10LBS to lose - Post daily meals, share meal ideas, and VENT! Everyone welcome

In the past I used Calorie Count to drop 10 lbs.  I've put some of it back on and would like to hit my goal weight for summer.  This is the only way I seem to stay motivated and committed.

Starting weight - 135lbs

Goal weight - 125lbs

Measurements: Will fill in tonight

Bust:

Waist:

Hips:

Todays Plan:

B: 1 slice of toast, poached egg, butter, cranberry juice (461)

S: Yogurt (~60)

L: Salad w/chicken and dressing (~400)

S: Granola bar (130)

D: Coconut Salmon w/rice (unsure of calories, will fill in later)

Without dinner at ~1150 - I'd really like to stay at around 1500 cals/day

ugh! It's so hard to lose those last ten. Good luck...

I'm in!!

Even though I'm off to a terrible start...we got groceries yesterday and in a moment of weakness I bought 2 big bags of Ripples- hub and I ate one yesterday and I ate the other for breakfast this morning.

Terrible I know :(

I don't have 10 to lose, I'm aiming to finally get rid of the same 3-5 that I've been trying to lose for the past year.

Step 1 to success- less chips! haha

Hi! I have about 7 pounds left to lose to reach my goal. I like the idea of posting daily meals! I too eat about 1500 calories a day - I let my body dictate when I am hungry so some days I eat more and some days, less.

Statistics:

• Current weight: 127
• Goal weight: 120
• Height: 5'4''

Today's Meals (1478):

• Breakfast (346 + 14g fiber!):
  • Fiber One Honey Clusters and milk
  • Cantaloup
  • Wheat bread with egg white and low-sugar strawberry jam
• Lunch (437):
  
  • Turkey sandwich with mayo, lettuce, tomatoes
  • Grapefruit
  • Small glass of milk
• Dinner (263):
  
  • Meatloaf with steamed veggies
• Evening and post-workout snacks (432):
  • Apple
  • Peanut butter bar
  • Tortellini

Today's Exercise: Jillian Michaels' No More Trouble Zones

Daily Calorie Deficit: 412

I'd like to try.  I have 3-5lbs (depending on the day).  Maybe some extra support will help me achieve it.

sw=119 cw=112  gw=108 ht 5'2" & 1600calories/day

Today (started off well)

Breakfast (205 cal)= 31g rice krispies, 75g blackberries, 8pz skim milk, 8oz coffee, 1 equal.

Lunch (no idea, but not good) = 1 chicken tamale, 1 chicken taco, refried beans & spanish rice.(big bosses out of office so we all went to new mexican restaurant...I normally eat better)

snack (100 cal) = 1 medium pear

Dinner (348 cal) = I already have it prepared and planned for tonight perch, potato, red pepper, summer squash, green onion, mushoom, toasted sesame oil.

can/should we also keep track of activity here too?  I'll have to input my workout tonight though.

Hm... it's a good idea to allow your body to dictate when you get hungry. I'm starting to do this a bit too. It's hard to figure that out at first, for sure...

ok, so bad eating day but great exercising day- here's the verdict:

breakfast- chips (900 calories), moccaccino granola bar (140)

lunch- 2 open faced sandwiches (135), 3 cookies (300)

supper- hamburger (350), some cubed potatoes (100)

total- 1925.

Exercise- in the afternoon, did 10K which took 71 minutes. I walked 20, jogged the rest. In the evening I went for a 7K walk, took 60 minutes.

My BMR is 1546, plus 375 (afternoon jog) and 268 (evening walk)=2189

Deficit for the day- 264. Better than a surplus!

busy day today, full of errands and appointments

breakfast- special K satisfaction, skim milk- 300

lunch- chicken yakisoba- 507

snacks- 2 coffees- 80

supper- no idea

hope to get a walk/jog in later, crossing fingers!

Hope the day goes well for you girls!

Hi everyone! Qmwillcand, do you make the chicken yakisoba yourself? If so, do you mind sharing your recipe?

Today's Meals (1908):

• Breakfast (250):
  • 2 slices multigrain bread with margarine
  • 1 egg
• Lunch (523):
  • Turkey sandwich with mayo, lettuce, tomatoes
  • Fiber One Honey Clusters with milk
  • Apple
• Dinner (535):
  • Pork and noodle soup
  • Beef with rice and broccoli
• Evening snack (approx. 600):
  • Basically, all the rice that was left over from supper

Today's Exercise: Jillian Michaels' Banish Fat Boost Metabolism

Daily Calorie Deficit: -18

Ha - Steph, 900 cals for chips :p

I did pretty good yesterday, stuck to my plan and didn't have anything extra :-)

I also did the 30 day shred (Jillian Michaels Vid)

B: Cereal (~290)

S: Pear (100)

L: Deli sliced chicken wrap w/mustard, greens and a little bit of cheddar, Salad, chips (~500)

S: Yogurt (~60)

D: Chicken Risotto, salad (~400)

That brings me to about 1350, so maybe I'll throw in something to make up another 150 cals.

