Jean, that was the conclusion that I came to last week. Whatever I miss this week will be there next week. My energy this week has been better and I think I've also enjoyed my workouts more because I'm not overdoing it. I was also having some weird calf pain behind my knee that was pretty painful and it's now gone.
I have clients pretty much all day. I have a 2 hour break this morning and I'll use that time for weight training, cardio, and a PWO snack.
Breakfast: protein pancakes
Snack: homemade protein bar
Lunch: Salad, maybe a frozen fish filet that I thought I would try
Snack: protein shake or peanut butter wrap
Dinner: not sure... DH has been talking about making some type of oat risottto thing so maybe he'll make that. I'll probably also have more mashed cauliflower.
I'm going to yoga tonight with my friend- we're going to the gym a little early to get some light cardio in. I was bad yesterday and fell asleep for about an hour and a half in the evening and so forfeited running.
Breakfast: bowl of "Essentials" w/ soymilk
Lunch: yogurt, carrots & hummus, ww crackers
Dinner: something light, as I will be getting home fairly late and then going to yoga/gym soon after. Probably a wrap.
Down another pound and a half today. I couldn't workout yesterday because dh came home sick and I didn't want to leave the baby with his germs. Another missed workout, another weightloss. Strange... I recorded everything I ate yesterday. I consumed 1,993 calories. 39% from fats, 36% from carbs, and 25% from proteins. Ideally, I would like to eat more Zone-like, 30% fat, 30% protein, and 40% carbs. It's not too far off but I see room for improvement. It doesn't explain why I lose weight when I skip my workout unless 1,993 calories isn't enough for me. It seems like a lot, but I have no idea what I should be eating. I know proper caloric intake has something to do with your weight, but THIS is not my real weight! I'm dealing with extra pounds that I don't claim as my own. Should I still eat the number of calories I would if I actually weighed as much as the scale is telling me today? I'm so lost and confused...
Breakfast - sausage, eggs, oatmeal with fresh raspberries
Snack - Celery with cream cheese
Lunch - Chicken salad, salad
Snack - almonds, cheese, dried cranberries
Dinner - Chicken
At some point during the day, I'll probably have a bowl of Fiber One Cereal with Soy Milk.
My plan is to go to Sarge Roy's kickboxing class tonight. I wonder if I need more calories... What should I do???
are you really so bummed about teaching as you sound like you are lately? you don't have to accept classes you know, if you don't want to. it's supposed to be a fun hobby, not a chore.
ok, this is apropos of nothing but i just have to say what a great guy i have. no offense to you all's mates, but he's actually the perfect guy. he's really
Got the new GF schedule today. The early morning Wednesday step class has gone even earlier...to 6:15...15 minutes is a big deal when you're trying to get your lazy bum out of bed! BF's alarm didn't go off so he woke up and hit the ground running, I went to the gym and did a 10 min bike warmup, followed by 2km running on the treadmill (15:51), then lower body weights. (squats and lunges in the rack and Smith machine)
Piano teaching tonight.
Breakfast: bagel, smoked salmon, cream cheese, spinach Snack: coffee w/cream & sugar, apple, banana & babybel, carrots & ranch dip Lunch: leftover Greek salad from last night and snake soup Dinner: pan fried salmon with Old Bay and couscous with grape tomatoes and spinach
YIKES! I'm way under if that's how you calculate needed calories. I would be afraid to add that many calories all at once. Maybe I can add them gradually and see how my body responds. So, if I want to get back to 155 lbs, I would need to eat 2,325 calories plus another 500 for breastfeeding purposes, plus MORE for working out. We're looking at roughly 3,000 calories a day. Can that be right? Sounds like way too much food for me. What a shock!
