NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by infernoinandout

I finally hit the 20 pound mark this morning, just 80 to go.

Originally Posted by SSMOKINHOT

Way to go!!!!

[SSMOKINHOT]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

WORKOUT ENERGY SALAD

1 cup lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
1/3 cup spinach, torn into bite-sized pieces
1/3 cucumber, peeled and sliced
1/3 tomato, sliced
3/4 cup sprouts
1/3 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup sliced mushrooms
1/3 avocado, cubed
1 tblsp raw sunflower seeds
1 tblsp olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
Dash each of thyme, parsley, basil

1. In a medium-sized salad bowl, combine lettuce, spinach, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, carrots, mushrooms, avocado, and sunflower seeds.
2. In a screw-top jar, mix olive oil with lemon juice and herbs. Shake vigorously, and pour over salad.

Serves 2

Per Serving:

167 calories
5 grams protein
9 grams carbohydrate
9 grams fat
22 milligrams of sodium

Looks very similar to what I have been eating two meals a day for the last week. Only I WISH they had sprouts, avocados and sunflower seeds on the salad bar! LoL! I have been adding tuna, kidney beans, or boiled eggs to get protein...sometimes a little cheese. But gosh I need some variety or I am gonna go insane!!! Just need a little more patience, cuz after this week, I am gonna have a little kitchen in my room and will be hitting up the commisary!! Can't wait!!!

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by SSMOKINHOT

Looks very similar to what I have been eating two meals a day for the last week. Only I WISH they had sprouts, avocados and sunflower seeds on the salad bar! LoL! I have been adding tuna, kidney beans, or boiled eggs to get protein...sometimes a little cheese. But gosh I need some variety or I am gonna go insane!!! Just need a little more patience, cuz after this week, I am gonna have a little kitchen in my room and will be hitting up the commisary!! Can't wait!!!

Hang in there! Some of the food does get really old! I can't eat, smell or look at canned tuna from last contest prep! lol But just think about what you've accomplished so far and what your end result will be...........HOTNESS!

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

OK gettin' frustrated....

up until last monday I've been on a steady loss track... about 2 pounds a week. Very little exercise. 2 jobs, 2 kids and a wife who is a full time Nursing student just aint giving me a lot of tome to work out.... but no excuses cus I've found a diet that is working so I'm happy with the weight loss to date.....

well on Monday a week ago, I had some minor surgery and I've stopped losing... I'm stuck.. Diet hasn't changed, but I've been some what less mobile as I've recovered over the last week.

Today I gained back a pound.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Now I've heard that when your body experiences trauma it goes into "storage" mode to help heal. and I've noticed my BP is up a bit... Also due to the healing process so my Doc told me...

So, what's the deal... should I just ignore the weight gain for now? and keep my diet where it is...

I'm sure my body will get back on track... so this is more of a mini rant...



OK done venting...

Keep your diet the same! and just stay focused on what your gonna continue when your body is ready. If your at home alot make sure you buy healthy snacks like jerky, popcorn and pretzels. You can do it Chris............Like Peanut says:......... FOCUS

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Keep your diet the same! and just stay focused on what your gonna continue when your body is ready. If your at home alot make sure you buy healthy snacks like jerky, popcorn and pretzels. You can do it Chris............Like Peanut says:......... FOCUS

Jerky and popcorn for the win! I eat these, and grapes just about every day.

[Da Hose]

SOOOOOOOo what y'all are saying...four beers and a pop tart is not the correct diet????

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by CFD

It's hard to say why withought knowing more, many times the body will adapt to various diets and workouts, sometimes you have to change things up. Certain diets that work well can backfire in the long run, many diets are designed to give fast results but when maintained for any lengthy period backfire. If you post your current diet it may help in determining why. Also you should remember that weight loss does not always happen systematically, some weeks you may loose more than others and some weeks not, usually if I see someones weight loss fluctuate for a week I'm not overly concerned but if it happens for two weeks an adjustment may be needed.

Typical day... after hpriii threatened to smack me.
LOL

two big glasses of water

breakfast wrap with 2 egg whites, turkey and cheese

Large coffee with skim milk and stevia for sweetener

Snack on a handful of tortilla chips.. 140 Cal

Snack on some pistachios 150 cal

two more glasses of water

lunch caesar salad with grilled chicken about 250 - 300 cals

protein bar 180 cal

two more glasses of water.

Dinner... protein shake or tuna or chicken or turkey. small portions...


That's pretty normal for me. 5 days a week. I'd say.

[IBM/2SS/RS/LS3]

5 more off for a total of 15..

