Hello Everyone! Welcome to the February Check-In! Let's make it a great month!

I want to welcome everyone to the Daily Accountability Check-In. Our goal is to stay accountable and on track by posting our daily food and exercise choices. All food and exercise programs are welcome. Consistency is the key to reaching our weight loss goals.

Introduce yourself or jump right in and tell us what you have been doing.


Here's to the start of a great month!

Thanks for starting a new thread Diana! I keep having a mini panic attack when it says "thread closed."

Cinci - Congrats on completing the 5k!!!

Jomatho - Nice workout!!

Lindsey Hi I wanted to do it before they shut us down again and we're all in panic mode! I'm PMS'ing right now. I don't need to panic, too.

Ahh, new thread!

I posted this in the last one, but I weighed in at 156.8lbs, so I consider that my "starting point" now. I'm wiping the slate clean and starting over.

I have approximately 42lbs to lose to get to my goal of 115lbs.

Today I had:

B: 1 slice of Whole Wheat Nature's Own, done up french toast style (without butter, milk or sugar), 1 T of peanut butter, 1/2 t of sugar free grape jelly, 1 serving of Chai Oatmeal

L: 1 c. Cheese tortellini (350 calories according to the box), 1/2 c. marinara sauce

S: 5 Cheese crackers

D: 1 c. steamed broccoli, 8 steamed asparagus spears, 2 slice Whole Wheat Nature's Own, 1 slice cheddar cheese, 2 serving of sliced deli turkey

Later I plan on having a snack of a serving of roasted almonds.

I'm really carb heavy today, but I'll be coming in at 1297 calories, give or take since I did have skim milk in my coffee this morning and didn't count it.

I'm going to fire up the Wii and do some "running" on there once the kids go to bed!

I did pretty good today, I went around my loop 3 x and stayed on it with my calories even though i had a big sausage in a bread roll for dinner. Yum.

Keep at it ladies.

Good evening.

I have absolutely no appetite. It is the strangest thing, because I have been eating like mad for so many years.

Scale is down to 152; 13 pound loss.

Hey guys!

Breakfast - Three slices 35 cal bred, 2tb PB2 peanut butter and some cinnamon (I was experimenting, I usually prefer the PB2 in my shakes) - 180 cals

Snack - Adkins Advantage Shake - 160 cals

Lunch - Chicken + Salad and an apple - 280 cals

Snack - 2 TB real peanut butter - 190 cals

Dinner - Lots of veggies - 2.5 servings of a frozen summer veggie mix (which had way more sodium than I realized!) 2 servings of sugar snap peas + some parmesean cheese + a 40 cal fudgesicle - 240 cals

1100 cals total (76 net carbs)... but I'm going out with the girls tonight and am allowing myself 3 vodka sodas... Myplate puts those at 75 cals each, does that sound right?

Oh and I forgot to mention! This week I moved up from 6 to 7 intervals on the treadmill, and on two of them today I ran at speed 9 without flying off! Feeling great.

Great day today. I stayed on plan and even survived a potluck dinner tonight. Potlucks are dangerous for me because you are never sure of the ingredients used or calorie counts. I solved that issue by eating what I had cooked and brought to the potluck. I also ate a small mixed salad without dressing and I drank only black unsweetened coffee.

My total calories for today are 1044

I was also able to walk a mile even though we had a persistent drizzel all day.

The best news is I have dropped another 2 pounds reaching 284. I started January 6th and I have lost 33 pounds. YEA!!

Larry,
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The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. ~Author Unknown

Great job Larry!!

Hi friends!

I had a pretty good day foodwise.
B- cheerios and skim milk
L- lean pround prk and pinto beans
S- granola thin
D- Teriyaki Beef, asparagus and 1/2 c velveeta shells and cheese. I was mad at myself for that but I didn't love the beef and felt like I needed something more satisfying.

It was 1460 calories and my trainer wants me at 140g protein. I didn't quite get there (119g)- but I couldn't have eaten anymore meat and I like to keep my calories under at least 1500(he thinks I should have more calories- but we seem to be agreeing to disagree at this point). I still need to clarify with him how many fat and carb grams. The only thing that I remember is less fat grams on days I have more carbs grams. I'm getting a bit weighed down with all these instructions.

I had a great workout today. 30 minute full body strength training and then 45 minutes on elliptical. My trainer had me doing interval training. He wanted on the hard interval my strides per minute to be at least 160. I was like- oh I can't do that... well I can and did. He said to try to go for 20-25 minutes... well I went for 38 until he TOLD me to stop. I was kind of proud!

LLBold- Great treadmilling! What do you try to keep your carbs under?

I was up 2 pounds on Tuesday and I finally got rid of them this morning so I am anxious to go to sleep and have tomorrow come. I am hoping to be down a pound from 193. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

well today i had the flu and did not workout...
breakfast: 2 packets apple cinnamon oatmeal with 1 tablespoon agave nectar 400 calories
lunch: serving nutritional yeast and brown rice pasta with arrowroot "cheeze" and plain organic soymilk 350 calories
dinner: 1 ezekial sprouted tortilla with 1 serving more vegan cheese and 1 serving tofu sour "cream" 300 calories
also i had a awake black tea latte with soy milk from starbucks... bad habit. 300 calories
usually i eat more veggies but today all that sounded good was very bland food. and i usually dont eat so much vegan cheese lol. but having the flu i dont feel bad about it. ... ive also managed to drink a full 8 glasses of water today. which is good
1350 calories.. not horrible. i want to start a 1200 calorie a day diet... i just need to cut my starbucks habit and itd be super easy.

I love that "new thread" smell...

RaineBrit: Welcome!!! Your food doesn't sound bland to me at all!! LOL I think 1350 was great for you. Since you're tall like me, 1200 may be on the low side for you. See what works best for your body, just be sure you're giving it enough fuel. We're happy you're here with us!

Stacy: Great workout today!!!! I love the elliptical.

Larry: Congrats!!!

LLBold: Great workout! How do you like the PB2? I just ordered some today. I am very curious about it.

Sum: Great job on that 13 lbs!!

Pint: I like that pep in your step, girly!!!

Staceygee... I'm not really trying to do SUPER low carb... around 100g most days... it keeps me from craving sweets and other bad things! The key for me is keeping my snacks low-carb (e.g. atkins shake and peanut butter have about 5-6 carbs each, I think my protein shakes have around 7g) ... and when I have traditional carbs, I try for things that have high fiber so it reduces the net count (the 35 cal breads have like 8g carbs but like 3 g fiber each, and I also love Kelllogs Cinnamon Oats fiber cereal). I also don't REALLY count my carbs when they are veggies... I'm not going to skip some veggies just because it will put me over 100g for the day.

Vixsin... PB2 is just okay when actually used as peanut butter (better if you do 2 tb milke or almond milk instead of water... but it is AMAZING in shakes! It makes my protein shakes and smoothies taste awesome.

Today I didn't really have much of an appetite but I tried to keep something in my belly

B: cheerios with 2% milk and a banana
S: cup of chicken noodle soup (purchased by a coworker who felt sorry for me lol)
L: smoked turkey sandwich and a cup of mixed fruit
D: chicken breast (half) with some brocoli
S: apple slices