Yo! E, am in agreement on The Firm!!! for your good day!!! Huzzah!

Am off to burn cals at gym, with a hope of 160 for 40 min ). Again, I just use an average of 4 cals per minute for everything, actually, I'll be burning more if I jog.

Thursday's Calorie Target: 1700! I can do it!

Hi!

Sign me up!

I've just recommitted to calorie counting, the ONLY way I've ever lost weight. I'd like to take off 7-10 pounds, and stabilize my calorie intake at about 1300 calories a day. At 5'2", I gain weight if I eat much more than that.

So far so good (as of yesterday and today). Hopefully I'll have some weight loss to report next week!

Cheers,
Jennifer

Hi Jenn,

I'm not really an expert (if you even meant me to begin with!). But I've used lots of different web sites that calculate daily calorie requirements/basal metabolic rates, and they usually fall within 100 calories a day of each other.
Assuming no activity whatsoever, a woman of your willowy height at your goal weight requires 1,612 calories a day (Basal Metabolic Rate according to the Discovery Health website). So eat less than that, and you're losing weight, plus all the calories burned in exercise.
1,000 cals a day for a person your height seems a bit extreme to me. But, then again, I've almost no willpower. Current wisdom tells us not to eat less than 1,000 cals a day, or we risk going into starvation mode and then our bodies work AGAINST us losing weight.

Congrats on your fabulous progress so far!

Jennifer

Hello All:

I came in today at about 1700 calories and calories burned was about 60-75. Just a guess - went for a 40 min walk with the dog. This could have been a higher number but it's hard when he stops every 5 min. to pee & eat grass.

Lynn

1264 today. Better. I didn't exercise, though, except for the 5 minutes of basic stuff in the morning.
The scale this AM said 117.0. That is a big deal because I'm sure I haven't seen that number in a couple years.

Ended yesterday with about 1700 calories. Exercise: 20 min. pilates and 90 min. gardening.

Amarantha thought I'd join all of you with the calorie counting. I will start today but the clambake is on Saturday so it will be a washed out day. I will try not to be too bad but its only a once a year thing and my birthday celebration from my sister inlaw.
The calorie, fat , fiber count I think is important. I have done okay with the low carb but not great and its been really slow for me as things get added in the shouldn't. This sounds like at least worth a try for me. Do you suggest counting just calories or fats too? Let me know if you have any extra thoughts on this. Anyone with any ideas I'd appreciate them so I can get a good start.
Skyfirefly Present wt. 168.5 highest wt. 179lb. lowest 166 in the past month.

Good Morning, Ladies!

Congrats to all who made their targets yesterday!

Abba, congrats on the scale victory. It can be very tough to lose that last little bit of weight; I'm still trying to get rid of my last 10 pounds. Together, we are stronger.

Jenn, we are here to support you, not make you second guess yourself! Your stats speak volumes; you're doing great! You're an inspiration to me, and I wish you all the best.

I think I came in under 1200 yesterday. I had 620 calories allowed for dinner, and ate half a Chili's cobb salad (with grilled chicken) and a cup of blueberries. Since Chili's won't release their nutritional information, I can't be sure, but I think I stayed on track. Anyway, I burned over 600 cals yesterday at the gym, so I ended up ok.
Today started out fine. Last night I made low cal blueberry coffecake for a family dinner tonght. I had a slice for breakfast and then went running for an hour, even though I didn't really feel like it. Glad I did, now. The real challenge will be not blowing it tonight at dinner, where I will face all sorts of high-cal Italian food. Send me good thoughts, fellow calorie-counting goddesses!