come across. It has an outrageous amount of milk fat with the least amount of additives. So I broke down and had my second yogurt. I could have skipped the slices of banana bread, but I decided to eat them anyways. It is soo good with butter.

I have been having good results with the Nutribullet. It handles frozen fruit with no problem. However, the ice thins the yogurt smoothie. So I will defrost the fruit before using it. I am still straining that tub of regular whole milk yogurt before use. For a bit more than a cup of yogurt, I get at least a couple tablespoons of whey at the bottom of the bowl within about 18 hours. I may try for 24 hours to see what happens.

PS I should be having more money for groceries soon, so I will be eating better. I do want some recommendations for the dinners they have at Trader Joe’s. I want to try one of them.

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My scale still read 183, a pound over the lowest I have seen (which was 4 days ago) but well within the normal day to day bounce range. Losing weight the slower, healthier way can be agonizing. 184 was the lowest weight I saw before upping my calories and I have been at 182/183 and not seen 184 since upping calories, so I think it is trending down but have to give it more time. the calorie calculator I use estimates that eating 1453 calories a day would result in the loss of 1 pound per week if I were totally sedentary. I am not, but I don't think that I have been getting enough exercise to be "lightly active" either. I need to change that and start getting some regular exercise. The estimate for a 2 pound loss is 953, which is about what I averaged during my unhealthy stretch, but I averaged losing more weight than that so I am getting more exercise than "sedentary". I probably walk up and down the stairs at home enough times a day to qualify as more than sedentary. Anyway, my point is that since the math worked at the low level it should work eating at this level also. I am just really impatient.

[Tucson]

I now weigh 178. I guess it is going back and forth in a holding pattern which is good news...so far. I strained about 1 to 1 1;2 cups of the inexpensive yogurt, which is not the more expensive Greek Gods Greek yogurt, and by this morning, I found a quarter cup of whey at the bottom of the bowl. If I would strain it for a full 24 hours, I am sure there would be more. So for now, I am going to use the inexpensive whole milk yogurt. However, I will also be adding a few tablespoons full of the tastey Greek Gods yogurt just before I make a smoothie. I can save money this way and still end up with a tastey result. My goal is to consume over 2100 calories today.

[99fairies]

I must have a lot of water weight because I've lost 3 pounds in the last 3 days.

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Originally Posted by 99fairies

I must have a lot of water weight because I've lost 3 pounds in the last 3 days.

Nice! Yeah, it's likely you lost that over a series of days and had it hidden by water weight.

I only burn about 2100 calories a day, so it is impossible for me to truly lose a pound a day, even if I did a total fast. A fast and a lot of exercise, maybe. Doesn't sound like much fun.

The "jitter" is annoying. Even though I know it is nothing to worry about, it bugged me to see the scale go up a pound. Next time I weigh, it might be down 2, then back up 1, etc. As long as the trend is down, I can deal with some fluctuations.

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Looks like image upload is busted again. Another day near 1500. Still a little heavy on snacks, but a lot of that is fruit.

[wildflowerchild25]

I’ve had a mostly successful three days. Not necessarily calories wise but content wise. A lot more vegetables and fruits, less fried and fatty food. Today I did have a grilled cheese but I also had a salad at McDonald’s (only used half the dressing) and turkey cheddar pinwheels (small wrap cut into 4 pieces). I had strawberries for dessert with sugar free whipped cream. So I’m slowly changing over my eating. That’s all I can hope for. I didn’t compulsively eat yesterday or today.

[Tucson]

I skipped lunch which was not a good idea. I have consumed about 2100 calories today. To make up for the loss of calories for lunch, I had a calorie packed pancake dinner. I even added an egg for good measure. This time I have used the cooking weight scale. This is where I found out that on the pancakes mix, the calorie count from myfitnesspal is different from what is stated on the box. Still, when the box says three pancakes for a half a cup of mix, I have to figure out what this means for my pancake size. I will have to investigate this further. I may have placed a different amount on the scale compared with what I actually used. Flour can compress easily. Next time I will measure the mix as I am placing it in the bowl instead of after the fact trying to see how much I used. I definitely will be using the scale more where I can do this instead of guessing. Either way, I think this calorie count is close.

[hopeless2015]

Weighed this morning at 140, I'm down 32lbs from the beginning of the year. 15 to go.

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Originally Posted by Tucson

I skipped lunch which was not a good idea. I have consumed about 2100 calories today. To make up for the loss of calories for lunch, I had a calorie packed pancake dinner. I even added an egg for good measure. This time I have used the cooking weight scale. This is where I found out that on the pancakes mix, the calorie count from myfitnesspal is different from what is stated on the box. Still, when the box says three pancakes for a half a cup of mix, I have to figure out what this means for my pancake size. I will have to investigate this further. I may have placed a different amount on the scale compared with what I actually used. Flour can compress easily. Next time I will measure the mix as I am placing it in the bowl instead of after the fact trying to see how much I used. I definitely will be using the scale more where I can do this instead of guessing. Either way, I think this calorie count is close.

If there is one, the food entries with the green check mark are best as they are verified. One brand that can be tough is Walmart Great Value because they source from lots of different companies. Once I found 2 tubs of whole milk Greek yogurt next to each other with a different calorie count.

[liveforsummer]

Eating too much junk again. If I had to count the number of M & m’s I’ve consumed this year they would likely stretch a 100 miles. I’m not s big eater and underweight. I’ve a fixed number in my head that I do not deviate from.
I’m just terrible at filling my stomach with unhealthy stuff and being too lazy to cook healthy stuff for myself. I’ll make good suppers for others but if I’m on my own forget it.

...sorry that post was not very motivating!

[Tucson]

I had an early appointment with my doctor. They weighed me out to be at 180. My shoes add a couple pounds, so my weight is closer to 178. This may mean an actual weight gain has happened. If this is the case, my over 2100 calorie meals may be actually putting weight on me albeit very slowly. I still need to find a calorie count that will maintain my weight, and then meet it most of the time. Today I will make peanut butter cookies. Peanut butter is healthy, correct? I do get paranoid about further weight loss, and even weight gain. I cannot let these day-to-day changes in weight throw me.

[raspberrytorte]

I had a weird tasting hard boiled egg this morning that I threw out and a bowl of oatmeal. I'm at 126. My goal weight is 121. Only five pounds to go. Not a lot, but seems impossible.