A fly by posting just to let you all know I haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth. My family needed my attention last night and this morning I got called to work. So I'm waaaay behind on a few things.
I did want to let you know that my 'nearly perfect day' turned out really well.
I felt proud of my acheivement, nicely achey and tired at bed time. I had a defict of 969 cals!
I'm not too out of wack from having snacked at work. If that thread collected some enthusiasm, I migh try it again today.

Sweet Peas?? I'll be back and help you with that.

2lbs is alot....I would be very happy with a 2lb per week drop...

I had a 834 calories deficit yesterday...did weel on eating and got in 35 mins on bike..

sweet peas-on fitday just take your calories burned under your activities tab and subtract your calories eaten and you will get your deficit for the day

I'm sorry SweetPeas, I thought you were asking how to find your base-line calorie needs. Guess I was speed reading :)
Hi Donna!

Anybody want a bit of a challenge for tomorrow?
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73345

Hello ladies.

I've been lurking around here for a while, and counting calories for...almost 2 years now.

I noticed a lot of questions on calorie-deficit, and calories required to maintain and all that. I think the times 10 and times 12 numbers are good places to start with, but only that. I use Fitday to track my calories, but I ignore their numbers for my basal calories. They seem to think I'd burn 1800 a day bedridden and from experience counting calories and tracking loss I know that to be too high for me. My estimate is closer to the times 10, but of course I know that number will get lower as my weight does.

What some others have said and I think is a good idea, is just to stick at healthy number for a while (maybe your times 10, or goal times 12) and see what happens after 2-4 weeks on plan. If you find yourself losing and you think you can eat that amount of calories for the rest of your life then keep going. If you're gaining or not losing (and you are REALLY on plan) then lower by 100-200 calories or so and try again. I think each person's body is so different, none of those calculators will be truly accurate. Also, it's considered dangerous to eat below 1200 (regularly), and you'll see that all over all the boards here. Good luck ladies, I'll be checking out your challenge Susan! :)

Hi Miles!

Good evening everyone. I've been doing pretty good these last couple days, hanging around a 400-500 deficit each day. I didn't do so great yesterday, driving home late at night from work...i just couldn't resist those golden arches! I still managed a 120 deficit though, i don't know how i did it. Anyways, i am back on track today, and that is all that matters! I'm poppin' in to a dance class tonight at the gym :) im excited! It should be fun!!

I am down 858 for the day. I exercized alot and I bet I will be paying for it tomorrow!

Deficit of 785 yesterday. :)

Mine was 513 despite the popcorn and wine!

I had a 646 deficit yesterday..I ate a little more than normal but I exercised more ..I got in 45 mins on bike..

Hi Susan--I did your challenge for today..so far I did my morning exercise

See you all later after work

Good Morning :).

Deficit of 387 yesterday though my fat intake was high so not sure how much of that will actually go towards lbs lost.

Do you use total calories burned to figure this out?

Kamily ... yes total calories.
Lynne ... it has to go towards pounds lost because it's energy your body burned to do your activities. The energy has to come from somewhere ... and it'll come from your pounds since you didn't eat enough fuel.

I had a deficit of 983 calories today.