Bobbi,

That is very weird that FitDay would do that. Another feature about FitDay is that it only keeps your list of foods under "Recently Used" for a short time... probably two weeks. And I swear I've "lost" some of my custom foods.

But I can't complain much... it's free!

Again, I commend you on how you reach out to people... in my book, you're the best thing this site has to offer!

Have a great day, Bobbi!

Geeeeeez Diva, you make me blush! Thank you!
About the Fitday, I thought it was a great tool when I first logged on. There was an option to buy the down load to get more benefits and tools and I purchased it. The custom list stays the same, it's never deleted unless I delete it myself. I also have the "Favorites" list, do you have that one? I'm not sure what you get for free, but the small amount I spent on the download was well worth it. (Except for the stupid underscored exercise list) I too have figured out what I actually burned and righted it in Fitday. The only trouble is the many different estimates you get. Do you know of a reliable site where I can give them my age, weight and then figure out the exact calories I burned?

Bobbi

Bobbi - I think to know a true count, you'd have to invest in a heart monitor. If you have a low heart rate while exercising, you'll burn less calories. Because I'm out of shape, unfortunately, my heart rate skyrockets and I burn calories a lot faster because my heart is working so much harder. Any formula you find online will only guess what your heartrate MIGHT be during those exercises. I've found they are completely inaccurate for me!

Bobbi- Two recommendations. 1) Try the website calories per hour dot com. It has TONS of exercises that you can enter custom info and get your estimated calories burned. 2) You can get a decent heart rate monitor for $60 or so, and it is (IMO) well worth it if you exercise even a little bit. It is FAR more accurate than any machine readouts or guesstimates.


Food/Exercise went well again today.

B: breakfast burrito - ww tortilla, veggie breakfast patty, light laughing cow triangle
S: small apple
L: roasted green beans, spaghetti squash, cod
S: 2 clementines
S: greek yogurt with blackberries
D: sauteed spinach and ****ake mushrooms, squid
S: pear, greek yogurt
S: breakfast burrito - ww tortilla, veggie breakfast patty, light laughing cow triangle

Total calories: 1252 (gotta love those veggies, fruit and fish... lots of food, not many calories!)

Exercise: 4.0 mile run, 60 minutes weightlifting, 60 minutes elliptical

Very light day for me, since I managed to resist the call of the salt monster and nothing else sounds good. 846 calories for the day. Not good for all the time, but a day here and there (especially after my blowout weekend) is acceptable.

More treadmilling, too. I'm almost there!

Julie

481 calorie deficit for me today. I'm trying to keep it at 500+ but I didn't do a heck of a lot today as far as exercise.

Right after lunch today I had some emotional issues to deal with, with a friend, and I got very stressed out and upset. My first thought from the EVIL part of my brain was "go eat you'll feel better." I compromised with my EVIL side and decided to get a nonfat mocha from Starbucks instead. After I ordered it (the smallest one), I sat down to drink it - took about 4 sips, and threw the whole thing out. I guess that's bad for my wallet, but good for my waistline.

I'm happy about overcoming small things like this. Oh - and my "tight" size 14 jeans fit again, so it was a good day for me - even though the scale STILL reads EXACTLY the same amount it has for 3 weeks.

I'll get there.

Take the jeans fitting over what the scale says! Go you!

Julie

Not bad for yesterday 1691 in and 1895 out. It'd be real good if I hadn't found those pretzels.

Yup, trust the jeans. Slim, fitness beats the heck out of a scale number any day.

Good morning everyone.

Smartbutt, glad you won out over your EVIL side, not an easy thing to do . Way to go on fitting into your jeans!!!!

AnabsoluteDiva - 643 calories - WEREN'T YOU STARVING!!!! and Julie - 846? Huh? What's up with those numbers?? My gosh. They are just every now and then numbers - right? Okay, good!
And Diva, you're daughter's a nutritionist - how cool! And congrats on the grandchild.

