Another day! Travelling under the theory that those who fail to plan, plan to fail ... what are you up to tomorrow? Is your lunch packed? Do you have a bottle of water ready? Are you exercising before work or after? What's for breakfast? What's for supper?

Make a plan and let's help each other stick to it.

I am so lost all day without this thread! haha

B- kashi go lean [crunch]; skim milk; banana; and maybe a piece of toast with low fat cream cheese (if I am still hungry)
S- might go get an espresso
L- wrap (low fat cream cheese, pickled asragus (sp?), lettuce, hot peppers, shrimp, and hot sauce)
S- fruit source
D- not sure (boyfriend's night to cook)

Water- 4+ liters
Exercise- none

I'm afraid I'm letting life drag me around by the nose today. The house is showing at 12:30 and I don't even know where I'm going to go to get out of the way. I was sooo hoping my heart rate monitor would come today, that I didn't plan any exercise.
I know we're having salmon for supper.

Well, after a week in Singapore with the most unstructured eating ever, it is good to be back home! The scale appears to have forgiven my foreign dietary transgressions (which were legion) and all my pants still fit the same

B - 2 pieces of organic sprouted whole grain toast, natural peanut butter

S - horizons organic plain fat free yogurt, sliced strawberries

L - turkey salad with romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers, pepper, low fat thai peanut dressing

S - orange

S - tall non fat sugar free vanilla latte

S - cut up veggies (carrots, yellow pepper strips, grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas)

D - home made veggie crumble/sun dried tomato/fresh basil pasta sauce, 2 oz organic sprouted whole wheat pasta

So far!
B-all bran with raisins
s-snack bits
L- I did not feel like soup so I went out and got myself a good salad
Now the rest of my day
s-tuna ONLY! I over did it with the snacks yesterday
D- Not really sure Let me think about it

walking 2miles
weights

I did not do my weights yesterday but I did walk!

I had protien shake that was so good! Nice and cold

Hi everyone!!!

Breakfast: bagel with jelly; 2 scrambled eggs
Snack: Pear
Lunch: wheat penne (3 mini turkey meatballs) ITS ALMOST ALL GONE THANKFULLY!
Snack: yogurt
Dinner: turkey burger (made the patties last night)

Exercise: 4 miles running

b- fiber 1, 1 cup skim, 1 cup fruit coffee
s- ff yogurt
l- 2 slices whole wheat, 1 scrambled egg, 1 wedge lf laughing cow, banana, 1 cup tomato juice
d- 3oz grilled steak, sweet potato, green beans
s- rice cakes, canteloupe

According to fit day for the past two weeks (however right fitday is) I have burned an average of almost double the caloires I eat. Maybe that's why I am not losing *sigh*

It sounds counter intuitive - but in my experience, you must eat to lose. Eating around 1400-1600 calories helped me lose the first 50 lbs but I didn't start to lose the last 10 lbs until I increased calories to 1800+. It took a long time (nearly 7 months) but I finally reached my goal weight by eating MORE food.

Based on my own experiences, I am a firm believer that weight loss is basically a matter of calories in vs. calories out, but it is not 100% calorie driven. There are other metabolic factors which must be considered. (I also think the quality of calories consumed makes a big difference, but that's a thought for a separate post!)

When faced with extended calorie restriction my body reacts just like I would WANT to react if I were truely starving - it slows the metabolism, cannabalizes muscle and holds on to fat reserves. Worked for my ancestors during years of bad harvests and long wagon trains across the country, still works now. If I were in a plane crash in the Andes, I would want my body to maintain fat reserves to keep me alive!

I consider myself a genetic lottery winner - my body's ability to maintain a set weight in times of deprivation is what kept my ancestors alive and allowed me to exist. Can't blame the body for that - just have to work with it. What worked best for me was staying just a little below maintenance calories for someone of my height/weight/age/gender/activity. It is a win/win for me, really. I love to eat, being able to eat more and still lose weight was a very good thing for me.

It just seems I eat lots some days and less others. I exercise lots and drink water. Nothing.

When I started I was eating 1800-2000 calories a day. Lost nothing. So then I lowered to like 1200-1300. Nothing. Then I did 1400-1500 lost for a couple weeks then stopped. So I ate a bit more for a few days. Nothing. So now I have lowered it again. But maybe I should raise it?

My body can't make up it's mind!

There is a lot of difference of opinion on this subject, but I am a firm believer in quality of calories. Want to post a sample menu for a typical day? I don't believe in carb reduction or anything like that, but I found a diet consisting mainly of whole foods while greatly limiting processed foods helped me to lose weight and is now helping me to keep it off.

maybe increase protein???

I was eating more, but I heard that you can eat "too much" - my main protien source usually comes from dinner anyway.

ah gotcha!!!

i have no idea actually was just pushing out a suggestion...i wish i could figure out what i need to do to lose...not that i am really trying...just not to gain!!! so far so good!!