Yes, I am still kicking.

Still coming around the 1600 mark per day, although I wasn't cal counting yesterday or Sat much, just trying not to over do it.

Doing lots of yard work the past week. Need to refocus and knuckle down on the food intake though. I should probably stop browsing Pinterest finding all kinds of fantastic looking yummy things to make and eat!

On the up side, I put on my second pair of size 12 jeans (that a month ago were better than they had been but still too squeezy in the middle and made me look and feel all sausagey and no way could I wear them) and they not only fit but they are comfortable! Whoo hoo! Scale moving or not, things are improving.

Really need to boost the running because I think that's making a big difference.

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b; coffee, kashi, strawberries, milk - 350
l: l.c. and some chips - 550

I've slacked off the past few days so here's a catch-up ....

Fri: 1627
Sat: 1600
Sun: 2124*
Today: 1688

* On Sunday I was diving in the sea and I was advised to eat a little more to help keep warm It seemed to work too :)

I got swamped with work yesterday and started to just guess my calories as the day went on. It all added up to 1800 when I tracked everything last night so I went over by 220. But I did make sure to get in my cardio! Half exercise, half stress-relief.

170 today, woop woop!

b: 1 sm. slice bread, 1 tblespoon of pb, 1 rice cake: 200
l: bowl of special K: 350
yogurt: 100
1/2 avacado with an egg: 165
popcorn: 90
stawberries: 60
chicken nuggets and dip: 350
dumpling: 60

1375

Nice work summerlove!

I'm back on track and came in at 1524. I also did really well with my water intake. Good day all around.

ughh...finally back to work today...been stuck at home with a sinus infection :(
it's actually going to making eating healthy easier because I won't be right beside the kitchen!

b: 1 yogurt mixed with kashi, 1 glass orange juice: 420

snack: carrots: 60

rice crispie: 90
2 chocolate squares: 100

crackers: 80
strawberries: 40
rice cake: 50
noodles and chicken dumplings: 500
little bit of ice cream: 100

1440

oatmeal with 1 tblespoon pb & jam: 240
orange juice: 110
apple: 140
chips: 210



cereal: 230
yogurt: 70
chocolate: 100
carrots with sauce: 170

crackers: 230

total for day: 1500

+ moar crackers:

1650

Been pretty OP . . . not really counting the cals but rather watching what I eat. Anyway the scale is down another lb so I must be doing something right. Been exercising nearly everyday plus lots of outside work too. Keep trying, keep planning everyone!!

lunch: healthy choice gourmet steamers meal thing - 320
iced coffee from mcdonalds: 180

planned dinner:

burger: 340
bun: 160
cheese: 65

ice cream: 330

crackers: 60

1550 approx.

b: cereal - 400
strawberries: 65

nutella on toast: 200
2 dumplings: 90

pizza: 330
ice cream: 330
beer: 160
Jamacain patty: 340
mango juice: 140

total: 2055

maintenance day!

You are all totally inspiring me about counting calories again! And this thread is just what I need. Today so far:

2 coffees with skim milk (totally about 1/2c) 45
1/2 cup oatmeal (dry, cooked with water) 156 (according to MyFitnessPal)
1 tsp brown sugar (16) and 2 Tb soy milk (20, says MFP) 36
1 whole pink grapefruit 82
Total 312

I'm new to the forum and have decided to go about my weight loss by counting calories and a bit of help from Slim Fast :) I've never counted calories before but it seems like one of the simplest and flexible methods out there so I'm going to give it a try! Right now I'm trying to figure out what a good daily calorie intake goal should be.

My stats:
starting weight 164lbs
today's weight 164lbs (today is day one)
goal weight 140lbs
age: 33
height: 5'6

Today is a bit off because I had leftovers for lunch and don't know what the calories were.
Breakfast: 200
lunch: leftovers ?
supper: 546
snack 1 234
snack 2 x
snack 3 x

eta: I've done some playing around with online calorie calculators and starting out I'm going to aim for 1,400 calories a day. After a week I'll adjust this if I need to.

Hey veggiegirl, I'll start posting in here too.

I've had a couple weeks without weight loss after only starting five weeks ago. I'm going to aim for calories at 1400 instead of the 1500-2000 I was doing (with exercise).

Breakfast: salad=488
Lunch: Salmon burger=404
Dinner: salad and creamed leeks =447
Snack: apricot=17

Total 1356

Good morning!

B-sf shake 200
L-egg wrap: (1 burrito sized soft tortilla shell (need to find ones that have less calories then what I'm using now!), 2 eggs scrambled with dash of Lawry's season salt, 2 hash brown patties, 2 slices American cheese) 616
S-sf bar 200

snack 1 pretzels and french onion dip 140
snack 2 1 slice of homemade banana blueberry bread from grandma, with icbnb spray ?
snack 3 I wanted to play around with the sf powder so I made a smoothie with it-high in calories for a snack, but I think I'll go this route for my sf meals, since the powder/milk way to make it is super sweet and I don't like it. 1 scoop sf, 1 cup plain lf yogurt, 1/2 cup frozen peaches, 2 large frozen strawberries, 1 cup water. 240

Calorie goal for today: 1,400
Actual calories consumed: 1,386 plus ? for banana bread (riding my bike for a couple miles so this will help offset any overage)

~Aiming for 6 glasses of water today~ 6/6

gah didnt track for two days. ugh!!! I need to STAY ACCOUNTABLE!!!

b: special K bar: 90

l: iced coffee: 100, bacon melt: 350

S: peanut butter on rice cake: 170

d: pizza: 650

orange juice: 100

1460