Hi everyone, I post daily in the Calorie Counters section of Diettalk, but I thought I'd start writing down what I'm eating daily in a Journal to keep me on track.

I am to eat 1,300 a day (averaged across the week). But just to mix it up slightly, I will eat 1,200 one day 1,400 the next.

Today:

- Banana breakfast bar (200)
- A few spoons of cous cous & pumpkin (100)
- 2 small bread rolls (300)
- Light philly cheese & diet jam (50)
- Chicken breast (150)
- Slice of ham (40)
- Pineapple (50)
- 2 slices lf cheese (80)
- Small boiled potato (110)
- Broccoli/ carrot (100)

TOTAL: 1180

Made it to the gym, too.

Today:

Yoghurt 120cal
Tomato soup 163cal
3 small bread rolls 450cal

Small potato 100 cal
LF Cheese 40cal

Cous cous 350cal

TOTAL = 1223 cal

Excellent menus and cals, ToningUp!!! :up:

Thanks Athletea :)

Today I did ok, I need to start eating more in the morning though, to give me more energy at the gym. Had to stop on the treadmill every 15 mins!!

Yoghurt 120cal
Rolos 200cal
4 slices bread 360cal
250g tinned ravioli 220cal
3 eggs (scrambled) + splash milk 230
Apple 80cal
2 slices lf Cheese 80 cal

TOTAL: 1290

Hey ToningUp! Good job with the eating & exercising. I have also noticed the difference a good breakfast can make as far as exercising is concerned! I usually eat eggs in the morning, like an omelet, or scrambled eggs, and since they are loaded w/ protein, they give me lots of energy. I don't know how they would measure up with your cal. count. But, you could always look them up if you like eggs. Good luck and keep up all the good work!!!! :D

:cheer:

Hi Rebekah,

Thanks for stopping by! I'm definitely going to try the eggs for breakfast idea (I loooove scrambled eggs!). I ate 200cal of carbs 10 minutes before hitting the gym today, and felt like Bananaman would after eating a banana (superhumanly strong & energetic- sorry for the corny (British?) analogy, but I love that cartoon).

The moral of the story is, I definitely need to start eating more in the mornings!

Today:

Bretzel (200cal)
Corn chips (150 cal)
Samosas/ vegetable spring rolls (660 cal)
Lettuce/ sweet chilli/ soy (200 cal)

TOTAL: 1210 cal

Friday- 1200 (800 of which were potato chips, I'm useless).

Saturday-
Muesli bar 200
Rolos 200

Tomato- 35
Balsamic vinegar- 20
Motzarella- 150
Tomato soup- 240cal
2 small bread rolls- 300cal
Medium potato- 200
1 slice lf cheese- 40

TOTAL: 1385

Just dropped in to read your menus, ToningUp!!! You're lookin' good! :up:

Thanks again for your support Athletea! It's people like you that give me a sense of accountability, thanks so much for your support.

Sunday

Yoghurt 120
Large muesli bar 250
Row of milka chocolate 100
Rolos 200

Tomato- 35
Balsamic vinegar- 20
Motzarella- 180
2 slices bread- 180
Ravioli- 100

TOTAL: 1185

As you can tell, my food choices on weekends are a little less heatlhy, but atleast I'm keeping it under 1,300 I guess :shrug:

Weigh in tomorrow, I hope to see 88!!! :sigh:

Wow! Doing terrific! You have some great food choices!!

Hello!

I've decided to change my weigh-in day to Fridays rather than Mondays, so I will let you know how I do then! Other than that, NO MORE chocolate or chips, and green tea first thing in the morning & last thing at night before bed.

TODAY
Gym- yes

FOOD
Rolos- 200
Yoghurt- 120

2 small bread rolls- 300
Cream cheese, jam- 100

Chicken breast- 150
Pineapple- 50
Ham- 40
Broccoli- 50
Carrots- 30
2 slices LF Cheese- 80
Medium potato- 120

TOTAL 1240

YESTERDAY

- Don't even go there, cheesy bacony pasta + chocolate...... Must have been pushing 3,000!

