I wish I could woosh myself and 14 pounds right into Onederland right now!!!
This has been going really well so far- a week and a half into counting calories and I'm feeling really good about it. I am eating more than I *think* I should be (1750-1850 range) but it's because I'm nursing and I need the extra calories and I really don't want to mess with that; feeding the baby is my priority.
The problem is that I am choosing such healthy meals and snacks during the day that I get to dinner time and often have 800+ calories left for the day, when I've planned a dinner that is only maybe 400 calories and chock full of good nutrition. So I end up forcing myself to eat snacks each evening just to make up the rest of my goal. I've also been choosing super high protein foods, so I just don't feel hungry all day long, I'm very satisfied. All this is without even exercising (as I haven't been most days... working up to that one more and more!) Then when I do exercise, it's very hard for me to eat those calories in addition to all the other extras.
I know I could probably add something like toast and peanut butter along with breakfast, or other dense-calorie foods, but I'm so worried that I'll go over my limit and not be able to eat dinner, that I just nibble all day on very filling, low-cal foods.
I might even take my range down another 50 calories this week. Baby seems to be getting plenty of milk, so I don't see anything wrong with 1700 calories being my target. LoseIt has my range set at 1785 calories, and I've been under it every single day... and that's while I've been TRYING to meet it!