Doing the 30 day shred again tonight, and taking Molly for a walk

Have a good day ladies :-)

Hi everyone! 

I have 10-12 lbs I want to lose.

Statistics:  5'4, 130lbs.

Workout today: 30 min elliptical; 10 min run @ speed of 5.0.

B: bowl of raisin bran w/ skim milk

S:  coffee

L:  turkey wrap (no mayo, cheese)

D: salmon with steamed veggies

I know its going to be tough, but I'm hoping to get down to 120 by the summer. 

last night I stuck to my dinner plan, unfortunately last night the chips ahoy & veggie chips w/ ketcup were calling me...I answered...so the calorie for yesterday are shot to sh!! And on top of that only did 5 min planks and some triceps lifts.

Oh well...fresh start today...

b: 29g multigrain cheerios + 30g blueberries + 8oz skim milk + Coffee w/ equal = 209 calories

s: pear = 100cal

l: Lean Cuisine (salmon w/ angel hair & veggies) = 230cal

s: popcorn = 100cal

d: ?  Getting my hair done tonight so dinner is tba

workout also tba -but hoping to get in some exercise bike and weights and abs.

Original Post by sarah_ch:

Hi everyone! Qmwillcand, do you make the chicken yakisoba yourself? If so, do you mind sharing your recipe?

oh, I wish I did!! I love it, always get it for lunch or supper whenever I'm in the mall. In theory it should be easy, it's just very thin raw chicken fried on a grill in water and soy sauce with veggies (bean sprouts, shredded carrot, broccoli, shredded cabbage) and yakisoba noodles, all covered in soy sauce. I've never seen yakisoba noodles in the grocery store before...I wonder if you can get them at a specialty grocery store or sub them with fettuccini.

Original Post by jg3778:

last night I stuck to my dinner plan, unfortunately last night the chips ahoy & veggie chips w/ ketcup were calling me...I answered...so the calorie for yesterday are shot to sh!!

that sounds a lot like my evening last night! I did so well during the day but as soon as I got home I sat down to watch a movie with hub and ended up eating a bunch of Zesty Doritos and blueberry cheesecake. And that was after I had eaten supper! So I wasn't even really hungry, just wanted to eat :/

todays plan

breakfast- cereal (300), 2 Chips Ahoy cookies (140) 

lunch- 2 open faced sandwiches (135), granola bar (140), apple (60)

supper- leftover Mexican chicken and rice casserole (300), 2 Chips Ahoy cookies (140)

snack- banana (90)

total cals in- 1305

exercise- 10K walk/jog- 375

If I can manage to stick to this, I'll finish the day with a 616 cal deficit! Looks like everyone's doing great with eating and exercise!

Last night started out fairly mild & even took at turn for the worse, but I only ended up going over my calories by 71.  (Bagel, cream cheese, bacon, spinach, tomato for dinner but after a long night of running around...no workout either...ate 1/2c chicken salad and a tastykake and coke...which i never drink regular soda...but I did)

I for some weird reason got on the scale this morning to see the damage I've done this week. Some how miraculously I'm down 2lb.  So now I have 2 left until gw.  My belly seems flatter too....Women and weight really are a mystery.

Today...another fresh start...and off to another bad start for breakfast

B= coffee, equal & 3 creamers = 47

l= saladworks or subway

d= not sure going to my sisters maybe talk her into sharing the Pizza Hut Veggie lovers (we're both trying to lose weight and don't cook on friday's) it's full of veggies and only 180cal/slice so eating 3 is only 540 and it's pizza.

Looks like yesterday night was our cheat night!  I was watching Grey's Anatomy and I was so stressed out, I just needed to chew on something...

So I chose rice because - I heard some comedian say a couple of years ago - it's quite perfect when you feel like eating 2000 of something!! And also because it was just sitting there on the stove waiting to be eaten...  Thank god I did a Jillian Michaels workout that day, I only went over by 17 calories.

Here in Canada we have a long week-end and I've decided I won't be logging calories as I'll be visiting family and I guess I'll try to eat at maintenance level.  Then back to dieting next Tuesday! 

Have a good week-end everyone!

Hey sarah, mugzy and I are Maritimers...tu est Quebecois non? (darn it, couldn't remember if "Quebecois" is spelled like that or like "Quebequois". My french used to be good but is lousy now!)

So yesterday I ended up having an unplanned 500 calories worth of Ripples Sour Cream and Bacon chips. Bah! But I did a 10K walk/jog so still ended the day with a deficit of about 280 cals.

