Good morning all!

Had a good on-plan day yesterday! Stayed within calories and did 30 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes on the rowing machine - I forgot how much work the rowing machine was!

Best of all, when I weighed in this morning, I was down 2.8 pounds! My short term goal is to get back down to ONE-derland, and my (first) long term goal is to get back down to 100 lbs lost and maintain there for awhile.

I do have a no-bake cookie sitting at my desk, but I hope to just look at it for today and plan it into my daily calories tomorrow. Does that make me weird

staja, that's awesome!! Good for you for being on plan and for doing all that exercise. And that's great that you are down 2.8 pounds! Keep up the good work. You'll be in onederland before you know it. I had to laugh about your no-bake cookie...sometimes it's fun to gaze at things knowing you'll be able to have it later, haha.

Originally Posted by staja:

I do have a no-bake cookie sitting at my desk, but I hope to just look at it for today and plan it into my daily calories tomorrow. Does that make me weird

Haha! No, just a planner!

So I have been doing well on my calorie counting and staying within my limits but today I realized I had been making an error for a couple weeks! I use My Fitness Pal. I pretty much eat the same lunch Mon thru Fri. I'm a teacher and not a lot of time for lunch. So I had saved a meal on my fitness pal which was my lunch salad. Big salad with grapes, balsamic dressing and chicken. Every day I pick that meal without reading it. One day a couple weeks ago I knew I'd be going out to dinner and I didn't eat the chicken for lunch and I must have saved the meal that way. So every day I've been adding in that lunch without looking. I was wondering why I seemed to have extra calories at night! Some days I got the warning that I was under 1200 calories. So I started having a little weight watcher dessert, or fruit, etc at night.
Tonight I am eating out again and thought I'd skip the chicken at lunch. So I go to erase it and its not there. I go back over the past two weeks and its never there!
It's only about 120 calories, but still... And I tell my students not to be careless.

My weight loss has stopped the past 10 days... But I wasn't worried, I just figured it was a little plateau and that it would drop in a few days.

Mind if I join as well? My goal is to stay on plan (1300 calories per day and 4 visits to the gym per week) and reach 167 pounds.

Hey everyone. This has been a very busy week but I'm doing well and staying on plan. I should be more preset this coming week. I'm expecting a very productive challenge!!

Hi Luka! Welcome!

I haven't been feeling 100%, but that has helped curb my appetite...guess that's a good thing. Hope you all had a nice Saturday.

Glad I found this post! I want to join!! My goals for Halloween are the following

1.) Count my calories daily
2.) Eat between 1600-1700 Calories a day
3.) Lose 10lbs.
4.) Jog everyday and walk 30 minutes everyday
5.) Drink more water
6.) Check In on this post daily!

That is a lot of goals... I can do it!
Good Luck everyone!

Hi I would love to join your challenge too! I was on IP but am finding it not sustainable in the long term.... So here I am! I have finally figured out that pizza is most definitely my trigger food. This weekend has not been good:( at least I've figured it out and will stay away!
I'm looking forward to losing 10-15lbs by Halloween, exercising daily and also checking this thread daily. Good luck everyone!

My goals are to:

1) Stick between 1600-1700 calories a day.
2) Not to go overboard on my vacation in two weeks.
3) Try to walk 4.25 miles 4-5 days a week.
4) Be in the high 180s by Halloween.

I did have a calorie counting problem today and yesterday. I went to a restaurant with no nutritional info posted so I really have no idea how much I ate. I got a beef teriyaki bento box and I think it was probably in the 1000-1200 calorie range. I ate half of it yesterday and half of it today and hope I am right with my estimates. :/ Otherwise, I should be good for the next few weeks knowing what I am eating.

Hi all and welcome to the new folks!

I hit my workout goal for last week, so yay! But, weekends are definitely an issue with the staying on plan - I had a very binge-y weekend, mostly due to boredom and TOM :( However, going to accept and move on.

I know this weekend won't be on plan, either. My birthday is on Saturday. My coworkers are huge on "treats", so that'll be Friday, my boyfriend and I will be out on Saturday, and his parents will be taking us out on Sunday. I hate birthday weekend!

Going to continue the workout routine, and over the weekend, I'll eat light, so I can taste some birthday treats, (I'm thinking salads and brothy soups).

Have a great day!

I am just checking in with yesterday's results. Yesterday I ate over my calorie limit by 100 calories. I was a little bummed out about that. I jogged in the morning and then made my boyfriend go walking with me in the afternoon. It felt nice outside in NC for once the heat was not unbearable, makes me excited for autumn, and I drank over 8 cups of water. All in all it was a good day except for my calories.

Have a great day everyone!

Just checking in. Did exercise yesterday, and today early!
Stayed within my range. Was down a pound this morning. I was the same for two weeks so very happy to see scale move 1.5 in the past 4 days. :carrot:

CalCounter, that's awesome!

I was back on track yesterday for calories, and I did the whole gym thing. I brought the wrong sneakers, though and it made my C25K training really painful! I never put too much thought into which sneakers I should wear for what! I have one pair that I wear indoors and outdoors, and a second pair that's gym-only (they don't like outdoor shoes in the exercise classroom). I wore the indoor-outdoor ones yesterday, and they just don't have the support I need for "running". I'll plan better for tonight!

Now, I need to continue to stay on track...I made the mistake of peeking at the scale this morning, and I was not very happy with what it said.

Have been having trouble committing...I am hovering back at 220. :(

The last two days I got a friend on board with me. We are texting each other frequently during the day with our cravings/struggles and successes. So far it is helping a lot. I think, "I really want taco bell, but I know he's not going to eat crap for lunch, I shouldn't either."

I've been under calories AND I haven't smoked a cigarette. Let's see if we can keep the streak going!

Ok, bad day today...no exercise, no staying on track with food.

There is a small part of me wondering if calorie counting isn't, dare I say it, restrictive enough... I mean, I know I want to be able to eat as many foods as I want, within my calories...but I just get carried away with pretty much everything candy and sweet and dessert related. After this weekend, I may need to look into restricting sweet stuff. That seems to be my trigger.