Well, there is dinner tonight.
Idad’s doing what, 900 calories a day? I’m doing more than that. Every once in a while I can go with little food for about a week and then I’m back to the 1,000 - 2,000 calorie level.
<p>OMG…idad is only doing 900 calories a day? Did I miss that? </p>
<p>I actually have a family member who went on a juice fast for a MONTH and got back to his hs weight. But he looked very…gray. I think slow is the way to go…and I think that’s what most of us are doing here (at least those of us who need to lose!) But everyone’s different I guess…</p>
<p>I went back and reread the post. His deficit is 900 calories. He’s taking in about 1,600.</p>
<p>mp…I’m choosing my face and going with the flowy skirts. And that thing you posted looks like more fun than a dreadmill :)</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I’ve only done yoga today so far so out for a walk…in the soup! Hope I don’t get stuck in one of those nasty t-storms we’ve been having.</p>
<p>No. No. No. I’m not doing any 900 calorie a day starvation diet. I’m eating 900 calories a day LESS THAN I am burning. 6300 calories a week divide by 3500 calories a pound, and I’ve been losing 1.8 pounds a week, give or take.</p>
<p>I’m eating between 1500 to 2000 calories a day on average. That includes 250 calories of half n’ half in coffee and probably 200 calories, on average, in some kind of snack. Lunch is 300 to 500 calories. Dinner is 600 to 1000, depending. I don’t track calories that closely. Just enough to have some sense of what stuff is. Like I know I can have a turkey sandwich on Pepperidge Farm rye bread and come in under my 500 calorie lunch ceiling. Other days, It’s a can of Progresso soup, figure 300 calories. Sometimes, I’ll splurge and have bacon, eggs, and an English muffin. Thats up close to the 500 calorie limit.</p>
<p>Coincidentally, just got this link in a newsletter from my husband’s oncologist:</p>
<p>[Many</a> Americans clueless of how many calories they do or should eat - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-07-07-calorieconfusion07_ST_N.htm]Many”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-07-07-calorieconfusion07_ST_N.htm)</p>
<p>The main article is under the little quiz.</p>
<p>iPod nazi workout for me today. Two sets, start the iPod and go at full speed. 45 seconds of each exercise, 30 seconds in between to get set up for the next exercise. Serious ab workout: plank on ball, crunches on ball, push-up position rolling ball in and out with the feet. Lunge walks with dumbell press. Squats with curl and press. Reverse fly lifts on the ball. Finished up with some intervals on the Airdyne – actually they pretty much finished me up.</p>
<p>BTW, ya’ll probably wear fancy fitness outfits, but I’m going thru t-shirts like crazy with this hot weather. If you need 'em WalMart has heavy-weight 100% cotton Fruit of the Loom t-shirts in a couple dozen colors – $4.50 each. With or without a shirt pocket (for the iPod). So, if you feel like it’s time to retire those old Grand Funk Railroad t-shirts, there ya go…</p>
<p>Nrdsb4, I’m guessing it’s something about my computer, but I got a virus when I clicked on your link. My computer has not worked properly since and I cannot get the wireless internet to work. Currently I am using the wired connection, but since I can’t register it (on a Resident Hall network) I have sporadic internet right now… It all started right after clicking on that link… All my anti-virus programs are running correctly and say everything is fine…</p>
<p>I wear the cotton muscle shirts from target $4.00 and their plain cotton shorts for $7.00. The muscle shirts are relatively thin and they provide more freedom of movement for running. The new high-tech materials look like they perform better but I like having eight sets of workout clothes so that laundry once a week works out.</p>
<p>I wear fancy exercise clothes- especially ones that make me faster (or at least LOOK faster)! Somehow, a lot of them now say “Brooks” on them. I like running skirts, though. IDad- probably not the thing for you!</p>
<p>hops scout, I am sorry to hear that! Mine is working fine. It was a link to USA today article that came in a newsletter our doctor sends us periodically. My virus protection didn’t alert me to anything and I’ve had zero problems with the computer since I read the article.</p>
<p>Have your ever tried malware bytes? It is a free download and might help find the problem-it found a virus once for me that my normal protection did not detect.</p>
<p>I clicked on the link and had no problem. Malware bytes is a good recommendation!</p>
<p>I get my workout cloths and TJ Max and Syms. Lots of black stretch capris and pants. Basic t shirts. I got one pair of expensive “Lucy” pants a while back and couldn’t really justify why they cost so darn much. I also get bike jerseys (nothing too fancy) from ebay at significant discounts. Cannondale is my favorite. I have a favorite white sleeveless now. Hate the bike shorts and won’t wear them anymore…seem to do just fine w/o them - at least up to 40 miles! </p>
<p>We’re off to our cabin this weekend. DS is taking care of Ddog here at home so we’ll be taking some long bike rides and not worrying about him or feeling guilty that we’re not walking him. Yay! Just hoping the storms die down a bit.</p>
<p>I don’t own workout clothes. I wear whatever cheap, non-work stuff I had on anyway. (Yes, I will bike in jeans).</p>
<p>OH, my lord. One of the sidebars on the above USAToday article lists some of the, um, weightier foods available around the country:</p>
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<p>Okay, I think I risked a cardiac event just reading this.</p>
<p>I certainly can enjoy food but reading that list makes me feel a bit sick.</p>
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<p>In Sauget, IL there is a baseball team that sells a Krispie Kreme Bacon Cheeseburger. 1/4 pound bacon cheeseburger but instead of a bun, they slice a donut and use the two halves…</p>
<p>There’s often a lot of free food working in high-tech and it takes a bit of effort to avoid it.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t have to expend any effort in avoiding free donuts.</p>
<p>Today was better in the gym for me. Pedaled to my heart’s content. Rushed home to let workers in and…they are still not here! Yesterday just wasn’t my day. Off schedule, hair dryer didn’t work so I had funky hair, MIL diagnosed with skin cancer, thunderstorms, humidity, gained back 2 lbs…blah blah blah! Anyway, today was better. Will blast those lbs off this weekend I’m sure. </p>
<p>MOWC…believe me I know how you feel! I worry all the time that my knee may never be the same. It hurts going up and down stairs, it screams when I get in and out of cars, I can’t wear my cute heels…you know what I’ve been experiencing for a year. But the biking has made it better. Not perfect but liveable. Now I just need to lose more weight and see if that helps even more. Time and effort are helping me improve but it has been a long road! There is an older man at my gym who fell outside on the ice this past winter as he was running. He was a marathon runner. Just shattered his leg in a gazillion pieces! He has so many pins, screws and plates that it is amazing to me that they don’t show through his skin. He has a terrible limp but he is at the gym biking and lifting weights everyday and is just sure he will run again. When I get crabby I try to remind myself to relax and keep working, sometimes it even works! ;)</p>
<p>Surprisingly, donuts are not the devil’s spawn of calorie counts. A Dunkin Donuts Glazed in 220 calories. A Krispy Kreme Glazed is 200 calories. Not really all that much more than a hamburger bun or kaiser roll at 130 to 170 calories.</p>
<p>I was really suprised that glazed donuts weren’t like 500 calories each. I mean, they’ve everything workin’: white flour, deep fried, sugar coated. What else is there? </p>
<p>Here’s another surprise. Three strips of bacon is 140 calories.</p>
<p>I don’t like the concept of fried dough.</p>