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ChristineS1097

Start Weight:	(09 Apr 13) 220.0 lb
Current Weight:	(12 Apr 13) 220.0 lb
Goal Weight:	165.0 lb

following: ChristineS1097's own diet
performance: losing 1.6 lb a week

I am a 33 year old Mom of two boys. I love to cook, craft, sew, and play the flute. I am NOT cool. I am a total dork, but I am okay with that.

FatSecret member since: 26 Apr 12

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Weight loss for beginners - Biggest Loser

status:	Completed
ended:	25 Jun 12
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	mars2kids on diet mars2kids's own diet
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	amb_79 on diet amb_79's own diet
	last weighin: gaining 0.4 lb a week

	Heidijoy on diet Heidijoy's own diet
	last weighin: gaining 0.2 lb a week

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	last weighin: gaining 1.4 lb a week

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Veggies and Fruit
When Weight Watchers does the new points system it is taking into account the "free" fruits and veggies. That is why on the old system fruit and veggies are not "free" foods.

That said, I think that if it is working for you stick with it.

posted 08 Jun 2012, 09:55

exercise and unwanted weight gain - help
Exercise is important even if you are not trying to loose weight.

Exercise should not cause you to gain weight...unless you are eating more becuase your burning more or you are gaining muscle mass...I also agree with what Lindsay said about losing muscle mass if you were maintaining too low of a caloric intake. Someone will probably point out the muscle does not actually "weigh more than fat"...this is a way of saying muscle is more dense than fat...so more muscle will make you heavier but you will be leaner. I think you should continue your exercise plan and start logging your food. Get a little scale (a kitchen scale goes for about $10) and measuring cups and spoons. You would be surprised at how much or little some foods are. For example many people might log a bowl of cereal as a serving but really only 1 cup is a serving...beef is dense and 4 oz of steak looks like a lot less than 4 oz of chicken. Try it and see where your at and adjust accordingly. Good luck.

posted 05 Jun 2012, 11:28

Can You Add a Custom Food if it's Not in List of Foods?
sparks people.com has a recipe calculator that is great for logging recipes... you put in all the ingredients and it adds up the nutritional data per serving. just Google "recipe calculator" and it will come up. then i just copy the nutritional data over.

posted 01 Jun 2012, 17:22

How I calculated my real RDI and got my scale un-stuck
Hi Heidijoy, thanks for sharing.

I think that you are on track! Calculating RDI can be confusing. My understanding of the FatSecret RDI is that it already includes some activity. I set my activity level at low active because I work a desk job, however my afternoons/evenings are spent cooking and cleaning up after the family so I don't go as low as sedentary. I usually don't sit down until about 10:00 at night.

My assumption is that this activity is already figured into my RDI. So the FatSecret RDI of 2300 (i weighed 255 when I calculated) includes whatever calories I burn in my normal household activities. I lower my goal personally to about 2000 a day because I would like to lose 2lbs a week not 1 and if I keep it under a little in combination with exercise I figure that will balance out to about a 7,000 calorie a week deficit or 2 lbs lost!

I only log additional exercise...like walking, weight training, or the other day I logged moving furniture and boxes because I did that for over 2 hours and that is not in my normal range of activity.

In the end we are both doing the same thing just in different ways Smile

In your example you lowered your RDI and counted more activity. In my example I raised my RDI, but didn't count some activity...It all comes down to results. IF it works for you THAT is what you should do. I personally like logging my exercise. It makes me feel good. Keep up the great work and hopefully you have helped someone find a better RDI for themselves.

posted 01 Jun 2012, 13:36

Anyone else having trouble entering food?
Yes. It keeps timing out...grrrrrrrr.

posted 01 Jun 2012, 11:26

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08 September 2012

Officially lost 20 lbs....

on diet ChristineS1097's own diet losing 2.2 lb a week

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13 August 2012

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on diet ChristineS1097's own diet gaining 1.5 lb a week

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ChristineS1097's Recent Food & Exercise

	2 servings Healthy Multi-Grain Bread
	1 tablespoon Mayonnaise
	1 fruit Navels Oranges

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