cod's fat fighters (3)

[lowcalCOD]

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name aim current weight
tottal weight lost

me
aim under 10
current 10 2
loss
3 lbs

Haven't dared weigh myself today as ate quite a lot yesterday, including large helping of pasta bolognese with the kids

I lost 1.5lbs with ww this week. Am feeling really proud of myself and hoping it lasts.

sorry www didn't realise that. Could it be to do with time of the month or something? Stick with it I'm sure you'll see more loss soon.

I'm on day one of WW - as I seem to be utterly incapable of the self discipline required to do cod's way [shame]
I'm already bored by it....
but more determined to be strong

went for 'power walk' for 40 minutes at lunchtime.
Am knackered!!!

I've been doing power housework - well that's my excuse for not going to the gym

www, quite often if you lose a lot in first week or two, the weight loss slows down - 1-2 lb per week is what WW reckons is a steady longer term weight loss. Have you increased your exercise?? That will burn it off faster.

LOL at iota doing 'power' housework. Dressed in Wonder Woman costume aerobically vacuuming the lounge......

gingerbear - have you been peering through my net curtains?

Doh, you caught me looking
Work out how many calories you burned

my 40 min walk burned 200 calories!

oh Gingerbear I like that link - 2 hrs of power housework has burnt 422 calories. Pity though as I only seemed to have burnt a total of 700 so far today.

I love seeing the calories tick away on the cardio stuff when I'm in the gym, but it's getting my fat ar$e down there that seems to be my problem

From the website I found earler:

to lose 1lb in weight you need to burn 3500 calories more than you eat.

to lose 1lb per week = 3500/7 = 500 calories per day.

SO, exercise more and eat less - burn 250 cals per day and eat 250 cals less.

(I am sure it is not that simple, but as a rule of thumb, seems to make sense....)

eat 250 cals fewer a day than you need

www I am now 10 11 so have only lost three pounds this week - much slower than the first week. But I think if I can lose a pound/2 pounds a week then thats great - I've only got five more to go anyway .

I feel much slimmer and my clothes seem to fit properly now.

But I MUST be doing something wrong mustn't I? And I have no idea what it is. I am keeping to the cals and exercising (walking) quite a bit, at least 2.5 miles every day or every other day and no carbs except 1 poxy piece of toast in the morning. Aggh. OK, someone tell me what I've done wrong today:

1 piece toast, no olive spread, just marmite = 100
1 apple =80
220g prawns with lemon juice = 300 (? can't find my book)
small bunch grapes (100?)
1 portion mange tout (50)
1 large mushroom grilled with no oil (50?)
1 trout, cooked in foil with no oil (200?)
1 box raisins (50?)
about 10 tic tacs = 10
And, for the first time, I picked at dd's cheese sandwich, so even if that was 200 cals, which I sincerely doubt, then I'm still under 1200 calories. I despair. But will keep at it in the sincere hope that I've lost some when I weigh myself next Weds. Still no booze and the stress means I could really do with a drink now. I might have a 165 cal sesame snap instead. I know they're high fat but I'm not eating dairy and I need the calcium. And I think I should be able to have up to 1500 and lose weight. Gah! Thanks for listening again.

no toast for breakfast www, and not so much picking? Cant you eat more of a proper lunch and supper?

I would say stop ALL sweet things - even tic tacs and raisins as they can raise blood sugar which makes it harder to lose weight.

I bet you'll lose by Friday if you keep that up though.

Don't know what cod will say, think she has a dodgy tum from pph's lunch (joke!!) so may not be around.

www IMO I don't think you're eating enough, what about more veg, salad or fruit as snacks?

just read through it again -thats bugger all that is. I would collapse if i only ate that - you MUST be losing, surely??

WWW! I am no expert, but you mad woman! your poor body has probably gone into starvation mode and is refusing to burn any enery cos there is so little energy goin in. Eat more carb and/or oil/butter etc!

Oh and drink loads of water.

hi
sorry to hear that www

you do seemt o be eatign very little I havent time to scroll down but can someon remind me of her story so far
r how much has she lost to date?

6 lbs cod but I think that was all in the 1st week adn nothing since then

think sis is right - you could actually be eating too little

Gosh, thank you all for the support. OK, I think my body going into starvation mode is the most likely explanation since I really, really don't think I've been over 1,500 cals a day and I have been exercising so maybe I haven't been eating enough? Enid, maybe it is the sweet things, I thought maybe it was the rice cakes so I've stopped them but I have been trying to not be hungry since I decided that if I am I will give up and therefore I have been eating fruit when I'm hungry. I've just had a piece of toast while typing this and am going to have a small piece of chocolate while watching desperate housewives. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm really grateful. Cods, I started on the 5th Jan and have lost 6lbs but they were all in the first week. No booze since then.

yes ok I am still losing although i HAVE HAD THE ODD INDULGENCE ( NOT ON A PAR WITH BEFORE)
oops sorry

so try and eat healthily nad perhaps not count calories quite so much?

still hanging in there, haven't had any treats, desperate for a packet of crisps now!
don't know how much weight I've lost this week, haven't weighed myself (AF), may leave it until Monday

I'm giving up now.

Still not had any bread and only a teeny weeny mishap with chocolate but as I'm not losing any weight I think I'll stop my daily witterings.

Pissed off that I'm not several pounds lighter after all my hard work. I just keep going up and down 2-4 pounds.

And I haven't even had a single creme egg.........

Good luck to you all ladies.