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 :)

Friday I wasn't too out of control, a couple handfulls of goldfish were all that was out of line, but saturday i had chic-fil-a and panera and booze and snacks galore :(  But yesterday was lazy sunday and i barely got out of bed (watching movies/reading/video games) and then I fell asleep early, and all i ate was some candy and goldfish crackers, so even though that wasn't healthy, I can't imagine having gone too crazy for the day, haha.

Today i stepped on the scale to see how much damage I did and i was at 144.8.  After all that salty food i ate this weekend, I'm not too upset about it.  This week a coworker's in town from california and usually he has us all out to eat and drinking, so I'm hoping to avoid too much damage, but it will be hard. 

Here's today's plan:

B- toast w/jelly, yogurt

S-apple, carrots

L-Veggie soup

S-applesauce, celery

D- 4 oz pork tenderloin and veggie soup

That's ~1050 so I'll have room for some wine if I want it, or popcorn as a late night snack

Hello,

Today is weigh-in.  Last week 205.5.  Today 203.  Pretty good.  Since today is a holiday my eating will be way off.

B-None

L-fruit salad .  About 400

D- Not sure yet.  My husband is out shopping so we will have to see what he brings home.  I know there will be a salad and steamed veggies.

I have about 600 calories to play with.

Have a good one.  Lots of extra exercise today as a deep cleaning day.  Scrubbing bathtub etc.  Housekeeper will not be here for another week so this is my week.

B - my usual granola with yogurt and a tsp honey and some orange juice - 417

L - tomato and basil soup with a small slice of homemade bread  ~ 200

D - pork, onions and apples cooked in a cider sauce with rice - 542

plus a coupe of snacks throught out the day (apple, chocolate milkshake made with skimmed milk (my calcium is really low), a chocolate truffle and some tea) takes me to 1300

as for weight, im still 65 kilos (143 lbs) but ive been doing loads of exercise etc and im looking and feeling more toned so im guessing (and hoping) its muscle weight

I winged it yesterday because of my jog and the amount of calories burned I wasn't sure of my calorie goal. Today:

B: Fiber One, protein shake (378)

S1: Fiber Bar (130)

L: Rice, chicken, veggies (300)

S2: Apple, PB (130)

D: Rice, chicken, veggies (350)

About 1400 maybe need a snack or just more of dinner.

May I join? I think I'm less likely to have a day like yesterday's if I know I have to post it semi-publicly. Dinner was superhealthy (spaghetti squash, beans, vegetables and salad), breakfast was just oatmeal, but I wound up having a bag of chips for lunch and kept mindlessly eating some chocolates that were sitting around.

Today has been OK so far:

Breakfast - oatmeal with craisins, tea

Lunch - wholegrain pasta with tomato sauce and grilled zucchini and lentils.

Also, about me, I'm 5'3", currently at 128 (seems to be where I always end up) and would like to be 120.

of course you can join us!

B - slice of toast with poached egg and an apple - 173

L - baked potato with cheese tuna, pesto and LOTS of salad - 405

D - chicken casserole with a small portion of pasta - 265

S - chocolate milke (still low on that calcium) - 89

thats only 932 which isnt good becasue its almost bed time and i need to make up 3-400 calories...

B: Fiber One (175)

S1: Fiber Bar, PB (210)

L: Soup, Grilled Cheese (500)

S2: Apple (75)

D: Fish, rice, salad (500)

Need to hit around 1700-1800 today so I will probably eat another snack somewhere.

B - yogurt, cereal honey - 323

L - fish finger sandwich and soup - 400

D - sweet pepper stuffed with tuna, cous cous, tomatos and onion - 490

takes me to around 1200 so ill eat some more as i want to do some aerobics later

well i have company in town this week, so diet's off while me and my friends drink way more than is healthy after work... I'm going to try to maintain.  We'll see if I can do it!

good luck josie, i know how hard it can be when you have friends over!

My problem is never the drinking with friends, it's how alcohol kills my ability to say no to scarfing cheesy spinach dip, olives, and whatever other salty (delicious) things are offered at the bar!

Yesterday wasn't too great overall:

Breakfast - oatmeal with craisin

Lunch - wholegrain pasta, tomato sauce, grilled zucchini, lentil

Snack 1 - 1/4 of a chocolate chip muffin

Dinner - salad with goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette, leftover spaghetti squash

Snack 2 - Rice Krispie treat

Snack 3 - half a pita (this was at 11pm, I was weirdly hungry)

I think I was within my calorie budget, but lots of sugar and not really much protein in there. I'm trying to do better today.

