Guest guest Posted January 5, 1998 Report Share Posted January 5, 1998 Charlie, my nutritionist, who I think is incredible and has been so much help to me told me IF I understood her correctly, that an adult woman should have 1200 cal a day. to loose 1 lb a week drop down to 1100. To loose 2 lb a week drop down to 1000. To loose 3 lbs a week drop down to 900 BUT she is adamantly against my going to 900 cal/wk as being too fast to loose the weight. On the other hand FOR ME, I am developing an eating program based on carbs and diabetic needs. That left me not eating candy, cookies, junk foods etc and since I wasn't eating what I didn't need, my body just started dropping the weight. I went from 200 lbs to 175 in about 2.5 months without 'dieting' or exercising. I just stopped eating the foods I didn't need. Then I plataued out at 175 for 2 weeks and went bonkers. But then I started loosing weight again and in the past 2 or so weeks I'm down to 170 this morning. Now I am watching what I am eating calorie-wise on a daily basis but I am not forcing myself to stick to 900. 1000-1100 is ok too. I am still loosing weight and that is the goal, not how much how fast. If you loose it too fast you are liable to hurt your mucles tissues. Now, I am also in a wheel chair (w/c) a good part of my day. I use a Service Dog and crutches to walk, but can only do short walks, not long ones hence the w/c. I went on line and google searched sit down aerobic video tapes. The one I got is Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing Through the Decades from Collage video. It is on line so you can google search that if you want. It is a tape that shows three different levels of activity so you can slide into it at your own pace. It wasn't too expensive either. I did notice when I do it about 1 hr after eating a high carb meal for me, that my BS# goes down. Interesting. I am up to the educational level of adding exercise and fiber to my daily routine. What fun :-(..... hoped something I wrote helped JUDITH I can't find anything on how many calories I should have each day .I found the food pyramid , but that don't help me and to read the leables . for example on the top the cholesterol norman say's abaut 30 , but go to the bottom if the chart and the cholesterol will say 300 mg . I'm new at this and I take a lot of medicense . And all you all take is loseing weight , which is good .But how many calories should I have a day and how meny are there in one slice of dark bread ?? And most of all were is the best place to buy the test strips and all the thing you need to test your self each day. I live on SSI disablities and I just aford all of these extra expences . And you say exersiser , how you spose to do it in a wheel-chair ?? Before I found that I had diebetes 2 , I've been sick with my CODP and still haveing problem breathing and I was weight was 284 lbs ,and in two weeks I went down to260 lbs and I'm 6'4 " . But just start feel like livening again. Your truly Charlie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release Date: 5/4/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Check out http;//www.calorieking.com. They have software, free trial, that helps ypu figure out your calorie needs. It also tracks all kinds of info about your food and excercise. Also check out: http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm, has the best listing of diabetes tracking stuff anywhere on the net. Good luck, Giles. > > Charlie, > > my nutritionist, who I think is incredible and has been so much help to me > told me IF I understood her correctly, that an adult woman should have 1200 > cal a day. to loose 1 lb a week drop down to 1100. To loose 2 lb a week > drop down to 1000. To loose 3 lbs a week drop down to 900 BUT she is > adamantly against my going to 900 cal/wk as being too fast to loose the > weight. > > On the other hand FOR ME, I am developing an eating program based on carbs > and diabetic needs. That left me not eating candy, cookies, junk foods etc > and since I wasn't eating what I didn't need, my body just started dropping > the weight. I went from 200 lbs to 175 in about 2.5 months without > 'dieting' or exercising. I just stopped eating the foods I didn't need. > > Then I plataued out at 175 for 2 weeks and went bonkers. But then I started > loosing weight again and in the past 2 or so weeks I'm down to 170 this > morning. Now I am watching what I am eating calorie-wise on a daily basis > but I am not forcing myself to stick to 900. 1000-1100 is ok too. I am > still loosing weight and that is the goal, not how much how fast. If you > loose it too fast you are liable to hurt your mucles tissues. > > Now, I am also in a wheel chair (w/c) a good part of my day. I use a > Service Dog and crutches to walk, but can only do short walks, not long ones > hence the w/c. > > I went on line and google searched sit down aerobic video tapes. The one I > got is Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing Through the Decades from Collage video. > It is on line so you can google search that if you want. It is a tape that > shows three different levels of activity so you can slide into it at your > own pace. It wasn't too expensive either. I did notice when I do it about > 1 hr after eating a high carb meal for me, that my BS# goes down. > Interesting. I am up to the educational level of adding exercise and fiber > to my daily routine. What fun :-(..... > > hoped something I wrote helped > > JUDITH > > > I can't find anything on how many calories I should have each day .I > found the food pyramid , but that don't help me and to read the leables . > for example on the top the cholesterol norman say's abaut 30 , but go to the > bottom if the chart and the cholesterol will say 300 mg . > I'm new at this and I take a lot of medicense . And all you all take is > loseing weight , which is good .But how many calories should I have a day > and how meny are there in one slice of dark bread ?? > And most of all were is the best place to buy the test strips and all > the thing you need to test your self each day. > I live on SSI disablities and I just aford all of these extra expences . > And you say exersiser , how you spose to do it in a wheel-chair ?? > Before I found that I had diebetes 2 , I've been sick with my CODP and > still haveing problem breathing and I was weight was 284 lbs ,and in two > weeks I went down to260 lbs and I'm 6'4 " . But just start feel like livening > again. > Your truly Charlie > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.4/332 - Release Date: 5/4/06 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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