thanks ennay; I found this site to be helpful. http://www.apexfitness.com/html/nutr...rticles/toeat/ it is a great article also spoke about the intensity of the workout.

1076 calories in so far and one more meal to have in the day.

just putting my meal plan today

cereal with milk
glucerna shake
onion ham pie, lasangna, and mashed potatoes

watched my portions and feeling great

tomorrow is probably going to be

2 boiled eggs
glucerna shake
same dinner as today possibly

i usually only count calories breakfast and lunch time

Love & Laugh I like to have some almonds or a zone bar before working out.

I was high on calories today but at least I got exercise in.

Monday: 2301 calories, 421 deficit, 45 minutes Tae Bo

1786 calories today. I felt like I was eating all day, but I wanted to avoid the low calories of the last couple of days. I've shed the Thanksgiving weight, too. Yay!

Yesterday -- 1011 calories in, 3681 out. Of course, after my Thanksgiving weekend, I am still at an average ot 1800 calories in for the last week.

Today, I have begun a week of SlimFast Optima to kickstart my weight loss. So far, so good....I am at 1093 for the day.

day 98 - 1200

Wednesday is weigh-in day and day 100 of dieting. Back in August I had gone to the doctor where I got weighed and immediately went into panic mode. It is so easy to avoid the overeating issue when you don't weigh yourself. Oh, it is just a pound or two, you tell yourself. Yeah, right! Anyway, at this same time I stumbled across Celebrity Fit Club on VH1 and found it interesting. The Fit Club celebrities dieted over a 100 day period. I am coming up on that 100 day period as well. It is kind of a 'monument' in my dieting, but only the beginning!

Fingers crossed that you are pleased with your 100-day results, Webweevil!

I tracked my 100 day progress too,Webweevil! Good luck!

I am FINALLY below 165...whew! Just 5# to go until I am at a healthy BMI...while I know that the BMI is not perfect, it's the yardstick I am measuring with for consistancy.

Calorie counting for today...my goal is to keep it low (kinda like Deal Or No Deal *tee hee*) and get my exercise in.

OnePerDecade - I may have already asked you this; my memory isn't the best. I see that at one time you were 227. How long did it take you to get to get to your current weight?

loveandlaugh - to clarify, I usually DONT eat for a shorter workout (like if I am just doing a 30-40 minute run I just up and go) because I go so early that I hate to get up one more minute earlier. Although I usually do have my diluted juice before I go (4 oz cranberry juice in 12 oz water) to hydrate.

Right around 4 miles is where I start to feel it if I havent eaten so usually I'll take in a bit more if I am going longer. THats when I do the other carbs. If I am going really really long I do carbs with protein to stabilize and gu on the run.

Or if I am not working out right as soon as I get up, I will try and gauge the right amount to eat to be digested but not hungry.

2068 yesterday - right on goal!

ennay that is a great idea with the cranberry juice. I'll have to try it. Webweevil on your 100 day weigh in. I hope you are where you want to be in your weight loss.

I'm right where I want to be on my calorie intake today; still some room left, because my husband and I are going out to eat and a movie. I'm excited; even did my nails and hair.

Webweevil good luck with your 100 day weigh in!

Tuesday: 1320 calories, 1512 deficit, 45 minutes cardio, 15 minutes weights

We went to a movie, too. We saw "Happy Feet." It's adorable. What did you see?

I'm at 1590 for the day. The only thing that's bad is how late some of those calories came. We were out and I had to make up a deficit.

day 98 = 1200 calories
day 99 = 1505 calories

day 100 weight: - 1.8 pound. I'm happy with this. Afterall, this week included not only Thanksgiving but also my birthday. I managed to get through both without falling off the wagon.

In the three weeks that I've been weighing myself, I've lost 5.6 pounds.