I stuck to my plan yesterday and had a 45 calorie popsicle for dessert! Hooray!

Chickadee, I am jealous of your daily Starbucks I just drink the free coffee here at work, which is not very good.

The plan for today:

B: Oatmeal with flax seed and raisins; coffee w/ creamer - 230
S: Grapes - 50
L: Lentil soup, apple, string cheese - 500
S: Banana - 100
S: Yogurt - 100 (after my run)
D: Think I'm going out for sushi with a friend, so I have no idea how many calories that is. I will drink water and try to only eat until I am full. Hopefully my exercise will make up for most of it.

Total: 1000 + dinner (??)
Exercise: Run 7 miles

Ditto!!! I love candy. I just can't keep it in the house or it is GONE.

Plan for 3/11

B: Fiber bar 130
S: Banana, vitamuffin 200
L: English muffin pizza, grape tomatoes 270
S: Popcorn, cottage cheese 200
D: Pancakes and turkey sausage 650
S: Skinny Cow ice cream cup 150

Total: 1600

Trail Runner - I kind of can't live without my Starbucks! lol. I have cut down though from a Venti to a Grande... Also, regarding sushi: I've used this page (http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-calories.htm) before to try to estimate my calories. Not sure how accurate it is, but it's a better guess than I can make on my own!


Thursday, March 10
140 1 0 Grande Skinny Caramel Macchiatto
105 0.4 3.1 Banana
90 2 5 Fiber One bar
185 10.5 0.5 Starkbucks petites (1/2 mini PB cupcake, 1/2 mini red velvet whoopie pie)
35 0.1 1.3 Clementine
45 1 1.5 Butternut squash soup (1/2 cup)
220 6 4 Quinoa w/ veg (1 cup)
210 5.3 2.7 Chicken w/ polenta and balsamic onions
120 0 0 Fage mango guanabana yogurt

1150 26.3 18.1 20.58%

Thank you all for posting here!

I've been very confused about calories in/calories out. Most websites I've read say 1200 is the rock bottom for women. WHAT happens below that is a mystery, does anyone know what the consequences are?

I've been eating around 1200 and burn around 400 a day. HOW will I know if this is too little or too much? I just started counting cals at the end of February and truly enjoy it. (Never did before, until I found a caloriecounting site!)

PHAT: You are an inspiration!

Starbucks addicts: I gave it up. Add a spoon of vanilla coffee to 3 spoons of regular to make 8 cups of java - a little Splenda and it's a daily treat! Add a shot of expresso for a great "wake-me-up".

Hey Gwen, I'm not sure of all the consequences but if it is to low for the individual I guess they'll feel constanly hungry, always thinking about food, low blood sugar (which really affects my mood), headaches and just really low energy and tiredness after a while. You may also find it hard to take in enough nutrients which could lead to nutrient defiencies and can cause a whole heap of trouble, including (very scarily for women) low bone density as you get older. You can take multivitamins but it really is best to get nutrients from food primarily.

Oh, thanks for the sushi link, chickadee! That is very helpful. I freaked out a little at the calories until I read they were for an entire roll, not for one piece. My friend and I split 3 vegetable tempura rolls, 1 avocado roll and 1 cucumber roll. So that would be approximately 900 calories for my dinner. Not terrible! Although I broke down and had one beer with dinner. Even with all that my net calories ended up being 1400 for the day with my run, so I'm not too concerned!

3/11:

B: Granola bar, coffee w/ creamer - 230
S: Grapes - 50
L: Bagel, apple, string cheese - 430
S: Popcorn - 100
D: Black bean burger, 3/4 cup cottage cheese, more grapes, chex mix - 600
S: One beer with my soccer team after the game - 150

Total: 1560
Exercise: Soccer game

Think I might try to start posting more, this is great to keep accountable!
So Far: 1136 Calories
B: (ran out of oatmeal, disaster! )
40g Nonfat Milk-14
Coffee
Sugar Free Chocolate Cake (made with diet coke)-120
15g Fiber One Cereal- 30
L:
25g Chicken Breast- 28
6oz Eating Right Broccoli Stir Fry- 60
2 Tbsp Kikkoman Stir Fry Sauce- 40
90g Mushrooms- 20
D:
Lean Cuisine Cafe Classics Steak Tips Portobello- 160
1tbsp Cranberry Preserve- 38
Mushrooms- 20
Sara Lee Coffee- 130
Oatmeal- 140
Snacks:
40g Fiber One Cereal- 80
185g Cucumber- 24
2 Tbsp Trader Joe's Humus- 35
Cookie- 120

Going off plan for dinner tonight. It's my wedding anniversary! and we're going out to dinner.

B: Fiber Plus bar 130
S: Banana 100
L: PBJ, cottage cheese 330
S: Yogurt or popcorn 100
D: Steak (plan to cut in half), potato, veggies, wine, maybe split dessert. ?? 1200?

Total: Estimating 1860?
Exercise: 46 min HIIT

While I'm at, plan for 3/13:

B: Fiber Plus bar 130
L: PBJ & pretzels 350
S: Banana, Vitatop 200
D: Spaghetti w/ meatsauce, roll 660
S: Skinny Cow ice cream 150

Total: 1490