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Ok so here I am. I'm going back to eating only if I'm absolutely starving. So that for me is generally twice a day. Since I'm also apparently doing food wrong, I've decided to cut back to eating one or half of one bag of frozen vegetables a day plus a protein. I'll have the measurements roughly for that probably tomorrow as class is tonight. In addition, while my shoulder is getting better, my knee is still the same but I've decided it's good enough to start walking again for 15 to 30 minutes 4 times a week. Time is shit for me right now but I'm also going to add pilates and some resistance band training for muscle building. The hard part is going to be not eating until I'm starving. Right now I have a chicken thigh that was baked with just butter and salt and pepper, 4 Brussel Sprouts, 3 small thumb sized potatoes and a yam upstairs waiting for me. I had 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and a 1 oz sausage patty for breakfast as I had to take my prednisone before 9am. It's been hard to know I have lunch there and not eat it because I wasn't starving. So the asparagus and half the yam is gone. I know I'm going to be hungry at like 7pm in class tonight and I'm just going to have to deal as I can't sit and eat in class. Anyway once my prednisone is done, I can skip breakfast again and just have a small lunch and dinner and hopefully get down to the 1300 calorie mark just by default. And track everything like I'm type A to make doubly sure I'm not overeating. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

That's what I hear, just eat less and move more. I guess I'm just doing it all wrong. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

I'm doing a sugar detox now, trying to get my sugar addiction under control. I'll try the doing low calorie again, as I was using my fitness pal and attempting to use a small kitchen scale I got. I'm also not sure about the Altshift diet, I guess I just do what you said and just try it again but be real careful. Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk

2 months. I thought something would change but I went from 250 lbs to 255 and stayed. I know I had to have been doing something wrong but not sure what which is why I'm looking for an alternative. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

TLDR: anybody heard of the Altshift program? http://altshiftdiet.com So on another forum I've asked what calorie content I should go down to in order to lose weight since I can't exercise right now due to shoulder/knee issues. I have tried 1300 or so, 1800 or so, and I've stayed between 285 to 288lbs with both of those. So I was considering going under 1000 since I'm told that MFP + my own attempts to measure I'm basically doing it wrong and I'm probably like 300+ over what I think I'm doing. So someone else suggested that I follow something called an Altshift diet which is in a nutshell paleo but 5 days you do low carb high fat and 2 days you do high fats low carb and stay around 1800 calories. Has anyone hears about this or have any experience with it? My other option is to go on a pure salad diet where I just literally eat salads until I get to 150 lbs then slowly add regular foods back in. Or like one person said, go raw vegan (I'm sorry vegans I really don't want to)

I'm chiming back in again just to say hi to all the people who have come in.

I found an AWESOME recipe for almond meal bread from this site: 1 egg 4 tbsp of almond meal 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder a pinch of salt Optional: 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon sesame seeds In a small bowl, beat the egg with a fork, for about a minute. In another small bowl, add the almond meal, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Add a pinch of salt if you like. Make sure everything is thoroughly mixed so you do not see little balls of cocoa or bitter baking powder. Add the eggs to the dry ingredients, stir until smooth. Oil a 10 oz Pyrex custard cup and sprinkle sesame seeds on the bottom and sides.Pour the batter into the cup. Top with more sesame seeds. Microwave for 90 seconds.That is it! A ready to eat, tasty bun. A wonder bun! It was delicious!

So day 1, I failed because I didn't realize that raisins were off the menu. I guess I should have, as they are sweet, but I just derped and there we go. Day 2 I didn't realize cashews were also not paleo, so I had to ditch those. Day 3 I decided that honey (1 tsp a day max) was allowed in my coffee, and that's it. I decided that I'm going to eliminate this as well. Maybe once a week have some honey in my coffee but not once a day. So I'm doing that now. Also, they say no sweet potatoes but I only use sweet potatoes as french fries when we have hamburgers which isn't often, so I'm adding those back in. Plus they're sweet potatoes. Come on. Next, I'm also adding gluten free buns with those hamburgers. Again we have burgers maybe once or twice a month, so, that's no biggie in my book. Plus the ones I buy have 2 carbs and are made with rice meal. Oh and also, I love sushi and I refuse to give it up because it has rice on it. So those are my exceptions. Sushi is also a rare treat for me so that stays. I meditated Tuesday to the point of almost falling asleep, as I have been exhausted lately, but I'm going to continue to try. Still can't walk very well right now so bike riding is out. I've been doing pretty decently with my no sugar, And it's especially challenging considering mother nature just kicked me in the gut. But other than that I'm doing well.

