1400 for me today, plus about 10 pistachios that I haven't figured out yet, calorie-wise.

2102 today; went over by a smidge or two; lol but yesturday i was under. I was more hungry today. I better even out soon and pay more attention to input. Tomorrow is workout day with second trial of aerobics class. I have been going in the morning so I burn more fat by not eating first. Does anyone find success at this?

Love&LaughAlways - I always eat before going to an exercise class. If not, I tend to tire out towards the end and become very sloppy with the movements. When that happens, there's the chance of injuring myself. So anyway, I fuel up before.

day 97 - 1305 calories

thanks, what do you think is the best thing to eat before workout? carbs like cereal or protein like eggs and lite sausage?

before a workout small amounts of easy to digest food, carbs for energy (or dont eat, protein alone wont help low blood sugar) with maybe a small amount of protein to stabilize blood sugar. Not a full breakfast.

I am a southbeach gal but pre workout I do mostly carbs --insant oatmeal, toast etc

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 :goodluck: 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.:woohoo: :cheer2: :hungry: :cheers: 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

Originally Posted by loveandlaughalways:
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.:woohoo: :cheer2: :hungry: :cheers: I'm excited; even did my nails and hair.

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. :carrot:

Originally Posted by webweevil:
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?

I'm sorry I didn't reply yesterday!

I was 227 on April 24, 2006. That was the day I came home from my son's boot camp graduation, got on the scale and said "No more." From February to that day, I fluctuated between 230 & 223, but that is the "official" day I started this change in my life. So, 7 months (and 5 days *tee hee*) to lose 64 lbs.

(I found pictures yesterday of myself from 2001. I weighed 100 lbs more than I do now. It made me really, really sad to see how I looked but it also made me feel SO great when I saw my weight today!)

That is amazing OnePerDecade! Absolutely amazing! A 64 pound loss over 7 months. I hope you have taken the time to celebrate your success. Perhaps by some much needed clothes shopping. LOL :D

OnePerDecade you're doing a really great job! I wish I could get back on track to loosing. I'm pretty much maintaining now. My weekly averages have been around 1900 calories.


Wednesday:2289 calories, 433 deficit, 45 minutes Tae Bo

Thanks :)

I am feeling pretty good overall...Whenever I start feeling as if I'm not losing enough, I ask myself "Am I better than I was yesterday/last month/six months ago?" That puts me back on track.

Today's calories -- 1352 in, 3064 out

Today at 1956. I wanted to get a little high because my average was falling and I don't want to get locked into too few calories.

I'm so sleepy today I can hardly stand it. I fell asleep at my desk at work. I never do that!

Good job Webweevil! Just keep going~!! Great accomplishment Oneperdecade!!

Elijah I hope your not coming down with something. My son fell asleep in class two days ago and ended up with a fever. He is fine now. Some virus going around. Get plenty of rest and eat your soup and oranges.

calories in 1646. exercised more than usual because i was discusted at weigh in when I gained a pound. I'm in it for the long hall. Maybe it was muscle.

My husband and I seen the movie dejavu with Denzel Washington; pretty good thriller, some goriness though ( i close my eyes :D ).

sorry Eiluj I spelt your name wrong. i was going by memory and my memory stinks. LOL

So does anyone else pick food--especially stuff like restaurant or frozen dinners, because you know you already have that food in your fitday custom foods? Like last night I knew I had the subway club in there so I got that sandwich even though another one had slightly more appeal. Too tired to look up the info.

yesterday 2192 despite mini binge. :)

Originally Posted by ennay:
So does anyone else pick food--especially stuff like restaurant or frozen dinners, because you know you already have that food in your fitday custom foods? Like last night I knew I had the subway club in there so I got that sandwich even though another one had slightly more appeal. Too tired to look up the info.

yesterday 2192 despite mini binge. :)

ennay, that is SO funny! I do that all the time with Fitday! The one good thing is that it has kept me from eating garbage food because I knew I would have to enter the ugly numbers into Fitday *tee hee*

day 100 = 1229 calories
day 101 = 1390 calories

I've really been slacking off on the exercising the last two weeks. :^: I need to get my butt in gear.

Originally Posted by loveandlaughalways:
sorry Eiluj I spelt your name wrong. i was going by memory and my memory stinks. LOL

I don't mind. For a tip, it's actually just my name, Julie, spelled backwards! :)

Today is 1565, and for the first time in a long time I'm going to top 100 oz of water! (It sounds so silly when I admit that, but dang, that water is a trial for me.)

Julie

Nice deficits everyone!

I'm happy with how I did today! :)

Thursday: 1638 calories, 1257 deficit, 45 minutes cardio, 15 minutes weights

Hows everyone doing? We got hit with our first big snow today in Chicago! It's really slippery outside!

Friday: 1829 calories, 888 deficit, WATP 2 mile