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Originally Posted by kfisherx
Be careful with my spreadsheet. It is about trends not about daily numbers just like the scale. My metabolism moves and yours will too. Right now it is probably the case you are burning close to 2600 kcals a day if you are trending over 1 week or more. For me, that was a life saver to figure out because it gave me the confidence to eat more which, in turn, increased my metabolsim even more. I had to go up to a steady 2600 kcals a day before I started to see any wheight gain.
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Yes, I have a copy saved to track week-to-week, and a copy saved to track overall trends and right now, they both say 2600 calories. And what you said is exactly how I feel - seeing those numbers gives me more confidence to eat more food. I never in a million years would have estimated my calorie needs that high.
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Originally Posted by L'ilJ
Those girl scouts are evil bitches. Especially the ones that work on the Thin Mint assembly line.
Glad you're seeing some progress. Slow and steady is the best way to get lasting results anyway.
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We've had THREE girl scout order forms at work so far this winter! And that's not including the other charity fund drives people bring in - candy bar boxes, order forms for TUBS of cookie dough, ugh! I did get some thin mints, but there's always room in a week for a few cookies. Some people at work ordered like FIVE boxes of girl scout cookies. It blows my mind! There are more dangerous cookies than thin mints...like those rich little peanut butter ones...bleh.
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Originally Posted by marygrace
Ahh, whenever I see overweight little kids it makes me depressed. Last summer I saw this little girl who was at least 50 lbs overweight begging her parents for a churro, and they got her one. I was like, noooooo!
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Oh man, I used to think I was this huge whale of a kid. I was a chubby kid, sure. But man, did my dad put me through my paces - when I was 9 or 10, I was on swim team every summer - an hour of lap swimming a day in the summer, PLUS I had tennis lessons twice a week, and I was running around outside all the time. But my dad was always saying, "Two more bites of this, three more bites of this...clean your plate." Talk about mixed messages.
Chubby 15 years ago is not the same as chubby now! Kids now are HUGE. I hate when you see a really fat kid and they have that sad look in their eyes...like they hate themselves. Because when you're 8, you don't know about proper nutrition and exercise and blood sugar. When you're 8, you just eat what tastes good, and what your parents give you.
I really hope that if I ever have kids, I can continue this healthy lifestyle...have a home gym in the basement or whatever, and cook them delicious, clean foods to fuel them. And hopefully educate them in a positive way, and not hurt their self-esteem while they learn about health. It seems to be such a rare thing these days for kids.