NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD

[CFD]

Originally Posted by dianeokie

I did well with working out this week, but not sticking with my eating plan as well as I should. Need to cook more and eat out less!

Something that may help in the eating is cook in bulk. I usually prepare meals in advance, usually we are all pressed for time and find it easier to pick something up than cook so prepare your own "tv dinners". What I do to keep things simple is get Perdue perfect portion chicken breasts, sprinkle with a little salt free lemon and pepper seasoning, they come five in a package one for each day when at work, get steamer bags for vegetables, only take 2-3 minutes in the microwave, and I use a rice cooker to cook rice in bulk, put one chicken breast, 1 cup vegetables and depending on your cal requirements 1 cup rice in microwaveable containers and freeze. Grab a container and 3-4 minutes in the microwave and you have no thought perfectly balanced meals. Also Bonnie has a recipie posted for turkey chilli, do the same thing cook a batch, throw it in microwaveable containers of the appropriate portion size and again a no thought balanced meal. If you make it easy it's easier to follow a plan.

Here is something I do to up the protein and reduce carbs, mix 1 cup brown rice with one cup lentils when cooking. The lentils are lower in carbs and higher in protein than the brown rice. Gotta get your protein.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by infernoinandout

finally got past my plateu, was at 13 pounds lost 1 jan - about 20 jan, just hit the 14 pound mark this morning.
wife is at 38 pounds since june (gym everyday, personnel trainer and some program watching fat/carbs/protein).
i'll stick to cardio 4-5 times a week and eating 75-80% of my rdi, no beer still

Your wife's program is probably helping with her success. As I have posted before cals in vs cals out is important but the ratio's you get your cals from is very important , usually for fat loss 40/40/20 works well(carbs, protein,fat) Certain combinations of food help burn fat.

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by CFD

Something that may help in the eating is cook in bulk. I usually prepare meals in advance, usually we are all pressed for time and find it easier to pick something up than cook so prepare your own "tv dinners". What I do to keep things simple is get Perdue perfect portion chicken breasts, sprinkle with a little salt free lemon and pepper seasoning, they come five in a package one for each day when at work, get steamer bags for vegetables, only take 2-3 minutes in the microwave, and I use a rice cooker to cook rice in bulk, put one chicken breast, 1 cup vegetables and depending on your cal requirements 1 cup rice in microwaveable containers and freeze. Grab a container and 3-4 minutes in the microwave and you have no thought perfectly balanced meals. Also Bonnie has a recipie posted for turkey chilli, do the same thing cook a batch, throw it in microwaveable containers of the appropriate portion size and again a no thought balanced meal. If you make it easy it's easier to follow a plan.

Everyone.. this is the super secret. Make it easy on yourself, do all the work in advance. YOu will not believe how easy it is to eat great when you prepare in advance. We have stated this many times and will continue to do this. Listen to CFD!!!

[GTAHVIT]

down another pound, total of 7

Slowly but surely

[Ravirn]

Today is Day 1 for me. Starting the P90X program.

[sugar'n'spice]

So far so good....down 25 lbs !!! Woohooo!!!

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

Everyone.. this is the super secret. Make it easy on yourself, do all the work in advance. YOu will not believe how easy it is to eat great when you prepare in advance. We have stated this many times and will continue to do this. Listen to CFD!!!

If I didn't prepare all the time It would be sooo much harder! Thankfully if I ever forget my meals we have a subway accross the street from my shop. But I try not to even eat that when I'm down to my last month till competition, but it sure beats all the other fast food restaurants!!!

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

down another pound, total of 7

Slowly but surely

Go Chris, Go Chris!

Originally Posted by Ravirn

Today is Day 1 for me. Starting the P90X program.

Good luck! You will become addicted!

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

So far so good....down 25 lbs !!! Woohooo!!!

WOW! You go lady! But your so tiny I'm sure you don't have room to lose much more!