SlimLindy - Never mind the health benefits (ok hard to ignore), but that's one of the MAIN reason I LOVE my veggies - VOLUME. I like to eat a lot of food, obviously or I wouldn't be in this postion, and with veggies you really CAN eat a lot.

Had a decent day yesterday. Probably could have or should have exercised a bit more. But did manage to get some stuff in, actually a decent amount. Gosh, I'm NEVER satisfied with myself.

Anyway, Mondays calories - between 1100 and 1200

Have a great day everyone!!!

Alright I was wrong on my cal count, I added the wrong thing to fitday and then I thought I deleted it but it didn't delete so I just got it right. My calories are still high but not in the 2000. I figured it out to be 1764. Still too much. But today they will be on target again!!

Bobbi.

As everyone else has said an HRM is your best bet for determining calories burned.

Robin

At 643 calories, I wasn't starving at all. I add wheat germ to everything anything I can these days (yogurt, oatmeal, etc.) and if I have a "big" day, those excess calories seem to last through a second day.

It's nice when my body can have an easy day.

Hello Everyone,

My name is Lynn & I'd like to join your group. I use Diet Power to keep track of my nutritional/exercise stats.

Yesterday, I consumed 1209 calories - and I burned 241 exercising.
My breakdown = 22% fat; 25% protein; and 53% carbs.

Hi ladyinweighting!

I had a HORRIBLE experience at the grocery store, although the outcome was good. I ran in to the store (kind of like a Walmart, except a little more upscale, sells clothes, home stuff, drugstore-type items, and full grocery section) to get a few whole foods supplies and some feminine hygeine products (DD just started her TOM today... major milestone for me to be a mom with DD at this point, but that's another post!). Anyway, I was a little hungry, since it was late afternoon, but I was armed with a list and was stickin' to it! So I grab some pads for DD... and RIGHT THERE was a HUGE display of CHOCOLATE! Not anywhere near the food section or anything food-like. Is that cruel, or what? Taunting women who are having their TOM with chocolate!! It was a double-whammy for me because it was two new, limited edition candy bars with toasted coconut (milk chocolate and toasted coconut are my ALL-TIME biggest weakness, and limited edition, as in, I can't get this next month or next year??!!). I very calmly read the nutritional info and put one of each in my cart. Then I proceeded to get my other groceries. But as I was walking through the store I began to kind of envision this sugar rushing into my bloodstream and the ensuing INSANE urges for MORE, MORE, MORE. I thought about how I would then want to eat every bread product in my house, how I would want peanut butter and cereal and on and on, how maybe it would be okay to take this one night off. As I stood in line there, I was so overwhelmed. Finally, at the last minute, through a truly supernatural intervention!, I gave the candy bars to the cashier and said I'd changed my mind. I drove home and was still famished. I quickly ate some fruit to hold me over as I got supper ready. After supper, I got OUT OF THE KITCHEN because the urge was still lingering.

Only now am I beginning to calm down. It was that hard. But I am SO GLAD I did not go there. So glad. WHew!

I know that they are just trying to make money (and I'm all for marketing and even capitalism, :-), but I think it is over the top to put a display of chocolate by the feminine hygeine products. Totally pouncing on any woman's weak moment.

Anyhoo...

B: pear (huge)
L: sauteed spinach, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, ****ake mushrooms, ww rosemary wrap, laughing cow light cheese triangle
S: greek yogurt, blackberries
S: apple (small)
S: pear (half of a huge one)
D: broccoli slaw, sauteed crimini mushrooms, ww tortilla, laughing cow light cheese triangle, eggbeaters
S: (haven't had this yet, but I'm planning on...) strawberries, ww tortilla, peanut butter

Should be about 1290-1350 for the day.

Exercise: 4.0 mile run, 120 minutes elliptical (split into two 60 minute sessions)

The grocery store truly is a minefield, and I always seem to underestimate its power over me!

I just re-read my post after posting it and got such a laugh. I had never, ever thought about how that type of mushroom has an 'unacceptable' swear word as the first four letters! Apparently when I posted it they bleeped those out! How cute!