This is horrifying... but fun?

[smoke gets in my eyes]

http://www.thebeehive.org/health/con...ing-weight.asp

I think I burned 500 calories just reading my BMI.

[smoke gets in my eyes]

http://www.healthkeeper.com/HealthKe...oric_Intak.htm

That is cool, too. And I guess I'm not allowed to go for 2.5 pounds a week according to that. I will have to wait until Aug 27 to be perfect.

[Paulie]

Okay wait a minute they give me a 30 pound range for my ideal weight... I don't think so. And I am supposed to consume 3000 calories a day to lose 1 pound a week.

Does that mean if I consuem 1000 calories a day I can lose 3 pounds a week????

[Paulie]

Well the second one is cool. The first one just didn't make sense to me.

[smoke gets in my eyes]

No. Read the 2nd page. At 1000 calories a day you could be in big trouble. The thirty pound range depends on how large or small boned you are and how much muscle you have. I, for instance, would look like a scarecrow at the bottom of my weight range. I am what is kindly called a "big strapping girl".

After I read that I had to force myself to eat. LOL And I still HAVE to eat 300 more calories today. The chart SAID SO.

[Paulie]

That is what I mean, at the bottom of that range I would look like I did when I was using. At that time in my life I weighed from 104 - 125, size 2/4 to 6/8. I have no illusion of ever looking like that again. I am 5'8", another 26 from where I am now and I will be good!!!! and that is above their range.

I know about the 1000 calories I was kidding, but wow, just seems like alot.

[smoke gets in my eyes]

It does seem like a lot when you're counting. I just figured out how much I must have been eating to gain all this weight. I thought "noooooooo".... then I started thinking about what I typically ate. Yeeeeeeees. 1400 calories a day is less than half of what I was eating before. And yet.... I'm going to have to really MAKE myself eat the last 300 calories. Awareness is a powerful thing, huh?

[Paulie]

I thought the same thing when it said how much I have to eat to maintain my weight, just imagine how much I was eating to gain 60lbs, HOLLY COW!!!! Okay maybe I should not have used the word cow!!!LOL

Awareness if very powerfull Smokie!!!

I say eat what we want and have liposuction .

[smoke gets in my eyes]

I just want to get my chin done. When I was thirty I promised myself that when I was forty I would get my chin done. Then Dino descended on me and when I was 40 I didn't have any money to get my chin done. Maybe when I'm 50. Sigh.

[Paulie]

There are a few spots I would like done, after I lose my weight, I would never do it to lose weight, I dont' think they can lipo your entire body!! But for the money, I don't think I will ever do it. I would really like to get my arms done, they just don't want to get smaller. My moms entire side of her family has big arms, even the thinner people have flabby arms!!!!!

that would be a nice 50 present for yourself Smoke if that is what you want.

[Ann]

Well it makes me feel better about only losing a pound or so a week now. But it makes me wonder where the first 18 pounds came from...organs? muscles? water? 18 pounds of anything is a lot, and I was really hoping it would be fat.

At my present weight I fit in the range, but if I were at the bottom of the range I would be a skinny Minnie. Like Smoke, I'm rarely referred to as a "tiny" woman LOL.

You know what's weird? My bra size is down a cup. I bought the wrong size by mistake and it fit perfectly. Now I always was a bit bodacious and can afford the loss, but I wonder what I lost there...surely not fat???

[Ann]

Wow, we just had a cluster post on ED. Hey, Pony, it's busy down here LOL.

[smoke gets in my eyes]

Well... when I gained the 50 pounds I gained a cup size, so yeh...

[Paulie]

So did I ..... then lost it again!!!

[Chy]

Holy Moly! That's what I was looking for Smoke!
Dang, it WAS okay to eat that cheeseburger, based on the calories I should be eating... not, tell it to the scale!

Oh your darn skippy I'm having a tummy tuck when I get to my goal wait, hubby promised! But after watching the Swan, I do have reservations. ABS!! Damn it all!

[Chy]

Originally Posted by Paulie

HOLLY COW!!!! Okay maybe I should not have used the word cow!!!LOL

Please don't!! ...mooooo

[Pony]

WOW....it sure was busy in here today!!! Cool, I have enjoyed reading all this tonight and catching up. I just wish I could have been here to join in!!!

But, SO is back to hogging the computer again until he passes out....so it's late night for me and you all are long in bed!!

But it is great to see all you ladies down here.

[JT]

I was confused about calculating the minutes of activity. I spend about an hour working out and a couple of hours driving, cleaning and those sorts of things. I am glad I am at work and have a calculator for the remaining hours that I spend daydreaming. I can eat 2100 calories and loose a pound a week and my BMI is within the healthy range. I think they give you points for age :LMAO The low weight for me is 121...I think I saw that at about 16 ( am I am sure at 16 I thought I was fat). At 5' 7" if I weighed that I am sure someone would try sticking a tube down my nose!!