P.S. You sound like you do have a great guy. Do you still leave the dirty blender parts in the sink? My dh is driving me crazy, acting like a big baby because he has an upset stomach! I wish he would go to work... I offer him Tylenol, and he won't take it. I tell him to lay down and he doesn't want to. He won't wash his hands after flushing the toilet. He won't clean the thermometer before each use. Why does he keep taking his temperature anyway? It's a stomach virus! Yes, you are going to feel like crap for a while, but once your system clears itself of whatever fastfood crap you ate in the first place, you'll feel better. What a baby! He's such a bad patient. Every time I suggest something that might help, he wants me to cite the source of my knowledge. I tell him antibiotics won't help stomach flu and he wants to know how I know that. I don't know. I read somewhere that antibiotics don't help with viruses. I tell him that he needs to stay hydrated. "How do you know that?" He argues about everything. He doesn't think he needs to wash his hands after the bathroom because he "didn't touch anything." He's driving me up a wall! He's a terrific man when he's well but I can't stand it when he's sick. Whew! I feel better now.
yes, i agree, don't add them all at once. add them in a little at a time and see what happens. plus, as i said that might be an overestimate, but i think that any way you look at it you aren't getting enough.
what i'd do is since you are losing weight when you don't exercise, i'd increase your calories by the amount you burn when you exercise. so if you were losing weight not exercising and eating 1900 calories, if you exercise for a hour and burn 300 calories (fitday will let you know approximately how many calories you've burned) then eat 2100 calories that day.
I don't think you are eating enough for a nursing mom. You really have to be patient with the extra weight since just having a baby. Remember, mother nature is taking over and it is more concerned with you having enough nutrition so you keep producing milk for the baby. The old cave man phenomenon and the threat of hunger is counteracting you efforts to lose all the baby weight.
However, 50% of the women who nurse lose weight easily and some hang on to it. You seem to be losing easily. I was one of the ones who lost a lb a day when nursing and not exercising and put weight on immediately (5 lbs.) when I stopped. My daughter in law lost a lb a day too when nursing and ate whatever she wanted. I know you can eat a lot more when nursing...at least 500 calories more a day if not more. Even when you do Weight Watchers, you are given 10 more points a day to use. That is a lot when you figure that each point is about 70 calories.
So...relax and enjoy your baby and don't worry about your weight. Your baby is young yet and it took 9 months to have her and it will take time to get your pre pregnancy body back or somewhere near it. You can't go by celebrities who have nanny's, nutritionists, and all the money they need to make losing weight more doable. You are doing great and just keep thinking about staying healthy for now.
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Jean, that was the conclusion that I came to last week. Whatever I miss this week will be there next week. My energy this week has been better and I think I've also enjoyed my workouts more because I'm not overdoing it. I was also having some weird calf pain behind my knee that was pretty painful and it's now gone.
I have clients pretty much all day. I have a 2 hour break this morning and I'll use that time for weight training, cardio, and a PWO snack.
Breakfast: protein pancakes
Snack: homemade protein bar
Lunch: Salad, maybe a frozen fish filet that I thought I would try
Snack: protein shake or peanut butter wrap
Dinner: not sure... DH has been talking about making some type of oat risottto thing so maybe he'll make that. I'll probably also have more mashed cauliflower.
I'm going to yoga tonight with my friend- we're going to the gym a little early to get some light cardio in. I was bad yesterday and fell asleep for about an hour and a half in the evening and so forfeited running.
Breakfast: bowl of "Essentials" w/ soymilk
Lunch: yogurt, carrots & hummus, ww crackers
Dinner: something light, as I will be getting home fairly late and then going to yoga/gym soon after. Probably a wrap.
Down another pound and a half today. I couldn't workout yesterday because dh came home sick and I didn't want to leave the baby with his germs. Another missed workout, another weightloss. Strange... I recorded everything I ate yesterday. I consumed 1,993 calories. 39% from fats, 36% from carbs, and 25% from proteins. Ideally, I would like to eat more Zone-like, 30% fat, 30% protein, and 40% carbs. It's not too far off but I see room for improvement. It doesn't explain why I lose weight when I skip my workout unless 1,993 calories isn't enough for me. It seems like a lot, but I have no idea what I should be eating. I know proper caloric intake has something to do with your weight, but THIS is not my real weight! I'm dealing with extra pounds that I don't claim as my own. Should I still eat the number of calories I would if I actually weighed as much as the scale is telling me today? I'm so lost and confused...
Breakfast - sausage, eggs, oatmeal with fresh raspberries
Snack - Celery with cream cheese
Lunch - Chicken salad, salad
Snack - almonds, cheese, dried cranberries
Dinner - Chicken
At some point during the day, I'll probably have a bowl of Fiber One Cereal with Soy Milk.
