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Any Dieticians out there on this site - need advice
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Mynewlife
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Hiya
hope that you can help me. Here is my problem. I had my weigh in today (last weigh in was two weeks ago), and I have gained two pounds, dont see how and needs some input as to what I might be doing wrong, what I might need to change etc. Here is a sample (two days) of my life: Monday, early am, gym for 1 hour (burnt off 700 calories).
Breakfast, low fat raspberry yoghurt with some fresh fruit.
Mid morning snack - Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and some sultanans.
Lunch - Can tuna fish and two multigrain crackers.
Mid afternoon break - child size snack apple.
Evening Meal - Home made carrot and corriander soup, 1 multigrain cracker
Yoghurt
Tuesday - early am - Rode my bike to work (15 mins), then worked out at the gym for 1 hour 50 minutes, and burnt off 1205 calories.
Breakfast - low fat yoghurt, fresh fruit.
Lunch = 2 slices lean ham, 2 crackers and a laughing cow extra light triangle (cheese spread).
Mid pm snack - 20 g piece of cheese
Evening Meal - Tesco healthy choice mince hotpot (200 kcals).
When I went to see my dietician last week, she said that I should be on 1,000 calories a day and no more than 1,200. I told her I go to the gym, but did not mention how often or what I do. I go to the gym 4-5 times a week.
Would you suggest: 1) cut back on the gym work and do say 3 sessions a week.
2)try to increase the calories to get up to 1,000, or a combination of cutting back at the gym and increasing the calories. Or is there something else you could suggest. I take a multivitamin, multimineral everyday.
Regards, any input from anyone would be appreciated. Lost as to what to do, but believe part of the problem is that I am not eating enough
MNL:wave_cry:
hope that you can help me. Here is my problem. I had my weigh in today (last weigh in was two weeks ago), and I have gained two pounds, dont see how and needs some input as to what I might be doing wrong, what I might need to change etc. Here is a sample (two days) of my life: Monday, early am, gym for 1 hour (burnt off 700 calories).
Breakfast, low fat raspberry yoghurt with some fresh fruit.
Mid morning snack - Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and some sultanans.
Lunch - Can tuna fish and two multigrain crackers.
Mid afternoon break - child size snack apple.
Evening Meal - Home made carrot and corriander soup, 1 multigrain cracker
Yoghurt
Tuesday - early am - Rode my bike to work (15 mins), then worked out at the gym for 1 hour 50 minutes, and burnt off 1205 calories.
Breakfast - low fat yoghurt, fresh fruit.
Lunch = 2 slices lean ham, 2 crackers and a laughing cow extra light triangle (cheese spread).
Mid pm snack - 20 g piece of cheese
Evening Meal - Tesco healthy choice mince hotpot (200 kcals).
When I went to see my dietician last week, she said that I should be on 1,000 calories a day and no more than 1,200. I told her I go to the gym, but did not mention how often or what I do. I go to the gym 4-5 times a week.
Would you suggest: 1) cut back on the gym work and do say 3 sessions a week.
2)try to increase the calories to get up to 1,000, or a combination of cutting back at the gym and increasing the calories. Or is there something else you could suggest. I take a multivitamin, multimineral everyday.
Regards, any input from anyone would be appreciated. Lost as to what to do, but believe part of the problem is that I am not eating enough
MNL:wave_cry:
Silversurfer
New Member
Hi
Sorry if this comes across as a bit negative, and i'm not a dietician or expert at all, but i do know that any dietician that tells you that you should be consuming 1000 calories a day is an idiot and i'd walk out there and then, your body needs approx 1200 calories a day just to function, i.e brain, heart organs etc - you should be on about 1800 calories a day to stay healthy and continue to lose weight.
Secondly you say you lost 1200 calories working out in the gym, i'd consider this a bit suspicious, i lose about 200 doing a high cardiovascular work out of about an hour followed by a run of 2 miles a day, 200 calories is the equivalent of a 2 finger kit kat.
