Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

breakfast: 1 small green apple (36 cal) and an activa yogurt (70), breakfast total: 106

lunch: 4 oz of chicken souvlaki (200 cal), 1 cup of rice (170), 1/2 a pita (50) and some lettuce (8 cal)-lunch total: 428-kinda high for lunch. oh well.

snack: SBD bar (140 calories)

dinner:  1 piece of whole wheat toast (90) with some crunchy Peanut Butter (75), some brown rice and tofu, 2 spoonfuls of pasta marinara, and some salad with broccoli, cucumbers, carrotts and 1 boiled egg white with balsamic vinegar.  i also had some optimum power cereal, and a bit of coffee with low-fat chocolate milk. so my whole dinner total tonight was 841    which i know is quite high and i’m actually super full right now.  i normally wouldnt have had the optimum power cereal or the coffee, but I was trying to get some extra fiber tonight because I wasnt feeling so well, so it was worth it to me.  plus not all days are going to be perfect, and if my plan isnt flexible/adjustable its not a plan worth doing.  so im not upset about my dinner, and I know im going to be drinking and perhaps noshing some more tonight at the event I’m going to, and I’m fine with that.

plus, its just thursday so I have a week to burn this all off, until the next weigh day.

So, total for today (so far) is 1512 and I’m really hoping to keep myself below 2000-2100 calories after tonight.  I’m hoping I can find some low cal drinks. maybe gin and tonic, or rum and diet coke? haha any other suggestions!

ok off to get ready! byee all!

hi all,

i know i often come here with whiny or worried posts that I’m not doing this right or that my body is somehow going to retain my weight as a revolt becasue i’ve changed my eating patterns, but so far so good! i’m still losing and today was weigh in day and I’m one pound away from reaching my mini goal! and its a few weeks early! hopefully I’ll be able to meet it next week.

its funny, when I look at the amount i’m eating and exercising, obviously i’m exercising quite  a bit and eating much less then before, but due to the fact that my body is responding  quite well, I really feel like i must have been abusing my body before, with the way I was eating and not exercising, because my body always responded so badly (by gaining weight) and here my body is definitely not fighting me by losing weight.  and I really feel like I’m so glad I caught this now, and not when I’m older, because while I am super busy here at school, I have access to a great gym, and now I’m starting to like the dining halls because I’ve been able to find healthy and satisfying choices.

also, in case you didnt check my stats page I’m at 218 today! woohoo! one pound away from my mini goal! i’m really excited!

and in regards to my calorie limits, since this seems to be working just find, im leaving my ideal goal for the day around 1300-1400 and my max and min ranges about 1200-1800.

Also, in a kind of ironic way, I have a big event tonight, where I know I will be drinking a bit, and probably eating a few hors d’oeuvres.  so i’m really going to try and be cautious today so that I dont overdo it tonight, but i’m pretty sure I’ll hit 1800-2000 (sadly) but if anything, it’ll be a little celebration for my losses, and I’ll get back on the wagon tomorrow and workout this weekend etc, and I’ll make sure it doesnt affect my weigh in day next thursday!.

ok i have to run off to class! byeee

yay its thursday!

Hiii all,

i know some of you answered one of my posts similar to this before, but i’m still at a loss. originally my calorie limits were 1000-1200 a day and i quickly learned that wasnt smart or enough or healthy etc etc.

then i moved it to 1300-1500 a day which ive kind of moved to 1300-1600 a day. but now ive been reading some stuff on some different forums, and some people say especially if you exercise about an hour a day, which i do, you need like +1800-2000+ a day to lose weight, but that seems really high to me.  at the same time, I really dont want to be at a point where I’m eating too little and its gonna come back and bite me in the butt later on.

So my question is, what works for you gals?  around how many calories a day is sufficient for you to not be hungry, keep up your metabolism, etc etc, but to lose 1.5-2.5 pounds a week?

any advice is GREATLY welcome and appreciated.

should i leave my calories at 1300-1600 per day, or should i actually move that limit up to 1800?

thanks for the help and any and all advice.  id love to hear what works for you all!

Breakfast: I actually went to breakfast in the dining hall and it was quite good but i think I overdid it a tad, and I’ll need to scale it back a bit. so breakfast: 1 cup cheerios(110), ½ cup not fat organic milk (50 cal), ½ grapefruit (52) 4 tator tops (64 cal), ½ an egg white omelete (30 cal) with mushrooms (5) spinach (0) and turkey (15 cal) 326 total- I think this breakfast was way too big..I know I should either do just an omelete or just cheerios next time. and definitely no tator tots next time! damn you potatoes.

