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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004plateau help what am i eating wrong
im stuck on the same weight and it wont budge it been 12,12 for 3 weeks i aint got time to excersise due to long hours at work although i do about 10 min a day on excersise bike daily food intake what i been eating: MONDAY EXAMPLE breakfast: slimfast strawberry shake 217cal Lunch : slimfast choc shake 217cal Dinner :100g of ovenchips sainsburys be good to yourself low fat 112 cal, 2 bbq chicken gridders 210 cal,2 pieces of weight watchers bread 94cal, a few chicken dippers 50 cal = total of 460cal ish on average. daily : 1100 ish + after snacks and drinks SNACKS consist of: Cheesy strings 69cal tescos toffee cake slices 75cal weight watchers desserts 165cal 3 points slimfast snack bar 91cal banana 100cal example meals MAIN MEALS : Weight watchers ocean pie and 100g of crispy potateos =450cal weight watchers curry and potateos = 450 +dessert yogurt or somin weight watchers lasagna and potateos = 450 + dessert yog or somin 100g low fat chips , 5 chicken dippers, 2 slices bread and pro active butter =450 all my lunch and breakfasts are a slimfast shake and my main meal is about 500 cal each night with a snak DRINKS flavoured pink grapefruit water pure orange juice Actimel strawberry I Dont eat choc, sweets, crisps, drink coke, iv had no alcohol, dont smoke my basic calorie intake is 1200 a day including snaks my difficualty is veg and fruit but i am expanding a little, as the weight watchers meals have brocoli and veg in them and i dont mind tht to much, plus my buget is very,limited to 60,00 a month 30.00 on me slimfast on shopping so i cant buy fancy food and cook it. im very fussy on food, i aint keen on veg,beans,seafood, anything like that. and excersise is a prob as by the time i get home im tired and want to sleep and its late, and i start early morning and work on a checkout so i get no excersie :((( i im doing my shop on friday for the month and need to loose weight and i only got 40.00 to spend as im poor :( i need advice, if anyone has any good advice. becky how tall are you and what is your weight. I am sorry that you eat so poorly. If you buy cheap food at grocery stores instead of slimfast and cheesy strings etc, you may be able to save a bundle of money. Anyway, count all your calories honestly, make sure that you undereat, and be patient. Other people may suggest something about "starvation mode", which supposedly magically creates energy out of nowhere, and prevents you from losing weight at very low calories eaten. I tend to be uncredulous about this theory and would not put much stock in it. My suggestions: 1. Log all your food 2. Eat better food instead of those scary chemical products 3. Exercise more 4. Be patient i > im stuck on the same weight and it wont budge it been 12,12 for 3 weeks > i aint got time to excersise due to long hours at work although i do about [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > becky im 5.4 foot, 13 stone, 3 stone overweight, i got a low budget to spend, and dont like veg what else is there to eat i do keep a food diary, and my drinks make it all add up, as i work its VERY hard to take meals to work, as i only get a 15 min break for lunch, thats why i take slimfast its easy and i get chance to drink it, by the time i leave for my break its time to go bak. > how tall are you and what is your weight. > [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] > > > > becky > im 5.4 foot, 13 stone, 3 stone overweight, i got a low budget to spend, and > dont like veg what else is there to eat > i do keep a food diary, and my drinks make it all add up, as i work its VERY > hard to take meals to work, as i only get a 15 min break for lunch, thats > why i take slimfast its easy and i get chance to drink it, by the time i > leave for my break its time to go bak. Well, you only get out what you put in, when it comes to weight loss. So, if you do not like vegetables, do not exercise, eat junk food etc, do not be surprised if your weight loss efforts do not work out very well. You have great excuses, absolutely, I sympathize etc, but excuses do not help with losing weight. If you log all your food and drinks, can you calculate how many calories do you get per week? Try using excel or fitday.com. Do you have any thyroid or other unusual medical problems? Try approaching this problem from the top down. Write down how much you are eating, how much you weigh etc, see if you are even eating at a weight loss producing level given your exercise. Make sure that you do not cheat in your food log. Some medical problems make people lose weight very slowly, such as thyroid problems as an example. All in all, eating less, even when not exercising, always works if you can stick to it. Concentration camp pictures are the proof. Sometimes it works, but with bad side effects. (again check out the concentration camp pictures) Possible problems include not losing fat first and losing mass in all other organs like muscles and bones and internal organs. Or, such as succumbing to horrible cravings because your low calorie junk food diet is very low in nutrients. Or plainly getting sick due to lack of vitamins and fiber. If you eat 1200 calories the way you are eating, you are likely to have problems even if you lose weight. That is so if my impression that you are