[Greenleaves]

Day 3 continued:

1 yogurt 50
1 banana 109
1/2 cup white steamed rice 121
1 chicken breast 281
1 cup cooked broccoli 44
1/2 orange 43
1 chicken breast 281
Veggie soup 70
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999 kcal
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[(JD)]

Are you feeling good on this eating plan? I hope it's working for you!

[Greenleaves]

It feels good good Sky. :-) I'm not really restricting any types of foods though. I'm mostly counting calories. I hope it's working too. :-)

My aunt is giving me her exercise bike today. I'm going to put it in front of the television and ride it while watching TV.

Day 4

1 yogurt 50
6 peanut M&Ms 100??
1 bag mini popcorn 190
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340 kcal

[h0kie]

I am currently 600 calories under what the site wi_fit posted says I need to have to have "extreme fat loss". Yay me! Tomorrow I need to eat better though. Today wasn't so hot vegetable wise, but I did make some good choices.

[Greenleaves]

Day 4 Cont.

1 yogurt 50
6 peanut M&Ms 100??
1 bag mini popcorn 190
1 raison scone 180
1 cup rice 242
Some Tai food 150??
4 M&Ms and 2 small ginger snaps 100??
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1012 kcal

[wi_fighter]

I've been really lenient lately, so I haven't lost any more weight, but I haven't gained any either. I haven't exercised at all for the last month.

[Greenleaves]

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I am currently 600 calories under what the site wi_fit posted says I need to have to have "extreme fat loss". Yay me! Tomorrow I need to eat better though. Today wasn't so hot vegetable wise, but I did make some good choices.

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Wow, 600 calories below extreme weight loss! Are you sure it's safe?

I don't think I can manage extreme weight loss. According to that calculator, I have to eat 904 kcal a day for extreme weight loss! I don't think it's possible for me to lose my desired 2 pounds per week without some serious restricting.

This is all due to the fact that I'm starting out with a relatively low weight, 113 pounds. I'm only 4'11''.

[h0kie]

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Greenleaves said:
Wow, 600 calories below extreme weight loss! Are you sure it's safe?

I don't think I can manage extreme weight loss. According to that calculator, I have to eat 904 kcal a day for extreme weight loss! I don't think it's possible for me to lose my desired 2 pounds per week without some serious restricting.

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When you have as much weight to lose as I do, eating below the number of calories that thing says isn't hard. My doctor would flip if I told I was going to stick to a 1500 calorie/day diet. I would literally put my body into that starvation mode _Sky has mentioned.

I'm trying to be more concious of what I eat, how many calories are in what I eat and if I feel the food is "worth" those calories, I'm trying to exercise some (as opposed to not trying before), and I'm watching food labels more - which I never used to do.

My goal isn't total weight loss - it's all about improving my health.

Also, according to that site you should not use the "extreme weight loss" count if you have between 2-25 pounds to lose. That's not extreme. I have whole persons to lose.

[Greenleaves]

Day 5

2/3 cup ravioli 260
4 peanut M&M's 50??
12 small ginger snaps 200??
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510 kcal

[Greenleaves]

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I'm trying to be more concious of what I eat, how many calories are in what I eat and if I feel the food is "worth" those calories, I'm trying to exercise some (as opposed to not trying before), and I'm watching food labels more - which I never used to do.

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That sounds like a good plan! I used to drink a lot of juice and soda pop, but now I don't. I choose diet now whenever I can.

I should get healthier too. I could probably do away with the M&Ms.

I find that I cannot lose any weight when I'm just trying to eat healthier. I have to actually count my calories. My body likes to stay at the same weight.

I'm trying to get healthier by exercising more. My aunt gave me her more than 20 year old exercise bike and now I'm going to ride it whenever I watch television.

[wi_fighter]

GL, you might want to double check your calorie counts on the package. I went on calorieking.com and it shows that a serving of 5 ginger snaps has 150 calories.

[Greenleaves]

I'll check out calorieking.com. I've been using FitDay and it isn't the greatest.

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure any of my calorie counts are accurate. I purged after the ravioli and ginger snaps. Not sure how many calories I absorbed.

Thanks for the tip though. Maybe I underestimate my calorie counts.

[h0kie]

I have an exercise bike but the seat kills my...uh...well, seat. So I haven't been able to use it. However, I did get a new workout DVD that I just love (which is totally not me). I look forward to doing it each night.

As far as the M&Ms...6 a day isn't the end of the world and honestly I wouldn't find them that big a deal (hmmm...maybe thats how I got this way lol). Maybe try and have them every other day and then every 2 days or something like that. Go off them slowly. According to the doctor that created the South Beach diet, if you can go without sweets (i.e. chocolate) for 2 weeks your cravings for the stuff goes down. For me, I find that very true.

If your body won't lose any more weight maybe its as small as it's going to get and still be healthy. I don't know. Maybe ask a doctor.

[Greenleaves]

Day 5 cont.

2/3 cup ravioli 260
4 peanut M&M's 50??
12 small ginger snaps 300??
Purged
1/2 a scone 90
1 apple turnover 320
A lot of Doritos 640?
Purged
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1660 kcal

[Greenleaves]

Day 5 cont.

2/3 cup ravioli 260
4 peanut M&M's 50??
12 small ginger snaps 300??
Purged
1/2 a scone 90
1 apple turnover 320
A lot of Doritos 640?
Purged
1 1/2 cup rice 363
Tai chicken 300?
Tai tofu curry 100?
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2420 kcal

That sounds really high to me. I don't think I really ate that much today. I think I ate a normal amount. I think maybe my caloric estimates are too high? If there's no mistake, I should have gained a lot of weight from my diet of many years, but I haven't.

[Greenleaves]

I don't know if my caloric estimates are correct for the Tai chicken and Tai tofu curry. I didn't actually eat a lot of it. You know how Chinese food is? Well, you eat mostly the rice and have a bit of the food to go with the rice. We take a bit from each dish and eat the rice with it. I don't think I ate too much of each dish.

I also don't think I ate 2 servings of Doritos, now that I think about it. I wanted of overestimate just to be safe.

Do I really eat that much? Golly, I must have a high metabolism for something then!

Day 6

1 whole wheat pita 160
2 blades romaine lettuce 7
1/6 cup skim milk cheese 40
2 slices turkey 40
2 tablespoons low fat ranch dressing 50
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297 kcal

[wi_fighter]

As I'm looking at it, you need more protein and whole grains.

There isn't any nutrition in all of the white rice, chips, cookies and candy that you're eating. The carbs you're eating don't fill you up, or keep you feeling full, so you want more soon after.

Perhaps I should change the title of this thread to HEALTHY weight loss.

[Greenleaves]

You're right about the chips and cookies. I really should stop eating so many of those. The white rice, I can't stop eating because it's a staple food. My family eats it everyday as our main food. Chinese people have been eating it for thousands of years, I think it should be okay to eat.

So far no one in my family has gotten fat from eating rice. I don't consider myself fat either. I think I mostly need to get in shape. I'm going to try to do that by riding my stationary bike everyday.

I just had a bad day yesterday, but the days before I ate pretty healthy. I'm eating healthy today too.

[Greenleaves]

Day 6

1 stuffed pita 297
1 stuffed pita 297
6 ginger snaps 180
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774 kcal

[dottie]

Hi. What is your weight goal? Mine is 135 pounds