I hope it's okay that I join you girls ! Just started about 5 days ago. Been good and on track besides inability to exersize (raining like crazy. going tomorrow !)

Today was kind of a hard day, it seems like I just can't get full which was weird because I'd been doing so well. I didn't do bad, at least..

Breakfast: 1 1/2 cup honey nut Scooters (cherrio knock off), 1/2 cup skim milk

Snack: Fiberone 90 calorie chocolate & PB granola bar

Lunch: 6" Subway Club + 1 serving Campbells Homesryle chicken noodle soup

Dinner: Rest of sub, 6" club but gave about half the bread and all the roast beef to fiancé. 1 serving Progresso Light chicken noodle.

2nd dinner / snack: 2 pieces of Sarahlee 45 calories delight wheat bread, 4oz tuna w/ half teaspoon miracle whip, 1/2 teapoon honey mustard, chopped up pickle. WW string cheese & 6 pieces (1 serving) mesquite deli turkey.

Totals;
1318 calories
180 carbs
20g fat
90g protien

Carbs were a bit higher than I've been due to all the bread.

b: toast with cheese: 220


- 150 grms of chicken with 1 cup edamame soy beans: 330

- chocolate muffins ( i am never making these again they are the devil!!) 300

pizza - 630

total: 1480

praying for 170 tomorrow but I doubt it :(

here I am...
 

well, anyone miss me;)

I have totally been off course....really don't want to see the damage when I get home.

3/16-3/20 we had total of 3 families come and pick up their babies they adopted, of course we have to take them out, and sometimes, well ALOT of times being overseas they still want American food. So we had lots of hamburgers :( our church's 30th anniversary was the 18th and can we just say Baptist potluck is the same anywhere in the world...way too much food!!

Top all that off with migraine attack after the stress of everything and everyone went home. AND my knees have been killing me. I think doing 30DS and then walking 2miles just exhuasted my knees. One is feeling better the other is ok now I think.

NOW Thursday we traveled 6hrs for a wedding and in Taiwan weddings are 13 course meals!! but alot of seafood which I don't eat, so that wasn't too bad. But we are staying with family and go back home on Monday.

So, next week I have to get better into a routine. I tried Jillian Michael's Yoga dvd only to find that I am not a pretzel....totally not flexible!!! goodness!!! But I don't know what to do.....just do walking and add my own strength routine or walking and yoga.

So ladies.....I gotta get back on the wagon and work at this again.....totally discouraged by all the events messing things up.

b/l: coffee, kashi cereal, milk, strawberries: 450


I'm ready to pull my hair out. Nothing I'm doing is working the scale simply will not budge.

Maybe I should just bag counting anything this weekend, just eat and get back on track Monday. That's where I'm headed.

Damn it.

Blah, yesterday was bad...

I started out okay. I had some fruit...but that lead to pasta...twice, lunch and dinner, and not a small amount...and later that night I had some Bailey's Irish Cream which was soooo good but soooo not what I needed at that point. :lol:

I don't think working out helped a single bit after that...but today I'm doing well, had some doughnuts because that's all I had access to but my calorie intake is fine for the time of day. I was on my feet lifting heavy stuff for 4 hours and I might still work out tonight if I can so yaya!



Yesterday's calorie count was probably hitting on like 3000...I blame the drinks!

This week had been a little higher calorie wise for me, plus I hadn't exercised for a few days due to my surgery. Nothing outrageous, though. Overall I think I've done pretty well.

Breakfast: Muffin=320
Snack: Reduced fat Ritz crackers w/ cheese=130
Lunch: Cheese sandwich w/ pickles and mustard, slice of lemon cake=360
Supper: Cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, light mayo on flatbread, banana=700
Total: 1510

Exercise: Turbo Jam Cardio Party 3 (50 min) - finally back to exercising & it feels good!

Today was GREAT! I resisted almost having some fried fish (long johns) shoved in my mouth, I went to the movies armed with my OWN popcorn & didn't even eat it (too busy watching the movie to sneak it out!), and I still have 50-150 calories to eat and I'm not hungry. I even treated myself to a glass of milk & coffee cake to bring my calories up. I'm about to do my strength training, will probably have a sugar free Popsicle after. To top it off I weighed in 6lbs lighter than when I started this. Great day. :)

B; 1.5c Honey but scooters
1/2c Skim Milk
Teaspoon cinnamon

S; 1/2 A natures own thin cinnamon & raisin bagel w/ 1 serving laughing cow cheese.

L; 5oz Chicken breast cooked in skillet w/ Pam & spices. Cut into a nice big salad w/ two tablespoons Italian dressing.

D; 4oz Tuna w/ 1/2 teaspoon miracle whip, 1/2 teaspoon honey mustard, chopped pickle. 2 slices sarahlee wheat delight 45 cal bread. 1 WW string cheese. 1/2 can healthy choice Campbell's tomato soup. 1/2 of a half a piece of a buttered French bread roll.

S; 1c skim milk w/ hostess strudeal cinnamon coffee cake. (mm!)

Totals;
1150 calories
150 carbs
25g fat
81g protien

170 today!! lost one pound over two weeks but it makes sense due to my crazy binge...glad I'm moving back down :D

took today off from counting calories.

My goal for next Mon - Friday is to go no higher than 1250, I'm curious if there will be a larger difference on the scale. Just a mini experiment.

I decided to go for a 750-calorie deficit instead of 500 (and to forgive myself if I only do 500 some days), because I think sometimes I'm eating more calories just because I can.

I'm keeping an eye on the Fitbit website, which tells me how many calories I can eat (according to how active I've been). Most days I earn a pretty good surplus. I need to be less eager to eat those calories back in chocolate!

Right now it says I can only have 591 more calories (out of 1303). I'm going to build my allowance up to at least 2,000, and try to eat only 1,750 total.

The weather here is beautiful -- it's almost a sin to be indoors today!

Scalewise, I'm doing fine. Still in the low 130s. (125 is my goal, and no lower). Two people told me today that if I lost any more weight, the wind would blow me away. (I'm a long way from that, but it was nice to hear anyway. I really am close to the goal that I would've thought was impossible a year ago!)

3/24 Calories 1,251.04 Carb 181.08, Fat 32.11, Prot 74.14

3/25 Calories, 1,186.80 Carb 198.48, Fat 17.14, Prot 67.63

Tomorrow is weigh-in day and I feel confident as long as I don't eat 10,000 calories between now and then.

I've been out of town over the weekend. I plan to catch back up with everyone Monday. In the meantime, I uploaded some before/after pics if anyone is interested "Slow Dancing with a Stranger"

Enjoy :)

b: oatmeal with blackberries (ugh we bought sour ones!!) - 175
s: apple: 80
l: chicken with edamame beans: 280

planned dinner:

- smoothie with 1 banana, yogurt, and strawberries: 300
- homemade egg mcmuffin: 280
- chocolate muffin: 170

total for today: 1300 approx.

3/26/12 WEIGH-IN DAY

WEIGHT LOST: 2.40 pounds

Calorie average per day, 1,256.61

I ate a plant based diet with some fish and poultry, (I ran out of eggs). I felt satisfied most every meal. I resisted most urges of foods that are bad for me. All in all I’m a success this week and I feel that I can continue down this road.

NEW WEEK:

3/26

Planned meals:

Calories 1,010.65, Carb 157.67, Fat 11.16, Prot. 51.40

Wow, you look terrific! What a difference a 17-22 lb loss makes! Did you lose most of that 17 lbs (165 to 148) by running or were you doing weights at that time as well? Keep up the fantastic work!

Oh and you mentioned in that thread about your cravings/hunger hit hardest about a week before TOM then taper as it approaches? GET OUT! We must be dopple gangers cause you just described me to a T. :dizzy:

So I'm back at it again after a weekend break. And no, the scale didn't move either way. :rolleyes:

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b: coffee, omelet w/picante and cheese, small dish of pumpkin oatmeal: 375
l: bagel w/ 1.5 oz cheese, jewish pickle and mustard - 400
d: baked bolognese (with grd turkey): 500

Total: 1300

eta: was up with an anxious dog half the night (no clue) and got really hungry. Had some pretzels and strawberries w/some sugar on them.

Total: 1600 (guesstimating)