honey, don't be sad. just eat intelliently and in moderation from now on and everything will balance out. practice makes perfect
GETHIMBACK 6/28/08 10:50 P
if you deprive yourself of too many calories, your performance will decrease. one pound of fat is relatively around burning off 3500 calories. mathematically you can spend that across a week and burn 500 extra calories each day. whether this is eating 500 less calories or burning that much or combination of both. but trying to cram getting rid of 3500 calories in about 3 days WILL NOT help you. your body will feel it is deprived and go into survival mode. you lose energy and your body will get the nutrients it needs from muscle.. not fat. your body will hang on to the fat for dear life. it must be done in moderate, there are no quick fixes, and will require a lot of hard work on your part. i myself am a big fan of softball so if you ever wanna chat or anything, you know what to do and good luck =)
KAILSSX3 6/28/08 9:17 A
its okay, everyone slips up from time to time. Im sure this one slip up wont hurt your weight loss efforts considering the reduced calories you had previously been eating. Just the next day get back on track with fruits, veggies, lean protein and whole grains and you'll be good to go :)
DOBIELUVER93 6/28/08 5:00 A
Darn. I was REALLY stupid. I mentioned that I changed my calorie goals to between 1000-1350 and i have been going for that. I didn't know that a teenager needed at least 1800 calories.
Well... My body kinda went into starvation mode and just gave me this sudden urge to eat that felt like a message somewhat like "OMG. I'm dying in here! I need something now!" So I kinda went a little impulsive. I had only eaten 800 calories today and I had two extra servings of macaroni salad, a really covered in junk ice cream sundae, and later tonight I had a Peanut Butter sandwich. I am totally ashamed that I could not stop myself, and its bringing me to the point of tears. I really am tired of being fat and not being able to control myself.
In my own defense, I have walked 9 miles in the last 4 days and I mowed the lawn in 98 degree heat today, but i just cant believe that I would blow it like that. I'm trying not to basically "starve" myself, but I want to make this softball team so bad that I basically am willing to deprive my body of needed calories if I can perform better. There's no way that my version of "diet" could manage 1800 calories a day, and now I think my body is starting to suffer from it. Its only been 4 days, but i've basically cut off 60% of my normal calorie intake.
I dont know why I would blow it like that. I really dont. And all on junk too. I'm so incredibly ashamed right now.
