Maybe my weight-loss program is working

This week, I've been exercising a lot. I ate no more than around 1000 calories a day and burned about half of what I ate with exercise. Monday, I ate 900 calories and burned 700 calories at the gym. Don't worry, on Tuesday, I ate a lot more than 900 calories. I went to a church pizza party. Earlier that day, just so that I can eat pizza, I burned 400 calories at the gym. Here's the breakdown of what I did at the gym for 2.5 hours on Monday.

Elliptical machine for 30 minutes: 300 calories burned.

Power Yoga for 1.5 hours: 200 calories burned.

Treadmill for 30 minutes: 200 calories burned.

Addendun: We had a pizza party at the bowling alley at work today. So naturally, I had pizza. I had 2 slices so I didn't go overboard. But I also ate a couple of snack bars which were nearly 200 calories each. It's very sad when I have to count calories like this. I can't lose weight unless I exercise and eat no more than 1500 calories. I gained 10 pounds in 3 months. In my 20s, or actually even a year ago, I used to eat ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I wanted and I would still be skinny. That's not the case anymore. Long gone are the days where I could lose weight quickly even though I would eat a lot.  All I had to do was skip a few meals and I was skinny again. It's so much more difficult now to lose weight. I have to now get excercise in there to up my metabolic rate. I have to cut out snack and misc things like starbucks and yummy desserts from starbucks. The lattes alone are around 200 calories and the snacks are around 500-600 calories. If I feel the urge to eat them, I just don't eat lunch or dinner that day. Something has to get cut. I'm having a mighty hard time losing the 10 pounds. I lost only about 1 pound and that's because of exercise and eating less than 1000 calories a day for a week. My metabolic rate definitely went down. These are some calories a person burns per hour on some activities. Check out some other activities here.

Calories burned sleeping: 62

Calories burned sitting at a desk: 82

Calories burned watching TV: 82

Calories burned in a 12 min mile: 544

Calories burned for walking as a break: 238

Seriously, I must only burn 62 calories per hour or something judging by the difficulty with weight loss and the amount of exercising I need. I'm getting old!

Comments

[Jin]

Crazy I eat over 3000 calories per day.

[susan]

Dude, your metabolic rate must be pretty high. If I eat any more than 1500 calories I gain weight now. I gained 10 pounds in 3 months. I have to try to lose it with exercise now and low caloric intake.

[dgm]

Skimping on the calories screws with your metabolism. If you're doing a lot of cardio, eat small meals every three hours, cut out the junk (whites, refined sugar, artificials, processed, etc) and you'll be golden. Yes, some of weight gain/loss has to do with intake, but you can't overlook the types of calories, either.

I maintain my size (I don't weigh myself) better with a regimen that includes bacon and eggs, steak, etc. For the most part, I avoid "nonfat" foods (although I'll do 2% milk) because they are packed with sugar or artificial sweeteners, things to which my body does not respond well.