1500 Calories Per Day
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Breakfast - 1 cup of Yogurt - 140 calories
3/4 cup of Granola - 260 calories

Snack - 2 Kashi Cookies - 260 calories
1 Banana - 120 calories

Lunch - 1 cup of homemade vegetable soup -150 calories
15 Multi Seed Rice Thin Crackers - 130 calories

Snack - 1 Minneola Tangerine - 70 calories

Dinner - 1 cup of Long Grain Rice - 170 calories
1 cup of homemade vegetable Soup - 150 calories
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TOTAL= 1450 calories

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I think I may make this into a through the month editable post. Then have a side by side comparison to calories and weight. I'm curious to see the correlation develop.
-------Weight Calories
1/11: 179.8____1922 +222
1/12: 178.4____1798+98 much better
1/13: 177.8____1685-15 Doing the 5pm as start of the new day was much easier! I am liking the tracking days dinner through lunch so far. It's easier to plan and properly excecute calories at breakfast and lunch for me.
1/14: 178.8___1905
1/15: 178.4___1917
1/16: 177.8___1890
1/17: forgot to weigh!__1595
1/18: 175.0___1621 :carrot: two days under 1700 in a row!!!
1/19: 176.0___1801
1/20: 174.8___
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I saw a pound creep back up. Not surprised at all since I wondered about dehydration yesterday. Did great tracking and staying in my calorie limit yesterday! I was still excited to see the 176. Thats still like 3lbs down so far. Woo Hoo!!! Calorie counting works!!

8:00- 1/2 c. NF greek yogurt 1/2 cup frozen blueberries- 105 cals
9:00- Orange and Coffee with creamer-104 cals
12:00-Salad same as yesterday except on 1 tbsp dressing(not2) -204 cals
-------1 c. spaghetti squash & 1/2 c. homemade tomato sauce with TVP & nutritional yeast-148 cals
3:00- Veggie italian sausage and ketchup-140 cals
8:00- Homemade butternut squash risotto and wine (weekly dinner with friends)-1100 cals
Total:
1801 cals

How has everyone's weeks gone? We are getting near the weekend. I didn't do too hot sticking with it on the weekend. Determined that this one will be better.

Welcome to all recent joiners :)!

Alright, so yesterday was one of the "accidental" high calorie days I was talkin' about. :o But at least I got out and walked 4 1/2 miles. So maybe the high calories and the activity will boost my metabolism. I'm going to call it a 2500 calorie day, although I didn't really keep track. It included some of the popcorn made in the microwave with a paper bag -- thanks for telling me about this, loose seal! You were so right -- it worked like a charm, and much healthier and cheaper than microwave popcorn, and much better than air-popped. I will donate my air-popper to Goodwill.


Today, Thursday, is a new start, but I already got off on the wrong foot. I've eaten 635 calories, and it's only 10am!

Breakfast: NS cereal, skim milk, dried blueberries
2nd breakfast: Pradaboy Quiche, soy nuts
Pre-lunch: fat-free coleslaw, low-sodium V8: 70
Lunch: NS Black Beans & Rice, 1 egg: 290
Afternoon snack: Kashi GoLean Roll, 190
Dinner: Yellow squash, mushrooms, NS Fettuccini Alfredo, Babybel light: 293
Dessert: NS dessert bar, 160


Total: 1638 calories

Ma, weekends are hard. Numbers are hard to focus on outside of the weekly routine.

My week has seem some higher range numbers. I've had 3 out of the last 4 end up at 1800. One day I didn't count b/c we were sightseeing nearby, had lunch at a restaurant(small bowl chili and diet soda) and had about 2 oz of chocolate from a chocolatier shop. I think I did reasonably well, especially considering the walking we did but I don't know for sure and that bugs me. Totally messes up the math for my weekly stats too.

I do think I will see a loss this week, even if it's just a pound. I've gotten some exercise and my average for the week should fall in the fat loss range. We'll see on Saturday...:goodscale:

I am shooting for a leaner day today, 1650ish.

posted twice...

Are there people here using Myfitnesspal? Would love to add some to my friends-list there and just see what people are eating and feeling a bit accountable because people can see what I eat!

Im philana85 on there.

philana- Yes! Thats the program I use. Whats your username? Pm me it is you want to keep it private.

Ha! Sorry you already have it written on there :).