[CFD]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Typical day... after hpriii threatened to smack me.
LOL

two big glasses of water

breakfast wrap with 2 egg whites, turkey and cheese

Large coffee with skim milk and stevia for sweetener

Snack on a handful of tortilla chips.. 140 Cal

Snack on some pistachios 150 cal

two more glasses of water

lunch caesar salad with grilled chicken about 250 - 300 cals

protein bar 180 cal

two more glasses of water.

Dinner... protein shake or tuna or chicken or turkey. small portions...


That's pretty normal for me. 5 days a week. I'd say.

Your diet doesn't look bad at all, if you're not exercising with it, if you were exercising the cals might be a little low. I wouldn't worry about it, give it a week or two and see what happens, if it's because of your surgery things will probably resume once you're done healing. Just curious are the other two days slightly higher in cals, I think that would be beneficial as long as they are not from bad food choices.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by CFD

Your diet doesn't look bad at all, if you're not exercising with it, if you were exercising the cals might be a little low. I wouldn't worry about it, give it a week or two and see what happens, if it's because of your surgery things will probably resume once you're done healing. Just curious are the other two days slightly higher in cals, I think that would be beneficial as long as they are not from bad food choices.

I can pretty much stick to the M-F
Sat and sun day are hit or miss as I'm usually doing the daddy day care thing so we end up at FF or making something easy for the kiddos.

But I try hard to make good choices with food when I eat out. grilled instead of fried... no sodas, salads if possible. If I need something sweet to drink I have some gatorade G2's in the fridge which help keep me away from juices and sodas and such.

I'm gonna start eating more cottage cheese... not sure if I should go nonfat, low fat or just regular?

I'd say I take in more calories on the weekend but not a huge increase.. but some bad stuff does sneak in.

I know it's a bit random... not sure if that helps.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

I can pretty much stick to the M-F
Sat and sun day are hit or miss as I'm usually doing the daddy day care thing so we end up at FF or making something easy for the kiddos.

But I try hard to make good choices with food when I eat out. grilled instead of fried... no sodas, salads if possible. If I need something sweet to drink I have some gatorade G2's in the fridge which help keep me away from juices and sodas and such.

I'm gonna start eating more cottage cheese... not sure if I should go nonfat, low fat or just regular?

I'd say I take in more calories on the weekend but not a huge increase.. but some bad stuff does sneak in.

I know it's a bit random... not sure if that helps.

That sounds ok. Your cals are a little on the low side but if you are not exercising they are not too low. If you added added a min of 30 min cardio it would really increase your results by the way. If you were practicing carb cycling( a very proven method of fat loss) you would eat low cals, usually by reducing carbs, for 4-5 days max then increasing them for 1 or 2 days so this is kind of inline with what you're doing as long as it's not to much junk on the weekends. Cottage cheese is very good especially for night time snacks as it is a slow digesting protein and helps provide protein while you're sleeping and in a fasted state. You should use fat free or 2% because the fat in cottege cheese as well as a lot of dairy products is saturated fat. Also read the ingredients, although all dairy products contain natural sugars you don't want added processed sugar.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by CFD

That sounds ok. Your cals are a little on the low side but if you are not exercising they are not too low. If you added added a min of 30 min cardio it would really increase your results by the way. If you were practicing carb cycling( a very proven method of fat loss) you would eat low cals, usually by reducing carbs, for 4-5 days max then increasing them for 1 or 2 days so this is kind of inline with what you're doing as long as it's not to much junk on the weekends. Cottage cheese is very good especially for night time snacks as it is a slow digesting protein and helps provide protein while you're sleeping and in a fasted state. You should use fat free or 2% because the fat in cottege cheese as well as a lot of dairy products is saturated fat. Also read the ingredients, although all dairy products contain natural sugars you don't want added processed sugar.

Sweet! Also the last time I had My RMR checked it was right at 1400.

When I stopped doing the Navy Rescue Swimmer gig and took a desk job as a civilian, my metabolism took a huge hit.

But you are right. once I'm healed up I'll start the cardio back up, at least a couple times a week.

thanks man.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Sweet! Also the last time I had My RMR checked it was right at 1400.

When I stopped doing the Navy Rescue Swimmer gig and took a desk job as a civilian, my metabolism took a huge hit.

But you are right. once I'm healed up I'll start the cardio back up, at least a couple times a week.

thanks man.

You should add cardio slowly and gradually build up, I'm not sure of any factors but 1400 sounds a little low, if you want you can tell me either here or by pm your age weight and height and I can re-calculate it for you.

[Bonnie]

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