Ugh, I wish I was one of those people ... I gained 70 lbs with my first son, and about 60 with my second, and I'm paying for it now!

I started the Body For Life program today, and decided to kind of "ditch" WW and eat the stuff they tell you to in the book. Since I started it today, I pigged out yesterday for one last day. (I always do this before starting a diet )

Monday January 19th:

Breakfast: Starbucks skinny vanilla latte

Morning Snack: 2 bags of fun sized skittles

Lunch: MCDONALDS!
1 double cheeseburger
1 chicken sandwich
1 large french fries

Dinner: half of a frozen bbq chicken pizza
chips

Late nite snack: 2 White Castle frozen cheeseburgers

YUCK! I sure had my fill of junk food yesterday

It's so hard for me to find the energy and motivation to work out.

Tell me more about the Body for Life program. I don't know much about it.

Not sure where I am on calories today....hope I'm ok, cause i'm hungry...

Tues., Jan 20th

Breakfast
Little Einsteins cereal (lol) 110
small apple 80

Morning Snack
mini nilla wafers 70

Lunch
2 slices raisin bread 180
string cheese 80

Afternoon Snack
triscuits 120
salsa 10
king cake 150

Dinner
chicken stew 180 ?
green beans 20

Evening Snack
small apple 80
baby carrots 30
cranberry juice 25

1135 so far

Yeah, I feel you! My work has a free gym it offers to all its employees, so I go workout on my lunch everyday with a co-worker of mine. If it wasn't for the free gym, I wouldn't have time to work out. (kids, hubby, housework, etc.)

So about the BFL book .... it's basically a 12 week workout plan he gives you, with a cardio and weight lifting routine. He also has a nutrition plan in there where you eat 6 times a day. It's kind of strict though because you can only eat the food off his "authorized list." But what I love about it, and didn't even know until I read it, is that every 7th day is your FREE day! So you can eat whatever you want that day, and it's also your resting day so you don't workout either. I think that's cool, since i like drinking beers and bbq'ing on the weekend sometimes. I had my first weight lifting workout yesterday, and my upper body is majorly sore today! LoL

Tuesday January 20th:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese
1/2 cup strawberries

Morning snack: small portion salmon
fat free yogurt

Lunch: small portion salmon
salad
1/2 potato

Afternoon Snack: small portion salmon
1/2 potato
cucumber salad

dinner: Ok I screwed up ... and on my first day too!
Home made philly cheese steak sandwich on a roll LOL It was good too!

Wednesday, Jan. 21st

Breakfast
bagel 260
FF Cream cheese 30

Morning Snack
nothing (split the bagel up actually, so it was breakfast and morning snack)

Lunch
white wheat bread 160
cheese slice 70

pistachios

Afternoon Snack
30 chocolate chips 70
string cheese 80

Dinner
english muffin 120
2 cheese slices 140
turkey 50
triscuits 120

Evening Snack

total calories1220

Would this be the right place to ask for a buddy? I'm looking for someone quite young, 25-35, a little bit quiet and shy but friendly, like me, and about 170lbs aiming for 130ish. It would be so good to have someone to support and have someone I could support too.

We'd love for you to join us! Right now it's been mostly me and misspiggy.

I'm 24. Right now at 154 (or 155?) and I'd like to get down to 130 or 125.

misspiggy and I post each day everything we eat, exercise, venting .....lol whatever you want really. Misspiggy just started the body for life plan, so she was telling me more about that.

I'm just calorie counting personally. I try to keep my calories between 1200 and 1400 each day (though I am for closer to 1200). It's really hard for me to motivate myself to exercise too.

Welcome to the thread!

Thursday, Jan. 22nd

Breakfast
string cheese 80
cranberry juice 120

Morning Snack
tostitos 140

Lunch
mini pancakes 220
pringles 160

Afternoon Snack
100 calorie pudding 100

Dinner
smart ones Salisbury steak and mac n cheese280

Evening Snack

Total Calories: 1100

I was SUPER busy at work yesterday so I wasn't able to log on! And now I don't really remember what I ate on Wednesday That's ok, I remember what I ate yesterday.

Breakfast: low fat cottage cheese and strawberries

Morning snack: FF yogurt and low fat cottage cheese

Lunch: 1 cup pasta noodles w/ light sauce

Afternoon Snack: none

Dinner: same thing I had for lunch - 1 cup pasta w/ light sauce

EXERCISE: Run, 3.65 miles

Welcome Tiggy123, cute avitar! So are you counting calories too, or do you follow a diet?

