Me! I've lost 7 pounds in the last two weeks once I started to track my calories. My daily caloric intake goal is 1860. Some days it's around 1400 and others are closer to 1800. Technically I've lost 11 pounds if I take my last doctor weigh-in that was after Christmas. I signed up with TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) so that I have a local weigh-in and support group and I'm using my starting weight with them to track my weight loss. I'm following the Calorie Queens (book) mentality of "practicing maintenance" by eating what my goal weight daily caloric intake is. You figure that out by taking your goal weight and multiplying it by 12. So... 150 (goal weight) x 12 = 1860. When I get to my goal weight, I won't have as hard of a time keeping it off since I already know how to eat to maintain the weight. As I've read, LOSING weight is the easy part.. keeping it off is where it gets hard. Well, I've experienced
that too.
I definitely do NOT feel deprived. I have cereal, yogurt and a banana for breakfast. A ham and cheese sandwich with baked Cheetos for lunch and then a decent supper with my husband. Well, my lunch varies but that's what I had today. Ü I have 1396 calories left for the rest of the day. Today might be a day that I don't hit the 1800 calorie range.
Kimberly