Pookie 1999 said:
I dont know all this exercise this week and the bloody scales have stayed the same
I think I need to wear the grumpy pants today I could of sat on my fat butt all week and stayed the same my only explination could be its totm due this sunday but I dont normally gain this far before I come on
I will be swimming again tonight as I'm off work this week that is enough exercise for today.
Got to go clean my MIL s flat this morning then I may have to get some of that washing done has really become a necessity now or we wont be able to get in the utility room and given that the fridge lives at the other end of it its not really a good idea to block it off
Have a good day everyone
Morning Pookie --
Blocking off my fridge would help me lose weight.
I've been listening to Jillian Michaels' podcasts and one I listened to yesterday (whilst traveling the A14) delta with exercise and weight loss.
Jill (were very close she said I could call her that) says - it is always calories in and calories BURNTZ. But too few calories in when doing a lot of fitness will actually cause your body to fight to hold on to weight because it thinks you're entering a time of famine. That you need to
A) to online and use a basal metabolic calculator.
(Note: my BMR is very low - I'm 50' , 5'4", am with 20 pounds of a BMI of 25, and have done a VLCD (which lowers your BMR by 15%). So, if I am not active - I can only have about 1300 calories a day without gaining weight!
B) track your calories Burnt (she really encourages using a heart rate monitor that counts calories, a BodyBugg, or a FitBit.
C) add in strength training - you need to build your muscle mass to increase the burn.
D) check your calories consumed (and, of course, up your protein - it should be 1/2 your weight in pounds -- which means I should be having 77 grams of protein a day).
E) your calories deficit: Calories In - (BMR + Fitness burn) should equal no more than -500.
She said any more than that you might actually reduce your BMR.
Now, this might seem like you'd lose "only" a pound a week - bug you could easily lose more because the metabolic boost from Ftiness carries in long after the fitness has been performed.
You are such a doll - helping out your MIL.
I have a mountain of laundry and ironing... Sigh.
I think I'll go to Aquafit, then deal with that and some of my other "to do" items.