I've been calorie counting with the LoseIt iPhone app. It's going pretty well so far.
I'm a vegetarian, although the rest of the family is not. My main problem is not eating so much cheese! It's so yum, I can't help myself. Although lately I've been buying healthier cheeses and trying to use less.
Weekends I am a bit more liberal with my counting, the only thing is to not let the weekend start at Friday noon :wink:
I have been exercising more too - the weather is finally clearing up and I think I may go for a bike ride this afternoon - I know my son would love that!
Satria - Welcome!! I dont have the Iphone, but I heard that app wasnt that great. Im glad you're doing well with it. Before starting this, I wasnt anything near a vegetarian, now I usually only eat chicken or ground turkey 3 times a week, and have fish the rest of the time. Ive had red meat (a steak) once in over 4 months. Its not that Im trying to be one or anything, I just dont WANT it.
Well I W-I today at 168, so thats 1lb. lost this week. I was hoping to lose 2, but given this past week and my exercise, Im NOT surprised. Its always the darn exercise that gets me, and the eating is SO easy for me now, like second nature. However, I found a new love. Special K chocolate delight. OMG ladies, if you're craving chocolate, go buy a box, NOW! YUMMMMMM!
So we leave for our vacation tomorrow at 5am. I wont be back on until Thursday. I am FULLY planning to stay OP 100%, walk my BOOTIE off at Disneyland for 2 days, and take a walk or 2 with the in-laws and the kiddos too!
Satria Welcome. Love cheese, really REALLY love cheese. Jarlsberg lite is a great full flavored swiss, Alpine Lace also makes some great lower fat cheeses. This stuff is usually in the deli section. it's a bit more spendy but totally worth it if you are a cheese lover because it's low fat cheese that doesn't taste like low fat cheese.
Vegaspunkermom I am totally addicted to the special K strawberry. My husband loves the nasty Pecan and worm guts (or whatever) Special K [1]. I have to try the chocolate, though I fear he might binge on it a bit. He can be very naughty with cereal.
Ate too many veggies over the last few days and my tummy is rebelling. No salads for a few days. I thought I had the salad revenge licked by using LOTS of vinegar as my salad dressing but either I didn't use enough or I had too much fruit on top of the salads.
Oh well. At least it gave me an excuse to figure out a new version of one of my favorite comfort foods, cheese & rice. Figured out a big bowl using 2 servings of rice and 2 slices of jarlsberg lite torn up into pieces so it'll melt for 420 calories which is a good meal for me. Add in a little low sodium soy sauce and I am quite satisfied with it. It was yummy and I once again felt like I was eating real food, not diet food. That's important to both my husband and me, to not feel like we are eating diet food because diet food is laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.
[1] I hate Pecans. To me they smell and taste like Georgia, so I have no idea what the other flavour is with them and it might as well be worm guts because I am not touching that nasty stuff.
I'm Back!!! Hows everyone doing????? Had a wonderful time with my grand children & DD,but all good things must end as they went back home yesterday.
I'm very exhausted,going all over town with them taking to the Children Museum and than to the Aquarium and play ground. My leg is really bothering me,going to call the doctor on Monday to see if I can make another appointment with him. The meds & the ice paks are not working.
Afraid to get on the scale with all the restaurants & fast food joints we went to, I probably went up to where I was at the beginning of the year.
Haven't gone thought the threads this morning,hopefully I will be read them over the weekend.
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Prinny, I have had the needing to try and eat my minimum a few days this week too -- a weird feeling!
Excited for my Mon weigh-in again, because this week I've been fluctuating between 189-191 lbs. I see 190 most often and it's the number I'd like to write down in my notebook on Monday morning -- we'll see. Of course, beyond that I can't wait to get officially into the 180s and see 65 lbs lost when I am at a high of 188.
Also, I agree re: eating real food and not just 'diet' food. It's very satisfying, if/when we can handle it. to just have a little bit of baked macaroni and cheese or something like that. I made that very casserole this week and had a little bit for dinner one night with steamed broccoli taking up the rest of the plate.
Went dancing but had to grab a fast food burger on the way to the club as nothing else was open, danced for more than 2 hours straight then hit Denny's of all places. I was pretty good about my choices though I think so I should be ok even with the questionable eating locations and booze. tomorrow I will do a proper workout and BE GOOD with food though. I imagine I will have tummy issues from the crap I ate today... but that's life, eh?
Not going to church this morning as I can't drive with the hurt leg. Don't understand why my doctor didn't give me some kind of support that would keep my ankle area from being so wobbly.
Got on the scale this morning and I gained 4 lbs.Now I will have to adjust my calories intake lower than my normal 1300-1500 c. Thinks to go down just a little lower 1200-1400 c.
