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06-03-2007, 11:38 AM
|  | Yes, I am just this cute! | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Gem State
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Knowing how many calories you are eating is key.
Find a way of tracking the number of calories you are eating each day. Don't worry about cutting back until you have a good idea of what you are eating right now. Take a week and track. It should be very interesting.
I use Fitday.com
Other suggestions? Isn't there Calorie King? Or Calorie Count?
What is it that JP was using?
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06-03-2007, 03:23 PM
|  | Hot and Juicy | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: off campus
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I'm using Fitday now too, thank you!
Went to the gym this morning and had a horrible experience. I dumped the trainer and am ready to dump the gym after my membership runs out.
Did 10 minutes of crunches
35 minutes on the eliptical
1 hour of yoga - but it was hard for me to do a lot of it.
Had 2/3s a jamba juice and a half ounce of dark yummy chocolate. |
06-03-2007, 07:37 PM
|  | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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Ouch, sorry about the bad experience and trainer-dumping. 
I use selfdietclub.com - it's like ediets, free with a subscription to Self magazine (which is pretty informative and helpful, IMO, and goes beyond dieting/exercise/health coverage). Tell the website what you ate, how much, and when, and it spits out nutrition and calorie totals for the day. Nice pie charts too, and some compare-days bar graphs.
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06-03-2007, 07:52 PM
| | Hot and Juicy | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: off campus
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I should fill in both and see which I like better. |
06-03-2007, 07:54 PM
| | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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I thought you tried the Self one a while ago - isn't that why you got the subscription in the first place? 
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
06-03-2007, 07:55 PM
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Yes, I have an account there and I still get the mag - I like it. |
06-03-2007, 07:55 PM
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I can't remember by log on - I think that's why I use fitday. |
06-03-2007, 08:49 PM
| | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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Member Login - SELF Diet Club
The "Forget your User Name or Password?" page 
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
06-04-2007, 04:15 AM
|  | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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Oops! I was out all day and when I got home, I forgot to log.
breakfast - a banana, 1 fat-free yogurt, green tea
lunch - out, so 1/2 burger and a salad with nothing on it. I was half good, though - I asked for a to-go box before I started eating, and placed half the burger and all of the fries in so I wouldn't even be tempted.
supper - half a small chicken breast, a spoonful of potato salad and a plate of raw veggies.
The last time I lost so much weight, I used Dr. Ornish. I didn't count calories, only grams of fat, and I felt great! I also lowered the calories just because it takes a lot longer to add up calories if you aren't eating high fat foods. I'm aiming for that again, but it means cooking several things at a time for supper. Still, it will be workth it.
Oh- and walked 1/2 mile, and then was out all day walking from store to store getting things for #1 before he leaves. Pant pant - I am so worn out that I can't fall asleep. |
06-04-2007, 04:17 AM
| | Mom of the Four Men | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada, sort of
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And you know what else? Logging really makes me think. When I lost weight before, I logged everything. I didn't show it to anyone after the first two weeks- my doctor wanted to look at it for two weeks - but just seeing it written down made me try harder to eat only healthy things. |
06-04-2007, 10:00 AM
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I think that should work just fine, Cindy. Only if you reach a point where you plateau you might have to change your strategy. Certainly everyone should start with what is easiest and gives results.
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