Weight maintenance is so much harder than it used to be!
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Trade
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Well I switched over to low carb and just ate as much as I wanted. After 12 days of that I averaged 48 net carbs per day and 2,513 calories and I lost one lbs from 209-208. One pound in 12 days. That's too slow. Plus I have lost energy and strength. I can tell because I can't lift as much with my free weight workouts. So I'm going to try 2,000 calories a day again and up my carbs a bit. I'm going to limit them to no more than 100 net carbs a day and see how that works.
One pound?? Our weight varies at least three pounds from day to day.
The Low Carb, High Protein diet is rather interesting. I understand how it causes weight loss for some people. It's sorta like becoming "Temporarily Diabetic." Our main energy source is carbs - which we convert to glucose (sugar) to use for energy. When you restrict carbs, you force your body to use fat for energy. That causes weight loss. That's why one of the first signs of diabetes is unexplained weight loss - not metabolizing sugar properly forces the body to use fat for energy instead. If you're lifting weights, you are creating an immediate demand for more carbohydrates because sugar is what powers muscles. That is why you're losing energy....you're restricting your body's main source of energy.
Trade
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Thank you Captain Obvious! I'm just a dumb old hick from Alabama and I didn't know all that!
Trade
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Well I made it one day on 2000. Then fell off the wagon the next two at 2,760 and 2,650.
So I'm still at 208.
But I got in some good exercise this morning. First I walked the 2 mile nature trail with 20 lbs in my weighted vest. That's 22 lbs when you count the 2 lbs that the vest weighs empty. Then I mowed the front lawn. Then I did some bench presses. Now I'm gonna chill out the rest of the day.
So I'm still at 208.
But I got in some good exercise this morning. First I walked the 2 mile nature trail with 20 lbs in my weighted vest. That's 22 lbs when you count the 2 lbs that the vest weighs empty. Then I mowed the front lawn. Then I did some bench presses. Now I'm gonna chill out the rest of the day.
You'll have a tough time losing weight with that calorie intake no matter what diet you're following.
AZ Jim
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I was slender (118ish) until my 20s, then I married and started to enjoy food and sweets a lot more, began to put on the pounds. When I was around 30, I quit smoking and gained an additional ten pounds which I never lost. I'm okay with that though, fair exchange for the health of my lungs and feeling so much better. Although I started to actively exercise and jog, the weight was a lot slower coming off than it was going on.
Since menopause, I find it even harder to lose weight, but I try and maintain and not go up any more sizes, etc. I used to do a lot of exercise videos at home, step at home and in classes, Jazzercise and Zumba. Liked to do it all, but there were other chores or things that needed attention too. Luckily I always had physical jobs at work, so that helped keep me strong and in fairly good shape. I did count calories for awhile, but too restrictive for me, I just like to go with what I want, no strict guidelines.
My husband can eat whatever he wants and never gains much weight, I'm not like that. But, we both love good food, french pasteries, ice cream, etc. so we haven't done without. I just try to limit my serving size when eating high calorie items. Never was much for junk or fast foods, so that's a plus.
I'm 5'4", and the highest I've ever weighed was 163, wasn't very happy at that weight. Currently I'm 154, but would rather be 148ish. Seems I go up and down ten pounds depending on the season, been that way for a long time. Now I just try to put the brakes on at around 158 and don't let it go any further. I do have some muscular strength, so I'm thinking some of my weight is attributed to heavy muscles.
I do a lot of walking, daily walks every day for a couple of miles and much longer hikes when I'm out camping in wooded areas. The walking does help a lot, to keep things at an even keel. I do have a gym membership and will start going more often in the fall and winter months. Right now I'm busy doing a lot of yard work, etc., as opposed to cardio.
You are not overweight, you are just under tall!! J/K
Trade
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Well Jim, this morning my weight jumped back up to 210. So that ought to make your day. :bigwink:
Ronni
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Weight issues suck at any time, but they REALLY SUCK when we get older, start losing muscle mass, metabolism slows down, and we get creaky and moving isn't as easy as it used to be! So even a small amount of food packs on unwanted weight. We no longer have the strength, agility, speed or health to go all-out with exercise!
Old age. The gift that keeps on giving.
And yeah, I know it's better than the alternative, but still, it's annoying. I feel for ya Trade. I'm fighting the same battle myself!!!
Not at all. I know how hard it is to lose or maintain body weight and I hate to see someone spinning their wheels without getting anywhere, believe me I've been there.
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treeguy64
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I weigh what I did in high school, have since then. 152-156 lbs. 5'9.5", these days, down from 5'10". Working in the trees is the only exercise I need. I swim at the Y, when it gets hot outside. The pool is indoors. My vegan diet helps me maintain my weight, I'm sure.
I don't like being hungry either, but fact is most days I am at some point. I find drinking a bottle of water when I get the hunger pains helps, but if it doesn't usually a small pack of nuts 100-150cals does the trick. It's either that or buy a closet full of sweatpants and invest in one of those Larks you were talking about earlier.
Not sure if these Orchard Valley Harvest snack packs are available where you live, but I find them very satisfying when hunger hits. My favorite is the Chocolate Raisin Nut Trail Mix @ 150cals per 1oz bag. You can also buy them on Amazon. https://orchardvalleyharvest.com/products
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You are the same size as my husband; he has been wearing the same size jeans for over 30 years.
