Obviously, no one wants to be the first to admit to falling off the wagon over Thanksgiving. Further more, we don't want to discuss the absolute failure to achieve our simple goal of losing 5 pounds by Thanksgiving. But y'all know part of solving the problem is acknowledging the problem. So let's move on to the next AA meeting (Abdominous Anonymous, that is).
My name is Karen and I'm a junk food junkie with no self-discipline. Instead of losing five pounds, I ate chocolate, drank Cokes, and spent my free time at Sonic. I gained 4 pounds and I have no one to blame except myself ..... and my mother for supplying me with Coke .... and the persons who conspired to build a Sonic between my house and Mama's.
I'd like to say I feel better following my confession, but I still feel pudgy. I'm going to finish drinking this Coke while I think up my next ambitious goal.
Who's next?
5 comments:
I'm next.
My name is Donna and I have a problem, too. Instead of losing weight while helping my kids move away, I am quite sure I have gained. I don't know how much because I am not yet home to check things out on the "scale of tears".
I am, however, waiting for a Dominos pepperoni pizza to be delivered to me. I think I will now go into the other room to retrieve my Route 44 vanilla diet coke.
Doesn't get any better than that!
I wonder what's playing on "on demand" ?
Hello, my name is Linda, and I'm really into comfort food. The mashed potatoes on the Thanksgiving table needed me and I needed them. The only thing that held my weight steady was the fact that pumpkin pie was the only option for dessert, and I don't do pumpkin pie. So, even though I did not lose 5 pounds before Thanksgiving, the pumpkin pie presence helped me hold steady on the scales.
Well, the scales were steady before tonight.... Tonight we had cherry cheesecake for dessert. Perhaps I'll avoid the scales in the morning.
What's our next goal? 5 pounds by Christmas? New Year's? Come on! We can do this! We are strong, hard-headed women!
Hard headed sounds about right.
My name is Carmen and I'm a lost cause. I'm so thankful I'll be an old, fat lady with a bunch of old, fat sisters.
I was browsing through Cosmo and Self magazines and found some fun stuff to do. One was the "Needed Calories Calculator" which is listed here:
Finding Resting Metabolic Rate:
Your pounds x 4.3=_____
TOTAL
Add 655= ______
TOTAL
Add height in inches= ______
TOTAL
Now, subtract this- Age x 4.7=______ (subtract whatever number that is from the last total)
That is your resting metabolic rate.
Now times your resting metabolic rate x any of these:
1.2= Sedentary
1.375= Works out 2-3 times per week
1.55= Works out 3-5 times per week
1.725= Works out 6-7 times per week
So that total is going to be how many calories it takes to maintain your current weight. If you minus 500 from the total that will tell you how many calories to take in to lose weight. Though its only like 2-3 pounds. If you look on Self.com under there calculators, they have one for needed calories as well and they let me eat a couple hundred more??? Perhaps it's just a range but kind of helpful :)
Also you can sign up for Self's goal where you put in your food that you ate, what you did for exercise that day and other stuff here: http://www.self.com/goal/welcome
Bye :)
I sincerely thank you for that extra motivational help, Jill.
But, when I entered all of my numbers, my calculator must have hit overload because it blew up right in my hand!
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