TODAY

- Back on my best behaviour!

Muesli bars 200
Motzarella 375
Large tomato 50
Balsamic vinegar/ basil 80
Peanuts 300
Pasta & cherry tomatoes 300

TOTAL: 1305

Yesterday- between 1250 and 1450. Too much, felt :-&

Today:

3 muesli bars 300 (won't buy a new pack after these ones are gone, I'm eating too many!)
Tomato soup 155
2 bread rolls 300
Small tomato 20
Balsamic vinegar 50
Light motzarella 200
Peanut snacks 150

TOTAL 1175

Fluids- 2 cups green tea & 2.5 litres of water (1 after dinner)

TODAY

2 muesli bars 200
Yoghurt 120

2 hamburgers (meat only) 560
Large potato 200
Broccoli 30
Carrot 30
Tzasiki 40
2 LF Cheese 80

TOTAL 1260

I came so close to binging this weekend, was very hungry!

But I didn't, and exercised for an hour on Saturday and an hour on Sunday.

TODAY (SUNDAY)

- Muesli bar 100
- Yoghurt 120
- M & Ms 250

- Spring rolls 340
- Samosas 320
- Lettuce/ soy/ sweet chilli 100
- Rice crackers 200

TOTAL: 1430

Today

FANTASTIC baked potato chips, a HUGE bag = only 410 (a great find!)
1 hamburger (meat only) 280
Medium potato 180
Broccoli 30
Carrot 40
Tzasiki 40
2 LF Cheese 80

TOTAL 1060

Hey! Your meals sound delicious, and I was wondering... Have you had good success with counting calories? I am looking around at different diet approaches, I was basically just doing "heathly eating" but I find myself saying one thing is "healthy" when it really isn't. Thanks so much, and keep up the great work!!

:cheer:

Hi Rebekah,

Thanks for stopping by. I left you a message in the Calorie Counting section of these boards, but I'll say it again here.... I love Calorie Counting! Looking at the nutritional content of a food really helps you with a diet- before I started, I would have said "potatos are really bad" (when they're only 75 cal/ 100g raw- which is good since I love them!), or "bananas are good" (when they're 95 cal/ 100g)!!

So you just don't know until you read the label/ do some research ("Calories in a X" in google always finds the answers for me!)

I too am training for 1-2 hours a day trying to get fit, I find 1200-1400 per day keeps me from feeling too hungry/ enables me to do that much exercise. Hope this all helps.

TODAY

Hamburger (meat only) 280
Rolos 200
Mozzarella 195
Large tomato 50
Balsamic vinegar 50
LF potato chips 400 (will try to not eat them tomorrow, and have fruit instead!)
M&Ms (evil) 150

TOTAL: 1325

Not the best choices, but acceptable calories wise- will try to do better tomorrow!

Today

Apple 100
LF Cheese 80
Large bowl whole grain rice 440
M&Ms 150

TOTAL: 770

Were those M&Ms for dinner??? LOL. Ok so going to step up on the soap box, but only for a second Anna. You are doing a great job, you have lost an amazing amount of weight. It wont always be easy, and its normal to not lose. Eating 770 calories in a day really isnt enough, especually when 150 of that comes from M&Ms. There is not all the nutrients you need in the food you ate today. Our bodies go through plateus as it trys to figure out where the normal weight is going to be. It will go away, but dont give yourself an eating disorder worrying about it. Just keep up the great work!

Hi Elsie!

Thanks again for your support. I understand that you freaked when you read my crazily low intake the other day (who wouldn't!) but don't worry, I don't plan on eating any less than 1000 again any time soon. I'm just experimenting with ways to end plateaus (for future reference- I'm sure they'll occur again lol). I though one day of significantly UNDER, followed by a day OVER might do it (read an article where a dietitian suggested that often works). Time will tell!