relying on junk food and overly processed foods is correct. Anyway, hang around, maybe you can come up with some decent ideas after discussing your problems. You are obese and so getting rid of that extra fat is quite important for your health. Good luck i 223/173/180 how wat like, many fresh food dosnt last for 4 weeks, i get paid once every 4 weeks and have no income wot soever during that. and live on my own, so i need frozen foods :S fruit dosnt last 4 weeks, and fridge stuff. what else is there to buy, i struggle with my weekly milk and bread :( so making sandwiches for lunch andmy luch meal is the hardest and breakfast thats why i chose slimfast cos its a easy shake, then all i got to worry about is my meal which is frozen and will keep for 4 weeks.. its not easy > im stuck on the same weight and it wont budge it been 12,12 for 3 weeks > i aint got time to excersise due to long hours at work although i do about [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > becky >how wat like, many fresh food dosnt last for 4 weeks, i get paid once every >4 weeks and have no income wot soever during that. and live on my own, so i [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >about is my meal which is frozen and will keep for 4 weeks.. >its not easy When you get paid do this. Take 4 envelopes. Put cash in each envelope that you would spend on groceries ($40 or whatever). Put a label on each envelope: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Each week you do groceries with the money for that week. If you have some left over - WHOO HOO... If you buy bread, lunch meat, cheese, you can spend less than $10 and get a whole week's worth of lunches. I went to the store yesterday, bought bread, meat, cheese, salad makings, fruits and veggies and soda and spent $24. The amount of food I have will last me close to 2 weeks, and the stuff I bought will stay good for that long too. If you can afford to, buy bulk packages of meats (the way groceries work is you get a discount on the per pound price with the larger volumes). Bring it home and portion it out into more reasonable portions for you, freeze and use when necessary. A couple times a week cook up food and make extras. Portion that into individual serving sizes and freeze them. Take those for frozen dinner. Make a whole pot of spagetti and it will cost you about $6. There's enough there to portion out into at least 6 or 7 meals. You can't tell me that you can buy frozen meals for less than $1 that are healthy. Believe me, I've lived on shoe string budgets before, and I had a son to raise too, working full time, and going to school full time. It was definately cheaper to buy fresh foods and cook them to live off of crappy frozen processed, chemical filled, nutrient lacking frozen foods. If you want to lose weight you have to make it a priority in your life. Otherwise you will not be successful. > When you get paid do this. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > food I have will last me close to 2 weeks, and the stuff I bought will > stay good for that long too. From what I see the OP is in England. You would be hard pressed to buy 2 weeks work of groceries for $24 in the UK, even in the very very cheap shops. I doubt very much she could feed herself for one week for that in the UK. Last year I lost 4 stone, why did I stop? Because I could not afford to buy fresh lean meat, fruit and veg. My weekly shopping for 3 people was costing over ?70 and that was being very frugal and not buying the best cuts of meat. When you weekly income is ?200, I just couldn't afford it. Now I buy junk and it costs me ?40 a week to feed 3 people... A survey came out last week in the UK. Its showed the 20 fattest towns and the 20 slimmest. The 20 fattest towns were ALL in poor areas the 20 thinnest towns were ALL in the rich areas. Prove that obesity and poor diet IS linked to income. Dr Marc Farr, a consultant for Experian, told BBC News Online: "You might think wealthy people would overindulge or eat richer foods. "But they have better education about health issues. They will also have the money to buy lower-fat or organic foods." He said cheaper healthy foods needed to be made more widely available to the less well-off. "If they are going to buy a loaf of bread, they may well have to choose the cheapest - and that is likely to be a large white loaf, rather than a brown organic one http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3521551.stm >From what I see the OP is in England. You would be hard pressed to buy 2 >weeks work of groceries for $24 in the UK, even in the very very cheap [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >meat. When you weekly income is £200, I just couldn't afford it. Now I buy >junk and it costs me £40 a week to feed 3 people... actually, I have found we spend less on food now that I am dieting. Because the only way I can do it is to plan out in advance what we are eating every day. My partner and I sit down once a week, plan our meals for the week (what we are eating and who is cooking which day) then make our shopping list from that. I reckon we spend £30 - 40 a week in the supermarket, and another £10 or so at the greengrocers, for a family of 3. (Tho maybe it makes a difference that we don't buy meat?) What really saves the money is that the likelyhood of not knowing what to have for tea and so going to the supermarket for ready made