Comments | bayareajenn: Weight Loss

bayareajenn

Weight Loss

Mar 14, 2011 14:13

As most of you know, I'm trying to lose weight so I can have IVF. My doctor wanted me to lose about 23 lbs from when I first saw him. I lost 10 on my own, but still needed another 12 or 13, and for the past...oh, six months or so I think, I've been waffling up and down the same two pounds ( Read more... )

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plymouth March 14 2011, 21:19:44 UTC

1200 cal/day? Whooooooa. I find that if I drop below 1500 cal I have ZERO energy left for exercise - I pretty much spend the entire day spacey and listless and have difficulty thinking. I'm glad it's working for you though!

bayareajenn March 14 2011, 21:24:30 UTC

Well...I have been taking a lot of naps lately. I'm sure it's not just the time change, since that just happened. Maybe that's where the 5 meals a day helps. Just when your body starts thinking it hasn't gotten enough calories, you dribble a few more in?

blk March 14 2011, 21:40:46 UTC

Wow, sounds like progress and motivation! Go you!

bayareajenn March 14 2011, 22:13:23 UTC

Thanks! It's nice when the progress = the motivation. :-)

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bayareajenn March 14 2011, 22:17:04 UTC

I know! I'm worried that I'll get all depressed if I lose nothing or only lose 1 or 2 pounds next week. That, I think, is my biggest stumbling block.

You know, I don't actually like the thickness of the Greek yogurt. It also has a weird, very subtle sour-milk tang to it. It's not my favorite thing to eat, but I can handle it. She has me eating this high-fiber, low-calorie, high-protein cereal with it, but I never thought of putting it on it like granola. I may try that. And I'll ask her about granola.

How's yours going? Steady along, I hope? :-)

work out tas76 March 14 2011, 22:41:49 UTC

Some of the girls at work are doing this thing called Zumba. Not really sure what it is. One of the girls says she lost quite a bit on the work out! Glad to see you almost there! My doctor requires me to drink 5 twenty ounce bottles of water at work. Which isn't that hard, because it's so dry in the building. Every time I pass the desk, I want to guzzle an entire bottle!

inflectionpoint March 15 2011, 03:50:57 UTC

#5 sounds awesome to me. I LOVE bodyweight exercises. They are my personal favorite.

Good luck with getting toward IVF...