1,300 yesterday, no gym

Anna

YESTERDAY- way too low, probably 800 tops (we went to an 8pm film and got out at 11pm, home at midnight- by then it was bed time, not food time!)

TODAY (much better)

Yoghurt 120
Pretzels 100
2 Bread rolls 150
1/2 chicken breast 80
Pineapple 40
Lettuce, mayonaise 40
Boiled potato 110
2 slices LF cheese 80
40g tsaziki 40
100g Chocolate 540

TOTAL: 1300

It's 7pm, about to go off to a party with no doubt heaps of junk food, have just eaten so I'm not too tempted....

Have eaten 935 so far today. Wish me luck (eek, I am a sucker for sugar, chocolate and chips)

Anna

Ha! The party was disastrous... anyway. No point dwelling, it's a new day today. I made it to the gym, worked out for an extra half an hour.... and good news is the gym is open all over the Christmas period, even Christmas Day!

TODAY

3 bread rolls 450
100g LF curry chicken cream cheese 165
Tomato soup 150
Medium boiled potato 135
2 slices LF cheese 80
50g Tsaziki 50
Yoghurt 150

TOTAL 1180

Good day today!

Pasta/ tomato/ basil 545
Rolos 200
Pretzels 60
Yoghurt 70
Potato 110
50g Tsaziki 50
1.5 LF cheese 60

TOTAL 1095

TODAY

Vegetable spring rolls 340
Yoghurt 200
Rolos 200
Vegetarian samosas 320
Lettuce, soy, sweet chilli sauce 100

TOTAL 1160

Wow, you are really good with writing your calories/food intake down. I did for a while and then stopped. got tired of writing the same stuff down day after day.

thanks for stopping by my journal

later
Julie

Hello Anna... I wanted to stop in to say Hi... saw a post of yours in another journal. you have lost quite some weight already. Congrats. Two hours at the gym hum.... that is awesome. Well I hope we get a chance to talk further. I am sorry I can only do a short post. (crummy early bedtime!) Take care. :deer:

Hi BigRed & SexyBod, thanks for stopping by!

TODAY

Yoghurt 240
LF Pretzels 100
2 hamburgers (meat only) 560
Broccoli 50
Carrot 50
1/2 mozarella 150
Tomato 25
Balsamic vinegar 50

TOTAL 1225

I made it to the gym, and had a peek at the scale (still the same)! I hope, I hope I hope I can lose 3-4 pounds before Christmas. It would make me feel SO much happier (mind you, I already fit in the "want to fit into the pants by New Years" pants), so I can't complain too much!!

Anna

A late start today- really need to have a relaxing weekend so I can get out of bed early all next week (holidays coming, lots to do).

Calories today so far = 600

I am going out for dinner tonight (Italian). I will either eat half of a pizza (they are the thinnest crust pizzas in the world, and not at all oily), or pasta with a simple tomato sauce, or a salad.

1/2 a pizza I'm guessing will be between 400 and 800, same for the pasta, a salad (without oil) most likely much lower. Will see how I go, and post back here later.

Anna

Have fun at dinner. sounds like you are doing well. Keep up the good work and congrats on being able to fit into the "want to fit into the pants by New Years" pants!

Later
Julie

Thanks Julie!

Dinner went really well.... I had a small serve of a chicken dish (basically just a chicken breast, some tomato, chilli, onion, and corn, with a mouthful of cheese), and a 200cal bread roll.

So I'm thinking only 1400 or so for the day..... great, considering :)

SATURDAY
Pretzels 100
Muesli bars 190
Yoghurt 150

DINNER:
2 hamburgers (meat only) 560
Broccoli 30
Carrot 40
Medium potato 150
30g Tsaziki 30
1 slice LF cheese 40
Chocolate 255

TOTAL: 1545

TODAY

2 Muesli bars 190cal
Rolos 210

Zucchini 50
Pumpkin soup 320
2 bread rolls 300

TOTAL: 1070

Sunday is my day off from the gym, but we walked around 5km in the cold.... so will have done something, I hope.