VEGAS-Thanks,it is minor but it feels like major today. Wish the doctor gave me some kind of support for my wobbly ankle.
Know what your going though, my DD when she was here told me not to cook I take you out to a restaurant,and we wound up in fast food dives and I Gained. All I can say is be very careful of the food & portion sizes.
BIG CONGRATS on your 1 lb loss. you lower tha me as I pushed up to 171 when my GK where here.
PRINNY-I wish I could do some dancing like your doing.I haven't exercised since my bad ankle 3 weeks ago,and I need to get back to doing some sort of activity to get my butt moving again. I trying to do the exercising tips that they give to you on the biggest loser.Hand weights and upper body is all I can do for now. the running up & down the stairs & floor exercisers are not.
Sorry that your tummy is rebelling on the salads you eat. I go from cooked veggies to raw salads from time to time.
MISS LOUD-Hi,happy to your stayed on program and doing so nicely with losing 25 lbs. We understand can't get on the board when you fixing up your house. How is it coming along?????
DGRAMIE-Thanks for checking in,I loved to plant new flowers or flowing shrubs but I have no GREEN THUMB and there no need to ttry now. Glad that your OPing also.
SATRIA-Welcome to the thread. Don't use a ipod either but this is a great thread to post to when you need support or just want to chat.Cheese is my downfall also,tray buying the low calorie brands,that s what I'm doing.
WHITE PICKET FENCE-Glad your mom is seeing the 180's very soon I wish I had the magic # to know exactly how many calories i should be eating to lose weight again. Its back to the drawing board.
Was up a bit today, though I think it might actually be partly due to the amount of sodium I had yesterday and lack of water. I guess we will see when I get up tomorrow if I am the same or down.
I already worked out today, have been good about eating. I think I might ride the bike some more before I go to bed. Being up makes me nervous. I really need to lose at least 2 pounds per week and I am having trouble doing that. It's very frustrating! Please don't tell me 'its a journey' because I have some hard deadlines to be down.
W-I this morning and I down again from my 170 ticker reading.I down.5 but that a start,after having a eating out meals when my DD & our GK down last week.
Here's to a better OP week to get the scale going down again.
PRINNY-Hi Do I know the sodium routine I've been there before. Just drink extra amount of water and and try not to use the salt shaker to much. I find if I exercise right before I go to bed find myself wide awake and than I can't sleep. Hope your workouts are earlier in the evening than bed time.
I think monday weigh days suck... I seem to be higher than any other day of the week.I lost the 2lbs i gained last monday and .4 more.I have seen a few pounds less on other days...not sure if i need to change my weigh day back to sat?? Didnt do anything wrong..ate perfect, exercised alot 90 min of walking yesterday. oH well I will keep going and it will come off sooner or later!!
Hello! I'm new here too, but not exactly new to calorie counting. I lost more than 50 pounds 8 years ago and kept them off this way, basically. (I started by following the 90/10 Plan and after I got the hang of it, I basically followed it as a calorie counting plan).
So I've gotten married, had a couple of babies, and have been working an 8-5 job, and I've gained the weight back plus some. I've also been on just about every diet ever since having my second baby, although few of those really lasted more than a week. I have done Weight Watchers and I even tried Atkins. Atkins lasted for a full day...until I nearly passed out on the first night (I mean, literally nearly passed out). Yes, carbs are good, indeed.
So I have kind of been following the Flat Belly Diet since February, but now I've found that once again I've turned it into a calorie counting plan. So here I am! Something really clicked with me last week, and I signed up for Fitday.com. I had an account there a few years ago but I guess I wasn't ready to actually diet. Now that I'm ready to diet, and I've had experience trying out other things and have decided that calorie counting is the best thing for me, I have had success. I lost 3 pounds last week! Something about that fitday really motivates me to make sure I get in my activity and keep my calories down! I love to see that I really have a calorie deficit at the end of the day, and I love that I can predict how quickly I'll lose the weight based on my calorie deficit each day.
I'm also involved in a challenge with my husband until the beginning of September. Whoever loses the largest percentage of weight by then wins! If I win I'll get a Kindle 2. If he wins, I have to play games at his game store once a week for an entire year.
I am up AGAIN. WTF?!?!? I was good yesterday, worked out, I am not sore at all, i drank lots of water and I am up over a POUND. It is also REALLY HOT today, I am not happy. In fact I am really cranky, angry and frustrated.
It's too hot to do anything in the house and far too hot to go out and run errands. I really just want to go back to bed. Of course it's too hot to sleep.
Hi people. I haven't posted since before Easter. The kids were here with the baby and I got a bit depressed after they left to go home. It's hard living 400 km from the new baby. Anyway, I ate myself into oblivion and now I'm back to reality.
Sounds like you are all doing quite well with a few minor setbacks but that's how weight loss goes.
