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This might sound dumb, but yesterday I intentionally ate over my RDI, to see if I could increase my calorie intake and still lose weight... The scale says no. It looks like I'm going to have to be strict and stay under 1500 calories. Oh well, can't say I didn't try. :) Oh and I ran yesterday! Yey! I was also toying with the idea of buying a Fitbit Zip to help me determine calories burned and how much I move throughout the day, but I'm not sure how accurate it would be or if I would even remember to clip it on everyday...
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105.8 lb
Lost so far: 8.8 lb.
Still to go: 3.8 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 26 February 2014:
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2044 kcal
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Fat: 75.43g | Prot: 60.89g | Carb: 290.93g.
Breakfast: Kellogg's Krave Double Chocolate Cereal, Libby's Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix, GNC Ultra Omega Krill Oil, Optimum Nutrition Opti-Women, Spring Valley Glucosamine Chondroitin, Nature Made Chewable Vitamin C, Green Tea, Cream of Wheat Enriched Farina (1 Minute). Lunch: Private Selection Frozen Strawberries, Quinoa & Beans, Carrot Kinpira, Harris Teeter Garbanzo Beans, Meijer Starlight Mints, Trident Sugarless Gum with Xylitol, Egg. Dinner: Bertolli Marinara Sauce, Mama Cozzi Italian Style Meatballs, Nasoya Pasta Zero Plus, Bob's Red Mill Nutritional Food Yeast. Snacks/Other: Great Value Soup & Oyster Crackers, Godiva 031290067503, H.K. Anderson Mini Twist Pretzels, Blue Bunny Chocolate Caramel with Cashews, Zone Perfect Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar - Chocolate Chip, Bananas. more...
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1729 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Stretching (yoga) - 7 minutes, Housework - 3 hours, Sleeping - 6 hours, Resting - 5 hours and 33 minutes, Sitting - 1 hour, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 50 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours and 30 minutes. more...
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gaining 11.2 lb a week
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 Comments
Funny that you tried that; I'm curious to know why you did that! I have read some comments from people saying that you need to avoid eating less (not sure about the percentage) than your RDI because that also stops the weight loss. But I guess the basic principle remains the same; that you need to eat less calories to lose weight :)
26 Feb 14 by member: Chickturu
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Google scoobysworkshop and his reviews of all the different health monitors out there. I can't remember what was the best for what though as it has been a few months since I read it. Of you are still lifting weights you should be able to eat more too. I would also check his calorie calculator because he has the best one out I have used.
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Ok, a few things:
When I go over with my eating, it takes a couple of days for my weight to get back to what it was, but it does, and usually even a bit lower. The day after, my weight is still a bit high.
I peeked at your diet calendar, and you're recording food for March? On my calendar, it's Feb 26th. How did that happen?!?
26 Feb 14 by member: SherylPT13
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You can't tell anything from one day. Any increase in calories may show a temporary increase one day and a loss the following week or later. It takes a few weeks to see an actual pattern in weight loss. But you are already at a low weight and don't have much to lose, so you probably do have to be strict with the calories to get off those last pounds. If you can eat 1500 a day and lose that is pretty great. Good luck!
26 Feb 14 by member: Suzi161
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I have a fitbit zip and it's great as a pedometer, not so much for calories burned. I do a lot of elliptical/recumbent biking during the week though and neither of those really register with the fitbit as the correct activity. I have a polar heart rate monitor that I use for calories and it's great but it doesn't work for all-day use...
26 Feb 14 by member: Breeze2011
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Chickturu, I love eating and I thought maybe I was burning more calories than FatSecret was giving me credit for, so I decided to try and eat more and still see if I lost; clearly I was mistaken! iamachristianjesusfreak, I always forget about his website. I'll have to check it out later and yes, I am still lifting weights. :) SherylPT13, I'm a time traveler! :P When I was on the calendar screen I clicked on the current day, then clicked back on calendar and it gave me the option to enter in data for the following day. I kept doing this until I reached March. Suzi161, Thanks for the encouragement! I'm probably being impatient... as always. Breeze2011, thanks for the insider info, I would want it mainly for calories burned and I bet it wouldn't track me lifting weights...
26 Feb 14 by member: The Blue Box
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