Hey Everyone - 30lbs to go!

BMcLeodTeam

Ok, so I was on here MONTHS ago after getting the Dr ok to start working out again, and then things happened medically and I lost that 'ok' again.

Fast forward to today, I am finally allowed to get back into doing it again, and I have gained 30 LBS!!!! Gah! I am officially at the highest weight I have EVER BEEN!

SO.... Starting today I am going to get back into working out (I didn't cancel my gym membership so I still have that). I always loved my working out!

My big questions surround food. I have heard so many different things lately about what makes a 'healthy diet' from the Paleo diet and other ideas from people... what are your suggestions? I'm not someone with a big sweet tooth, FI and I are very heavy on our fruit/veggie intake, and I don't eat red meat...

entropicbeauty

Then it's probably about quantity for you. Have you looked into joining something like myfitnesspal.com? It evaluates how much you should eat a day to meet a (reasonable) weight loss goal. It has made me very aware of what I eat and on the whole I eat drastically better now for it!

BMcLeodTeam

I haven't seen it before but I will definitely check it out, thanks!

anna.oskar

Hop on a free site like SparkPeople and track your food intake for a week.  You might be surprised (I was!) at what you're actually eating.  You need to be eating in the right caloric range for you.

I think the most important thing is to have a well balanced diet.  Food isn't the enemy and even "bad for you" foods like pizza or fried foods can have a place.  Just evaluate your present diet and see where changes could be made.  After tracking for a week, any servere dificiencies should be pretty evident.

BMcLeodTeam

Great, thanks Anna

SCogs18

Welcome back to the Getting in Shape board!  It's always nice to see a familiar face from Sept 2012!  I would second the "myfitnesspal.com" recommendation.  I tried to get into SparkPeople, but I found it confusing.  MFP helps you track all your intake (calories, protein, vitamins...). Good luck and keep us posted!

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]Great, thanks Anna :)
Posted by BMcLeodTeam[/QUOTE]

No problemo.  Yell for me if you need anything!  ( I can be found on SB too)

BMcLeodTeam

I can't wait to finally lose the weight... so happy to be done with the health side of it all, but being 30lbs heavier is killing me lol

BMcLeodTeam

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hey Everyone - 30lbs to go! : No problemo.  Yell for me if you need anything!  ( I can be found on SB too)
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

I will remember that :)

anna.oskar

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[QUOTE]I can't wait to finally lose the weight... so happy to be done with the health side of it all, but being 30lbs heavier is killing me lol
Posted by BMcLeodTeam[/QUOTE]

I feel that.  i just hit the 30lb lost mark so it CAN be done  ;)

Only a bajillion pounds left to go.

BMcLeodTeam

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hey Everyone - 30lbs to go! : I feel that.  i just hit the 30lb lost mark so it CAN be done  ;) Only a bajillion pounds left to go.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

I sure hope it can be done! I am supposed to be wearing my mother's dress on my wedding day, altered big time by my sister, and right now I wouldn't fit in it <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /> lol

iloveu4ever

I love myfitnesspal.com it helps me journal my food.