Dont dispair though as the exercise is good and although the calorie loss isn't big your body continues to burn fat and calories over the 24 hours following a work out, plus yours peeding up your metabolism which means your body needs more enrgy to function and takes the extra energy fromyour at stores.
You also may need to look at the diet your eating and increase your levels of protein, especially if your doing this level of exercise, as your metabolism will be a lot higher and therefore you need to increase and feed your body properly to stop famine mode from kicking it and stopping the fat lose !
Sorry if this comes across as a bit negative, and i'm not a dietician or expert at all, but i do know that any dietician that tells you that you should be consuming 1000 calories a day is an idiot and i'd walk out there and then, your body needs approx 1200 calories a day just to function, i.e brain, heart organs etc - you should be on about 1800 calories a day to stay healthy and continue to lose weight.
Secondly you say you lost 1200 calories working out in the gym, i'd consider this a bit suspicious, i lose about 200 doing a high cardiovascular work out of about an hour followed by a run of 2 miles a day, 200 calories is the equivalent of a 2 finger kit kat.
Dont dispair though as the exercise is good and although the calorie loss isn't big your body continues to burn fat and calories over the 24 hours following a work out, plus yours peeding up your metabolism which means your body needs more enrgy to function and takes the extra energy fromyour at stores.
You also may need to look at the diet your eating and increase your levels of protein, especially if your doing this level of exercise, as your metabolism will be a lot higher and therefore you need to increase and feed your body properly to stop famine mode from kicking it and stopping the fat lose !
zetacatty
A loser at last!
I completely endorse what silversurfer is saying. You don't need to cut down the time spent at the gym unless, of course, you want to. Don't count the calories you use, though, because the calorie readout on gym machines cannot possibly be accurate because it depends on your metabolism. Calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - there are lots of websites to help you to do this). Dropping your calories below this will put your body into starvation mode and it will conserve it's fat - you could end up by burning lean tissue - and that's the last thing you want as it will make your metabolism drop! So - to summarise - increase your calories to suit your BMR and exercise as much as you feel comfortable with. Remember that muscle weighs more than fat and you could be losing fat and gaining muscle. See if your gym has those wizzy scales that measure bodyfat.
I hope this helps. xx
I hope this helps. xx
Mynewlife
New Member
Hiya Zetacatty
thank you for your advice. I went onto a site for the Basal Metabolic Rate, and is says that I should be on about 1600. On some days I struggle to eat 1000, and my husband has suggested that I have at least one protein shake a day. Would you agree with that?
I think I will do exercise every other day, and vary what I do, and see how that goes. By the way, the gym I belong to gives all its members personalised keys (they look like dongles), every time you go, you put the key into a log-station, and then every piece of equipment you use. At the end of the gym session, you go back to these log-stations. The information is downloaded from the key, and tells you how many calories you burnt off during that session, it tells you what parts of the body you have worked on, how far you have travelled (jogging and bike) etc, this is where I got the calories that I listed in my second part of the thread, 700 one day and 1205 the next day. Anyway, thanks once again for the advice.
MNL
thank you for your advice. I went onto a site for the Basal Metabolic Rate, and is says that I should be on about 1600. On some days I struggle to eat 1000, and my husband has suggested that I have at least one protein shake a day. Would you agree with that?
I think I will do exercise every other day, and vary what I do, and see how that goes. By the way, the gym I belong to gives all its members personalised keys (they look like dongles), every time you go, you put the key into a log-station, and then every piece of equipment you use. At the end of the gym session, you go back to these log-stations. The information is downloaded from the key, and tells you how many calories you burnt off during that session, it tells you what parts of the body you have worked on, how far you have travelled (jogging and bike) etc, this is where I got the calories that I listed in my second part of the thread, 700 one day and 1205 the next day. Anyway, thanks once again for the advice.
MNL
Silversurfer
New Member
Hiya Zetacatty
thank you for your advice. I went onto a site for the Basal Metabolic Rate, and is says that I should be on about 1600. On some days I struggle to eat 1000, and my husband has suggested that I have at least one protein shake a day. Would you agree with that?
