A few days away from calorie counting and I need to get back on track. So far today has been good. It just goes to show that I need the structure of journaling to keep track of what I put into my mouth. It's a learning process. I'm also trying new foods and trying to get more veggies into my daily routine. Good luck everyone.

Busy weekend so didn't have time to post. Didn't eat real great, but did a LOT of lifting and assembling and walking between the moving of furniture, boxes, shopping for more furniture, moving said new furniture, and assembling new furniture. Hopefully within a week we will completely move into the new place, just waiting for hot water to be turned on!

Friday's deficit: 98
Saturday's deficit: 535
Sunday's deficit: 334
Probably could have been better, but oh well! I feel pretty good for all the hard work and *might* be down weight-wise, have to remember to add a scale to list of things I need to buy before I move...

Susan-glad to hear it went great, post some pictures soon!
Lena - let us know how the cycling goes, I am curious as well!

Miles you sound really busy with the move! I bet you're buring a lot of calories with all that activity!

I had a good day today with my deficit!

Monday: 1454 calories, 1233 deficit, 45 minutes curves

It feels good to be back in the swing gals. Even if I only had a deficit of around 200 cals. Like we say ... a deficit is a deficit!

Good morning!

Still trying to sort out how/if CalCyc works in conjunction with deficit accounting. So many variables to manipulate! Hi cal, low ex, mod def... I-yi-yi!

So far, Sunday was Hi Cal/Lo Ex, break even deficit. Monday was Lo Cal/Hi Ex, Hi Def (deficit *this* shy of 900). Not sure what to shoot for today. I *think* it'll be a Mod Ex day, but not sure where I should put Cals. Should I aim for a Mod Def day?

And don't worry, I'm mindful that Hi Cal should still be "good" cal. I won't be using Big Macs to fill up those Hi Cal days! Still, after trying so hard to be "good" over the past few months, it's going to feel weird (and slightly naughty) to deliberately go over 1,800 calories in a day.

Ah well, I'm sure I'll get it all sorted out.

I know what you mean about the food recordkeeping, Kathy. Just like wearing my pedometer, I feel sort of odd if I don't record my daily intake. You would never have convinced me of that 6 months ago!

Miles, I'm sure you burned off quite a bit with the move. It's amazing how strenuous moving is!

Nice numbers there, Valerie!

Glad you're back in the swing, Susan! It's always so comfy when you're here!

Hmmmm maybe the deficit should stay constant and the cals fluctuate? Hi cal/Hi Ex alternated with Lo Cal/Lo Ex? Ack, my head is spinning... Must... stop... over-analyzing...

Valerie - excellent deficit!

Susan - you are right, any deficit is better than none And where are those pictures?

Lena - sounds intriguing, is exercise supposed to be coordinated with the calories? It would make sense you'd be hungrier on the day you worked out, but are you aiming for the opposite?

I overate yesterday by about 400 calories, so I dutifully subtracted that from my May deficit Hoping to start to get in more walking when the move is all done, and there will be more lifting tonight. I suppose I feel better when I go over my calories so long as I've been getting my exercise in. Bad news of the move is going to have to wait over a week to get the internet up, now *that* is going to be hard! I will be on at work though to say hi to you ladies, everyone take care!

I linked some pictures here ....
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...t=83084&page=3

Oh, Susan, how lovely! Thank you for sharing your wonderful day!

Your daughter looks beautiful! You have a very handsome family. I especially like the picture of all three kids together. Is she the first to marry?

Weddings are such glorious events! Congrats on becoming a mom-in-law!

Not entirely sure what I'm aiming for, Miles! Still trying to figure it out! Chefbran told me about the Wendie plan, which is a WW thing but can be adapted to any program. As she suggested, I read up on it and sounds very intriguing! It involves cycling and touches on how to incorporate exercise into the mix. I'm still trying to sort it all out, though. I'm a work in process!

So far, looks like today is a rather lo cal day for me, so may be a higher than anticipated deficit. Who knows, though. Day's not over yet and there's a lot more attack-of-the-munchies moments to get through!

Susan lovely pictures!!

I had another good day OP today. I'm still adjusting to have a full time job plus tutoring. I got home so late today both of my gyms were closed so I did a Tae Bo DVD.

Tuesday: 1436 calories, 1137 deficit, 30 minutes Tae Bo

I have so much catching up to do...sorry I've been missing so much...I'm keeping busy..can't wait for this all to be over...I miss my exercising...anyway deficit yesteday of 515 and today of 688..I have my first one hour training session tomorrow with my trainer and he is also going to give me a meal plan that the computer made from the foods I like to eat...I had to fill out a survey of what I would/wouldn't eat...

Thanks gals! If I'm ever having a low day I'll come back here and read your responses

Lena? Yes the princess is our first wedding. The tall slender one would far rather be tearing apart cars. We joke that the only girls he meets are at the drive-thru at Tim Hortons. And my curly haired boy is only 19 and in college. He has stacks of friends who are girls but no one special yet.

Donna? we want to hear all about that training session.

Miles? we're going to miss you! Put a firecracker under that hook-up guy. Surely he just doesn't understand how important a connection to 3fc is!

Valerie? you do so well! I'm proud of you for getting out the DVD. I would have driven past the closed gyms, gone home and plunked on the sofa.

I had a bit of a leftover KFC binge last night but it's all gone now so I feel a bit stronger. But no deficit for me for yesterday.

What is this exercise you speak of?

Susan - you and your children all looked gorgeous! What a wonderful and special day, and how happy your daughter must be now

Valerie - hope you get used to the full time job, sounds like your deficits are still pretty great!

Donna - let us know how it goes with the trainer, sounds like an interesting idea. Is it just a food plan or going to change exercise too?

Deficit of 533 for me yesterday, all thanks to a ton of lifting and hard work. Don't have my cat with me yet in the new place, but fiance's cat kept me up all night long freaking out and marching all around me. Silly cats! They are lucky they are so cute, or I'd have thrown them out the window long ago!

Hi everyone! I had another good day today. I'm close to my 1000 calorie deficit goal. I actually saw 194 on my scale today but I'm going to wait till monday to update it to see if the loss is real!

Miles can you lock the kitties out of the bedroom? They're probably getting use to you also! I actually have 5 cats in my house now. Three are my own and 2 are fosters looking for a home

You can see my cats and my foster babies here
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v411/valeriejoy/pets/

Wednesday: 1748 calories, 939 deficit, 45 minutes curves