Today is my personal weighing in day and I was pleased to see that I am maintaining the same that I weighed last week. Saturdays tend to be a slimmer eating day due to it being the one day a week that I work.

B- cereal with skim milk (300), coffee with fat free Hazelnut cream (45)

L- 2 open faced sandwiches (135), granola bar (140), banana (90)

S- no idea...I tend to take snacky things to work like fruit and granola bars opposed to an actual meal.

I'll probably hit around 1200-1300 today with no exercise

That veggie pizza from PH sounds great! I had no idea they had such a low cal count!

Good Morning.  I didn't calorie count over the weekend...probably a good thing since Saturday was beyond total bust.  Going to a 12year old b-day party is not good for ones diet.  Loved the ice cream bar though.  Yesterday I was back on the wagon.  I didn't count but know that I was in my calories.  I also did a lot of activity.  It's my normal laundry & cleaning day.  I also did gardening and walked 2 hrs in SuperWalmart (not happy about the $170 spent..evil Walmart).  At night I did 300 crunches + 7 minutes of planks + 50 minutes of belly dance work out.

Today I'm back counting again...

b= 31g cocoa krispies (120cal) + 10 raspberries (10cal) + 1c skim milk (80 cal) + coffee w/ s&l = 2 total cal=212

l= 1c brown minute rice (170cal) + broccoli & red pepper & gr onion (25 cal) + tuna (90cal) + green apple (80cal) = 365 cal

s = 1 mini bag popcorn = 100 cal

d= steak (on the grill) + salad and potato = cal?? still have to figure out

and I'll have a snack after working out tonight too...

sounds like a good day yesterday jg! I had planned on going for a walk today but between coming down with another sore throat (just got over one less than 2 weeks ago) and it's my lovely tom, I think I'll just take it easy.

b- coffee (30), cereal (300)

l- sandwich wrap (130), granola bar (140), 2 cookies (140)

s- dunno for sure, but angel hair pasta with veggies, chicken and teriyaki sauce sounds good (400)

snack- dunno..we're all out of fruit but I may make a batch of choc chip oatmeal cookies today (and like any good cook I'll sample them, just to make sure they're edible) :D

total for the day- I'm guessing it'll be around 1400-1500.

I've been put on a plan by a friend of mine who is a chef and sort of an expert on this stuff, and I just lost 15 pounds in about 28 days!  You should not have any toast at all.  No juices too.  Really just water for drinks or a cup of coffee in the morning with NOTHING in it nor artificial sweetener, and for protein either baked salmon or a little bit of chicken.  You can have up to 3 hard boiled eggs per day, so if you so must add a bit of flavor, you could mash up two eggs for breakfast and add not more than a tspn of Mayo.  For lunch and dinner you should really have only salad.  Your salad dressing should be a little bit of extra virgin olive oil with a teaspoon of Maille Mutarde (mustard) with the dressing watered down a bit and lemon and garlic in it if you wish plus pepper.  You can add, and they must be roasted, either walnuts or pine nuts.  You should eliminate cheese, but a tspn and not more of crumbled gorganzola for flavor is ok.  Try to avoid most salty things.  Also broccoli is an awesome snack.  All you need do is just rince it, but it on a plate with a sheet of paper towel on top of it then zap it for appx. 2 minutes, and it is so yummy.  Add cracked pepper on it.  Also, asparugus can be prepared the same way.  If you must have grain, then pre prepare a bowl of brown short-grained rice that you keep in the fridge for the week and have not more than a cup for a day's serving.  Don't snack on carrots for now.  Too much sugar which turns to fat! You really ought to cut the toast out of your breakfast and the juices.  If you must have juice, buy a fresh grapefruit and squeeze it.  Stay away from apples and bananas.  Berries are ok.  These fruits have some natural carbs in them bot not many.  Drink lots and lots of water throughout the day.  I swear this whole plan worked for me, and it is paying off, all 15 lbs.!!! 

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I wasn't logging on the weekend - I was trying to enjoy my long weekend.  I've planned to have a cheat day once a week, Saturday (can change if I have something going on).  Well...let's just say my whole weekend was a cheat day :p

Friday I was good - went to Subway and had a 6 inch turkey sub and went to see "Angels and Demons" (NO popcorn or pop!!)

Saturday I had ice cream for breakfast, nachos for dinner.

Sunday I had a homemade breakfast sandwich, ice cream and a couple bites of poutine and donair meat.

Monday I had a breakfast burritos, tilapia and rice

What a weird weekend........Oh and I had a bottle of wine and couple bottles of beer in the mix too.

Today should be better:

B: Banana

S: Granola Bar

L: Chicken wrap with rice/greens/cheese

S: Yogurt

D: Not sure yet ..

Going to stick around 1500 as usual.  Did the 30 min shred yesterday, can barely move today!  Will attempt to do it again today and maybe a walk with Molly.