April Weight Loss Winner is Nanny Sandy
04-12-2011, 04:36 AM
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From Sparkpeople:
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Going too low on calories can hurt your ability to lose weight. Here's why.
Your body will protect itself from starvation during times of greatly-reduced food intake. So if you eat too little, your body thinks it's starving. To compensate, your metabolism will slow down considerably, making it very difficult (or impossible) for you to lose weight. In this state, your body will burn anything but your stored body fat. (This includes muscle such as heart tissue.)
Eating too little may cause as nutritional deficiencies. (I began losing hair) plus, when you increase your calories, your body may store these calories as fat, in preparation for another future "famine."
A slow weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week by combining a moderate calorie reduction with increased calorie expenditure through exercise is best.
Paraphrased
Going too low on calories can hurt your ability to lose weight. Here's why.
Your body will protect itself from starvation during times of greatly-reduced food intake. So if you eat too little, your body thinks it's starving. To compensate, your metabolism will slow down considerably, making it very difficult (or impossible) for you to lose weight. In this state, your body will burn anything but your stored body fat. (This includes muscle such as heart tissue.)
Eating too little may cause as nutritional deficiencies. (I began losing hair) plus, when you increase your calories, your body may store these calories as fat, in preparation for another future "famine."
A slow weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week by combining a moderate calorie reduction with increased calorie expenditure through exercise is best.
04-12-2011, 06:16 AM
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I'm down 4.5 to 5 pounds. Of course that is weighing naked with one foot on the floor.
04-12-2011, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by CAROLJ
I'm down 4.5 to 5 pounds. Of course that is weighing naked with one foot on the floor.
04-12-2011, 07:21 AM
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Carol,
Fantastic job! :thumbup:
I MUST try that style of weighing in...I never thought of putting one foot on the floor. I bet I'll drop 20 pounds! LOL!
Fantastic job! :thumbup:
I MUST try that style of weighing in...I never thought of putting one foot on the floor. I bet I'll drop 20 pounds! LOL!
04-12-2011, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by CAROLJ
I'm down 4.5 to 5 pounds. Of course that is weighing naked with one foot on the floor.
04-12-2011, 08:13 AM
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I don't do naked weigh in cause I get depressed at dr when I weigh more, they won't let me get naked.
04-12-2011, 08:27 AM
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will you all stop with the the naked talk. the image of sagging baggy wrinkled bodies will be dancing through my head. Now as for me I weigh in naked in front of the picture window I want the entire world to see I lost 34 lbs......NOT!!!!!!
Still sad, not as bad!!!!!!
Still sad, not as bad!!!!!!
04-12-2011, 08:43 AM
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Knew the naked talk would bring you out Tru. Glad you areb doing better.
04-12-2011, 08:46 AM
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Tru
I know about sadness. Thoughts of what should have been, what could have been, and what will never be, run through my mind each and every day. I have started a journal of good things, things that will be and that are here right now. Writing them down and reading them is really helpful. The sadness is still there but the journal is really helping. Perhaps you could try it.
Lisa
I know about sadness. Thoughts of what should have been, what could have been, and what will never be, run through my mind each and every day. I have started a journal of good things, things that will be and that are here right now. Writing them down and reading them is really helpful. The sadness is still there but the journal is really helping. Perhaps you could try it.
Lisa
04-12-2011, 08:50 AM
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It's times like this we need and little of the Missy and Carrie Magic. just a little of the joy that they like to spread around.
I know what will help, Tru maybe you could tell us all a story like when you were at the north pole during the Secret Santa.
lisa
I know what will help, Tru maybe you could tell us all a story like when you were at the north pole during the Secret Santa.
lisa
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