Weight Loss and exercise

Tucson · Jul 23, 2018 at 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UpDownAround

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2647 total calories reported. Most weren't really from today but it is okay to work the math out across multiple days. Still have 148 calories rolled to tomorrow to take care of, but that should be easier if I truly have my discipline back. Scary episode of out of control thought processes.

Weighed this afternoon (158.0) and will skip it tomorrow morning. Next weigh in will be Wednesday.

I can have this problem also with discapline.

Tucson · Jul 23, 2018 at 11:31 PM

No exercise. Nonexistent steps. I stayed indoors. I ate 2,716 calories. I made a high calorie dessert. A blueberry compote over high fat content icecream, with homemade whipped cream to top it off. I skipped dinner for this, but I really should not. I just did not want to eat any food I had in the house.

UpDownAround · Jul 24, 2018 at 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Tucson

I can have this problem also with discapline.

Sometimes I think I get a little too paranoid about it. I have a range because it is supposed to be okay to use judgement and decide to go over sometimes and then adjust to lose back. I get freaky in the upper half of my range because spikes from water retention go over the top of the range. I know it isn't true weight gain and the top of the range is a safe distance below my scream weight, but I still freak out when the thought process seems too familiar.

UpDownAround · 04:40 PM

It's happening again today for no good reason - brownie and cookies at lunch and gobbling mini candy bar snacks. If I eat light at dinner and take a long walk, I will be okay maybe. Probably will go over and maybe roll it so I can knock it out if I paddle tomorrow night.

EDIT - Down the rabbit hole again. I will go a few hundred over. I am trying to be less paranoid and assume I will rebound. I know I will get serious if I truly hit the top of my range.

UpDownAround · Jul 24, 2018 at 09:09 PM

I did a bunch of kettle bell swings, but I am not sure it burned all that much. Those will bulk up my upper body.

So, yeah, I kind of went overboard again. 2583 calories, mostly junk and fruit. I am not sure I got it recorded right; it is probably even higher. I almost want to hit the top of my range to force action and discipline. I won't let this slip away. In some respects, I guess I am enjoying the ability and freedom to let it fly sometimes.

Because of a conflict, I probably won't paddle tomorrow night. Hopefully I will get in some steps. I will weigh in the morning. For a couple of reasons I don't expect it to spike too high; timing with certain bathroom events and none of the food was very salty; sodium came in under the limit. So I shouldn't retain much extra water. I am going to guess 159 and change.

Tucson · Jul 25, 2018 at 02:42 AM

I weigh 172 pounds. No exercise. No steps worth logging. Target at least 2,200 calories. Consumed 2,209 calories. A light day all around. I will start exercising in earnest after I have gained a couple pounds. Tomorrow, I will just walk a mile around the townhome complex at a moderate pace. No big deal.

UpDownAround · Jul 25, 2018 at 05:36 AM

Another weird, not sure what to think, weigh in. 157.6. Right in the middle of my range. Is it a low spike? One thing I have to keep in mind is that a week or so back I decided I wanted to go a little lower and lowered my goal by 100 to 1600. I got the first couple of overages to average out with a long paddle that I was a little conservative on as far as calories burned. So over the course of a week or so, I might have made downward progress of about 900 calories or so and evened out. Or it could be a low spike. I will just have to see how it goes the next couple of weigh ins.

Tucson · Jul 25, 2018 at 08:15 AM

@UpDownAround: You are very significantly restricting your caloric intake, and at the same time, exercising quite allot. Kind of like burning the candle at both ends. So I believe the weight you are logging. Only 900 calories consumed for one day? I think your body can handle overages fron time to time without having to move the calories to the next day. I would only be concerned if your weight was a couple pounds outside of your current weight range. You have no problems losing weight. Exercise is helping you in this regard.

My weight is still 171 pounds. Yesterday my attempt at increasing my caloric intake was unsuccessful. I am going to try better today. I will walk around my complex some. I am hungry now despite it being around 6 AM. I have slept three hours.

UpDownAround · Jul 25, 2018 at 09:17 AM

@Tucson - Yeah, some days were 900 disguised as normal days by rolling forward from a day or two earlier. But that meant that across a 4 day period I did consume ~6400 net calories or about 1600 a day, which is a little low. I have been pretty good about logging exercise but sometimes I am a bit conservative.