Ok challenge accepted. But I'm broken. I'm a broken tired kitty. So my shoulder has a pulled muscle tendon. Hurts all the time. In addition, on the same stupid side, I was doing squats and I extended my knee and it's messed up now too. I have no idea what I'm going to be able to do as far as working out. I'm tired of hurting myself. So this challenge is going to be different. No scheduled exercises. That's right, none. I can't do anything right now, I can barely walk correctly, or stand up for 5 five minutes without pain. So I'm just going to rest. However, I'm going to do something else. 21 day sugar detox!! I'm going sugar-free pure paleo. No 80/20, none of that. 100% pure. Not just for 21 days (but I'm using Diane Sanfilippo's book to help me get my addiction of sugar under control. One of the things I did back when I went from 320 to 215, was to not have any sugar at all. I think this is one of the things that's keeping me at 280. So I'm going back to that. I'm going to eat when I'm hungry until I'm full, not really care about how many calories (ok not really not care but not fret over it) and eat approved fruits, vegetables, meat, and no sugar. I'm going to take vitamins now, and part 2 of my challenge Meditate! I need to meditate. That for me involves drawing, sitting quietly, and letting my mind relax. I have been putting myself waaaay down and I need to stop that. I need to get my warrior brain on, and I'm going to read The Way of the Warrior. The entire thing, and put it into practice. Next my 3rd: NERD FASHION! So I've decided that from now on I'm going to make a mixture of gamer girl fashion and work clothing and make my own blend of fashionable clothing. I am a gamer girl, I am a nerd, and I am forced to go into public, so I'm going to combine those in a way that I stick out but I don't look like a bum all the time. So that's about it right now. I hope that I can do these 3 things and get myself in the starter path to getting where I want to be.

Ok this is what I been doing since this challenge, minus my birthday and the tour I went on for a day: Breakfast: nothing Lunch: salad: 2 cups spinach, 2 boiled egg chopped up, 2 tbsp bacon bits, 1tbsp feta, 5 tomatoes, pinch of carrots and Caesar dressing Dinner varies but its either: pork roast from crock pot with carrots, celery, onions baked salmon, 1 cup rice, broccoli or asparagus stir fry chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots (stir fry as in I just fry it on the stove in a pan) stir fry pork, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots (same) or hamburgers with either no bun or a gluten free bun with sweet potato cut up and baked for "fries" with spicy mustard or sometimes when I have the cash I get a beach club unwhich from Jimmy Johns which is turkey breast, avacado spread, cucumber, provolone, tomato and mayo wrapped up in lettuce. The only thing different now is that I'm eating breakfast, which is 2 pieces of bacon, 2 eggs and 2 oz of sausage. Sometimes without the sausage if my fat content is too high for the day according to MFP. For a snack I'll either have a Quest bar or the Planters cashew, almond, pecan, pistachio mix (no peanuts). I can't do dark chocolate anymore as it upsets my stomach so I have discovered an almond, cranberry, raisin, pistachio mix that satisfies the cravings and maybe once or twice a week I have a glass of wine. Mix as in the fruit/nuts are thrown in a bag and mixed up together, I don't add sugar the cranberries are sweet enough as it is.

I have done my fitness pal for ages now, which is where I'm getting my numbers from. I am unable to be 100% precise, but I do my best. I do have a kitchen scale that I use a lot as well. What I don't get is the whole eating 2000 calories thing. That doesn't make sense. 3,500 calories = 1 pound. If I eat almost a pound a day, and my body uses 2591, that's only a small deficit of calories. How is my body going to lose fat when I'm eating so many calories? Shouldn't it be the less you eat the more your body depends on the fat that's stored? Going that high just seems like a recipe for disaster and I'm already at 288. Nobody wants me to get any higher than that. Also weight watchers = never again. I tried that mess once. Won't ever do it again. I'll stick with my paleo.

