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Posted by herpills on January 8, 2013, at 16:19:54
I think I had too much cookies and beer. herpills
Posted by Deneb on January 8, 2013, at 21:40:59
In reply to holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by herpills on January 8, 2013, at 16:19:54
I don't know if I put on holiday pounds, but I would guess no. I did go to Vegas and it was very extravagent, but with the stress of all those new experiences I only ate one meal a day. Then I got so sick after Christmas lol.
I'm finally almost 100% lol. Without the sickness though, I probably would have put on holiday pounds.
Posted by gadchik on January 9, 2013, at 9:03:40
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by Deneb on January 8, 2013, at 21:40:59
I gained 3lbs. I know its because of the desserts I ate. We went out to dinner alot over the holidays too. My son was in from college,and he and I went out to lunch several times,and also visited a few bakeries!
Posted by SLS on January 11, 2013, at 8:46:08
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by gadchik on January 9, 2013, at 9:03:40
> I gained 3lbs. I know its because of the desserts I ate. We went out to dinner alot over the holidays too. My son was in from college,and he and I went out to lunch several times,and also visited a few bakeries!
Every day has been a holiday for me since early September.
I had worked hard to lose 27 pounds. I was doing well until the day of my brother's birthday party. The cake and cookies were so good. I indulged. Like a bolt of lightening, my carbohydrate cravings reappeared and my sense of discipline disappeared. I am only now beginning to extinguish the bad habits that I had fallen back into. Fortunately, not too much damage was done.
- Scott
Posted by gadchik on January 11, 2013, at 10:04:02
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by SLS on January 11, 2013, at 8:46:08
Have you tried brown sugar bacon brownies?! Wow,we went to a new bakery in town, and spotted them...never should have tasted them, tasty! I will keep hiking daily.
Posted by Dinah on January 13, 2013, at 2:17:53
In reply to holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by herpills on January 8, 2013, at 16:19:54
I don't know if it's holiday pounds. I think it might be age pounds. I started exercising three times a week, and gained four pounds. I got sick and haven't been eating hardly anything (or exercising at all) and seem to have gained another six.
I don't know what to do.
Posted by SLS on January 13, 2013, at 8:32:36
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by Dinah on January 13, 2013, at 2:17:53
> I don't know if it's holiday pounds. I think it might be age pounds. I started exercising three times a week, and gained four pounds. I got sick and haven't been eating hardly anything (or exercising at all) and seem to have gained another six.
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> I don't know what to do.Building muscle necessarily requires an increase in body weight. However, your clothes probably won't fit any tighter at this point in your workout cycle. In this case, the scale would not be an accurate representation of a change in your physique. However, if your clothes do fit tighter, then you might be able to walk the extra weight off. You don't have to run, although intense exercise helps to maintain a higher basal metabolism rate (BMR). If you are going to do intense aerobic work, use an exercise bike or an eliptical. Do not run on a treadmill. It places unnecessary stresses on the skeleton, especially the knees. Your appetite might increase transiently due to beginning an exercise program. There might also be a delay in the increase in BMR that should occur. You might not see significant weight loss for a few weeks.
- Scott
Posted by Dinah on January 13, 2013, at 14:23:31
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else? » Dinah, posted by SLS on January 13, 2013, at 8:32:36
I was doing the regular exercise for over five months, before getting sick. And other stuff was going on as well. It's been a month now since I went regularly, and I still can't shake the chest congestion and cough enough to think I could manage physical exertion without breaking out in a spasm of coughing.
It's annoying. I used to have a wonderful immune system that quickly sent colds on their way.
How I gained six pounds when I have to remind myself to eat, I'm not sure. But maybe I have been having too many juice drinks or hot chocolates.
Posted by Deneb on January 13, 2013, at 20:21:23
In reply to Re: holiday pounds...anybody else? » SLS, posted by Dinah on January 13, 2013, at 14:23:31
I've discovered that exercise does nothing for me in terms of weight loss, and in fact, it does the complete opposite, it makes me gain weight. The more intense my exercise is, the more weight I gain. I'm sure now that it is mostly muscle, but it might also be fat because I did not notice any considerable "slimming" in my waistline, which is the first to show weight loss.
The problem is, (and there is a lot of research to back this up), exercise doesn't work for weight loss in and of itself for the majority of people. People conpensate energy wise in very subtle ways. Our bodies are very good at preventing weight loss. Sometime has simple as less fidgeting or more fidgeting can maintain our weight.
For me I think I was fidgeting less on my heavy exercise days and also eating more calories, not necessarily more food, but I think I tended (on average) to choose things with more calories and it made a big difference in negating the effects of my exercise.
The only thing that has every worked for me for weight loss is very OCD type no fail calorie counting of every single morsel of food I ate. If you think you can disregard that little "sample" you tried at the grocery store, you're wrong lol. Depending on what that tiny sampe was, 2 or 3 can add up to maybe a couple of hundred calories and if you eat normally the rest of the day, over time that can add up to a lot of weight gain.
Most people way underestimate the amount of calories they are consuming. They might read, oh, 0.75 cup of rice is about 300 calories, and think that means I just ate 300 calories for my stir fry, but if they actually measure it out, i can almost gaurantee that a plate of stir fry is way more than one cup of rice.
Actually weighing and measuring your food is *crucial* for calorie counting, at least for the first couple of months to learn how much a serving *really* is, then repeat frequently because you're going to slowly overestimate after not measuring all the time.
Also, unless that stir fry was made with just plain nothing added steam rice, it's going to have a lot more calories in it than for just "rice". Oil adds an amazing amount of calories to food. I'm not saying that low fat is good (I don't think it is), but just be aware that most foods have way more calories than even the calorie counts for that specific food.
Fast food places are guilty of this all the time. I can pretty much guarantee that my "Subway artist" puts way more sauce on my sub than what is specified in the calorie counts for the sauce.
When in doubt, always overestimate the amount of calories in a food. When you have absolutely no idea what the count is, assume the worst lol.
When I first start calorie counting it's always very hard to not be hungry. I'm just used to eating so much. But, the good thing is my body gets used to it pretty quickly and soon I get full sooner and don't want to eat as much. I'm also satisfied with way less food.
I think it's important to not totally shun fats when calorie counting. If I eat a huge salad with no fat dressing for example, I'm stuffed for an hour, then I've ravenously hungry again. It has zero staying power with me.
But if I eat something with protein and fat, I'm full for hours, at least 4.
Losing weight and keeping it off is super hard. I haven't been successful yet. I wonder if things would be better if I had never tried to lose weight in the first place. But now I'm at a place where i'm clearly too fat so I need to lose some.
Oh, i read that this app called My Fitness Pal is very highly rated for weight loss. It's free. Recording what I ate everyday was key in calorie counting.
Wow, sorry for the long rambling post lol.
I've had a lot of experience with diets. lol
Posted by tetrix on January 13, 2013, at 23:04:33
In reply to holiday pounds...anybody else?, posted by herpills on January 8, 2013, at 16:19:54
When I did yoga I lost a lot of weight within the first 4 months. Running was also very helpful.
I guess these things are very individual and depend on many factors which make it difficult to generalize.
What works for me is exercise, no sugar and no breads and cheeses...but of course that never lasts...heck I live in Montreal
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