OK, so I've decided to track my calories in fitday, because I just can't seem to lose, and believe this might help.

I'm about to make the mexican lasagna in P2 recipes.

How can I know what the calorie intake for our beloved recipe's are?

does fit day have a place to plug in a recipe and get the counts?

Not that I see, do you know a better site?

i use sparkpeople... when i'm counting calories

I can plug it into weight watchers etools and get points per serving we tend to figure about 50 calories per point...
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ah try this

http://www.calorie-count.com/calorie...e_analysis.php

I just plugged it in,wow, only 57 calories for mexican lasagna? woah mama!

CAN'T WAIT TO PLUG IN MY FAVORITE DISH! (bet you all know what that is! ) hahhaa
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Thanks Nessa!

that seems way too low hon, what's in it?

I don't understand how you got only 57 calories for the Mexican Lasagna. It's normally 250 calories per serving. Are you making yours differently?

I plugged all the ingredients in that site, maybe the site is screwed up?

I thought it was low!
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AH, it didn't register some of the items, the beef, cheese, tortillas and the cottage cheese! DOH!!!!
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Cottage, how did you come up with 250?

On fitday, I go to an empty day, put in all the ingredients for the recipe, and the daily total will give you the breakdown on calories, fat, etc. Then just divide by the number of servings. If it's something you will be making again, you can then just add it as a custom food for future use.

On thedailyplate.com you can make meals that have the exact amount of a serving of each ingredient in it and then just select that meal whenever you have it. I like that site for tracking a lot, and it also gives you a breakdown of what percentage of your calories are fat, protien, etc and what percent of your RDA you've eaten. You can also enter your weight and how many pounds you want to lose a week and it will tell you how many calories you should eat per day, then keep a running talley. I don't concern myself a TON with the calories, but it helps to know that in addition to eating healthily that I've stayed within a reasonable amount of calories for the day.

I really am an IDIOT, the information was provided on the mexican lasagna! DOH..

But to know how to get the information is key to counting calories, thanks all!

Rachel, thanks for the site, I'll check it out.

so what is a good site for tracking calories? I signed up for FitDay today, but I am already having issues. I couldn't find Ellipitical for activity. I put in 2 eggs, it came up with more calories than the carton I took them from said.
It also said I should be eating 2200 calories. That seems like a lot!! I haven't been losing on phase 2, I just assumed it was because I was eating too many calories. Then I saw that post yesterday and her reasoning sounded logical. I did replace a lot of the processed, unhealthy foods I was eating pre SB with veggies. Is it possible I am not getting enough calories now? I was going to track, or go back and get a tally from the last week, but I don't know which site to use.

i've always likes sparkpeople but lots of folks love the daily plate too.

How long have you been on P2? I noticed a few days ago that you said you hadn't lost yet. Don't get upset if you don't lose as quickly as P1.

2200 seems like a lot, but if you are very active your body needs those calories! If you exercise a lot and don't eat enough - your body will still go into starvation mode. Since you exercise a lot, I wouldn't recommend dropping below 1500 calories.

Post a daily menu and I'm sure some of us can figure out how many calories you're having vs. how many you should.

I have been on Ph2 for 2 weeks now. I have remained the same. Happy about that, but I would like to see some loss!
I do workout, but I wouldn't say it is a lot. I used to. It wasn't doing anything, I got frustrated and let it slide. I try to go for a walk several times a week. I squeeze in a bike ride here or there with DS (nothing major, just around the neighborhood. Dh put the bike on a gear that requires I peddle a lot - stinker!), and maybe a few times a week I go to the gym for no more than 60 minutes of ellipitical/treadmill.

Here is a menu:
B: 2 eggs, 2 veggie sausage, 1 cup 1% milk, 2T oatmeal with Splenda
S: SF latte with Splenda, Orange Ricotta muffin
L: 2 veggie Ricotta muffins, spag squash with Smart balance, cottage cheese (~.5 cup), Protein water, NS Yogurt cup
D: Hamburger patty with slice cheese, ~1T ketchup & ~1T mustard
Spag sqash with Smart balance and parm cheese
PB cheesecake (recipe here on board - 1 muffin tin size)

After dinner: PB cookie (recipe here) & nectarine

Here was yesterday:
B: Multigrain pancakes with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries (out to breakfast with DH, ate 1 large pancake, ~1 cup fruit and SF syrup)
Coffee with cream and Splenda
L: 1 cup V8 warm with ~2 cups cooked veggies (Zuch, mush, onion, cooked in 1T oil)
Baked Zuch coated in parm cheese, dipped in lf Ranch
Yogurt

S: Apple with natural PB
Bean Brownies (1/9 or 8X8 pan)

D: 3 eggs with spinach, LF feta cheese (at most 1/4 cup), mush
leftover Baked Zuch coated in parm cheese, no ranch this time
Yogurt flavored with SF pumpkin coffee syrup

Nonfat latte

Peach

What do I need to add/remove?

Nessa - I am going to look into SparklePeople