He is an active carnivore.
Ronni
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Ron has been in the same size pants (32W/34L) since his 20’s. For years he ate junk and drank at minimum a 6 pack a day, plus often hard liquor....jack and coke was his fave...well, still is lol.You are the same size as my husband; he has been wearing the same size jeans for over 30 years.
But it in the last 15 years he’s changed his diet a lot. Very little junk food or sugar. Lots of veggies, not a lot of gluten, drinks almond milk, very little red meat, lots of chicken and tofu. He pays absolutely no attention to calories, or quantity. Eats till he’s comfortably full. Doesn’t snack. Still drinks but moderately now, often just a glass or two of wine on the w/e. His job is very physical though in his construction business ... remodels and renovations. He doesn’t exercise, lifts weights sporadically. Just had his yearly checkup and everything is in normal ranges.
I think he just has a seriously efficient metabolism. I refer to him as my personal furnace because he throws off so much heat!! His metabolism seems always to be burning hot and high.
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So Ronni, you're telling us he's hot? We knew that already.
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Ronni
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So Ronni, you're telling us he's hot? We knew that already.
Oh HELL yeah my man is SO HOT!!! :yes: :lofl:
fancicoffee13
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I also used to be thin and could eat anything. My late 60's prove different of course. I can't go on the diets that used to work. I started out counting calories (1200) and walking at least 10,000 steps a day. That isn't hard to do since I am very active. But, I had to find light recipes that were delicious and go there. I am unfortunately not losing. But, I am not gaining. That is good. I am not taking any meds that usually make you gain. But, I am still eating very little carbs, dairy, sugar. But, since my health is great, not gaining, I am just going to continue what I am doing. I hardly ever eat beef, maybe once a month. I love SF jello with light whipped topping and fruit, and I eat mostly berries, bananas, little oranges, nuts and seeds, and salads. I really love the salad kits Wal Mart has come out with. They stay good until you open them. Well, that is what I am doing.
Bob1950
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For ~ 10 years, my weight is 215-220 lbs. My height is 6' 2''. No special diets, just health food and 5-7 self-resistance workouts per week.
fancicoffee13
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My weight fluctuates a pound or too also, except when I fudge like on holidays . I eat small portions, the right things, however, I do enjoy low carb tortillas with fruits and nuts and very light desserts. I have to have light desserts or I am bound to cheat.
drifter
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Age and less activity tend to help us add a few pounds in our retirement years. I have been fighting this weight issue for a short few years. A brief history: I had, more or less, my same schoolboy weight and figure ( skinny waist & broad shoulders ) until I retired. After retirement I slowly added a pound here and there. After a large meal I might gain a half pound. Maybe that was always the case but now when I gained a pound or a few pounds I was not nearly so active and I would not lose those pounds as I had when I was more active. I quit smoking and gained thirty pounds. Shortly thereafter
I went to Italy and stayed almost three weeks, discovred some of theior good cooking. I'm a life long bread lover and my inlaws there bought bread cooked in four hundred year old brick ovens. It was so delicious, so easy to eat an extra piece of bread with so many courses of food they served. When I came home, I decided I could do that, I could good bread in a bread machine as well and as good as italians cook bread in those four hundred year old brick ovens. Not so, but it wasn't bad. The result, I gained another thirty pounds. In short, I went from one hundred and sixty-five pounds to, two hundred and thirty. I lived with this for two, three years.
One day I went to a popular men's store for new pants and a few triple extras large tee shirts. They they suggesed a Big Man's Store or some specialty store. I got the message. It took a lot more time to lose those pounds, over a cyear and a half, than it did to gain them. I am back down to a decent weight for me at this point in my life. My shoulderss are not quite as broad nor my middle as slim, but I'm at a pretty good weight, A hundred and seventy-three pounds. I gain a few pounds now and then, but I go to work and lose them. Takes longer now. With me, its a game. I'm still counting calories and weigh most every day. I'm not bad for an old guy.
I went to Italy and stayed almost three weeks, discovred some of theior good cooking. I'm a life long bread lover and my inlaws there bought bread cooked in four hundred year old brick ovens. It was so delicious, so easy to eat an extra piece of bread with so many courses of food they served. When I came home, I decided I could do that, I could good bread in a bread machine as well and as good as italians cook bread in those four hundred year old brick ovens. Not so, but it wasn't bad. The result, I gained another thirty pounds. In short, I went from one hundred and sixty-five pounds to, two hundred and thirty. I lived with this for two, three years.
One day I went to a popular men's store for new pants and a few triple extras large tee shirts. They they suggesed a Big Man's Store or some specialty store. I got the message. It took a lot more time to lose those pounds, over a cyear and a half, than it did to gain them. I am back down to a decent weight for me at this point in my life. My shoulderss are not quite as broad nor my middle as slim, but I'm at a pretty good weight, A hundred and seventy-three pounds. I gain a few pounds now and then, but I go to work and lose them. Takes longer now. With me, its a game. I'm still counting calories and weigh most every day. I'm not bad for an old guy.
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