Ok, feeling better. I started 30 day shred today and after that did a 25 min walk... Will feel it tomorrow!
Though it is night, bed time and I put everything in my fitness pal. It says my exercise was 453..... I am not eating it back today! So it marked me at a little over 1200..... Do you all ear back your calories? Oh well... I do feel good though
b: oatmeal w 1 tblespoon walnuts: 220
s: granola bar w. strawberries: 150
l: 1 avacado roll & 1 california roll: 420 calories
D: cereal: 350, 1/2 english muffin and 1 tablespoon pb: 175
total: approx 1350.
Last edited by summerlove; 03-10-2012 at 12:47 AM.
The scale seems to have inched down a bit, will try my best to nail today @ 1400 again. <sigh> Just ate b-fast but am still hungry though. I hope it's not one of those days.
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b: coffee, 1/2 banana (the other half was mushy and black) w/some p.butter, cheese/mushroom omelet - 350
l: 650
d: 350
Total: 1400
I'm getting lazy writing it all down!
eta: ate some pretzels last night cause I didn't eat enough dinner, which put me closer to 1600. <sigh>
Last edited by loose seal; 03-10-2012 at 11:24 AM.
Down a lb. this week but really was hoping for more. I'm having trouble keeping the cals at the 1300-1400 mark. Not even due to 'temptation' but because I'm hungry. Blarg.
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b: coffee, picante/cheese omelet, grapefruit - 350
l: banana w/p. butter, greek yogurt - 350
d: (planned) homemade burger (no bun) and homemade fries - est. 600-700
total: 1400 max
Last edited by loose seal; 03-10-2012 at 05:01 PM.
This week I've been focusing on calories burned rather than calories in. I made a challenge for some Fitbit friends to do 12,500 steps per day this week, and I've done great on that. One day I did 23,129 steps (9 miles!). I've kept track of calories in, every day except one (the 9-mile day), and I ate lots of junk on that day. (Stressed out about my cat, who is starting to do better now). On the days I kept track, I ate 1734, 1713, 2182, and 1210 calories.
Right now, I'm not trying to lose -- I just want to stay under 135, and I am, so that's good for now. My goal range for the rest of my life is 125-135. I'd like to get into the lower part of that range eventually, but no hurry.
So today was the first day I really kind of blew my diet since starting in mid January. I guess I didn't do as awful as I could have done, but I ate out for 3 meals and went way over my 1410 calorie goal, even eating back my exercise calories and then some. Plus I had way too much sodium so my weight is gonna be inflated the next couple days. Grr!
Lunch: Cheeseburger no meat, fries=590
Lunch #2: Pizza, cheese sticks=475 (I ate this maybe an hour and a half after I ate my first lunch...grrrr!)
Supper: Chicken fajita rollup, fries=1060
Total: 2125
Well...first I was 169 this morning...but realized it was because I was dehydrated from last night...chugged a large glass of water and am now 171. Oh well.
Just started using My Fitness Pal. Think I'll just post cal totals vs. cals plus what I'm eating.
I'm still confused about 'eating back your exercise calories' but I'm working on understanding it. I've hit a plateau for the past 2 weeks so maybe I do need to eat back those cals, although I was eating in the 1400-1700 cal range anyway so I figured I was eating back my exercise cals (which average 200-300/day) and figured it was just too many cals. in general and that's why I wasn't losing.
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b: 450
l: 150
d: 555
s: 320
Total: 1470
Last edited by loose seal; 03-11-2012 at 09:27 PM.
loose seal- I use My Fitness Pal and love it! It makes tracking calories sooo much easier. Plus I love that I can use the apps on my phone and Kindle Fire and sync it all to the same account, so it makes it super convenient to just plug things in on the go!
Lunch: Sub on flatbread w/ cheese and light mayo, cookie=900
Supper: Salad w/ cheese and light ranch dressing, croutons=290
Snacks: Granola bar=180
Total=1370
I have been adding more exercise in: 30 DS and walking.....but I need to curb my food....I just continue to stay 2-3lbs away from 210....it is like my body is playing this "hahaha you can't get there" game. I was eating (plus walking but not counting the walking calories) less than 1600 for awhile and it still seemd like not moving.........
so, today is 3/12....my birthday.... I WILL have my cake, today is my rest day from exercise and tomorrow is a new day my goal is to be UNDER 210 by the end of the month.....
new plan: not eat back calories and see how that sticks, plus cut back my wonderful delicious NOT healthy but overly addicting breakfast.....keep me on it girls!! WE.CAN.DO. THIS!
loose seal- I use My Fitness Pal and love it! It makes tracking calories sooo much easier. Plus I love that I can use the apps on my phone and Kindle Fire and sync it all to the same account, so it makes it super convenient to just plug things in on the go!
Lunch: Sub on flatbread w/ cheese and light mayo, cookie=900
Supper: Salad w/ cheese and light ranch dressing, croutons=290
Snacks: Granola bar=180
Total=1370
Exercise: None (rest day)
I do like how it does all the math and shows you how many cals you have left to eat for the day.
Do you eat your exercise cals back? And do you add in things like 'food prep' or 'light housework' type things or just your 'formal' exercise? I was playing around with that and it just kept telling me I could eat more and more cals the more I entered in. Hmmm, I"m kinda stuck at 157/156 for the past two weeks so eating more food seems counter productive but I don't know. I'd like more than a 500 cal/day deficit -- looking for more like 700-800 to get the scale to move down.
I do like how it does all the math and shows you how many cals you have left to eat for the day.
Do you eat your exercise cals back? And do you add in things like 'food prep' or 'light housework' type things or just your 'formal' exercise? I was playing around with that and it just kept telling me I could eat more and more cals the more I entered in. Hmmm, I"m kinda stuck at 157/156 for the past two weeks so eating more food seems counter productive but I don't know. I'd like more than a 500 cal/day deficit -- looking for more like 700-800 to get the scale to move down.
I have my activity level on MFP set to light, and then I add in my formal work outs. I don't put light housework, etc in, but I probably will put something in for that when I spring clean because that'll be a little more intensive, haha. I do eat back some of my exercise calories if I'm feeling particularly hungry after I work out, but not every day, and I never eat all of what MFP says I burned. Since I don't have a HRM I know the calories burned that MFP gives is only an estimation. If I eat exercise calories back, I usually try to limit it to 100-150 max. I exercise to burn more calories and create a bigger deficit, so I feel like eating them all back just defeats the purpose, ya know? So far the scale is dropping pretty steadily, so it's working for me up to this point.
my goal is to be UNDER 210 by the end of the month.....
