[LAgreeneyes]

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

[ma26]

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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 two days under 1700 in a row!!!
1/19: 176.0___1801
1/20: 174.8___
1/21:
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[ma26]

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

[ma26]

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 !

[Queen Sarah]

Alright, so yesterday was one of the "accidental" high calorie days I was talkin' about. 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

[4star]

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...:

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

[4star]

posted twice...

[philana]

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.

[ma26]

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 .

[K9Owner]

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

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: {{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!

[KatTheAmazon]

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!

[4star]

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.

[loose seal]

I forgot to post yesterday. Boy, wasn't I a grouchy grouch the other day? 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 ) and zonked by 10:15.

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

[LAgreeneyes]

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.

[philana]

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.