frustrated - need some new ideas
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| Sat, 06-09-2007 - 8:12am |
Ladies, a little bit of venting and a little bit of pleading.
I'm stalled. And I'm getting very very frustrated!!!!! I'm at 219. I have only 5 pounds to go before I reach the 100 mark. And two weeks, I'm only fluctuating to 217.5 and 219. I can't get down and stay down!!!! I increased my walking by a mile. I met my personal goal of walking 7,000 steps a day. (met it just the other day) So I am increasing my exercise. My diet is at 1000 cals a day. and I'm a little nervous to go below that. If I do, I start to get dizzy when I'm walking. It's soo hot out, I'm sweating when I'm walking so I am imagining the pounds melting off, but they aren't!!!!!! I want that 100 mark so bad, I can taste it. and I have set a goal to be below 200 by August - but now I don't think I'm gonna make it! And I could cry, cause my reward for being below 200 was to waterski for the first time in 18 years.
PLEASE - any ideas, of what I can increase/decrease/do would be appreciated!!!!
Sample of my normal diet:
breakfast: coffee w/ splenda, piece of fruit (about 4 cups of coffee till lunch)
lunch: slimfast optima
snack: 5 penny stick pretzel rods and diet coke w/splenda (they are 50 cals for all 5)
Dinner: 3oz steak, 1/4 cup rice, salad w/ lite asian sesame dressing
snack: 1/2 cup low fat, no sugar ice cream.
thanks ladies, sorry I have been absent for so long, life is still crazy insane :(
do you think stress could be keeping it on?? I don't know, I'm at such a loss :(
*hugs*
~ Kim
314/219/135

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wow Staci!!! That was extremely informative. And I really thought I couldn't learn anymore about nutrition and diet. After this many years being so overweight and reading every study out there. You floored me!!!
And there is another point you made. I haven't really sat down and totaled what I have eaten on my menu. Cause I have been so used to the same menu, that I realized when you posted how many actual calories it was, that I realize I have eliminated stuff from my diet that i did incorporate in the beginning. Like I stopped eating a granola bar at breakfast, or peanut butter and toast. I am far from anorexic. I still love my food, don't get me wrong, lol. I have just become lazy figuring out my meal plan, so have stuck to the things in the morning and lunch, and then dinner.
You hit my height and age right on the head btw. I think I'm gonna nick name you Nancy Drew, lol. Very good.
I don't know what an RMR is, though.
Also, taking into account what everyone said... I made cheesecake today and had a piece a few minutes ago and OMG!!! SOOO GOOD!!!! For the whole cheescake it's like 3500 calories or so. so it is (and I'm approximating, cause I don't have my calculator) But it's about 200 cals per slice. and it's made with Splenda. 2 boxes of 1/3 less fat cream cheese and 1 no fat cream cheese. I put in melted white chocolate chips ( about a 1/3 of the bag) for texture and a little oomph but HOLY cow!! I can't wait to make this for my mom and grandfather! They are diabetic and will prolly leave me everything in their wills after tasting it LOL.
anyway, got side tracked, but that cheesecake was so good, I had to tell ya about it, lol!!
Thank you all SOOO much for your replies. it's been so long since I have been hear I forgot how amazing you all are!!
~ Kim
314/219/135
Everyone has very important points. Kim have you looked at the total carbs in your slimfast? Many foods have hidden carbs and these carbs except the dietary fiber are forms of sugar like any words that end in ose or corn syrup. You might already know this but I am throwing it out there anyway. When you read a food label look at the total carb under this you will see the dietary fibers next and under this you will see the actual sugar in the item--not the total of hidden sugars BUT the actual sugar that is sugar. Example if the total carb are 10g yet the dietary fiber is 1g and the sugars are 2g there are 7 grams of hidden carbs (other forms of sugars which end in ose or corn syrup) in that food item. Now it you look at the ingredients label you will see things listed like high frutose, sucrose, dextrose etc ( ose ending words) this are hidden sugars that make up the 7 grams of hidden sugars in that food item. Check your slimfast label you might do better with more protein, frutis and vegetables which do not contain the sugars that stick to your hips. Your slimfast--pretzels--rice and the splenda all are carbs that will stick to your hips. Just my humble opinion and maybe this info will help.
Kim,
I'm not going to add to the litany of great ideas that you already have heard, but I do want to welcome you back!
Annie
"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living. We live ourselves into new ways of thinking."  
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing left to learn about nutrition and healthy eating anymore either, but it seems like I'm constantly learning some little something all the time and it's adding up :).
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