10-15 LBS - Need help staying on track, all welcome to join!

I'm 25, newly married and am putting on weight.  I got down to my ideal weight right before my wedding but the day after I went back to my old habits.

I need to lose 10-12 lbs and would like to post my meals each day and get any advice etc.  Anyone who wants to join, feel free.  This is the only way it works for me and this is how I lost the weight before!

Good LUCK!

Height - 5'6

Start Weight - 144

Goal Weight - 133

Today's Meals

B: 1 cup of Maple Crunch cereal, 1 cup skim milk, tangerine (310)

S: 8 almonds, banana (~100)

L: 3 onces of baked salmon with lemon, broccoli spears, 1/2 cup of brown rice, apple sauce (~435)

S: tangerine, v8 shot (60)

D: BIG salad, 1 can of tuna in water, 1 slice of ww bread with 1 tsp of butter (~350)

Brings me to ~1255 and enough room for a little ice cream later :)

Heya. Im 20, 5ft 7 and weigh 154lbs. I would love to reach about 132lbs (im english so i work in kgs and thats 70 down to 60kgs - hence the random numbers). I would love to have lost some of it by my 21st (feb15th) but i know i cant lose all of it by then! ideally id like to look stunning in a bikini this summer so im giving myself a lot of time to do this! im doing it a slightly different way. im having a strict day followed by a not so strict day. this way i dont get sugar cravings so much! unfortunately, i have blood sugar problems which mean that i need to have snacks occasionally to give me a sugar boost before a meal which can throw me off track a bit!

My first diet day - the 5th, i had 1755 cals

6th (day off) - 1872 cals

7th (yday) - 1226 cals

today - bfast - 1 cup orange juice and a cup of green tea - 112 cals

lunch - home made tomato soup with a small slice of low fat cheese on toast - 360 cals

dinner is where it will all fall apart as im going out with some mates to celebrate a bday. were going for pizza :s at least i have about 1000 cals left!

as for exercise, i dont do anything formal, generally i spend about 10-30 mins every day doing crazy energetic dancing to music (depends on how much time i have) and some sit ups and crunches to get back my flt stomach!

Good luck everyone!!!

Morning! Okay, today's menu:

B: Grilled egg white, turkey bacon, fiber bar (276)

L: Leftover tuna pasta, fruit (340)

D: Leftover something, too much leftover food in the fridge, salad (400)

S1: Prunes, pineapple (150)

S2: PB and crackers (160)

About 1350. Will need to snack something for another 100 to get into range of my 1500 calorie goal for today.

I'm so happy that so many have joined! I swear this is the only thing that kept me sane and on target before my wedding, now I want to get back to that weight. 

B: 1 cup of Maple Almond crunch cereal, 1 cup skim milk (290)

S: Banana (~70)

L: 2 ounces of left over baked pork chops, 2 baby red roasted potatoes, carrots, 1 tsp of hummus (~350)

S: V8 shot, 6 blackberries, 6 raspberries (~90)

D: 2 cups of salad, 1 cup of pasta with veggies and tomatoes sauce (~500)

S: ??

Total ~ 1300

I don't do any formal exercise really either.  I'm not a gym person at all but what I DO love is Jillian Michael's 30 day shred video.  I've never done the full 30 days but I did do it for 5 days straight and the results were unreal.  I'm going to start it tonight and do the 30 days! It only takes 30 min and man is it worth it!!!! :)

I know I'm a couple days late on this - but I'm going to need some motivation! I would love to lost 15 lbs.  I'm 5'2" and 145 - yikes.  My poor eating habits & busy college schedule make it easy to pack on the pounds while I'm away at school.   I'm hoping to change that this semester b/c it's my last semester of college & I don't want to be remembered as the fat girl! haha.  g/l to everyone & thanks to mugzymoo for starting this thread.  :)

B- Whole wheat toast with jelly, yogurt

S - Carrot

L- Tomato Soup

S - Applesauce

D - Veggie Soup

This is less than 800.  I need to figure out more to eat when I get home tonight, though I'm sure I'll want to chow down while watching the new grey's and private practice! I'm lacking in some protein, so maybe I'll get a grilled chicken filet at chick-fil-a on the way home.  SO good!