So for the past 3 years I've been trying to paleo and obviously failing. So I'm at 288 now, and I am still super stupid confused on what I'm supposed to be eating. I just want something to tell me really what to eat and how much of it so I can quit with this gaining a pound every week stupidity. So I'm staring at IIFYM, and it's telling me that my TDEE is 2591. They say to subtract 20% ("reckless" because I want this stupid fat off me) which gives me 2072. That does not seem right at all. About 6 months ago I tried to eat 1800 calories and I shot up to the 288 that I currently am at. So I'm at a loss. This last challenge I WAS trying to eat 1200 to 1350 which also isn't working, and so now I don't know what to do. Not eating isn't working, eating isn't working. What else is there?

Thanks for this guys, good stuff.

So I went on a small cruise today. It's just a 3 hour tour, literally, around the area. But there was dancing and a buffet and drinks. I had a glass of wine, a salad and mostly more thanksgiving goods. The important part of this, is that there was dancing. My brother and I have a history of being the dance moguls of the family and we can't get together and there be music and we not dance. So there I was, on a boat with probably ly 150 people, shaking my tailfeathers on the dance floor. I only had half a glass of wine which is nothing to me. I had SO much fun and I didn't want to stop. Why I can't have that much fun and not even worry about it when it comes to dancing in my own house and something as simple as riding around on my bike in my own neighborhood I just don't know. Maybe it's the dark side that's trying to take over and it's preventing me from realizing that it's no big deal. I think I needed that cruise. I feel less crappy now. Oh and turkey day, I paced myself and ate less than I normally would have. That day I ate juuust to fullness and had a little bit of everything. Same for that Friday and today I had just a little as well. I am not sure if I'm losing as things seem to be staying the same so I dunno. Thinking about going from 1250 calories to 1350 see if that makes a difference. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

I think I've made a big decision. I've decided that the embarrassment of being overweight far outweighs (haaaaaaaa a pun) the embarrassment of looking stupid to get it off. The problem is, I'm going to have to do what I did before, and before I was doing the 3 things the almight Mark Sisson suggested: lifting heavy things, playing, and sprinting. Lifting heavy things I can still do, just with one arm I guess. I have dumbbells and resistance bands so that shouldn't be too much of an issue. For play I have my Dance Central 3 and PlayFit games for the 360. Nothing sadly on the PS4 looks interesting yet. But sprint is going to cause a problem. When I got down to my lowest weight ever, I was riding my bike around. I live near the ocean so there's sidewalks and views and bike accessible roads and such. Problem is, I'm fat. I do not like the idea of being a fat girl on a bike riding around. The path nearby has a basketball court, and Gods I don't want those men to see my butt jiggling by, not to mention the cars that are going to see me. That is literally what is stopping me. Now, I'm going to be okay with dancing n my livingroom but going outside...that's another story. I have the option of going to the work gym and getting it done there but....there's skinny chicks in there. There's gorgeous skinny chicks in there. Lots of them. I...can't. I used to go in there, in the early winter months of this year actually, and I'd do my sprints in there on the bikes when it was too cold to go outside. But then she came. With her long hair, her size 0 petite frame and her long brown hair. Her and her damn buddies came in and started coming in when I did. I can't DO that. I was so intimidated I quit going completely. I don't know maybe there's another way. They are open on Saturdays now, maybe I can go in and get my workout on before anybody goes in. I'll go this Saturday maybe and see if there are people in there early in the a.m. On a another note, I took off today to go get my shoulder checked out by a doctor. I told them I wanted an x-ray to find out what the real problem was and how to fix it. My doctor instead uses his finger to dig in my shoulder blade, determine it's a piece of bone that's protruding incorrectly and give me a referral. So now I have to wait until Dec. 4th to go to ANOTHER doctor to hopefully finally get an x-ray. GRRRRRRR DOCTORS!