Yes, I am maintaining too. What I find odd though, is that I
seem to maintain on many different amounts of points. 25,
20, 27 (I have never really pushed my luck much above the 27
point mark). I can go two weeks of watching very carefully,
staying at or below 23 points - which used to be what I
needed to be at to lose on ww ... now I only maintain there.
Which is nice, but sometimes that dang 125 number flies into
my head and makes me think ... but nothing I do seems to be
able to send me into that direction. THAT is what makes me
wonder ... how much do I *really* need to eat. Sometimes I
think it would be nice to know this magical number - be it
calories, or points - just *something* a bit more firm and
tangible. And most days I now am finding I have very little
energy - to do anything much other than crawl out of bed,
clean the kitchen, do my treadmill (which is pushing my
luck) ... that's about it. Why is this? Is it just the
weather, or is it from something else? I haven't felt this
lack of energy for a long, long time now - really since I
started on ww. And then I could come up with the explanation
- I was overweight. NOW what is my excuse?
I have no idea why dietpower thinks I should be eating
more. Maybe Lesanne can jump in with her wonderful
knowledge of the program here, and explain. I believe the
program is based on metabolic rates. Studies what I have
entered as my caloric intake, as well as suggested
scientific metabolic rates, my personal data
(age/weight/height/lifestyle ... smoker/non-smoker, etc)
... daily weights, exercise routines ... lumps it all
together, sorts it all out, and comes up with a mystical
number of calories that says it is my metabolic rate. When
I started using this program on 3/1, it said my metabolic
rate was 2005 ... since them my weight has dropped 3
pounds (I am up a pound this week - heaven only knows why)
and my metabolic rate has now risen to 2235. This seems
awfully high to me, and I am not eating anywhere near that
amount of calories. I am averaging 1700 calories eaten,
most days well below that (1500-1600) but a few high days
thrown into the
mix. Guess I would rather see my metabolic rate say the
same thing, if this is where I should be maintaining.
Adding 500 calories to THAT number does take me to the
suggested 2200 number ... but logic also says I should
be losing by eating 500 calories less. See where I get
very confused? Have I just stalled my body? Or is the
program still *catching up* and *sorting things out*?
I do think the program was over determining the exercise,
based on the programming error that Lesanne did find. I have
since corrected that, relogged everything and come up with
what does sound like a truer number (using the
calorieperhour.com website). 40-60+ minutes of walking at
4MPH. I am calling it a 5% incline, since I vary anywhere
from the number 3-8 setting on the treadmill. I figured 5%
was right in the middle and probably where the machine would
average it out over the duration of the workout. Roughly 400
calories burned in an hour, give or take a few ... not
unreasonable and I don't think too high for what I am doing.
(The lcd on my machine says 700+, I defintely think that is
way too high). Based on the 19 days I have used the program,
3 days in that time with no exercise logged (not bad for 19
days!), I am averaging 252 calories in exercise per day.
And, unfortunately, I can't even really cut down on my
snacking anymore. It has become pretty nonexistant these
days. I do have my snack mid afternoon ... a bowl of cut up
fruit (melons, pineapple, strawberries) or yogurt ... and a
desert in the evening (skinny cow) OR snack (again, usually
the mixed fruit or an apple, maybe some meringues about once
a week) ... rarely both. That's it. No munchies, no
crunchies.
I guess in a nutshell, I am confused these days. Where do I
go from here? I am not unhappy maintaining, but once in a
while I do think I would like to see the silly scale move a
bit further down .. just for grins. Guess I'm just always
finding something to question. So to really throw things
off, today I feel like I totally maxed everything out. Out
for lunch, out for dinner - no good choices made at either
meal ... and I'm not fretting about it. <G>
Joyce
Fred said:After I posted, I realized though, that I seem to be
maintaining. Up and down but only a pound here or there. So
I would have to guess that I am (and probably YOU are)
eating about right. I think there have been days I could
have used a bit more energy and I am thinking of adding a
bit more food on outing jaunts. (getting to around 155 is
probably still in the back of my mind when I have my doubts
or post like I did. But for maintaining - I AM MAINTAINING)
So, why does that program (diet power?? was it?) think you
should eat more? Does it have any explanations or
background? Either that or it may be mis-calculating
exercise/activity calories???
I think really what I'm thinking is that it would be nice
to cut down the snacking which sometimes seems to mindless
and just a habit. Maybe just sit down and have a piece of
cake or something a bit more formalized so that it does not
seem to be endless and mindless?????
Joyce said:I've been finding myself thinking the same thing the past
2 weeks. My activity isn't soaring quite as high as yours,
but much higher than it ever has been for
me. My eating has remained pretty much the same. My
weight flucuates within the same pound or so. My head
is telling me I should eat more, the new diet program
tells me I should be eating many more calories ... so
why won't/can't I listen? I am very afraid of eating
more, afraid of where it might take me.
Hmmmmmm. Should we just let Krys be our guinea pig? <G>
Joyce
Fred said:Occasionally, I think that with some of my activity
levels soaring, that I am, also, not eating enough but an
quite reluctant to up the ante. I guess maybe journaling
in detail would possibly help. But figuring out the
activity points is still a challenge. So, yes,
courageous.
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:58:43 -0000, "krys"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>yep - you will! *grin* I like the thought of a
>courageous me........it feels very strong 🙂