This weekend is going to be hard, as I'll have company in town.  I'm giving blood on monday, so my rules for myself include:

~No fried food

~For every alcoholic beverage i need a full glass of water

~No candy or popcorn at the movies.  Bring my own popcorn!

ok, yesterday i went a bit overboard at my friends bday and had a stonebaked pizza (god knows how many millions of cals :s) a pint of cider and some orange juice which took me to over 2000 cals... i need help!!!

today tho, all will be good.

B - home made fruit salad - 257 cals

L - 2 scrambled eggs on toast - 361 cals

D - baked potato, grilled chicken with tinned tomatos and peppers with a grilled corn on the cob - 453 cals

that takes me to 1071 cals so i have a bit of room for snacks (even more room becasue im working tonight in a busy restaurant so running around for 5 hours lol)

Don't worry about over indulging yesterday...I know a lot of people who work in a cheat day - that can be yours :)

B: Same cereal as everyday! 1 cup Maple Almond crunch, 1 cup skim milk (290)

S: Banana (~70)

L: Canned tuna in water, 2 ounce cheddar, 6 kashi crackers (~300)

S: Apple sauce and tangerine (~65)

D: No idea....maybe salad and couscous (i'm going to try and eat 500, so how)

I actually went for a run last night...surprised myself, almost died of course but felt great afterwards!

Honestly I think most of the day I am going to wing it. Which is a bad idea, I know but I promise to be good.

B: Fiber bar and fruit: 260

S1: Special K: 150

L: Maybe subway? :400

S2: some kind of fruit maybe PB : 150

D: That leaves about 700 calories for dinner and an after dinner snack. There are soo many leftovers in the fridge I dont know what I will have.

well i left my lunch and snacks at the fridge at home.  I have some clementines on my desk and just had some toast with jelly.  Hopefully I'll make it till noon without being too hungry and digging into my peanut butter in the desk drawer.  I ate too little yesterday cause I forgot till I finished my chores at 1am and by then i was too tired to eat my soup, but I know I'm gonna go crazy this weekend with a friend in town and then my dad in town sunday, so I'm not too worried.  Next week I need to work harder.

My meal if all goes according to plans:

B- Toast w/ jelly and coffee

S - Clementines

L - Chicken Stew

S - Cheerios, celery, pineapple, yogurt, applesauce

D - unknown, but it will be at a restaurant and not a salad

+ too much booze, haha, but it's the weekend!!

Hi,

Didn't get to log yesterday since I left my house at 5:00am and didn't get home until 9:30pm. 

Yesterday

B- 1 cup oatmeal with splenda

S- 1 orange

L- 2 slices whole wheat bread with 2 TBL peanut butter. salad

D- grilled chicken breast 2 oz. with 1/2 c. pasta fresh steamed broccoli

Today

B- Granola bar 190

S-gala apple

L-6 crackers with sliced cheddar cheese

Going to a Pizza Blast tonight so I will have 1 slice pizza and salad

Fruit salad for snack tonight.

I will add the calories in a bit and if under 1200 I will add something else.

Have a good day all!!!

Cheryl

yesterday i had a stupidly active day - i went on http://www.women-workout-routines.com and tried out all the free videos - plus walking and lots of housework lol. all together i burn off 1200 extra calories! I'm so proud of myself because before cc, i never thought exercise mattered all that much, and that my walk to and from university would be enough but now i know better! anyway todays menu:

pre bfast (to kickstart my metabolism for exercise before bfast) - 1 jordans blueberry frusli bar - 117 cals

bfast - after much exercise - strawberry granola in low fat yogurt with a teaspoon of honey - 354 cals

lunch - either tuna salad ( ~ 250 cals) or tuna salad sandwich ( ~ 350 cals) (depending on how hungry i am)

dinner - not sure yet... maybe chicken stirfry

Hi

I'd really like to join this group. I need to lose 10 lb, I gained a pile of weight over Nov/Dec and it's really depressing me. I'd like to lose the first 5 lb by Feb 1st- do you think this is unrealistic? I haven't got much experience with dieting or weight loss so any advice is appreciated! Do you all have set daily calorie goals?