Lunch:I think I did pretty well at lunch, I had a bowl of chicken noodle soup, which I’m estimating was about (200 calories) and then i had 4 saltines (56 cal), 256 total

Snack: 1 string cheese (70 calories), 1 tangerine (40 cal), 1/2 of a rice cake (15) and some roasted soy beans (2 tsp, 95 calories) so, snack total: 220, oops thats a bit high for snackksss..arghhh this is hard

Dinner: Salad, i reformed my salad to be really low calories! yay so, salad: spinach (5 calories), broccoli (20 cal), cucumbers (5 cal) and some balsamic vinegar (5 cal) and two egg whites (30 cal), so salad total is (65) and then for food: 1.5 chicken tenders (100 cal), small scoop of mushroom rice pilaf (210), a bite of tofu (25 cal) and some ketchup (25 cals), so my dinner total was : 425–> but I’m gonna round that to 450 because perhaps some of my estimations were low.

So calorie total for the day (so far…because i see some fruit in my future tonight): 1252

and then adding in my small green apple (40 cal) tonight that puts me at 1292. except i had the munchies and had a 100 cal bag of popcorn. So final calories for the night is 1392. basically 1400, perfect. OOPs.. i did a bit of snacking and had 1 mini hostess cupcake of a 100 pack (33), a small piece of wheat bread (45) and some FF creamcheese(30) which brings my total of the day to 1500 exactly. fine

This makes me really happy that I totally stayed on track today, even though I kinda goofed with the too big breakfast.

also, today’s Workout: 45 min on the elliptical, and 30ish min of weights and abs, and man…i kinda feel it.

Also, I realized that my ideal calorie range is probably 1200-1400 daily, and then the really upper limit, on like special occassions would be 1600. i fell plenty full and happy with that range, and if I go higher than 1400, i usually kinda get mad at myself. so yeah. im feeling kinda good about these food choices. and i was even able to have chicken tenders and keep it within my range. i think that that is kind of the whole point. being able to eat foods I want, but just in moderation.
ok weigh in day tomorrow. im really hoping for some change! tchauuu

Today was a hard day just due to busyness, classes, running around, meetings etc. And sadly I got off track a bit. The only problem is that I didnt get to the gym, which I’m kinda upset about, but there’s not much I can do about it, and I’ll definitely go tomorrow, and I’ll definitely go a minimum of 5 times this week, i guess I just wont get to six times. oh well.

Breakfast: 1 starbucks light double shot (70 cals) i really needed this cuz i didnt get that much sleep, but im definitely going to go get more redbull this weekend so i can save 60 calories, and one string cheese (70 cal)-Breakfast total: 140

Lunch: 1 small cup of campbell’s roasted chicken noodle soup (85 calories) and one half piece of french baguete (~100 cals, guessing) with a slice of swiss cheese (~80 cal) and 2 slices of turkey(~70 cal). Lunch total: 335

Snack: I had a really lame nibble today that I’m mad I have but I’m obviously going to count it anyways. One mini reese’s peanut butter cup (42 cal) and 1 valentines day york peppermint patty (53 cal) stupid snack total= 95 the reason that is so frusterating is because i could have so many better and more filling things, like a yogurt or string cheese. grrr. well if anything ive learned my lesson

Dinner: 4 pieces of sweet potato tempura (280 cal), brown rice (~150 ish), some black bean tofu (200 cal), salad with 2 hard boiled egg whites (30), bean sprouts, lettuce, broccoli, a teeny bit of corn (~70 cal, i should really cut this out to and stick to green low-cal veggies), edamame (~100ish calories…yeesh they have a lot of protein but i didnt know they had so many calories) and some balsamic and a bit of olive oil (~50ish cals, but really i should cut this out of my salads) Dinner total-880 -honestly im shocked about this, because i thought I was being really careful but I think I’m learning that a lot of the little things add up. also i think i need to exercise much more portion control. for example instead of 4 pieces of tempura, I really should have had 1 or 2, and really I should just have a tiny bit of brown rice. but also, i need to be more cautious of what i put in salad. I dont think i realized how many calories edamame have or corn or olive oil. so next time i’m going to entirely cut those out of my salads and stick to all green vegetables, and to just balsamic vinegar.

so, sadly one of my highest calorie totals in a while 1450. I mean, it’s nothing crazy, but not the best. also, i may still have 1/2 a banana or an apple tonight, because I didnt have any fruit today. Oh well, tomorrow’s another day. I guess every day is a new lesson learned.  also, i think i suffered from not having an afternoon snack because i was obviously hungry and ate too much at dinner, and also those stupid candies.

2 days from weigh in…eek. i hope i can get back on track tomorrow.

I’ve decided I want to change my rewards scheme/plan/goals a bit. Since I feel really motivated and that I want to keep going with this plan and exercise I want to have a few material rewards at some big mile stones!