pizza or pasta sauces or burgers or whatever is much reduced now. We have re-inforced our commitment to make meals from scratch most nights, and also we both make our own lunches for work (sandwiches, pasta salads etc) instead of buying them from shops. And not buying biscuits, cakes, crisps, etc, that helps too lol. One thing that struck me about the original post was mentioning she only gets 15 mins for lunch. If she is in the UK, she should take a look at the ACAS site for advice on legal entitlements for working hours and breaks, because she's entitled to min 20 mins break a day http://www.acas.org.uk/q_a/q_a6.html#4 C x  Signature245/229/135 "never give up on a goal because of the time it will take to acheive it - the time will pass anyway" email/msn: clarrie grundy aatt hhoott mmaaiill ddoott ccomm >>how wat like, many fresh food dosnt last for 4 weeks, i get paid once every 4 weeks and have no income wot soever during that. and live on my own, so i need frozen foods :S fruit dosnt last 4 weeks, and fridge stuff.<< Greetings and welcome. frozen meals and prepared meals are far more expensive than preparing simple meals with fresh ingredients. Just because you get paid once a month doesn't mean you only go to the grocery once a month. is there a grocery near your home or job that you can walk to once a week? that will save money, help you get fresher, healthier meals and get you some exercise. Kasey 365/291/??? My 10 cent healthy 400 calorie meals - 1/2 cup oatmeal (1 1/2 cups cooked) mixed with 3 tablespoons of peanut butter (preferably natural). Generally I add cinnamon and artifical sweetener. Benefits: 1) oatmeal is a whole grain, and lowers cholesterol. 2) nuts (peanut butter or almond butter) are high in fat but healthy. Key step for you to make progress - exercise more. Second super cheap healthy meal/snack - shredded wheat (buy generic) 2 oz, peanuts (or almonds, walnuts) 2 oz. Again, whole grain plus nuts. > how wat like, many fresh food dosnt last for 4 weeks, i get paid once every > 4 weeks and have no income wot soever during that. and live on my own, so i [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > > > becky > My 10 cent healthy 400 calorie meals - 1/2 cup oatmeal (1 1/2 cups > cooked) mixed with 3 tablespoons of peanut butter (preferably [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > healthy meal/snack - shredded wheat (buy generic) 2 oz, peanuts (or > almonds, walnuts) 2 oz. Again, whole grain plus nuts. Our grocery bill went down substantially when I stopped buying cold cereals. We eat oatmeal most mornings. Dally > > My 10 cent healthy 400 calorie meals - 1/2 cup oatmeal (1 1/2 cups > > cooked) mixed with 3 tablespoons of peanut butter (preferably [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dally And, if you can get it in bulk, it's even cheaper. Martha You have to exercise to be healthy. The lack of exercise is part of the plateau. You also have to change those snacks to fruit. What you're eating has too much fat in it. > im stuck on the same weight and it wont budge it been 12,12 for 3 weeks > i aint got time to excersise due to long hours at work although i do about [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > becky > all my lunch and breakfasts are a slimfast shake and my main meal is about > 500 cal each night with a snak I'm surprised no one has mentioned your carb problem. I'm a bit short on time and don't have time to give you the whole lecture on why Slimfast is crap (could someone please chime in here about glycemic indexes) but.... Aim to get 25% - 35% of your calories from protein, and about 20-30% of your calories from healthy fats (seed, nut and fish oils) and make the remaining calories come from HIGH FIBER carbs or carbs with phytonutrients. For example, instead of a slimfast bar have an apple and dip it in a little tub of peanutbutter. Just changing the ratios of your diet will get you out of your stall. Try logging all your food at www.fitday.com and see how the ratios come out. Also, you're at 13 stone ans that's around 180 calories if I recall and that means you should NOT be only eating 1100 calories. Aim to get no less than 8 calories per pound, in other words, 1500 calories or so. You're making a lot of rookie mistakes - the same ones I made when I was first dieting. I managed to diet myself to over 200 pounds with your methods. It'd be nice if you could kick the high carb/low fat/too low calorie cycle before you get too much fatter. I'm kind of curious about something, though: you live alone, right? What's keeping you from exercising? Does someone grab you by the ankles and fling you onto the couch? I work 60 hours a week, have three kids and a husband and manage to attend church and workout five times a week. Living alone with no obligations but work would make it SIMPLE! Dally >I'm kind of curious about something, though: you live alone, right? >What's keeping you from exercising? Does someone grab you by the ankles [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Dally I work out every day 5 days a week, but cannot just add exercise on week days because routine is broken by kids husband and other family. I think what is difficult is building a routine which includes exercise. Then you know that at that time you should be exercising, and you go. But starting the routine, this is not easy. |
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