I need help!

[HizMajesty]

I need your guys and gals help. Yesterday, I was at work and everyone was talking about my weight-loss and how I've lost it so fast. They all kept saying that I would have saggy skin from loosing it so fast. I got scared and last night I went to eat and ate onion rings, and chicken tenders, and carrot cake to stall the weight loss. Anyway I feel like I let myself down. I don't know what to do now. I made up my mind not to eat like that again. But do I start the Induction over again? How can I avoid saggy skin and letting people get to me like that again? Please help.
hiz
Start 360
Current 310

[sillygirl]

Hey Hiz! I moved this thread to the induction forum so that you will receive a better response to your dilemma.

I would suggest that you ignore people who tell you things. You are making the commitment to eat this way for you, your health and no one else. Do you exercise? That can certainly help some with skin sagginess. However, I don't think it's something you can avoid entirely. It's still healthier to lose the weight.

I would recommend you to start induction again. I would also highly recommend that you follow the plan to the T. Move yourself up the food ladder appropriately so that you get the right amount of food and nutrients for your body.

Here's a link for you to do some reading. It's a site about body metabolism. You do have to do a certain amount of reading to understand it all, but for you I think it would be well worth it.

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

[HizMajesty]

yes I have a tredmil and I do twenty minutes daily. I just have seen so many people with saggy skin I just so afraid because I am only 29 and I don't want to have saggy skin.

[HizMajesty]

I went to the site and I entered my stats on the BMR it said my BMR is 2663.7. I don't know what that means where do i figure out what that means? I restarted the induction this morning. Will I have to go through the Induction flu again? that was horrible.

[sillygirl]

No, you might not have any ill effects at all this time. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Do you use www.fitday.com?

It's a site where you can log your weight & food intake (and exercise) each day and it will keep track of your calories and percentages of fat/protein/carbs you eat each day. For induction level you should be at 30% protein 60-65% fat and the rest (5%)from veggie carbs.

It's really imporant to eat the proper amounts of fat/pro/carb and the calories don't matter so much. They still matter in that if you eat more than you expend each day, yeah, you're gonna gain weight.

Drink plenty of water! The general rule is 64 oz for everyone regardless of weight. Then, add 8 oz per 25 pounds you want to lose. As a woman, I can tell you that water works wonders for the skin!

[sillygirl]

P.S. For fitday, you might find you are not eating enough food based on your now known BMR. When you read thru the BMR site, that # reperesents your basic weight to maintain if you do absolutely nothing all day. They suggest deducting 500 calories from that number to lose weight. At your current weight though, you would have to read what the losing number is for you.

[HizMajesty]

okie dokie, thank you for your help. I just mostly eat meat and very little veggies all day, what do you mean by 60% fat?

[HizMajesty]

i would figure that I would get fat from the meats I eat all day right? How do I get 60-65% fat? cheese?

[sillygirl]

Well, very little veggies must be 2 cups of "salad veggies" off of the acceptable list as well as one cup of "other" veggie (like broccoli, spinach, cauliflower etc) off of he acceptable list.

As far as fat goes, this is is what is going to stop your hunger and cravings. You will get your fat by using real butter in your cooking, olive oil or vegetable o il, eating avocados, heavy cream, cheeses (in limited quantities), eating the skin from chicken etc.

Did you read the book, by chance? Read all of the "sticky's" at the top of the 14 day Induction Forum. It will help to figure all this out for you.

[HizMajesty]

no i have not read the book, just got the diet from the internet, and have been doing it from that. Is that why I get hungry every two hours?