Sunday, June 2, Cardio & Cafe

Good morning, BOTTS! Hard to believe it's June 2 already. I really wish we had three day weekends every week

B Protein coffee
S Protein coffee
L Mexican chicken salad (no shells or chips)
S hard boiled eggs, veggies, ranch (I make the buttermilk Ranch)
D grilled pork chops, sautéed zucchini
S Quest bar

Since it's cold, windy and rainy outside today, I'll go for 50 minutes on the treadmill. Keeping it right around 1200 calories. Mondays are my weigh-in day so hopefully I've broken through this plateau.

As Tess says, remember your vitamins and fluids! Enjoy your Sunday!

Good luck today!  I hope that plateau is gone!

Well, I did too, but no joy -- still stuck. I've followed my eating plan (protein & low carb veggies), 1200 calories (give or take 50), minimum of 80 ounces fluids, daily vitamins/supplements, minimum of 50 minutes of exercise. I won't give up, I only have 20 pounds to go. I know plateaus are part of the process but any suggestions?

I went back to myfitnesspal journals from June of 2011 when I was losing about 3-4 pounds a week.  This is what I was eating:  grill chicken breast, green beans, protein shake and bar, string cheese, bananas and a fiber one bar.  I was averaging 725 calories a day and 72 grams of protein a day.  I was walking 40 minutes a day.  I know it seems drastic when coming from 1200 calories but it worked for me.  I had a shake for breakfast, string cheese for my morning snack, protein bar for lunch, banana for afternoon snack, chicken and green beans for supper and fiber one bar for evening snack after my walk.  I vary my dinners with tuna, chicken, refried beans, chili, eggs, veggie burgers and turkey roll ups.  I only ate green vegetables too.  It was kind of fun to go back and look at my old journals.  I slowly increased my calories from 700 to 800, 900, 1000 until I got to 1200 and maintaining for me.  This took me about 8 months of increasing calories along with increasing exercise too, from a mile up to 4 miles a day.  But, I did shed 70 lbs. doing this.  You might want to eat 800 calories one day and eat 1200 another day just to keep your system confused on what is going on with you.  You will get off this plateau soon I know.

Thanks so much,Tess. Looking back at your journals was so thoughtful and helpful! I'll give it a try!

Tess is right on the money.  You have to vary the calorie count sometimes, because if you maintain that very low calorie diet, your body will think you're starving and hold on to every lb.  Personally, I don't count calories.  I eat lower fat and low carb, and as a person who dieted myself to over 300 lbs, I know the approx. cal counts of what I usually eat.  I just eat to lose slowly, and the way I will (prayerfully) eat from now on.  Add exercise, and the lbs are dropping.

I weighed 207.5 yesterday, so I am now down 30.5 lbs since starting here on Feb 26.  I will say that the weight loss was better for me when I started incorporating exercise, and when I do plateau, increasing my food, water and exercise helps.  At least that has been my experience.

Good morning, BOTT friends,

 

Another great day yesterday, so good that I didn't get to my pc to post again last night.  Today I should be able to get some much needed rest, and it's cloudy with an 80% chance of rain....even better!  Got my bike workout in 3 times yesterday as I was cooking, and just did it in between roasting and whatever.  Got in 82 minutes, covering 8.6 miles.  Sunday eats:

 

B:  4 strips turkey bacon, 1 egg, 1 slice ultra thin cheddar on sandwich thin

L:  1/2 c  homemade pulled chicken barbecue

S:  6 ozs Light & Fit yogurt, apple slices and 1 strip turkey bacon

D:  3/4 c  above barbecue on sandwich thin,  3/4 c Brussels sprouts 

 

Hope everyone had a nice, relaxing Sunday :)

I totally agree, up the protein and decrease the calories as well as up the exercise. ;)  It just a takes a couple of days...but if the protein you up is dense protein it makes you more full and takes longer to digest which is a big help!!  We all hit plateaus!