I'm taking a break from this thread, I'm just too busy right now to post online so much, I will be tracking cals at home on paper, but for the next two weeks I'm barely going to have time, but I will be back. Keep up the good work Ladies! :)

I want to join in on this thread, because I have one more 3 week push until my honeymoon, and I really want to break out of the 120s by then.

Today I have only had breakfast so far, but ate a slice of whole wheat toast, 1 egg, and a slice of cheddar. It was delicious and satisfying. I am going to hit the gym for some weights and cardio here in a bit. For lunch I am planning to eat rice and beans, and I have some vegetable soup ready for supper. When I plan ahead, I don't mess up. Oh yeah, and i had a couple of squares of fancy dark chocolate while cleaning my house this morning.

I have been measuring myself in addition to weighing in. I find the measurements to be more motivating than the scale.
Waist: 26 in.
Upper arms: 10 in.
hips/belly area: 29 in.
Thighs: 18.5 in.
Calves: 13 in (all muscle)

I would like to see a 24 in. waist for honeymoon!

Kwinkle-- wow, your measurements are smaller than mine!! :o
I'm so flabby... really have to get to work on that.

Breakfast: yogurt, granola, 2.5 eggwhites, 1/2 egg yolk, raisins, coffee
Lunch: salad, bbq chicken, veggies, egg white no cheese omelette
Dinner: roast turkey with veg, raw spinach & carrots slices, apple
Snack: 1/2 muffin, huge bowl of fruit

1100 calories -- more than typical for the time of day but i'm about done eating. God this thesis is miserable. no time for exercise... wil be working out like crazy come weds though

Breakfast: 1 morning glory muffin, 2 egg whites
Snack: 1/2 banana, 1 tsp peanut butter
Lunch: 2 homemade black bean burgers (black beans, chick peas, carrots, onions, oats, bran)
Snack: 1 c Kellogs Cornflakes hint of honey cereal, 1/2 c 2% milk
Dinner: 1/2 c elbow macaroni, 1/2 c homemade tomato sauce, 1 c stirfried eggplant
Dessert: (dessert date with my bf... planned for this, decided fully I wanted to indulge) Some sort of chocolate shake that was listed as 99% fat free but I have no idea if that was true or not (perhaps around 200-300 cals? Logged it as a McDonalds chocolate shake in my counter- 400)

Exercise: 20 minutes stationary bike, 10 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes treadmill powerwalking uphill, 15 minutes abs and cardio, 15 minute walk up/down hills to go get our chocolate dessert :)

Total: 1420
Exercise: 287
Net: 1133

Did well today! I didn't feel peckish or really hungry at all during the day except for in the afternoon.

B: yogurt, oatmeal, banana
S1: souvenir cake
L: 1 apple sliced, 80g Borlotti beans mixed with 100g beef curry
S2: "Balance up" energy bar, 5 caramel chews
D: 90g skinless boneless white meat chicken cooked in sesame oil on raw spinach

Exercise: about 2 hours very fast walking, 100 crunches

Calorie total: ~1500

Nice job krampus!

Mine was weird today. Had to fast this morning for some blood work at the doctor's, ate a late (and big) breakfast.... then went to an event tonight with lots of finger food. Didn't drink any alcohol and ate mostly veggies and yogurt dip.

All my food has been pretty similar the past few days. Looking forward to diversifying once I finish up what's in my fridge.

Breakfast: Slim Fast, 1/2 homemade morning glory muffin
Lunch: 2 small black bean burgers, 1/2 c cauliflower carrot puree soup
Snack: 1/2 banana, 2 tsp peanut butter
Dinner: (at an event, guesstimating) 3 c carrots and cucumbers, 1/3 raita/tzaziki/yogurt dip thing, 2 mini samosas, 1 pakora, 1/3 piece chocolate cake

Total: 1249
Exercise: 0
Net: 1249

lackadaisy, I am pretty muscular so my weight seems a bit high for my clothing size and measurements. I do have a bit of flab on me, mainly on my stomach and thighs.

I have been very good today.
Breakfast: oatmeal
snack: frappuccino
lunch: homemade burrito with whole wheat tortilla, smashed black beans, fat free cheese and wild rice
Dinner: beans and rice with lettuce and salsa.

Here are my last few days, had some not great moments, but I suppose they were OK overall:

Saturday:

Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy. fingerling potatoes with fresh rosemary and 1 T margarine. 1 slice tempeh bacon. tea with almond milk.

Lunch: (Cheat meal at vegetarian place): spinach salad with miso dressing to start, then potato and corn enchiladas. I ate the ENTIRE meal!! OMG, I could not stop eating and cleaned my plate. tea with milk.

snack: coffee with milk

late snack: tofurky with hummus, tomatoes, brown rice crackers, pickles.

Sunday:

breakfast: 2 eggs overeasy with 1 slice wheat toast. coffee with almond milk.

