Healthy Weight Loss

ruffryder · 08-15-2011, 11:48 AM

So drinking water is supposed to be half of your weight in ounces. Does everyone follow this rule? I'm thinking I'm gonna be drinking about 32 ounces of Ice tea and 3 bottles of water a day.. also having my morning coffee! I may have some hot tea now and then to change it up. What is your fav kind or flavors of tea?

Thinker · 08-15-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ruffryder_0187

So drinking water is supposed to be half of your weight in ounces. Does everyone follow this rule? I'm thinking I'm gonna be drinking about 32 ounces of Ice tea and 3 bottles of water a day.. also having my morning coffee! I may have some hot tea now and then to change it up. What is your fav kind or flavors of tea?

I'm not super big on tea (talking about iced tea), but when I have it at home it is the Crystal Light raspberry green tea.

If I eat out and they have raspberry tea, I'll usually get it.

Other than that, regular ol' unsweetened iced tea is good enough for me.

Zimmeh · 08-15-2011, 12:13 PM

My favorite tea is Earl Grey, hot or as iced tea! I like to add a teaspoon of either Irish Creme or French Vanilla creamer to it..

I try and drink a minimum of four large glasses of water everyday.

Zimmy

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Originally Posted by ruffryder_0187

So drinking water is supposed to be half of your weight in ounces. Does everyone follow this rule? I'm thinking I'm gonna be drinking about 32 ounces of Ice tea and 3 bottles of water a day.. also having my morning coffee! I may have some hot tea now and then to change it up. What is your fav kind or flavors of tea?

*Anya* · 08-15-2011, 12:27 PM

Breakfast: one cup of steel-cut oatmeal ( have to have something to chew, can't stand the pablum of instant oatmeal) with about 20 raisins, one pint of non-fat milk and one cup of coffee with a teaspoon of Half-and-half with Spenda.

Yum.

Going to walk up 4 flights of stairs right now. Have a great day all!

I love this thread

Scorp · 08-15-2011, 01:00 PM

OMG YUM...FUJI APPLES!!!!! SOOO SWEET and satisfying....I'm now hooked...and guess what?

NO POINTSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Thinker · 08-15-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorp

OMG YUM...FUJI APPLES!!!!! SOOO SWEET and satisfying....I'm now hooked...and guess what?

NO POINTSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Yay!

One of the things I have really appreciated about being on WW and trying to make the points work for me is re-discovering foods I forgot I loved. ...like apples, tuna on toast, strawberries on vanilla frozen yogurt, V8 juice, WATER (!!!), beans & rice... So much good stuff that is good for us!

sweetfemme247 · 08-15-2011, 02:16 PM

I did the wii this morning, so far this week I have lost 6 pounds yay

PinkieLee · 08-15-2011, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetfemme247

I did the wii this morning, so far this week I have lost 6 pounds yay

6 pounds.... WOW look at you go honey! That's awesome!

Wii is always fun... and a great way to get in some exercise, too!

Medusa · 08-16-2011, 09:16 PM

(Ezee and apretty, close your eyes)

Went to Sam's this afternoon and picked up a huge bag of Fuji's, a flat of grapefruits, 3 lbs of bananas, a giant box of my favorite (but very farty) Fiber One bars, a cantaloupe, some bagel thins, and baby spinach.

$29 total and this is enough food to supplement 2 weeks worth of yumminess.

Kelt · 08-16-2011, 09:55 PM

Howdy,

Well, I was talking with one of you the other day about my calorie balance and while I was able to be very accurate on the calories in, I had to admit that my calories expended numbers were a bit subjective. I use the “activity tracker” area on my fitday.com but have to admit that walking 3.5mph uphill for x hours is highly suspect even though it uses my age, height and weight to calculate. For this to be correct it really needs much more accurate input. So, why care about this, close enough right? First off I am a self confessed analytical data junkie, and frankly when I had over 50% of my total body weight to lose all I really needed to know was; does it produce the results that I want?. I’m getting a bit closer now and have 30-35lbs left to lose and the margin for error is getting a bit tighter.

What better excuse to buy a new toy?!?

I’m ordering a Fitbit to play with just so I can go a little further over the edge. Pretty much a pedometer on steroids. One of the many things I have been tracking all along is the amount of sleep I get each night and this will track my activity and waking during the night in addition to an accurate expenditure calculator.

The other motivation for me is just plain garden variety fear. While I am confident that I will lose the rest of the weight given some time; the prospect of “maintaining’ looms large on the horizon. I have been testing things all along the way and think I know how to handle it, but I’m also sure reality will be different than theory. I hope this will give me another crunch the numbers tool in my arsenal. If nothing else it will be fun to play with.

sweetfemme247 · 08-16-2011, 10:43 PM

another update he is being seen now, updates to follow

Lizzy · 08-16-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelt

Howdy,

Well, I was talking with one of you the other day about my calorie balance and while I was able to be very accurate on the calories in, I had to admit that my calories expended numbers were a bit subjective. I use the “activity tracker” area on my fitday.com but have to admit that walking 3.5mph uphill for x hours is highly suspect even though it uses my age, height and weight to calculate. For this to be correct it really needs much more accurate input. So, why care about this, close enough right? First off I am a self confessed analytical data junkie, and frankly when I had over 50% of my total body weight to lose all I really needed to know was; does it produce the results that I want?. I’m getting a bit closer now and have 30-35lbs left to lose and the margin for error is getting a bit tighter.

What better excuse to buy a new toy?!?

I’m ordering a Fitbit to play with just so I can go a little further over the edge. Pretty much a pedometer on steroids. One of the many things I have been tracking all along is the amount of sleep I get each night and this will track my activity and waking during the night in addition to an accurate expenditure calculator.

The other motivation for me is just plain garden variety fear. While I am confident that I will lose the rest of the weight given some time; the prospect of “maintaining’ looms large on the horizon. I have been testing things all along the way and think I know how to handle it, but I’m also sure reality will be different than theory. I hope this will give me another crunch the numbers tool in my arsenal. If nothing else it will be fun to play with.

I am interested to see how you like your fitbit.I have not one but three pedometers.One in my nightstand,one in my car and one at work.The only problem is I can never remember to use a single one of them......

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Kelt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Beach Butch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,751 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,765 Thanked 15,303 Times in 2,539 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Howdy, Well, I was talking with one of you the other day about my calorie balance and while I was able to be very accurate on the calories in, I had to admit that my calories expended numbers were a bit subjective. I use the “activity tracker” area on my fitday.com but have to admit that walking 3.5mph uphill for x hours is highly suspect even though it uses my age, height and weight to calculate. For this to be correct it really needs much more accurate input. So, why care about this, close enough right? First off I am a self confessed analytical data junkie, and frankly when I had over 50% of my total body weight to lose all I really needed to know was; does it produce the results that I want?. I’m getting a bit closer now and have 30-35lbs left to lose and the margin for error is getting a bit tighter. What better excuse to buy a new toy?!? I’m ordering a Fitbit to play with just so I can go a little further over the edge. Pretty much a pedometer on steroids. One of the many things I have been tracking all along is the amount of sleep I get each night and this will track my activity and waking during the night in addition to an accurate expenditure calculator. The other motivation for me is just plain garden variety fear. While I am confident that I will lose the rest of the weight given some time; the prospect of “maintaining’ looms large on the horizon. I have been testing things all along the way and think I know how to handle it, but I’m also sure reality will be different than theory. I hope this will give me another crunch the numbers tool in my arsenal. If nothing else it will be fun to play with.