Re: Eating issues, 4 wk results, etc.

April 18, 2008

Girl! Those are fabulous results!

What I do is eat smaller amounts (plain chicken, apple) when I'm not as

hungry and then larger amounts (chicken vege stirfry with rice) when I am

hungry. Or, just drink a protein smoothie. Thats my breakfast a lot of days

when I'm not quiet awake enough to be hungry. its a big nutrition wallop

with a small volume.

also, I think its interesting that our measurements are about the same, but

I weigh about 30 pounds more. (my two big fears are: 1. I will lose all my

boobs, 2. I will loose fat but not weight and will weigh 200 pounds and be a

size six.)

> All right, consider this forwarning. This is going to probably be

> long and rambling.

>

> I know this is the opposite problem than some others have. My issue

> right now isn't that I am always hungry or craving foods. It is that

> I have absolutely no appetite, which lets too much time lapse in

> between meals, or else I just plain don't remember to feed me for

> hours on end. This past week has been especially hard in the eating

> department. I find myself looking at the clock and it is one pm,

> with no food in my system because I just am not hungry. Of course, I

> am a night owl so I know my internal clock could be playing tricks.

> I usually do end up hungry in the evenings. So any suggestions? I

> am up at 7:30 am every day, taking care of the kids, the house, etc.

> I usually don't fit in my workouts until around 10:30 am because the

> little people have more immediate needs and a lot less patience than

> me. lol Then it is well after 11 (on weight days) and I wait another

> hour to eat. So I am getting a late start on everything. Aside from

> giving up my " me " time in the evenings so that I can get to bed

> earlier I am not seeing a solution.

>

> I took my week four measurements today and weighed myself. Not

> seeing a change in the weight from two weeks ago (which is when the

> appetite went away), but I am seeing the measuring tape go down. So

> that is a plus. So far

>

> Starting: Current: Total:

> chest: 45.5 " 41 " -4.5 "

> waist: 36.5 " 33 " -3.5 "

> low abs: 43 41.25 " -1.75 "

> ribcage: 35.5 " 33.5 " -2 "

> hips: 44 " 42 " -2

> R.thigh: 25.5 " 24 " -1.5 "

> L.thigh: 25 " 24 " -1 "

> R.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

> L.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

> L.arm : 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

> R.arm: 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

> upchest: 41 " 36.5 " -4.5 "

> R.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

> L.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

>

> For a grand total of 23.25 " lost in four weeks!!!! I will weigh 168

> for the next four weeks if I can just keep losing those inches.

>

> So now here is my problem. If I miss up to 2 meals a day, am I going

> to be in such a deficit that I lose muscle mass instead of body fat?

> That concerns me. I know I am feeling the muscles in my body more,

> and I can see some definition on my quads and my ribcage too, I need

> to buy some new bras because the back fat is melting off. I just

> want to keep losing inches and am afraid with not eating my six meals

> that it isn't going to happen.

>

--

Sheila

" If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them,

you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects

you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. "

Bill Clinton

April 18, 2008

I doubt you'll be a 200lb size 6, but think of all the attention you'll get

if you are!

My suggestion is to eat on a regular schedule every day, whether you are

hungry or not. Adjust portion sizes based on hunger, but make sure you EAT

something at meal time.

I typically eat at 8 AM, 10 AM, 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 7 PM and 9 PM. Sometimes

I am hungry ALL the time, but most of the time, I'm not very hungry.

> Girl! Those are fabulous results!

>

> What I do is eat smaller amounts (plain chicken, apple) when I'm not as

> hungry and then larger amounts (chicken vege stirfry with rice) when I am

> hungry. Or, just drink a protein smoothie. Thats my breakfast a lot of

> days

> when I'm not quiet awake enough to be hungry. its a big nutrition wallop

> with a small volume.

>

> also, I think its interesting that our measurements are about the same,

> but

> I weigh about 30 pounds more. (my two big fears are: 1. I will lose all my

> boobs, 2. I will loose fat but not weight and will weigh 200 pounds and be

> a

> size six.)

>

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Dustie

<dusthappy@...<dusthappy%40att.net>>

> wrote:

>

> > All right, consider this forwarning. This is going to probably be

> > long and rambling.

> >

> > I know this is the opposite problem than some others have. My issue

> > right now isn't that I am always hungry or craving foods. It is that

> > I have absolutely no appetite, which lets too much time lapse in

> > between meals, or else I just plain don't remember to feed me for

> > hours on end. This past week has been especially hard in the eating

> > department. I find myself looking at the clock and it is one pm,

> > with no food in my system because I just am not hungry. Of course, I

> > am a night owl so I know my internal clock could be playing tricks.

> > I usually do end up hungry in the evenings. So any suggestions? I

> > am up at 7:30 am every day, taking care of the kids, the house, etc.

> > I usually don't fit in my workouts until around 10:30 am because the

> > little people have more immediate needs and a lot less patience than

> > me. lol Then it is well after 11 (on weight days) and I wait another

> > hour to eat. So I am getting a late start on everything. Aside from

> > giving up my " me " time in the evenings so that I can get to bed

> > earlier I am not seeing a solution.

> >

> > I took my week four measurements today and weighed myself. Not

> > seeing a change in the weight from two weeks ago (which is when the

> > appetite went away), but I am seeing the measuring tape go down. So

> > that is a plus. So far

> >

> > Starting: Current: Total:

> > chest: 45.5 " 41 " -4.5 "

> > waist: 36.5 " 33 " -3.5 "

> > low abs: 43 41.25 " -1.75 "

> > ribcage: 35.5 " 33.5 " -2 "

> > hips: 44 " 42 " -2

> > R.thigh: 25.5 " 24 " -1.5 "

> > L.thigh: 25 " 24 " -1 "

> > R.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

> > L.calf: 14.25 " 14 " -.25 "

> > L.arm : 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

> > R.arm: 12.5 " 11.5 " -1 "

> > upchest: 41 " 36.5 " -4.5 "

> > R.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

> > L.quad: 19 " 19 " -0

> >

> > For a grand total of 23.25 " lost in four weeks!!!! I will weigh 168

> > for the next four weeks if I can just keep losing those inches.

> >

> > So now here is my problem. If I miss up to 2 meals a day, am I going

> > to be in such a deficit that I lose muscle mass instead of body fat?

> > That concerns me. I know I am feeling the muscles in my body more,

> > and I can see some definition on my quads and my ribcage too, I need

> > to buy some new bras because the back fat is melting off. I just

> > want to keep losing inches and am afraid with not eating my six meals

> > that it isn't going to happen.

> >

>

> --

> Sheila

>

> " If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from

> them,

> you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it

> affects

> you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. "

> Bill Clinton

>

April 18, 2008

I sooo don't care (well maybe I do care, but not as much lol) about the numbers

on the scale. My whole last pregnancy I refused to see how much I weighed. I

have no idea what my beginning weight was or what the final weight was. I just

wanted to be sure that I gained what I needed to without gaining too much. When

I was a teenager I was anorexic. I was so caught up in the numbers on the scale

(not really what I looked like) because I weighed way more than my friends who

were the same size as me did. So it is really hard for me to get on a scale. I

worry that I will become a slave to it again.

I have a slight worry about losing my boobs, since they were so stinking

expensive and I have always had nice tatas. lol But I would be pretty content

to weigh 200 lbs and be in a size 6. But yes I find it funny that our

measurements and clothes size are very close and there is that weight

difference. But you have been lifting weights for a long time, so you probably

have a great deal more mucle mass than me.

Sheila wrote: