[Onederchic]

I eat around 1500-1600 calories a day. I do HIIT for 30 minutes @ 5 days a week, 2 days of rest. I am odd when it comes to tracking weight loss, I really don't focus on it any longer so I am no help there

[Shmead]

Originally Posted by Vivian27

Thank you all so very much. Shmead..I really like the way you broke that down that is going to be very useful to me.

Seems like I have to add more workouts. I will bump that up to 4-5 times per week. Thanks again!

Glad it was useful. When I started, I didn't appreciate that plans could change in a controlled way: I thought you came up with a perfect plan and stuck to it as long as you could. But my needs and capacities really have shifted over time, and I do better when I think of the plan as a living, growing thing that needs to be monitored and tended, not a set of iron clad rules.

It's hard, though. I like rules! No thinking required!

[asharksrevenge]

We started very close to the same weight and height, and this is what I have done so far that is working for me.

I eat 1500-1700 calories a day, keeping a 1000 calorie deficit almost always (CalorieCount does the math for me )
I started working out 30 mins./daily, adding 5 min. every week. I am now at 50 minutes. I walk and sometimes go on the elliptical at the gym.
I only weigh myself every other week, but I've lost 8 lbs. last month doing this and it is making me feel a lot better. Also I am a vegetarian.

[JennieLovesKisses]

-I eat between 1200-1500 calories. No soda's or juice.
-Exercise at least 30mins minutes everyday, 6 days a week. 1 rest day per week.
-I've been losing 1-2lbs a week

[ChrissyBean]

I don't know how many calories I'm eating, as I'm not counting. I do exercise EVERY day for an hour. I either do about 4 miles on the treadmill or go to an hour long Zumba class. Sometimes I do less treadmilling and add on some swimming. That's rare, as I'm not a good swimmer, but I try to doggie paddle across the pool as many times as I can. My weight loss is variable, with lots of plateaus. I'm sure if I counted calories I'd avoid those more, but I'm not willing/able to do that.

Good luck!

[Truffle]

marking--very helpful info here

[Vivian27]

AmyMW...I drink 64-80 oz of water per day. I do occasionally drink a diet soda but not often.

rockinrobin...I am going to definitely stick to 1500-1800 calories a day. I know it has slowed down a bit so this is where I am going to start.

I also wanted to add that I use Myplate.com to keep track of my calories. I keep track of them everyday.

Thanks again!!!

[gloo]

I'm back on the boat after a 2 month hiatus. My calories fall in the 1400-1700 calorie range (I try to stay toward the bottom of that), and I log in fitday. I eat mostly vegetarian at home (my boyfriend's a vegetarian, and I'm an on and off again one ...I generally cook veg at home so I don't have to make 37 different meals per day) with most of my meat (chicken, fish, and occasionally beef) reserved for lunchtime as that's when it seems to work best for my body.

At my best I was doing 60 minutes of cardio + a good amount a strength training at least 5x a week. Working back after an injury, I'm aiming for strictly cardio 3x a week for the next two weeks, adding in a day every two weeks after that until I'm back up to 6 days at the gym/week. Will slowly add strength training back in as my injuries allow.

Not sure what my per week loss was (or what it's looking like going forward), but if I recall I lost about 30 lbs between December and mid-February.