My plan is to go to Sarge Roy's kickboxing class tonight. I wonder if I need more calories... What should I do???
are you really so bummed about teaching as you sound like you are lately? you don't have to accept classes you know, if you don't want to. it's supposed to be a fun hobby, not a chore.
ok, this is apropos of nothing but i just have to say what a great guy i have. no offense to you all's mates, but he's actually the perfect guy. he's really
Got the new GF schedule today. The early morning Wednesday step class has gone even earlier...to 6:15...15 minutes is a big deal when you're trying to get your lazy bum out of bed! BF's alarm didn't go off so he woke up and hit the ground running, I went to the gym and did a 10 min bike warmup, followed by 2km running on the treadmill (15:51), then lower body weights. (squats and lunges in the rack and Smith machine)
Piano teaching tonight.
Breakfast: bagel, smoked salmon, cream cheese, spinach
Snack: coffee w/cream & sugar, apple, banana & babybel, carrots & ranch dip
Lunch: leftover Greek salad from last night and snake soup
Dinner: pan fried salmon with Old Bay and couscous with grape tomatoes and spinach
i've heard that one estimate of caloric need is 15 times your weight, then add for any exercise you do, then add 500 (acc. to jean)
YIKES! I'm way under if that's how you calculate needed calories. I would be afraid to add that many calories all at once. Maybe I can add them gradually and see how my body responds. So, if I want to get back to 155 lbs, I would need to eat 2,325 calories plus another 500 for breastfeeding purposes, plus MORE for working out. We're looking at roughly 3,000 calories a day. Can that be right? Sounds like way too much food for me. What a shock!
P.S. You sound like you do have a great guy. Do you still leave the dirty blender parts in the sink? My dh is driving me crazy, acting like a big baby because he has an upset stomach! I wish he would go to work... I offer him Tylenol, and he won't take it. I tell him to lay down and he doesn't want to. He won't wash his hands after flushing the toilet. He won't clean the thermometer before each use. Why does he keep taking his temperature anyway? It's a stomach virus! Yes, you are going to feel like crap for a while, but once your system clears itself of whatever fastfood crap you ate in the first place, you'll feel better. What a baby! He's such a bad patient. Every time I suggest something that might help, he wants me to cite the source of my knowledge. I tell him antibiotics won't help stomach flu and he wants to know how I know that. I don't know. I read somewhere that antibiotics don't help with viruses. I tell him that he needs to stay hydrated. "How do you know that?" He argues about everything. He doesn't think he needs to wash his hands after the bathroom because he "didn't touch anything." He's driving me up a wall! He's a terrific man when he's well but I can't stand it when he's sick. Whew! I feel better now.
Edited 3/3/2005 12:52 pm ET ET by millcreek2
yes, i agree, don't add them all at once. add them in a little at a time and see what happens. plus, as i said that might be an overestimate, but i think that any way you look at it you aren't getting enough.
what i'd do is since you are losing weight when you don't exercise, i'd increase your calories by the amount you burn when you exercise. so if you were losing weight not exercising and eating 1900 calories, if you exercise for a hour and burn 300 calories (fitday will let you know approximately how many calories you've burned) then eat 2100 calories that day.
I don't think you are eating enough for a nursing mom. You really have to be patient with the extra weight since just having a baby. Remember, mother nature is taking over and it is more concerned with you having enough nutrition so you keep producing milk for the baby. The old cave man phenomenon and the threat of hunger is counteracting you efforts to lose all the baby weight.
However, 50% of the women who nurse lose weight easily and some hang on to it. You seem to be losing easily. I was one of the ones who lost a lb a day when nursing and not exercising and put weight on immediately (5 lbs.) when I stopped. My daughter in law lost a lb a day too when nursing and ate whatever she wanted. I know you can eat a lot more when nursing...at least 500 calories more a day if not more. Even when you do Weight Watchers, you are given 10 more points a day to use. That is a lot when you figure that each point is about 70 calories.
So...relax and enjoy your baby and don't worry about your weight. Your baby is young yet and it took 9 months to have her and it will take time to get your pre pregnancy body back or somewhere near it. You can't go by celebrities who have nanny's, nutritionists, and all the money they need to make losing weight more doable. You are doing great and just keep thinking about staying healthy for now.
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