Sat, Mar-13-04, 11:56
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Plan: Maintenance
Stats: 310/151.0/152.5
BF:
Progress: 101%
Location: Southeast Ohio
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I broke my stall (and have been losing 2.4 lbs per week ever since) by tracking calories and carbs. For calories, I try to keep my eating cals and excercise + BMR cals both as high as possible and maintain a 1000 cal per day deficit. I do watch portion size, but I don't skimp on food. I want to eat enough to support an active life instead of skimping and being fragile.
I also count up my carbs and average about 65 grams of carbs per day, 15% of that fiber. I'm very careful to only have craving reducing vegs outside of RM time, and have really good balance in my RM.
I believe my CALP stall was entirely due to portion size. Eyeballing portions worked fine for the first gazillion lbs, but eventually my weight loss slowed to a crawl and I needed to be a little more "take charge" about portion size and exercise.
When I was stalled, my Dr told me it was a normal slow down and set point, etc. In hindsight, that was just plain wrong. My body had just shrunk enough that I wasn't going to lose more on my old calorie intake and exercise level. I wish I had started tracking my calories sooner instead of buying into the suggestion that stalls were an unavoidable part of large weight loss. I'm not making that mistake again, and expect to be at my goal weight in mid-July.
Lynda
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