Happy Birthday Alice!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How old are you?? Have a great day!

Thanks!!!! 25 Years old!!!! Too bad I have to work tonight

Oh yeah, for yesterday I did go and tally up my calories for the day and I made out at 1183 for the day!!! WOO!!!! My goal I think is for 1400 for the day. That means today I only have 1000 left. Drink more water, drink more water, drink more water.

Good morning ladies!
Well...I made it through day 1. I ended at just 1089 calories. That is too low, 25% fat, but much better than going too high. I didn't exercise though. I was super busy and just didn't have time. I am still reeling from my mighty blow of a gained pound, lol. I am hoping that next week will be better. If not, I won't make my Mother's Day goal. I need to lose two pounds to make my goal by Mother's Day.

Alice--Happy, happy birthday!!! 25! Wow! You must feel old . I turned 29 this year. I am practically ancient compared to you. *grin* If you are wondering about calories...I looked up your food in fitday and here are the results... 2.5 pieces of pizza is 521 calories, about 180 calories for the punch (10 or 11 ounces), turkey salad is 313 calories for 3/4 cup, one medium roll is 100 calories. I think that is around 1100 calories. 1100 calories is not bad at all. However, it is 43% fat. You should try to keep your fat levels below 30%. Overall, though, 1100 is great! Good job. Keep it up. Maybe next time you could eat a salad before you eat the pizza. That way you will be more full. That is what I always do. I ALWAYS order a side salad when we get pizza. I eat it first instead of one of those darn high fat slices of pizza. Then I still eat a couple of pieces, but it helps me not eat four or five, lol.

Shawn--GREAT JOB. 1500 calories is amazing. Is that the lowest you've done so far? We are really going to do well this week. I can feel it in my bones (and all that fat surrounding my bones )


Kellie--Good job getting back on track. I forgot...how did your weigh in go yesterday? I gained a pound . Oh, well. It's a new week and a new me.


Kclay--I am so sorry. I keep forgetting your name, lol. Is it Kim? How many free days do you have a week? Are you following a particular plan? Most of us here are trying to count calories.



Okay, ladies! Here's to another great day!! Day one of the challenge was officially a success.

Lori

Isnt' it weird how you can feel your body "eating away" at that fat.... I swear, I can feel it..... I'm a little achy in the "fat".... LOL

My name is Kim - I don't count anything - I just go strictly by what the Dr. has written down for me, she has done the counting already - sometimes I do put down, on Fitday, what I have eaten just to be curious - I eat, by her plan, for 11 days, on the last three I eat what i want - then it's back to the diet she has for me.

Okay, today I totally blew it! oh well, tomorrow is a new day. It has to be because it is my birthday. I don't even want to tell you guys what I ate today. :anon:

I'm ending the day at 1528 cals! Yay! I'm tempted to have a 1/2 cup of ice cream for 140 cals..... still might do it. I'll keep ya'll posted.

I'm baaaack! What a wonderful time we had. But, I was glad to see the kids today - mostly because they were so very excited to see us.

This past week was a real test and I passed! I think not using fitday to keep up with my calories made me super aware of everything I ate. If anything I probably underate in an effort not to overeat. Of course, I didn't get nearly as much exercise as usual but I still think I lost weight. I hope it wasn't in the form of muscle!

Before we left for vacation I had decided that it was time to pay less attention to the scale (I was on a plateau and I knew the scale wasn't showing my progress anymore). So, my new goal was to get into a size 10 (I was in a 12). Well, I went shopping while we were on vacation and tried on a pair of size 10 pants. Low and behold they fit and were even a little loose. I assumed that particular brand just ran big so I moved on to the next store and what do you know, theirs fit too! I can't believe it - I ALREADY wear a size 10! I came home with a new wardrobe that you wouldn't believe! I just couldn't stop shopping. It was soooo much fun to walk into a store, try on normal sizes, and be able to buy trendy clothes that actually look nice on. I am telling you - I bought clothes the way I used to eat food - but without the guilt. Now I know sizes are a lot bigger than they used to be (at this weight in college I wore a 14 ) but I really don't care. I haven't seen a 10 on a tag in a long, long time so I'm going to enjoy regardless of how much bigger it is these days.

I have a lot of catching up to do on the thread. I'm not going to try and make replies but I do want to read how everyone has been doing.

I'm glad to be back and can't wait to jump back in here!

Tricia

Yay! Glad to have you back, Tricia!

I don't think that when I was in elementary school I wore a size 10! Much less a size 12. My ultimate goal is to get down to a 13/14 at the smallest. I was in a 14 when I was in college, and my body was bangin! I know that I will never ever see the body the way that it was, but if I can just achieve that weight goal, that will score major points for me. Me and my friends always used to be so self conscious about our weights back in high school, and why I don't know, because I look back at our pictures now and we had no stomachs, we could have washed clothes on them, we looked so good you couldnt' tell us anything. You know, people different heights and stuff look different than others do, but one day, I tell you one day!

Alice, I know EXACTLY what you mean. I am only 5 foot 2 so it doesn't take much weight for me to look heavy. But, when I was in high school I thought I was fat - and I don't think I ever got above 130. Plus, I was athletic so even at that high of a weight I was more muscular than fat. This went on all the way through college. I came across an old journal from my freshman year and the first entry I was complaining how fat I had gotten, that I needed to lose 20 pounds to get back down to 115. A couple months later and I was complaining that I needed to lose 40, and so on, and so on. I look back at those pictures and I wasn't fat at all! I can't help but wonder how much easier my life would have been if I'd either lost those first 20 lbs or realized that they weren't a big deal and just accepted them without adding any more. Oh, well, live and learn.

I agree that there is nothing I can do at this point (short of surgery LOL) to see that old body again. Luckily, I'm past that. A lot of my attempts at weight loss failed because I kept expecting to see my 18 year old body emerging and when that didn't happen I gave up. This time I started out with a goal more geared toward health - lowering cholesterol, having more energy, and trying not to have a heart attack. Obviously, my attitude is starting to shift more towards vanity now but I have much more realistic goals for my body which I think really helps me stay on track.

Well, I ended up with about 1300 calories yesterday. I did get out and walk the dogs too. I hope I can continue on this path.

Did you have that ice cream Shawn?

OK, went to FitDay and calculated my calorie intake for yesterday - I had 982 calories for the entire day - Now, before you go fussing, I didn't eat everything I was supposed to, so I'm sure my calorie intake is probably 1200 for the day, but that's just a guess. Remember, I'm not feeling well, so that is why I ate so little. But, believe it or not, I'm not hungry. And that's a big plus for me

nope, I didn't have anything else to eat, so I DID end the day yesterday at 1528 cals! yay!