Ok, the thread title says it all ... I need some accountability! Even when I try to keep track of my calories at home, little 'extras' start to creep in, and with no one else seeing them I think I'm getting away with it ... until weigh-in day of course! So I've decided to keep track of my daily calories here ... and knowing that others might see them will hopefully help to keep me on track!

If anyone else needs accountability and thinks that posting their daily calories here might help, then feel free to join me.

My daily allowance is 1500 calories.

Oh, and just in case anyone's checking up on me, I always tend to round-up my calories to the nearest 5 ... it makes it easier to total up at the end of the day!

Nichola

Breakfast
Skimmed Milk (daily allowance) - 100
Muesli - 200

Snack
Shortbread finger - 105

Lunch
Mixed Salad Leaves/Tomato/Cucumber - 50
Cottage Cheese - 100
Ham - 60
LF Mayo -45
Pear - 65

Dinner
Homemade Shepherds Pie with broccoli/cauliflower/carrots -560
Nectarine large - 75

Snack
Grapes - 50

Total = 1415

I look forward to joining you in keeping track of this sort of thing. I plan on losing weight slowly - not least of which because I want to give my body a chance to keep up - and on adding exercise slowly - for very similar reasons.

I haven't gotten a "magic number" yet for caloric intake, but it can't hurt to keep track AND cut back a little, right?

Anyway, good luck!

sol_lasciva ... Good luck to you too!! I look forward to keeping track of your progress as well as my own!

Nichola

Here's to accountability! *deep breath* (Range 1500-1800 for maintainence)

Breakfast - Weetbix w/equal = 250
Snack - Mixed nuts = 80
Lunch - low-fat yoghurt w/mixed berries = 300
Snack - 4 x Soy & Linseed corn cakes w/vegemite = 120
Snack - 1 x Shortbread cream biscuit = 100
Dinner - Homemade pea & ham soup with Turkish bread and a couple olives/chargrilled veges = 600
Snack - Crumpet w/weight watchers jam = 110

Total = 1560

Exercise - 45 minutes run 10.5km/hr = 500 burnt.

Liv

I would like to invite you all to join us in the "Planning for [day and date]" threads in the main Support forum. We all list what we plan to eat for the day (plus whatever other goals we have planned like water consumption, exercise, etc.), and then the next day, we usually report on how well we did or did not stick to the plan from the day before

Here's a link to today's planning thread if you'd like to join us:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92456

Hi Lyria, hope this accountability thing works! How long have you been at your goal?

Jillybean, thanks for the offer, I'm just trying to keep things simple for now and just trying to keep track of my daily calories. Perhaps I should try to plan ahead a bit more ... hopefully this will come in time

Nichola

Hey HK Yeah...I hope so to. My biggest hurdle at the moment is having met a wonderful new guy who happens to be like 6'7 with muscles that ripple and as a consequence he can eat whatever he likes - the dilemma comes in when he just LOVES to make me little tidbits to eat (even if it is all healthy stuff) and forgets that I don't need anywhere NEAR what he does!

I've been at goal for about two years now I guess with a variation between 58-62kgs. I've stayed about an Australian 8-10 (2-6US)

Hi Lyria, well done for maintaining for the last 2 years, I hope that I can eventually be in the same situation! I know how you feel with your boyfriend ... my husband's pretty fit and seems to be able to eat anything without any weight gain ... life just isn't fair! Am I right in thinking that Austalian sizes are the same as UK sizes? I haven't got a clue how US sizes compare.

Nichola

Breakfast
Milk (daily allowance) - 100
Muesli - 200

Snack
Apple - 50
LF Hot Chocolate Drink - 40

Lunch
Wholemeal bread sandwich with ham/picalilli/LF Spread - 395
Nectarine

Dinner
Homemade Spaghetti Bolognaise -600
2 glasses wine - 200

Total = 1660

HK - Yup, Aussie and UK sizes are roughly equivilant. Generally US sizes are 2-4 smaller i.e. an Australian 8 = UK 8 = US 2/4

Breakfast - Muesli with natural (homemade) yoghurt = 250
Snack - Mixed nuts = 200
Lunch - 2 x Apple w/ 200gm no-fat yoplait yoghurt = 230 & skim cap - 100
Snack - 2 x biscuits = 150
Snack - 1 x piece of dark rye bread w/cheese = 150
Dinner - 500gm low-fat yoghurt w/pineapple, rockmelon & strawberries = 400

Total = 1480

Breakfast
Milk (daily allowance) - 100
Muesli - 200

Snack
Apple - 50
LF Hot Chocolate Drink - 40

Lunch
Mixed Salad/Ham/Cottage Cheese/LF Mayo - 255
Nectarine - 75

Dinner
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