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| Tue, 03-02-2004 - 1:24am |
I guess I'll make this a short message. I need to lose a lot of weight, but it's always been hard because I either feel all alone in the process, or wind up taking the process too far by getting a little to extreme and restrictive with myself. I need to lose this weight for health reasons, given the high blood pressure, and I'd like to do it the normal, old fashioned way: I want to do basic walking three to four times a week, and eat about 1300 per day, in which 800 consist of dairy (for calcium).
I have wanted to diet for so long, but I can never get started! I want to be happy with myself again, and although weight shouldn't define who you consider youself to be, I do, and I might as well wirk with it than fight it and be unhappy, right?
So, I see a lot has changed with the boards since I was at iVillage.com a year or so ago! I might need some help with a walk-through.
Are there any suggestions with how to handle this board, or how to funciton within it? I really want to try out this community form of support and togetherness to see how well it can help me lose, and lose it the rght way. Is there anything I should know?
Well, I hope this experience works for me. If so, I'll be on the boards for a long while, considering I need to lose over 100!
Thanks for any responses I might get in advance! It's always nice when someone takes the time out to respond to me when they don't have to do it at all!

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Kerry
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Welcome!
Hi there =)
~~Linda
~~Linda
We can meet our goals with the right support and plan for us.
Be well
Robyn
http://pages.ivillage.com/lucyfan81/
And please don't make the same mistake I did...
I couldn't figure out why I was gaining and gaining. I was eating properly and exercising. Until I found some helpful information. To determine your caloric intake you should use this formula:
10 x = your MINimum caloric intake
13 x = your MAXimum caloric intake
If you eat 6 small meals a day, divide those numbers by 6 to determine how many calories you should consume per meal. It may seem like a lot of calories and you may feel like you're pigging out but by consuming any amount of calories under your minimum number you will force your body to go into starvation mode. When that happens, anything you eat turns to fat.
Everyone has given you valuable information and wonderful words of encouragement. Good Luck to you and just remember that we're here for you!
~Dana
I think Dana's chart is the calories you want to eat at that weight. Like if you want to be 160 lbs eat 1600 calories? If i eat the min what my weight is now it would be 2500..lol
Edited 3/2/2004 1:31:36 PM ET by angelinoh
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