The day/week is going really well, despite TOM. That'll be gone tonight :crossed:

Pre-work out Fuel:
Ezekiel Raisin Bread w/1 tsp Sunbutter & 1/2 banana: 164
Cottage Cheese w/pineapple: 116
Beef Cabbage Quinoa, Raspberry Greek Yogurt: 446
Coffee: 64
Dinner: TBA Roughly 400 cals
Total before Dinner: 790

Exercise: BodyRock + Plateau Challenge +K9 Walk: 305
Water: 64 oz

I had a deep tissue massage earlier today & I did my workout at 2am instead of not doing one. I'm so glad I did! My massage therapist asked me:

"Do you have a trainer that's helping you with your running?"
Me: "No. I just use Hal Higdon's Novice running schedule and do BodyRock.tv for core."
Her: "OMG, how do you stay motivated for that?"
Me: :lol: {{laughing for real}} "Are you kidding me? I am the least motivated person you wanna meet. I'm just dedicated to doing it. If I depended on motivation, I'd still weigh 20 lbs more right now!"

I am amazed by my way of thinking from 9 months ago. I like who this process has forced me to become & although I am a bit compulsive, I like it way better than when I had no structure.

Friday & the weekend starting tomorrow.
How will you plan it to be a continuation of your goals? or Will you once again be defeated by poor choices, lack of planning, and cravings?

I desire to continue my healthy lifestyle beyond the hours of Mon-Fri.
I desire to continue my plan when I have zero motivation.
If I continue to practice my plan or develop a new one when this one ceases to work, I will continue to press forward instead of constantly taking 2 steps backward!

I haven't posted in this thread in a while and i need to start again!
Yesterday-
B- Raisin and date oatmeal with a drop of blueberry honey (229)
S- Greek Yogurt (130)
L-Chicken, mushroom, and potato casserole with 1/2 cup brown rice and 1/2 package of steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. (412)
S-York Peppermint Patty and Diet Coke (i hardly ever drink soda any more, but i really needed the caffeine and the sugar from the candy!) (140)
S- Cheese stick (60)
S- Raw broccoli and carrots (58)
D -1.5 servings black bean soup with 1 serving of 2% shredded cheese (354)
Total: 1383

Today -
B- Raisin and date oatmeal with a drop of blueberry honey (229)
S- Greek Yogurt (130)
L-Chicken, mushroom, and potato casserole with 1/2 cup brown rice and 1/2 package of steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. (412)
S - 28 grams of nuts (170)
S - raw broccoli and carrots (60)
D - 2 eggs, hashbrowns, english muffin, 1 tablespoon whipped butter (360)
Total: 1371

Tomorrow should just like the couple days!

195 coffee
200 egg white omelet with sprinkle bacon pieces and cheddar cheese
one piece 40 cal toast with smudge of butter
425 Chef salad
70 1 oz chocolate
425 4 oz pork loin, 1/2 portion mac n' cheese, serving veggies
40 2 pcs salt water taffy

~1305

A little low for the day but I am not feeling so great. I think I am coming down with a cold.

I forgot to post yesterday. Boy, wasn't I a grouchy grouch the other day? :dizzy: I think TOM is over-rated and just super annoying. . . and it showed! lol

Yesterday I came in around 1400 cals. Didn't eat a whole lot of dinner and was sitting at 1200 cals after that so I thought I'd have a little ice cream. Took a small bowl and only ate half of that . . . it just didn't taste nearly as good as I thought it would or as it usually does. Uh oh, am I losing my sweet tooth? That might not be a bad thing at all. I literally went up to bed at 8:30 last night, watched Grey's (well, snoozed through a bit of it :rolleyes:) and zonked by 10:15.

I'll be back to post later on . . . .

1500 Calorie Plan

Breakfast - 2 boiled turkey eggs = 270 calories
Snack-17 Sweet Potato Chips = 160 calories
Lunch-1 cup Long Grain Rice = 170 calories
1 cup Vegetable Soup = 150 calories
Snack - 10 Back To Nature Ginger cookies = 280 calories
1 tblsp of raw honey= 44 calories
Dinner - Amy's Light & Lean Spaghetti = 240 calories
2 tbsp parmesean cheese = 20 calories

TOTAL: 1334

I miscalculated BIG TIME. I thought I was at 1534 last night but I was so wrong. I still had 166 more calories that I could have used. I don't know how I messed up. Not good. :?:

After struggling for 2 weeks to stick to my plan I am finally in 'the zone'. For 3 days now I've stayed at or slightly under my calorie goal of 1300 a day. I don't crave all the candy that's in the cupboard just 10feet away from where I am sitting. I do have to spent quite a lot of time/mental energy on exciting myself with self-prepared nice foods that are healthy. Otherwise I get bored with what I eat and want to grab something unhealthy-satisfying again.

It's just so super easy all at once. Should I be worried? Haha. I remember this though, this is how I felt during the summer when I lost the first 9lbs in just 6 weeks before my 6month maintaining/break.