Thread: The Daily Plate

You never see a fly stuck to a piece of fly paper yelling "go around! go around!"

Good one...that yellow paper hanging from the naked light bulb cord
was my fly control method in another life..in another state...

Down by 4 this AM...must a been the brownie shock that did it!

must be something in the air, i can eat like a horse, these last 2 days....oh boy is that hard to control, not really hungry but ......i wont to eat everything right now, feeling....please pass. :-(

I know Gorgine.. I go in waves. For the most part, I am a chronic undereater, which puts my body into starvation mode.. I know that. Then I shift to the other spectrum (im sure it has something to do with my menstrual cycle) Where I eat anything that is not nailed down. I am really trying to get that target range of calories in. It's such a battle!!!

I have not been logging in to DP lately. I just have not had the time. This week is just to crazy for me. I will start again on Monday. Grad party this weekend and I don't really want to know how many cals in a vodka cran or red velvet chocolate cake (drooling just thinking about it!)

It's 3pm. I've had exactly 220 calories. Im frustrated. Off to find foodage.

Nilaja

It's 3 pm and i have only 150 left, and still food cravings..off to lock the refrigerator.

I got 684 left and I just had a double serving of Kashi Puffed cereal and 8 oz of almond milk and a Special K water.....Belch!

I now look at labels like a mo fo and wont eat a lot of stuff if I was bad..and I was really bad on Monday...bad...bad...bad

Indeed it's me! LOVE LOVE LOVE TDP.

Sorry, I've been kinda MIA from Bhuz for a while...

Im a gold member now;) Lauren, as a gold member, you get this week at a glance view, where you can drag and drop items into your plate. no searching, etc. It also shows foods and exercies you eat/do often so less time futzing with it. You can also create your own meals.

Im not sure what FitDay has anymore, but it didnt have all that jazz when I was there. :)

Originally Posted by Lauren_

I think it may have been Sumaya, she's a big Daily Plate proponent.

I lost 25 pounds last year using Fitday, which is really similar. I've gain a few back, though, and have more to lose.. I may give the Daily Plate a try, I think they have a bigger database of foods and might be easier to use.

I've struggled with an eating disorder since I was 14.

I dont think you should eat 1900 calories if you think you cant. Increase your intake by 200-300 calories, just like they tell you to do if your loosing weight. Slowly and with patience and love. And just because you can eat a banana split doesnt mean that you should. I believe you are what you eat.

Eat clean and healthy and you will be clean and healthy :)

Much love,
S

Originally Posted by theesfield

Linny-
Im a fellow overweight under eater. I admit my problem is mostly mental. Im hungry..but It kills me to think about consuming that many calories. And this is why I have an eating disorder of over 20 years now. I'm on the daily plate. And strangely enough, DP tells me to eat WAY more than Sparkpeople or Balance log told me me! Both Spark people and Balance log told me to eat about 1200 calories to lose 2 lbs a week. DP tells me to consume 1900!!!!! I haven't been able to meet my 1900 cals yet. I've fallen short about 500-700 cals each day. However, I am taking in way more calories than I normally would. And I have lost 3 lbs so far. It has not been 1 week yet. It's 9:30pm...and I still have 1200 calories to consume :( Wahh!!!!!!

Nilaja

Thanks for posting Sumaya. If it hadn't been for you, I never would have found TDP. I like it alot. I'm not a gold member, but I'm enjoying the site none-the-less. I dropped a ton of weight the first week, but these last two haven't been as successful. I'm hoping my body is just trying to get caught up and figure out I'm serious about this.

Just be patient with yourself. Ive lost over 20 lbs, but I started in March 06. Its not reality, the Biggest Looser and all that.

And honestly the only thing that works for me is 30 minutes of running (outside), 30 minutes of weight lifting and watching what I eat DAILY. Its time consuming but its worth every minute.

You have to figure out your own chemistry and what works fails. The good thing about those sites is that it stores your information so you can see for yourself what changes occur and why.

Thanks Sumaya, you mentioned the TDP in another thread back in march. I started in april and it works great. As you say "slowly and with patience and love" it works. I dropped nine pounds so far, I feel a lot better and my eating habits are changing slowly.

Just curious, I have been bi$$hing a bit on this thread about the scale not moving at all. It's been 21 days since starting TDP and still none. Has this happened to anyone else? I am reminding myself what you said, Sumaya, "Patience and Love"

Something will happen eventually...right?....c'mon I'd settle even for losing a bit of water weight-ANYTHING