I think I will do exercise every other day, and vary what I do, and see how that goes. By the way, the gym I belong to gives all its members personalised keys (they look like dongles), every time you go, you put the key into a log-station, and then every piece of equipment you use. At the end of the gym session, you go back to these log-stations. The information is downloaded from the key, and tells you how many calories you burnt off during that session, it tells you what parts of the body you have worked on, how far you have travelled (jogging and bike) etc, this is where I got the calories that I listed in my second part of the thread, 700 one day and 1205 the next day. Anyway, thanks once again for the advice.
MNL
Lol - you need to go back to the gym and have someone explain the calorie counter to you, if your burning 1205 calories and not even managing to consume 1000 calories a day then your definately not getting enough in ! calories in verses calories out.
You would need to do a 35 mile to burn 1lb of body fat !
zetacatty
A loser at last!
Ooops - your post slipped away....I hope you are all sorted now. I would say that if you are going to train every day do your cardiovascular work first as a warm-up then work legs, glutes and abdomen one day and arms, back and shoulders the next. This gives each muscle group proper time to recover. You can go slightly under your BMR, say 1500, but dropping below that will cause you to burn protein. Hope you get on ok. Zxx
Mynewlife
New Member
Hiya
I am still not sure what I am doing wrong as I have gained another pound this week, 3 pounds in 2 weeks is not a good position to be in. I emailed my dietician again, and gave her a sample of my diet and exercise regime, and she has said, like your reply, that I should try to focus on the CV for a while, and not do the weights so often. She did not realise I was doing so much exercise and eating what I do. She has suggested that I do CV every other day, and rest the day between, ie. not go to the gym on those days. I will do some small exercise, like walking at lunch, but I will just skip the gym on those days. Thanks so much for thinking about me. I am getting really concerned about the weight gain, and I am the type of person who lets that just eat away at me, get depressed, and then head straight for the chocolate (I am an emotional eater). I want to nip this in the bud now, but it seems everything i try lately is not working. I'll keep you posted.:cry:
MNL
I am still not sure what I am doing wrong as I have gained another pound this week, 3 pounds in 2 weeks is not a good position to be in. I emailed my dietician again, and gave her a sample of my diet and exercise regime, and she has said, like your reply, that I should try to focus on the CV for a while, and not do the weights so often. She did not realise I was doing so much exercise and eating what I do. She has suggested that I do CV every other day, and rest the day between, ie. not go to the gym on those days. I will do some small exercise, like walking at lunch, but I will just skip the gym on those days. Thanks so much for thinking about me. I am getting really concerned about the weight gain, and I am the type of person who lets that just eat away at me, get depressed, and then head straight for the chocolate (I am an emotional eater). I want to nip this in the bud now, but it seems everything i try lately is not working. I'll keep you posted.:cry:
MNL
Red 42
novice bypasser
Hi MNL
I hope it sorts itself soon for you....it must be so frustrating that you're doing everything right (diet and exercising) and still gaining a pound or two
I remember when I did Cambridge Diet (SS) 3 years ago and also went to the gym, I was using up more calories than I was taking in and my weight loss slowed dramatically....I eventually gave up the gym as the need to lose the weight quickly was more important at that time
it's probably just as others have said before, and getting the balance right...a few tweaks here and there to both diet and exercise and you'll be losing again in no time
very best of luck xx
I hope it sorts itself soon for you....it must be so frustrating that you're doing everything right (diet and exercising) and still gaining a pound or two
I remember when I did Cambridge Diet (SS) 3 years ago and also went to the gym, I was using up more calories than I was taking in and my weight loss slowed dramatically....I eventually gave up the gym as the need to lose the weight quickly was more important at that time
it's probably just as others have said before, and getting the balance right...a few tweaks here and there to both diet and exercise and you'll be losing again in no time
very best of luck xx
Silversurfer
New Member
If your following the correct diet and exercising you will be gaining muscle mass, and muscle weighs more than fat ! if your like me you want to lose the fat, but longer term you want to try and hold onto your muscle mass, and by increasing on it your preventing issues later further down the line. What you can try is increasing your calorific intake slightly on the days you exercise, this in essence feeds your body and will prevent stavation mode kicking in.