[Pamaro]

No additional weight loss this week :(
I'm really watching my diet (except for one bad day this weekend) and working out as I should...kinda bummed, but I'm sticking to it!

[Da Hose]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

So far so good....down 25 lbs !!! Woohooo!!!

AWESOME CONGRATS!!!!!

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Pamaro

No additional weight loss this week :(
I'm really watching my diet (except for one bad day this weekend) and working out as I should...kinda bummed, but I'm sticking to it!

Don't be bummed, if you're following your plan it will all come together, you didn't put on weight overnight and you won't loose it overnight, some weeks you will loose some weeks not as much, it's the way it is. Have you been keeping a food journal as recomended, if so give it another week, we'll look at the results and your diet and exercise and make adjustments from there if need be. Be consistant and you will get there.

[Pamaro]

Originally Posted by CFD

Something that may help in the eating is cook in bulk. I usually prepare meals in advance, usually we are all pressed for time and find it easier to pick something up than cook so prepare your own "tv dinners". What I do to keep things simple is get Perdue perfect portion chicken breasts, sprinkle with a little salt free lemon and pepper seasoning, they come five in a package one for each day when at work, get steamer bags for vegetables, only take 2-3 minutes in the microwave, and I use a rice cooker to cook rice in bulk, put one chicken breast, 1 cup vegetables and depending on your cal requirements 1 cup rice in microwaveable containers and freeze. Grab a container and 3-4 minutes in the microwave and you have no thought perfectly balanced meals. Also Bonnie has a recipie posted for turkey chilli, do the same thing cook a batch, throw it in microwaveable containers of the appropriate portion size and again a no thought balanced meal. If you make it easy it's easier to follow a plan.

Here is something I do to up the protein and reduce carbs, mix 1 cup brown rice with one cup lentils when cooking. The lentils are lower in carbs and higher in protein than the brown rice. Gotta get your protein.

I'm going to start cooking in bulk like this (and I love the lentil idea). It's very hard to stay on track for lunches when you have to make a quick decision in the morning. Dinner isn't a big deal for me, but not planning ahead for lunches always stresses me out!

Originally Posted by CFD

Don't be bummed, if you're following your plan it will all come together, you didn't put on weight overnight and you won't loose it overnight, some weeks you will loose some weeks not as much, it's the way it is. Have you been keeping a food journal as recomended, if so give it another week, we'll look at the results and your diet and exercise and make adjustments from there if need be. Be consistant and you will get there.

Honestly, I didn't start a food journal last week. I gotta get started on that. I'm sure you're right...I'm either eating more than I think I am, eating the wrong things or not eating enough!

[Nexus6]

You could also be gaining weight in muscle Pam.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Pamaro

I'm going to start cooking in bulk like this (and I love the lentil idea). It's very hard to stay on track for lunches when you have to make a quick decision in the morning. Dinner isn't a big deal for me, but not planning ahead for lunches always stresses me out!



Honestly, I didn't start a food journal last week. I gotta get started on that. I'm sure you're right...I'm either eating more than I think I am, eating the wrong things or not eating enough!

A food journal doesn't have to be elaborate, just keep a pen and paper handy and everytime you eat or drink ANYTHING, jot it down and it will give us an idea on where to start. If you get in the habbit of preparing your meals in advance it will become so easy. When I started studying what foods and combinations of foods and how much to eat I was overwhelmed as I'm sure many here are, I wished someone would have just said this is what you eat and when, it would be so much simpler. If you write down what you eat perhaps we can give suggestions on what to combine and when to eat them, once you get the idea you can easily design easy fast and well balanced meals without a thought. Honestly this is not guess work, it is science and the more info the better.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Nexus6

You could also be gaining weight in muscle Pam.

It is possible but gaining lean body mass isn't that easy especially without lifting weights and it is very difficult when doing cardio and when in a calorie defficit, to gain muscle mass you need to be in a calorie surpplus and must breakdown muscle to build it via weight lifting.