Hello everyone! I am just starting back again. I believe that the calorie counters is where I need to be, considering that this is a lifestyle change. I look forward to being accountable here and getting to know all of you. :)

The holiday weekend was a calorie disaster for me. Moving on now :dizzy:

B-sf shake 200
L-homemade fried rice 250, baked chips 120
S-sf bar 200

snack 1 rice crisps 70
snack 2 trail mix 400
snack 3 x

calorie goal: 1,280 Actual: 1,240

exercise: 1 1/2 mile walk

Welcome to the thread! And we have very similar weight loss goals :D

b: toast w. egg: 200

2 oatmeal cookies: 110 :)

l: salad w. chicken: 330

d: 1 slice of banana bread:400?

hot dog: 450

1450 - 1500 approx. :)

Total: 1610 (or ~1410 calories with 200 calories burned via exercise)

Breakfast: 225
Fresh Fruit Smoothie
Coffee with milk & hazelnut syrup (I can't give it up, just a splash!)

Morning Snack: 105
Apple slices & peanut butter

Lunch: 330
Trader Joe's Paneer Tikka Masala

Afternoon Snack: 250
Hardboiled Egg & Crackers

Dinner: 700
Kale Salad & 2 slices garlic bread

Welcome! I find this thread really great for keeping me on track, and there's always lots of support on it, even when you stuff up a bit :o

Tuesday

8.30: Weetabix and a banana (300)
12:00: Apple (100)
12.30: Popcorn (100)
2.15: Tuna bean salad (200)
3.30: Two oat biscuits (100)
6:30: Banana (100)
9.00: Turkey frankfurers, potato salad, green beans & carrots in garlic, mini milk ice lolly (700)

Calories: 1,600
Exercise: 48 mins (4 mins faster than my personal best for this route; looks like I will have to extend the route soon!)

Weetabix definitely not a good breakfast - I was hungry a couple of hours later and starving my mid-day. Ended up snacking far more than I have been throughout day. Very odd. Back to porridge for breakfast tomorrow!

Well today I didn't do horrible but didn't do awesome either. I had a small apple and banana for breakfast. Lunch- shepards pie which I am guessing about 600 calories, ugh. Dinner-baked chicken and salad. So I ate most of my calories for lunch. The best thing about today is that I didn't have a single soda! That's a big deal for me. Didn't get any real exercise in today just worked. I am trying to take this all slow considering I am trying to make lifestyle changes. Hope u all had a great day! :)

My big meal of the day is always at lunchtime :)

Wednesday
8.30: Porridge made with soya milk, banana (300)
1.30: Poached eggs & butter beans (300)
4.00: Tuna, apple & oat biscuit (200)
4.30: Potato salad (150)
7.00: Breadstick (50)
8.00: Two small nectarines (100)
9.00: Spinach & ricotta Tortellini, large salad (700)
12:00 Ice-cream (100) - pff, walk of shame.
2.00: Oat biscuit, nectarine (100) - double pff.
Calories: 2,000
Exercise: None, aside from a short walk.

May experiment with upping calories a little in first half of the day tomorrow.

ETA: In spite of late night snacking, bought on my insomnia, I was down 2 lbs on the scale this morning (though not officially logging it until weigh-in on Sunday). I guess I am averaging 1,800 overall for this week, which is the point! I seem to be doing a weird, accidental version of calorie cycling :D

Thursday
10.30: Spinach & ricotta tortellini, salad, small nectarine & small banana (500)
2.00: Beans with spinach & poached egg, small nectarine (400)
5.40: Two mini Babybel Light & a small apple (150)
7.30-9.30: 2 gin & slimline tonics (100)
10.15: Fishfingers & chips, ice-cream (750)
Calories: 1,900
Exercise: 50 minutes cycling

I have stayed within 1300-1400 calories for the past couple of days. Just haven't had much time to get online. Hope all of you are doing well. If you happen to fall off, get right back on. Have a great weekend everyone :)

Well done! I think I'm going to post a little less frequently myself. It has been a great tool to get me started & realise the value of keeping a record of calories, so I'm going to try it alone for a week!

Friday
10.30: Porridge (400)
2.00: BLT (400)
3:00: Small chocoalte bar (100)
6:00: Strawberries (100)
9:00: Turkey meatballs in tomato sauce, cheese on toast, orange, hot chocolate (800)
Calories: 1,800
Exercise: None (feeling achey & grottily pre-menstrual)

Really proud of self today, Feeling pre-menstrual and craving chocolate & carbs like mad. Chose small bar of choc, strawberries & low cal hot chocolate instead! Just as satisfying, in the end, but not easy choices to make at the time!

b: toast and egg: 200

s: granola bar: 130

l: flatbread: 290

d: noodles & gyoza: 480

s: blueberries: 130

total: 1230

b: toast and egg: 185

s: granola bar: 150

l: blueberries, chicken (odd combo :P) - 265

d: noodles & gyoza: 500

s: pineapple: 145

mango juice: 140

chocolate: 50

total: 1450 total