Lunch: 3 slices tofurky with hummus on a challah roll. herb mix.

Snack: 4 cookies. :( OMG, I couldn't stop eating these. :(

Dinner: green pepper slices, green olives, grape tomatoes, hummus, bruchetta, tofurky slices.

Dinner today was practically a binge. I don't know what's happening to me, I am so hungry lately. I think my cheat meal Saturday got my appetite going. Since then I haven't been able to stop eating, and last week I was doing so good. :(

Breakfast (340): 1 slice whole wheat toast (100) with 1 tablespoon almond butter (100). Jam (50). Lots of green tea with almond milk (90).

Snack: red pear (100)

Lunch (620): sandwich from a local place - said 430 calories. chips (150?). tea with soymilk (30).

Dinner: ugh, I ate sooo much. big salad (10) with 2 T dressing (60), 10 grape tomatoes (20), 20 green olives (100), egg over easy (80). leftover potatoes with rosemary and margarine (200?), probably 20 brushetta rounds (200). tons of hummus 200?. tea with almond milk. emergenC packet (25)

1060 + all that stuff for dinner. who binges on salad an hummus, seriously?

Originally Posted by Wildflower:
who binges on salad an hummus, seriously?

Um, me. ;) Well, not the salad, but the hummus, yes I have been known too and my Fiance also. I make hummus at home and find it hard to put the dish away if I'm just scooping from it with veggies, so I take two tablespoons on a plat and put the dish away before it gets ugly. :D

Aw Wildflower, that sounds like the healthiest possible binge anyone could have. I have cleaned out a 400g tub of hummus with bread before and the other day I was mindlessly shoving bananas down my throat. When the hunger hits, anything goes.

Hope you feel less ravenous tomorrow!

Thanks Krampus. I can easily eat an entire tub of hummus too. I seriously love the stuff and eat it about every day. I try to have it with veggies instead of bread to cut calories, but tonight I was all about these 10 calorie bruschetta rounds we bought awhile back. Those 10 calories a peice really add up...as do those 5 calorie a peice olives. Jeeeez!!!

Probably ate at maintenance today, calories ~2000. I ended up having a little more than planned at lunch and getting dessert with dinner, but everything was reasonable and there was no binging or frantic grazing. Also, said dessert was the best cake I've found in Japan yet and presented so beautifully that it was absolutely worth it - teeny tiny too, I'd be surprised if the whole plate (dollop of cream, 1 strawberry, 1 blueberry, little chocolate cake) totaled 300 calories.

B: yogurt, oatmeal
S: "Tokyo banana" souvenir cake
L: soba noodle soup, 4 bite sized pieces boneless fried chicken
D: chicken sautee in butter garlic sauce w/skin (half breast?), side of veggies - 1 slice acorn squash, maybe 1/3 cup mashed potatoes, 1 mini tomato, 2 slice zucchini, bitter chard, 2 lemon slices. not sure on calories; estimating 600-700 range.
D(essert): chocolate gâteau style cake slice

Exercise: 30 minute very fast powerwalk, 100 pushups, 200 crunches, planks, squats. 80 minutes normal speed walking. My Achilles tendon is super creaky and painful so I need to take it easy on my feet.

Mmm that chocolate cake sounds wonderful.

Breakfast: Banana smoothie (1/2 c yogurt, 1 small banana, 2 tbs bran)
Snack1: (Recovery from exercise) Slim Fast (except used 2/3 c milk instead of 1 full cup- all we have right now is 2%)
Lunch: 2 griddlecakes (oats, roasted pumpkin, egg, milk), 2 tbsp honey
Snack2: RED ALERT!!! STEERING OFF COURSE!!! 3 Twizzlers, 8 sour cream and onion chips... REROUTED, NOW ON COURSE 100 calories worth of popcorn
Dinner: 2 homemade black bean burgers (carrots, black beans, chick peas, onions), about 1/2 c of stir fried veg rice (more veg than rice)

Exercise: 30 minutes moderate speed stationary bike, 15 minute intervals walking/running (just logged as powerwalking), 15 minutes strength training upper body.

Total: 1338
Exercise: 250
Net: 1088

A little nibbly right now, may have two tsp of peanut butter at some point before bed to get closer to 1200.

Finally got fed up with plateau (and was also really tired/braindead) and decided my brain health matters more than tummyfat, and went off-plan yesterday with the biggest sustained carb-binge I have seen in a while.

The funny thing is it wasn't bad, in the end. two bowls of cereal, a muffin, an apple, a Clif bar, a bar of chocolate -- I think that, on top of the calories I tracked earlier in the day, put me around 1900. I shot up a full pound this morning, which does kind of suck, but I place my current maintenance calories at ~1700 so no lasting harm should have been done.

Just wanted to check in and remind myself not to be as destructive today, if I can help it. I have to wear a bikini in five days :)