I thought It would be a good idea to sign up for the biggest Loser Club. The first 3 months were free! Quick reminder, after 3 months you have to pay. The advantage to me signing up for this was I got a few of the biggest loser cook books! I really don't recommend signing up for the this, until you are sure you are really going to be committed to this. You would be better off to go out and buy a few books.
Any ways... Not having a clue of what I needed to eat or how much. I used my 3 month membership with the Biggest Loser. I was able to see how they recommended planning out your food plan. We all know this, smaller portions and eating more throughout the day. The next question.. How much do you eat? I thought that the less I eat the more weight I would lose. Not true :)
So before I share this with you I want to caution you that I probably was not eating quite enough so please make sure you are smart with your food choices and remember to take the amount that you work out into consideration. I gathered the amount of calories I should be eating from a few different sources. Book by Jeff Galloway, Nancy Clark and The Biggest Loser Club/Books. After reviewing several different sources the same formula would come up for the amount of calories you need to eat daily to lose weight:
Your present weight * 7= your daily calorie needs for weight loss.
another key note "if you weigh more than 300lbs, start by eating 2,100 calories a day if you weigh less then 150lbs eat around 1, 050 calories a day" or use that equations. I got this information out of the biggest Loser Family Cook book. One more note, This is really the amount that you need to lose the weight but keep in mind if you are going to incorporate exercise you will need to eat a little more to replace the amount you burn in work out session.
There are advantages and disadvantages to counting calories; Some that I would like to share with you all...
Advantage: it really really forced me to be knowledgeable about EVERYTHING that went into my mouth. It also was what really made me drop the weight. It helped me plan my meals and know what I was going to eat ( I will fill you in on that part later)
Disadvantage: I didn't realize until later on (after I have lost most of my weight) how hard it would be to snap back into reality and recognize I DO NOT have to count everything that I eat and it was okay to splurge a little every once in a while. Still a concept that is really really hard for me to grasp. Another disadvantage to this was once I started training for my marathon it was really hard to eat more, because it would put me over the "amount of calories" I THOUGHT I needed to still lose weight. It also made my poor hubby a bit crazy! Lucky for me I have one patient husband and helped me a great deal with this.
Something else that is to remember you need to make sure you are getting your calories from the correct food groups. Carbs, Protein and yes even a little fat is good. So eating a piece of Chocolate cake and eating only that is not okay... even if you stay in your calorie intake. We'll go into that more later
If was going to do this all over again I would do it the same with the calorie counting.... because it worked for me. Keeping in mind everyone loses weight very differently with all different kinds of methods.
Sort of a lot of information, I know.. I will close for now but not to worry there will be lots more on food :)
Your present weight * 7= your daily calorie needs for weight loss.
another key note "if you weigh more than 300lbs, start by eating 2,100 calories a day if you weigh less then 150lbs eat around 1, 050 calories a day" or use that equations. I got this information out of the biggest Loser Family Cook book. One more note, This is really the amount that you need to lose the weight but keep in mind if you are going to incorporate exercise you will need to eat a little more to replace the amount you burn in work out session.
There are advantages and disadvantages to counting calories; Some that I would like to share with you all...
Advantage: it really really forced me to be knowledgeable about EVERYTHING that went into my mouth. It also was what really made me drop the weight. It helped me plan my meals and know what I was going to eat ( I will fill you in on that part later)
Disadvantage: I didn't realize until later on (after I have lost most of my weight) how hard it would be to snap back into reality and recognize I DO NOT have to count everything that I eat and it was okay to splurge a little every once in a while. Still a concept that is really really hard for me to grasp. Another disadvantage to this was once I started training for my marathon it was really hard to eat more, because it would put me over the "amount of calories" I THOUGHT I needed to still lose weight. It also made my poor hubby a bit crazy! Lucky for me I have one patient husband and helped me a great deal with this.
Something else that is to remember you need to make sure you are getting your calories from the correct food groups. Carbs, Protein and yes even a little fat is good. So eating a piece of Chocolate cake and eating only that is not okay... even if you stay in your calorie intake. We'll go into that more later
If was going to do this all over again I would do it the same with the calorie counting.... because it worked for me. Keeping in mind everyone loses weight very differently with all different kinds of methods.
Sort of a lot of information, I know.. I will close for now but not to worry there will be lots more on food :)
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