Toning up, you are doing soooo well in your weight loss journey :D you commented about my variety of foods, I think you have a good variety of food! pumpkin soup mmmm indian food mmm curry, pineaple mmmm lol

You are more than half way to your goal!!!!! Congrats! when did you start your journey? Any way good luck in your mission to survive Christmas season, I am dodging so many bad food myself :tomato: I was at Grandma's This eve and you should have seen all the baking around! Of course my skinny fiance ate a ton :c( brat haha

Take Care of yourself

Hi mclurelab,

I started in September-ish, so hopefully by May I'll be done (the weight loss has slowed down dramtically since those first few weeks of huge losses). How advanced are your wedding plans? Have you picked a venue/ dress yet???

Today:

Yoghurt 150
2 muesli bars 190
100g turkey 100
1 small bread roll 150
1 slice pineapple 20
Lettuce, tomato 20
1 medium potato 150
30g tsaziki 30
2 slices LF cheese 80

TOTAL: 890

I will either eat a second roll with salad, or some chocolate (250), depending on how hungry I am

Hello!

Food today:

Small bread roll 150
Muesli bar 95
Cheese 150
Paprika snacks 100
Carrot 50
Tsaziki 55
Slice of healthy pizza (homemade) 250
Snack food (had guests over) 500

TOTAL 1350

TODAY

Muesli bar 95
Yoghurt 125
Chopped up fruit 100

2 bread rolls 300
Chicken/ curry/ pineapple 230
Motzarella 375
Med tomato 30
Balsamic vinegar/ basil 50

TOTAL: 1305

Hello Anna, :wave:

You were so gracious as to visit my Journal ... so I decided to pay you a visit ...

Looking over your daily menus .... I see you are staying within your weight loss program guidelines .... Do you use Fitday to compute your caloric intake? Do you pay attention to your nutritional guidelines ?

I hope everything is going A-OKAY :up: in your world today ..... and I hope maybe some day we can meet and chat and get to know one another better ... MAKE IT A GREAT DAY....

Always, Monica

You are doing so well! I have been failing during this holiday season. Too many activites that include eating a bunch of garbage food. Even though it all tastes good at the time my stomach is paying for it.

take care
Julie

Hello ladies,

Thanks for stopping by again :) With dramas elsewhere on the boards today (a group of people from another weightloss site signing up to DT to attack my & others' diets), I almost forgot to post here, and ended up overshooting my daily goal due to the stress of it all (being told you're under-eating a hundred times makes it harder to say no to that fantastic tasting Christmas gingerbread!). So now I have to curb my consumption of more healthier dinner items I had planned.... grrrr

Today,

Muesli bar 95
2 bread rolls 300
Tomato, basil, LF cream cheese 130
Plate of sliced up vegies 100
Bretzel 220
125g gingerbread 500
Rolos 200

TOTAL: 1545

I'm almost scared to post that I overate, scared it will be read and touted a GOOD thing by trolls claiming that all Calorie Counters eating under 1800 a day are starving themselves. Isn't that terrible?

Hi Toningup.
i read the thread you started in the SOS forum and i am very sorry that people have joined DT specifically to ridicule and chastise you..Diettalk has always been a supportive place and i can truly say in 7 years of coming here i havent seen this "trolling" happen more than once before.
i have always been a firm believer in each person knowing what is best for them.what works for one person doesnt always work for another..i dont believe anyone has the right to tell someone else what they can or cannot do.
i personally workout at a intense pace...it isnt for everyone and i have had people question me about it..its my business and i am fit and healthy and not sick or becoming anorexic or bulimic..i have maintained my goal weight since 2000.
Congratulations on your success...the strength of character you have shown through this recent posting from troublemakers is admirable!
keep up the good work.
hugs bell :)

Hi Toning Up!