My stats ... I'm 26, 154lbs and my goal weight is 120.

I know I am suppsed to be eating on the BFL plan, but it's hard!! I haven't been pigging out all crazy though, so I think I'm good. LoL AND ... today I am wearing my size 8 apple bottom jeans. I haven't gotten into them since before I had my son! I didn't think they would fit because I'm still weighing between 153 - 154 .....


Ok I'm rambling aren't I??? LOL If I don't post over the weekend you ladies have a good one!

Friday, Jan. 23rd

Breakfast
Little Einsteins cereal 110

Morning Snack
wheat thins 150
cranberry juice 120

Lunch
turkey frank 70
banana 100
peanut butter 190

Afternoon Snack
chips 140
30 chocolate chips 70

Dinner
Lean cuisine vegetable eggroll 310

Evening Snack
string cheese 80
2 veggie "sausage" patties 160

Total Calories 1500

Here's my gripe about the sausage patties. A serving is one, but they come wrapped up in pairs...and tonight I was hungry. I just didn't want to put the other one back. So I ate both.

At least I went for a walk today....only about 20 minutes though.

I'm pretty excited, I ordered an HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) on ebay the other day, and it counts calories too. So I'm looking forward to seeing an estimate of the calories I'm burning each day. I think it'll help motivate me to exercise more.

Goal Rewards

I had mentioned before that I wanted to think of goal rewards for myself for when I hit little mini-goals. These are my ideas for now:

150: Manicure (I have a gift certificate from Christmas)

145: espresso machine (not a super expensive one. I'm thinking $50 cause right now I'm throwing too much money away at places like Starbucks)

140: new purse

135: contacts (I wear glasses all the time at the moment, and lately I've been wanting to get contacts again. Haven't had them for a few years though, so that means I have to get a new eye exam...which is like $80, even at Walmart. Ugh)

130: ?? Not sure

125: massage at a local spa, and a big shopping trip for cute clothes

I'm trying to balance and alternate between an expensive reward and a not-so-expensive one, so I like those goals for now.

I'm not sure if I'll have completed my "goal" by 130, or if I'll need to go further and get to 125. Just have to wait and see.

Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend! I'll be popping in to report.

this is a great idea posting ur food/exercise journal. if it's okay with everyone i'm just going to jump in here.. it's easier to say "no" to french fries and that kinda thing when i know i'm going to b accountable and have to tell u guys. :>
Friday:
breakfast
toast 40 cal
half slice provolone 35 cal
2 pieces turkey bacon 50 cal
egg 70 cal

snack
pickle 5 cal
half serving tortilla chips 70 cal
tablespoon guacamole 25 cal

lunch
two slices of bread 80 cal
turkey 40 cal
mustard 0 cal

snack
string cheese 60 cal
apple 80 cal

dinner
2 oz turkey burger 80 cal
sauteed mushrooms/onions 10 cal
asparagus 30 cal
spinach salad with light italian 100 cal

dessert
cherry jello fat free cool whip 95 cal

total 870 calories

*am workout
50 pushups
half a mile on treadmill

*pm workout
30 day shred level one and two

Welcome to the thread DanielleAshley!!

I find that I stick to my calorie plan a LOT more when I have a small group to report back to. Nothing against the large threads....but right now I need others to give me support (and to support in the process) and I feel lost in the large threads.

Congratulations on your loss so far! Wow! What an awesome job.

Today's going to be kind of tough for me calorie wise. We went out to lunch for my mom's birthday. I'm already just past 1200.

Saturday, January 24th

Breakfast
flaky biscuit 170

Morning Snack
small skinny angel food smoothie 254

Lunch
1/4 serving crab stuffed mushrooms 148
1/2 garden salad 120
1/2 margherita pizza 510

....let's just say I went above my calorie limit today. I finished off the pizza, and had an additional 300-400 calories. Ugh. Way over.

thanks quietballerina. yeah those big threads r too much for me.

Sunday, Jan. 25th

Breakfast
2 veggie sausage patties 160
small nonfat caramel macchiato 170

Morning Snack
none

Lunch
Fries 200
fruit cup 100
mountain dew 170

Afternoon Snack
1 biegnet 60 (it's a Louisiana thing. Sort of like a doughnut)

Dinner
chicken Parmesan 180
spaghetti 180
green beans 40

Evening Snack
skipped

Total Calories: 1260