You'll also find that if you are gaining muscle its because your speeding up your metabolism, and in doing so ultimately your body will become more efficent at burning fat, so keep exercising and follow your diet and dig deep, because eventually you will start to lose again.
Fashionably Late
is a skinny size XS & 6!
The keys that the gyms use are not very accurate at all. My personal trainer and I were just discussing this the other day. It would take numerous hours at a very fast pace to burn that many calories. We were only discussing this because my gym was saying I was burning over 600 calories per hour and I know from wearing my heart rate monitor and body bugg that I wasn't.
Silversurfer
New Member
I've just come back from the gym where i live and i've ran 1.5 miles at 6 mph, and done the equivelent of 1 mile on the cross trainer, followed by some weight, and the cardio vascular bit was worth a massive 240 calories
fairyringuk
free your spirit
Interesting thread thanks for everyones input MNL hope you get things sorted out soon
Jay xx
Jay xx
Mynewlife
New Member
Hiya
I would not be surprised if the keys were not correct. When you log in through the system, it shows that your key is ready to use. You do your routine, and then when you log out, it unloads the key everytime, and downloads the data into the computer system. My husband has always said the keys are flaky, because even though you put in your age, weight, what exercise you want to do, how long for and what level, and then when you are finished that piece of machinery, it gives you the total calories you burnt during that exercise. It does not ask if you are male or female, and it doesnt take into account your body type or body fat etc. I think what I will do, is to use the key to log in and log out, as per normal, but then not worry about the calorie side of things. At the end of the day, if I am at the gym, and work out for an hour or so, then that is what I should be concentrating on, not how many calories I burn off. Thanks so much Silver surfer for your great support and help during this time. Just to let you know, I have now lost the 3 pounds I gained, so am back on track.
Take care.
MNL
:thankyou::thankyou:
I would not be surprised if the keys were not correct. When you log in through the system, it shows that your key is ready to use. You do your routine, and then when you log out, it unloads the key everytime, and downloads the data into the computer system. My husband has always said the keys are flaky, because even though you put in your age, weight, what exercise you want to do, how long for and what level, and then when you are finished that piece of machinery, it gives you the total calories you burnt during that exercise. It does not ask if you are male or female, and it doesnt take into account your body type or body fat etc. I think what I will do, is to use the key to log in and log out, as per normal, but then not worry about the calorie side of things. At the end of the day, if I am at the gym, and work out for an hour or so, then that is what I should be concentrating on, not how many calories I burn off. Thanks so much Silver surfer for your great support and help during this time. Just to let you know, I have now lost the 3 pounds I gained, so am back on track.
Take care.
MNL
:thankyou::thankyou:
One thing no one has broached on is been a woman we are prone to retaining water around our time of the month this could of been what was happening .I find for 2 weeks it effects me but if I drink more water it helps reduce the amount I retain seems odd but it works dont understand how lol .Glad things are going ok now hun xx
Mynewlife
New Member
Hiya
thanks for the thought about the female side of things, and I would have thought this too, but I had a hysterectomy back in 2003. However, even though I dont have periods, I have my cervix and both ovaries (sorry for subjecting you fellas to this), so I sort of, on some months, get that bloated feeling, stomach pains and sort of phantom period sessions, so I suppose as I do still have some of my plumbing, I could retain water.
Thanks for thinking of that option also.
MNL
thanks for the thought about the female side of things, and I would have thought this too, but I had a hysterectomy back in 2003. However, even though I dont have periods, I have my cervix and both ovaries (sorry for subjecting you fellas to this), so I sort of, on some months, get that bloated feeling, stomach pains and sort of phantom period sessions, so I suppose as I do still have some of my plumbing, I could retain water.
Thanks for thinking of that option also.
MNL
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