Once I have reached 200 lbs (meaning losing 27 lbs) (officially on the scale, and the scale says it, lets say 2-3 mornings in row) I am buying an ipod nano in pink, and an ipod nano exercise band. I realized that while my ipod shuffle provides music while I work out, I really wish that I had more of my collection to choose from. So once I have lost 27 lbs (more than I have ever lost before, I will buy myself an ipod nano!) Woo! I’m really hoping this is by Mid April-ish.  In fact according to my calculations(ish) I should be to around 197ish around April 10th. (If i continue losing at the rate I am… Fingers crossed! )  So I’m gonna give myself the goal date of being at 200 by (latest) April 15.   This may even motivate me to lose weight faster and stay more on track, because now i really want one, and the new pink one is so cute!  What I will really need to watch out for is spring break. wherever that is and whatever I do, I’ll really need to stay on track.

Once I have lost 70 pounds, which will be 20 pounds past my half way mark of weight I need to lose, I will then indulge in the iphone. I think the reason I am putting that off so far, is what I really want is just an ipod so I can listen to more music when I work out. Also the reason I put it at 70lbs is because that leaves only 30 lbs to go, and I think having that material object will be a reward that I only have 30% of my goal left to lose.

I’m so excited just THINKING about getting my new pink ipod nano, I can’t wait! I really hope I can stay on track through April.  This will be a real test!   Also, cant wait for my weigh in this week! I’m really excited!

today was a really good day exercise and food wise.

Breakfast: oatmeal (120), string cheese (70), red bull (10) -i know the redbull’s not so good, but i didnt get a great amount of sleep last night, and i didnt want to be lagging all day. total (200)

Lunch: protein bar (190) and banana (110). i know lunch was smallish but I knew I was having a rather large dinner, so i wanted to be safe (total 300)

before gym snack: one yogurt (70) and one piece of wheat bread (45) with ff cream cheese (40) (155)

dinner: chicken, mexican rice and some tortilla chips, a bit of grated cheese and lettuce. I have no clue how many calories that is but i’ll put it at (550) to be safe. celery and carrots. and half a churro. (150) (700)

total calories for the day: 1355

workout: 45 min elliptical, 30 min weight training

i think this a really good lesson of how one big meal can kind of determine your days calories.  i’m really glad i planned this out because i would have felt really guilty having a bigger breakfast and lunch and then the dinner i had.  i knew that the meeting i was going to was going to have a dinner with catered food, and I didn’t want to miss out on it or be stuck eating too much, so i’m really glad i planned the day out well.  go me!

alright off to clean, organize and do work!

I’m feeling 100% better so I’m back on the workout and complete food plan!

Breakfast: 1 string cheese (70 cal) and half a banana (55 cal)

Lunch: Subway turkey sandwich on wheat bread with swiss cheese, lettuce, cucumber and carrots. (330 cal)

(calories so far today 455)

Dinner: Braise tofu, 2 servings (160 cal), a few bites of chicken (50 cal), some brown rice (220 cal), some frozen yogurt with a few sprinkles and some oreo (250) total - 680 the froyo was a slight indulgence, but i did so well today and i had room in my calorie limits.

calories today so far: 1105–i guess i might have an apple later on tonight to get my cals up to 1200 ish. we’ll see!

Snacks: medium green apple (40 cal) and sadly some carmel corn.  i hadnt realized the calories in the carmel corn, but now i have So no more snacking on that.  nonetheless, carmel corn (200 cal)

Final calorie count of the day: 1345- fine, i could have avoided the carmel corn, nonetheless its fine.

Workout today: 45 minute intense workout on the elliptical, 40 minutes of weight training!

Even though its a weekend and I rarely keep track, I’ve decided to today. and I’m really proud of how ontrack i stayed. even though my two meals today were a bit large, they are ALL i ate with no snacking or cheating.

Brunch: Egg white omelete with some mushrooms, spinach, ham, and cheese. a few tator tots. a tiny piece of pineapple, a few bites of cottage cheese & apple sauce. and a fruit smoothie with just some nonfat milk and ice.

Dinner: Thai noodles (pad see ew) with chicken, broccoli and egg, and very lite sauce. one hostess cupcake from a 100 pack (33 cals) and half a banana (55 cals).

and lots of water.

im feeling almost completely better from being sick, so im going to bed now so I can get up and go work out tomorrow A.M. woohoo!

gosh the weekends go by fast.

Well today is gross because it just wont stop raining. and i missed having a real lunhc cuz of the rain. but whatever

Breakfast: one lower sugar oatmeal (120) , 1 string cheese (70), 1/2 a banana (55), sugar free red bull (10)

Lunch: soup (230), and some popcorn

Snack(bigger than normal because of the lame lunch situation): bowl of cheerios and nonfat milk, a few bites of pancakes with some syrup

Dinner: some brown rice, marinated tofu and green beans

later night snacks:  some pita chips, half a string cheese, and some dark chocolate m&ms, less than 10.  im still pretty proud, that when I could have had worse, thats all i had for a late night snack.

I didnt do any official workouts today (still getting over my cold) but i did a ton of in-the-rain biking, and im almost over my col! woohoo