I know I PMed you, but I just wanted to write again that I didn't mean to fuel the fire in the SOS forum. I just kind of got upset that they wouldn't state their opinion and just let that be the end of it. But I guess sometimes people are like that. :shrug:

Anyway, congrats again on the weight loss! You are really doing great!

-Lindsey

Bell- thankyou so much for your kind words (I'm an Aussie too, but in Europe. I'd much rather your weather to mine LOL). You are a true success story :)

Buckeye, stop apologising- I really appreciated being stood up for (that's why I posted in the SOS forum to begin with, I was feeling attacked, awful since DT is usually so supportive)! When people like Judith came in and said "hey, a 1,400 cal diet worked for me, and I have maintained ever since", it was fabulous also. I don't have an eating disorder, damnit, I'm being healthy!!

(I was less impressed with the comments of a certain DT regular telling me off for starting the thread to begin with, and saying we should take our argument/ debate elsewhere. Debate? Excuse me? I was quietly minding my own business, following a diet mandated by my doctor, posting my calories/ food on a supportive board and in my journal, and was suddenly set upon by a number of critical people, and I did the wrong this asking for some support/ advice? Sheesh!! It's not my fault they're crazy and on a campaign, and followed me in there.)

Anyway, I'm moving on and using my journal as my major support mechanism now, Calorie Counters is out for the medium term (just too many critical people from the Shape Boards for it to be at all constructive)

Today:

1/2 STEW, consisting of:

200g turkey breast 210cal
Tin of tomato 80 cal
Broccoli 40
Carrot 30
Med potato 120
Capsicum 30
Chicken stock, curry poweder, chilli 10
(so 520/2 = 260)

Whole grain Rice 440
Chocolate bar 185
Vanilla Yoghurt 150

TOTAL: 1035

Reserve the right to eat a huge bowl of fruit salad later when I'm hungry again!

I haven't been following the drama but just wanted to let you know that I think you are doing great! I agree with bell. It is ultimately up to the individual person as to what diet/exercise regimen works for them. We should not be here to criticize but be support.

Take care - you are doing great!

Julie

Hi Anna, it wasnt just you that ws being attacked, it was all of us. Let us take some of the burden for you. You are doing great as usual, you know it must be working, since i am sure you are looking hot! When you going to post a picture anyway?? I always wonder what all the people I chat with look like.

TODAY

(Christmas market, evil food everywhere)
- Sausage 300
- Chips 200
- Part of a donut 150
- Chocolate bar 150

TOTAL: 800

Dinner

2 bread rolls 300
Tomato soup 240

Total day- 1340

Tis' the season for evil food
lalalalala lalalala

WHat can you do??? :)

But you are still succesful in your weight loss, so who cares. I know some days though I have a low calorie count (relatively) there is too much carbs and fat. But as long as we make good choices most of the time, it will all even out.

Hey Elsie, thanks for stopping by. I checked out your photos in the photo forum, you look amazing :) Your boyfriend is really cute too LOL

Yesterday, I ate 1,085- mostly junk grrrr!!!

Today I did much better.

Yoghurt 125
Pretzel 220
2 hamburgers (meat only) 580
Medium boiled potato 120
2 slices LF cheese 80
40g tsaziki 40
Carrot 30
Broccoli 40

TOTAL: 1235

I weighed myself at the gym, too. I'm now weigh 183 :dc

Hi Anna!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


Don't worry about the evil food......I've been eating whatever doesn't bite me first lately, but I figure----it only comes once a year, and as long as I don't go CRAZY with it........right?!?!

I'll get back on track after New Year's......

Anyhoo, don't worry about those diet nazis, apparently they know everything there is to know about everything and do everything right, so I guess it's amazing that they need to be concerned about thier weight......just kidding!!

:)

I hope you have a fabulous Christmas and New Year's......I'll be back at DT on the 28th so I'll see you then!!

:deer:

Anna,

I am wishing you and yours the healthiest and merriest Christmas ever ..... I am as always, Monica :hug:

Merry Christmas :)

Beth :peace: