Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

It was always the same with calorie counting, I could never start at the higher amount, I always had to go straight for 1k calories per day and nearer 600 at the end of the diet to lose those last few pounds.

I've found this. Being small that 2,000/day would make me the size of a house.

There is another way of calculating calories that isn't widely used - and that is an easy calculation based on your current weight.

At any weight you need X, Y, Z cals per pound to: lose, maintain, gain weight.

These are roughly 7, 10, 12 cals per pound.

When I weighed 115 pounds (end of diet), to maintain that would take onlyy 1150 calories/day. OK, one can increase exercise... but, well, it's exercise .... pfft.

Even when I started that diet, 3 stone heavier, my "maintenance" figure would have been only 1500 calories per day.

Right now, my weight maintenance requirements are just under 1400 calories/day

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

Yesterday I had a roast dinner - 2 small roast potatoes, some pork, small amount of stuffing, roasted carrots and a tiny Yorkshire pudding.

And that was my lot for the day apart from copious amounts of tea made with a very small amount of semi skimmed milk (I cannot stand milky tea, so have it strong, very strong)

Go large with the Yorkshires.... not really many calories at all per acre. Volume is key and it makes you feel like you ate a lot

SingleSue

Unfortunately, they were shop bought ones. the only ones left in the shop (I had forgotten to buy some before so it was a last minute dash to the local shop) and tasted awful....I don't think I could have forced another one down me they were that bad.

I can make my own but I didn't have the core ingredients either!

PasturesNew

SingleSue wrote: »

I can make my own but I didn't have the core ingredients either!

That's the thing, although it "only costs" about 40p to make your own, that's after you've spent £2-3 on ingredients.

PasturesNew

Bertie must be frantically packing and ticking lists....

silvercar

PN MBE, nice ring to it!

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Re my alleged posh alert.... maybe now's not the time to also mention ... MBE awarded. Probably ups the posh bit.

Does that make you a dame?!

If I weigh 11.5 stone is that 161lbs = 1610 calories a day to maintian weight? I reckon I eat 2500-3000 per day and generally stay the same weight and that is with no exercise at all.

Anyone know any good sites where it is easy to just put what you eat and it keeps a calorie and nutrients tally?

PasturesNew

Don't quote, will delete

Just got a letter advising of another bl00dy check by agents. They did the last one in December. I hope that's the end of it! I can't live with 3 visits/year interrupting me.... for starters I've now got to try to minimise all the stuff I got out of storage, which is in boxes taking up 6'x7' in the bedroom + the bike!!! Have to make it look like a bedroom (dress up the airbed) and god knows what with the rest.... probably put a load of stuff in the car for the day

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Does that make you a dame?!

It wasn't me that got it

michaels wrote: »

Anyone know any good sites where it is easy to just put what you eat and it keeps a calorie and nutrients tally?

There are apps that say they do that, don't see how they can really unless they have records on everything in the world.....

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Does that make you a dame?!

If I weigh 11.5 stone is that 161lbs = 1610 calories a day to maintian weight? I reckon I eat 2500-3000 per day and generally stay the same weight and that is with no exercise at all.

Anyone know any good sites where it is easy to just put what you eat and it keeps a calorie and nutrients tally?

There are a few, calorie counter is one. I use an app now, do you have phone that takes apps?