Hi Everyone!!! I hope you don't mind if I join.  I'm a really picky eater, so it's been hard for me to find stuff to make that is healthy and I actually like. 

Breakfast - Yogurt with Kashi GOLean cereal

Lunch- Apple (I really wasn't hungry and I was out running around)

Snack- 1 serving goldfish crackers

Dinner- I was thinking of making a grilled chicken salad, but since I have so many calories to make up, I might have grilled chicken with rice.  Probably something else too, I haven't eaten enough today!

I just bought the Jillian Michaels workout video, I saw other people talking about it on another blog and I saw you guys talking about it on here too.  I'm really excited about getting home and trying it out!

I'm really having trouble eating 1200 calories a day.  When I have calories that I need to make up, I never know how to make them up (I want to eat something healthy, but I would have to eat 2 heads of cauliflower to make up that many calories).  I don't want to blow it and eat chips or something to make up my 300 calories.... Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi and welcome to the new ones,

Yesterday I stayed at about 1000.

Today

B-1cup cheerios with 1/2 cup milk

Lunch - large salad with 1 tbl ranch dressing

D- not sure yet, maybe a peanut butter and honey sandwich on 7 grain bread.  Kind of tire and still have to go teach Awanas.  If I do have that I will also eat a salad

Have a good one

Cheryl

Original Post by amp0166:

I'm really having trouble eating 1200 calories a day.  When I have calories that I need to make up, I never know how to make them up (I want to eat something healthy, but I would have to eat 2 heads of cauliflower to make up that many calories).  I don't want to blow it and eat chips or something to make up my 300 calories.... Does anyone have any suggestions?

fruit juice... its got a lot of sugar in it but it builds up the calories, hydrates you and is fruit too so its all good really! thats what i used last night when i was way under target. i wasnt hungry so i didnt want to eat anything else so i just had about 300 calories worth of juice

Also some other calorie dense foods....peanut butter, any kind of nuts, cheese, slice of bread. Any of that is better than some chips or junk food.

Welcome to all of the new posters.

I have been doing good on food and exercise. Slowly losing the weight, too. For such a long time I wasn't seeing any results and now all of a sudden everything is shaping up.

B: Fiber one (215)

S1: Yogurt Protein shake (246)

L: BLT, goldfish (475)

S2: Fiber bar (130)

D: Stir fry w chicken and brown rice (500)

That should put me right into my calorie range for today. Everyone stay focused. Have a productive and happy day!

Thank you for all of the good advice!!!  So, where is everyone from?  It seems like this is a group that's pretty small, do any of you already know each other?

Hello all,

I ended up yesterday with 1267 calories.  I went out to dinner and had 2 tacos (not fried) and some beans then I had 6 red licorice vines and 2 snack size snickers.

Today

B- skipped since I had a 6am meeting.

L- 2TBL peanut butter with 1 tsp honey

1/2 a naked juice drink

D- salad with boiled egg and chicken breast.

About 800 cal.  I will have to have some vegetables and probably some juice

Have a good one

I am from Indiana. Or at least that is where I live now, anyways. Cold....

B: Fiber one, banana (300)

S1: protein shake (250)

L: lefotver stir fry (300)

S2: Fiber bar, PB (200)

D: Not sure but I have enough calories left to eat soemthing good!

I am from Alberta, Canada. Freezing here!! Thanks for posting all these great menu ideas folks. Carlyn, do you really like the shakes and bars?

Wednesday I was pretty good; yesterday I was pretty terrible.

Wednesday: Oatmeal for breakfast, apple and cheese for snack, toast and peanut butter for lunch, mashed potatoes (less than one potato portion for me and no milk or butter in them), steamed spinach and baked beans for supper, Jello pudding for dessert.

Thursday: Oatmeal for breakfast, CHIPS for lunch (what???? why did I do that? Why why why???), small portion of veggie lasagna and spinach salad for dinner, with half a glass of wine.

Besides that glass of wine yesterday, I only ever drink water or black tea/coffee so I don't post drinks.  Looking at this, I think my reason for bingeing on chips is that I'm still not eating enough protein.

sorry i didnt post yday guys, my bf was over and i just didnt find time, and when i did find time our internet was down :(

1400 cals yday

today:

B - chocolate milkshake and a cup of tea

L - grilled low-fat sausage, tinned tomato and poached egg sandwich (yes, it was as messy as it sounds but my bf cooked to for me so i wasnt complaining!)

D - we went out and i had lasagne and a small amount of garlic bread...

all together its been about 1200 cals which is good, i might have a small glass of white wine later too