Total Weight Loss

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Increasing calories (you read that right) and free workout videos

Is it really weird that I am so excited again for the weigh in tomorrow? I just can not wait to see how this week has gone according to the scale. I have definitely struggled to get all my workouts in but I am only 26 mins. away from hitting my goal, so 30mins on the elliptical today will ensure that I my goal is met.

I have also been doing quite a bit of research on how many calories I should be eating. As I had talked about before I was eating right around 800 calories a day. I am on medication and under a doctor's supervision but since I have added so much exercise I had a feeling that I really needed to increase my calories. This week most days I ate right around 1000 calories. Some days I got closer to 1200 and other days I was still just a little over 800. I am really working towards to getting right around 1200 from now on. I do not want my body to be in starvation mode. I did read that when you have a lot of weight to lose, like over 50 pounds, you generally will not go into starvation mode for at least 3 months. But it has now going on 2.5 months since I have been on this new plan so I do not want that to occur. Instead I am slowly adding additional calories to my day. And they have been good calories, more fruit and veggies, and I have let myself eat more snacks through out the day.

That is one reason I am very curious as to how this week has gone. I am optimistic and do think I have lost but I seriously doubt it will be anything like last week. I will be happy with a 2-3 lb. loss. I should not be hitting a plateau yet and when that does happen, we all know that it will eventually, I will increase my exercise.

I am also in the process of breaking up my strength training into lower body and upper body workouts. I have got to let my muscles get a rest but I like to do my strength training every day (or at least 6 days a week). This is one of my favorite sites for free exercises. I also use some of the free videos at Sparkpeople . Another good site for free videos is here. As long as you have some good music and the internet there really is no reason to spend a ton of cash on workout videos. You can get what you need for nothing. This is a good start when you don't have much money and you can always slowly buy videos for a personal collection as your fitness level increase and/or you get bored.

Well that is all for this morning. I am working on a post about a topic that just irks me but you will have to wait on that one! No griping for this morning, lol. Keep up the hard work!

No pain, no gain!!

9 comments:

  1. 800 calories??? What plan are you on? that sounds so low. You are doing great with excersise. Welcome to HYC!

    - Lisa
    http://inweighovermyhead.blogspot.com/

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  2. 800 calories - wow.. Glad you are increasing them. With all the exercising your body needs that fuel!

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  3. I'm soooo happy you're going to hit your exercise goal for this week! That's fantastic! I think 1200 is a good number of calories to strive for. Lately I've been around 1100-1200 but I don't get hungry because I'm really listening to my body. Looking forward to "seeing you" at the LHAS Challenge weigh in tomorrow!

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  4. Good job girl! I think your smart to up your calories, fuel the burn :)

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  5. Just wanted to pop over and say hi and welcome to the HYC! Personally I don't count calories, I just try to cut things down and make healthier choices etc. But it does sound like upping things is a good idea.

    Oh and I totally love the "Can I buy another vowel?" name.

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  6. Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow, and thanks for the links! Welcome to the Healthy You Challenge. :)

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  7. thanks for visiting my blog, it isnt always weight loss related but hope you still drop by. good luck tomm with your weigh in! take care

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  8. So proud of you for taking the leap of faith and increasing your calories. 800 is very low. I bet your body will be thanking you for the extra nutrients. :)

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  9. Looks like the increase didn't hurt because I had a 5 lb. loss this week. I was not on any specific diet. I am being monitored by my Dr. and I take adipex (phentermine) which is an appetite suppressant. Of course most people would never ever be advised to go on such a low calorie diet, but it does done for short periods of time with morbidly obese people, which is what I was.

    I just knew that I now needed to increase my calories since I am exercising so much more. My target is now 1200 but I am not going to stress if there are days I don't get all the way to 1200 or if there are days I go a little over. I am trying to vary the calorie amount each day so that my body does not get used to one set exact number.

    Hope everyone else has an amazing week too!

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