I keep it between 1400 and 1700.

Theresa and Dawn!!! You Rock!!!
I went over last night by 201 calories-i ate 1650 total for the day. The most I've eaten in 3 weeks. It looks like my milk at breakfast and my chef salad at lunch did the damage. It's all good though, cause I'm down to 213.5!!! I almost kissed the scale this morning....

Friday is my weigh in and I gained a pound. I am soooooo struggling with the last 10 pounds. I have to keep in mind that I have come a long ways and feel good about it. My youngest is 1 year and half and I weighed 227 on the day I gave birth and then 190 for 8 months afterwards. So, in the past year I've lost about 50 pounds. I feel good about it, but now I am stuck. I guess there is nothing to do about except keep plugging away!!

Haha! I have spent enough time giving the scale the finger! Kissing sounds appropriate!

Congrats to you!!!

Great job, riley...keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks, Theresa-me too with the whole giving the scale the finger..I also give Jillian the finger when start my dvd...

So I went over again yesterday, on the 4th. Not with food but with the one beer and 2 rum and coke zeros I drank. Hey, it was the 4th! I did swim and run around all day....and my scale put me up .5lbs this morning.
I'm not weighing in until next Friday. That is my goal. Kick *** this week and get my reward on Friday. Or else. Keep me off the scale, y'all.

The 4th of July kicked my butt too lol I stayed at around 1200 all week and yesterday I blew it lol I have 4 hot wings, buffalo chicken dip with tostitos, rice krispie treat, and pasta salad. Then I had 1 7-up,vodka with frozen grapes in it. DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB!!! I'm starving for some reason today lol

I don't know what buffalo chicken dip is, but sign me up! I believe that everything tastes better with some franks red hot!!!

2) cans of chicken
1) 8oz cream cheese (hey, I used light and fit) lol
1 cup of ranch (used light & fit)
1/2 cup of franks hot sauce
1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese

I put the chicken in the pot/pan and cook it for about 5 minutes, throw the cream cheese in until melted and add the rest until melted together. I also sprinkle cheese over the top after I put it in the dish...AWESOME! I eat it with tostitos.

Dang, that sounds really good. Got me droolin, lol.

omg, my stomach is growling!!!!

Sorry girls lol I'm not much help. It's in my fridge and I REALLY want some, I'm going to make my kids eat it for a snack today so I don't eat it lol Mean mommy

Hehe..smart mommy

Good day to all! I am usually on the Weight Watcher thread, but I have decided to count calories for awhile for a change of pace and try to work independent of WW for awhile.
Do you all grant yourself more calories in your day when you exercise?
Or, do you stick with an allotted number of calories per day no matter what?
Also, is there a web site you are using to dictate the proper number of calories you eat in a day?
Thanks!

I use sparkpeople.com and LOVE it. If you go on the site and put your current weight, goal weight and how fast you want to lose it, it will tell you how many calories you can have. You can keep track of your food and exercise on there too.