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!