bella- Losing 5 pounds by Feb 1st isn't unrealistic however will be very hard. We can safely lose about 2 pounds a week but no more than that. That is keeping about a 900-1000 (you should never have anymore than 1000 since it is not healthy) calorie deficit everyday and I know ffrom experience how dificult that is. When you do that you have to make sure you are getting enough to eat so your body doesnt think it is starving. So really the only way to get that high of a deficit everyday it to really exercise. Mostly cardio. And again this is just all from my experience. Keeping that high of a deficit burned me out but I did lose 10 pounds in 30 days. You can use the calorie goal targets to figure it all out or let me know what your stats are and I would be glad to help in any way. Oh, and this thread is mostly just posting what you eat. That seems to help us actually eat just that and gives an idea of what we would be taking in calorie wise before we eat it.

All right, so today is a low cal today because I take the weekends off from exercise.

B: Speical K (203)

S1: fiber bar,prunes (200)

L: Tortilla soup, salad (175)

D: Leftovers (again ughh)(500)

S2: pb and apple (150)

about 1225 will have to eat another snack or something to get to 1400.

carlyn - where have you got all your leftovers from?! you have an astonishing amount!

LOL. Yeah. It is actually from three days of dinners. Normally we eat them for lunch but for some reason that hasn't been the case. Last night we had leftover pizza. And I had made stir fry about four days ago (that on is probably getting thrown out though) and then I made the pepper casserole and I have about two dishes in the fridge of that. It is weird. normally we don't have leftovers like that when I cook but b/f hasn't been eating as much I think.

well, im at the bf parents house today and ive been well fed...

bfast - didnt really wake up all that early so just apple juice and a cup of tea - 142

dinner - shepards pie - 410

pudding - cheesecake (eek) - 257 :(

dinner - i dont know yet but ill try and make it as healthy as possible...

I'm taking this as (yet another) day off because i feel so rude requesting separate meals, and theyre all very in to their food, so refusing things like pudding seems so rude to me, but ive managed to ward off the biscuits as snacks

im going to be very strict 2mro with exercise and food to make up for today i think

So far so good....

B: Fiber one (220)

L: Cheddar brocoli soup and crackers (270)

D: Lemon Pepper chicken, mixed veggies, rice (550)

S1: Fiber bar (130)

S2: Apple and PB (160)

Ok, so I'm really bad at posting on the weekend!  Here is what I ate, in no particular order:

Went out for breakfast with hubby sat morn - bacon, eggs, toast, hashbrowns, oj

Had a girls night with my sister-in-law and some friends.  I had:

Spagetti, 1/4 piece of cheesecake, 2 martini's and 1 glass of wine

Sunday - Kraft Dinner, Chips and taco dip

OK - so here is the first weigh in for me :)

Height - 5'6

Start Weight - 144

Goal Weight - 133

Today's Weight - 143  -----------------> DOWN 1 LB!!! Yayaya :)

Hope everyone else did well :)

Today - After 30 minutes of shovelling to get out of my driveway this morning!

B: 1 cup maple almond crunch cereal, 1 cup skim milk (290)

S: Banana (~70)

L: 1 can light tuna in water, 4 Melba toasts, v8 shot (~220)

S: Tangerine (~20)

D: Veggie Stirfry w brown rice (~400)

S: Not sure yet - but will have to be around 200 cals

So I don't think i met a single goal for the weekend :(  I'm still down from when I started a week ago, but only 2lbs (It was my first week of dieting.  I lost a lot of water weight and was down 5 lbs before the weekend)

I know a lot of that is water weight again from drinking, fried, and salty foods.  I also know I still had a deficit throughout the week, just not as large a deficit as I may have hoped for.

Good news though: Some pants that had grown uncomfortable around the waistline fit perfectly again!  Also, my favorite work slacks look much better as well.

I give blood today, so I'm not having a diet day, more of a maintain day.  Drinking water is my goal for the day!

B- toast w/ jelly, yogurt

S- Carrots

L-Tomato Soup

S-Apple

L2-Veggie Soup (Two lunches today for post blood donation)

S-Clementines

D-Chicken Stew