UpDownAround · 06:59 PM

and today is someone's birthday and there was cake and...

EDIT - and too many calories at dinner. Way way over again. Going to do a lot of walking and maybe swimming tomorrow

UpDownAround · 10:08 PM

This is ugly.

Only 2.25 miles of walking as exercise. Logged 100 calories for that.

Over 3000 calories. I think my decision making is not good and I am having a few other symptoms of kind of low level hypo. Mot sleeping well and mind is racing. I really need to get ahead of this, but it hasn't pushed me far off course in terms of what the scale says yet.

I think I need to do a drastic low day tomorrow along with more serious exercise before I weigh on Friday.

Tucson · Jul 25, 2018 at 11:44 PM

I did exercises at a moderate pace for one mile. The MET value is 3.3 for walking at 3 mph. So this comes out to be 85 calories for the one mile that I walked. I have consumed 2,574 calorires. If even considering the exercise, I am netting 2,489 calories.

Tucson · Jul 26, 2018 at 10:34 AM

I am at a new low of 170 pounds. I will continue to not exercise until this problem gets solved. I am going to have to think about how to increase my caloric intake while not eating more than I am right now. The purchase of another pie will help. That is $13 for five slices, over 700 calories a slice. Dennys $2 pancakes with a lot of butter. Potatoe pancakes. Spaghetti with three TJs meatballs. Each meatball has more than its share of calories. I think this can be a good start.

UpDownAround · Jul 26, 2018 at 08:54 PM

On track today. I walked 5 miles this morning and swam an hour tonight. Going to get in a few kettle bell swings before bed. I edited down the numbers and took 40 a mile for walking (200) and changed the swimming from 458 to 300.

1197 calories consumed. Light meals and all snacks were fruit - no candy/cookies/cake. Taking exercise into account, that's a deficit of about 900, almost offsetting yesterday. It's fine to eat this light to offset the previous day; you can average across several days before it's a problem.

I will weigh in the morning. Low calorie count with a low sodium count is encouraging.

Tucson · Jul 26, 2018 at 11:43 PM

I have made 4,838 steps. I walked 1.5 miles at a very slow pace, possibly 2 mph. The MET for walking 2 mph is 2.5. This makes for 289 calories. I still am netting over 2,500 calories. Nice! The two PB&J sandwiches did the trick. Each sandwich was about 390 calories, possibly a little less. I will have to keep this in mind for future exercise days. I finally found something that works.

UpDownAround · Jul 27, 2018 at 05:28 AM

@Tucson, I thought you were already doing PB&J. There is a large size of the Smucker's Uncrustables (pre-made frozen PB&J) that is 700 calories. Not recommending them, just giving an example of how much a PB&J can be.

This morning I weigh 157.4, which is virtually the same as the previous weigh in.

splitimage · Jul 27, 2018 at 09:53 AM

I'm no where as obsessive as you guys at tracking calories and exercise, I've just been following a loose food plan, that leaves me with a 1200 or lower calorie a day diet, and it's working.

I finally broke the 190 barrier this morning and got down to 189. Now I just need to maintain or improve on that before my appointment with my GP on Tues. as I really want to be under 190 for my weigh in.

Still struggling to start exercising. It's so hot here, even early in the mornings that I don't feel like even walking.

splitimage

UpDownAround · Jul 27, 2018 at 07:57 PM

One of the reasons for the obsession on my part is my previous failures of reaching goal and then maintaining it.

UpDownAround · Jul 28, 2018 at 09:32 AM

Yesterday.

Only a couple of miles of walking and some kettlebell swings. Logged 80 calories.

2270 calories. Another day that was fairly high. Paddled 6 miles this morning, but have been eating a little on the heavy side this morning. I will try to keep it in check the rest of the day. I need to stay away from oreos (actually generic knock offs, but "nutrition" is same, so I log as oreos); they are one of the foods that make me want more. Spaghetti calories might be low.

next weigh in Sunday.

UpDownAround · Jul 28, 2018 at 08:36 PM

Lonely in here the last couple of days...

Paddled 6 miles, logged 600 calories.

Consumed 2304 calories; over goal but actually about maintenance as I was shooting for a little below.

I will weigh in the morning.

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