[sarahtmomof3]

I don't track my calories. This is what I do, because I'm very unorganized and keeping track of anything wouldn't work for me.

My meals are 400 calories. I have two 100-200 calorie snacks a day. That puts my daily calorie intake between 1400-1600 calories. No counting, its super easy... just adding at meal time. And I try to get very creative about what I can eat that will use up every one of those 400 calories.

If I'm going to out to eat for dinner, I'll scale back on my breakfast calories to 200 or so to save some calories for dinner. I guess its kind of the concept that weight watchers does, but I just follow it per meal so theres no trying to remember what I ate when.

[RoseRR]

I plan ahead and also use fitday. But mostly I keep healthy choices around plus I have a food scale and measurements utensils that I use.

[RunningToSmile]

Wow, these are all really great ideas. I love SarahT's idea about certain number of cals for snacks/meals, so that you don't have to count every single minute of the day. I also am excited to check out the online calorie counters.

I have been struggling with my weight loss lately....it has just stalled out and I have been not making good choices. It started when I sustained a running injury (piriformis tear) and have not been able to run for almost a month. I've been doing other workouts, but it's just not the same and I sort of "gave up" on the whole diet/exercise thing. Stupid, I know, but I'm psyched to get back into it. So I'm going to use some of these suggestions to get going again!

Thanks again, 3FC members, for helping to motivate me!!

R

[akacutie]

Sarah-

I love your idea of just have a certain calorie amt per meal. Not tracking beyond that meal. I just might give it a go.

Thanks everyone for all the tips!