Hi, im new here. I want to use this to record what i eat and my exercises. I lost alot of weight, gained it back, started binge eating and am ready to take some of it off using a healthy approach!! :)

So far today
B- Go lean-160 + milk-50 + apple-70
S: Raisin bran- 290 + milk- 50
L: Chicken breast-150 + grapes-60 + veggis & ranch-60
S: String cheese- 80 + 2% cottage cheese - 90
D: Oatmeal- 250 + 1 egg white- 15 + slice of apple pie- 300 :)

= 1625

*My main goal is to loose weight by listening to my body then tracking it at the end of the day!!

Exercise:
45 min eliptical
Lifting chest/biceps

Welcome to DT, hopefully you will find all the support you need here to get the weight back off and manage the eating. You have done it before, you can do it again.

Hi Elsie! Thanks you! I know i can do this and i feel confident being here will help. Ive been to many 'unhealthy' forums for support and i think this is a good place for me here. It seems like everyone is very supportive and loosing weight the healthy way (ive already had my share of 'unhealthy' weight loss!)

Wednesday December 1!!
*Food
B: Raisin bran + milk - 350
L: Chicken salad w. raisins + cottage chesse + honey nut cheerios & milk- 580
S: SF applesauce- 50
D: Cheese & veggi quesadilla + glass of milk- 300
S: Oats & sf syrup- 200

Planned: 1480..ill have something else if i get hungry.

*Exerecise
-Lifting- 30 minutes- Back & Triceps
-1.5 mile run (13 mins), 30 min eliptical

*Its one of my best friends 21st bdays today, so i may go out for a couple of drinks to celebrate. I have 2 exams this week :c( so i dont know if i will wind up doing that or now. I also get to see my boyfriend this weekend. He is taking a job in chicago (he lives on the east coast now) and were going to APT shop for a place for us to live when i graduate! Im so excited.

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Todays goals:
Water(4-6 cups)- XX
F/V(5 serv)- XXXX
Dairy(3 serv)- XX

Well spinner I would say that MOST people on here are doing it healthy. Unfortuantely there are people who come on from time to time, starving themselves, or trying to lose an unrealistic amount of weight. Luckily the good definately out weighs the bad.

As for your plan, I am interested --it helps with accountability-- with the specifics of your plan. I know you are trying to eat 1400-1600 calories a day, but what are your goals for excercising, for water intake, what specifically are you doing to lose the weight. Plans are always the most important thing, that way if you dont do those things there is the accountability. I know for me if I miss a day at the gym, I feel super guilty about it, because I have that plan. I see that you are only shooting to lose one pound a week and that should be super attainable.

Ok, thanks for the advice! Along with the calories i would like to ...

-Drink 4-6 cups water daily (to start out)
-Exercise 5-6 times a week, weight train 3-4 times
-200 crunches everyother day
-Pilates tape 3 times a week
-Get 3-5 servings of fruits and veggis daily
-Get 3 servings of dairy (this is super hard for me!)

**Ultimate goal- Run in a marathon
Im focusing on running 3-4 times a week. Im at 1.5 miles now in 12 min 30 secs. I want to add in a quarter mile each week until i get confident enough to acutally TRAIN for some sort of race!!

Ill log these goals daily along with my meals! Thanks!

Uggg. I am so frustrated. I havent had a binge in a while, but im still overeating and not knowing how to stop. I feel like its ruining all my weight loss efforts. Im fine until about 8pm when i just keep snacking. I must have had about 3 big slices of brownies tonight and I WASNT EVEN HUNGRY. I wish that urge to eat would just go away and i could have some disipline. Im going to try eating every two hours or so tomorrow and stay within my calorie goals. Anything to just not go overboard. Ill plan then modify..

On the plus side i did get a work out in today and was concious of what i was eating today (up until the 8pm munchies)

Plan for tomorrow:
7am: 1/2 c oats + raisins
9am: 1/2 c unsweetend apple sauce + glass of milk
10:30: workout (my only study break of the day!!)
12ish: Raw veggis + dip + slice of PB toast
2pm: Can of healthy choice clam chowder
4pm: Right before my test (eek!!) Cottage cheese + something 100 cals
6:15: rushed dinner before my other test!! :c( 200 cal something
After test: Something small. I will probably go out with a few friends for some drinks (rum & diet coke! :) )

I will see if this works and keeps me full. I need to stop this overeating. Hopefully i can eventually turn these into bigger, more normal meals.

Hi Spinner!
i noticed you have joined up at the December exercise addicts thread..i have been starting that thread for a couple of years now and i like making goals each month and doing my best to achieve them.
Apt shopping ...that sounds awesome..hope you guys find something good!
Good luck with getting the weight off in a healthy way..getting it off right helps you to keep it off too!
hugs bell :)

Well i did a little better today. Im still playing around, trying to find what works best for me (keeps me from binging and loosing weight..dont know if i should preplan menus or eat when im hungry, count not count!??!) Im just gonna do trial and error and see what works.

*Today*
B: 1/2 c oatmeal + PB + protien powder
L: 1 eggwhite + rice/tuna mix w. ff italian + raw veggis and dip
S: Bowl of oatmeal w. sf jam, small serving Cottage cheese
D: Shrimp coctail, 2 potato skin thingys, side salad
S: string cheese, sf hotchocolate, apple + pb

Mindless stuff: 2 fried shrimp, bite of poptart, few popcorn chicken, cheese goldfish ..Ugggg!! This mindless eating is whats messing me up!! no more!!

Goals for tomorrow:
-Journal what i eat as i go along
-50 min cardio of some sort
-4-6 glasses water

The overeating (pr emotional eating) is hard to break. I know I would love a brownie or three myself, but truly I have learned its all about willpower and telling yourself no. I thikn is it worth being fat to eat this brownie, and it usually doesnt taste as good. Often I want to eat something because it tastes good, but I dont allow myself too, and sometimes that makes for feel like I am in pain, but its all in my head, adn it goes away quickly. I would also suggest putting good alternatives in your house. Like for example lastnight I had myself a sugar free pudding pop, its good, its chocolate and its only like 35 calories, which is absolutely on plan with my diet. Training yourself to say to know to yourself, is probably one of the hardest things. But once you do it once it gets easier and easier. I know I often eat what would be enough, but the food is so good I will think about having more for about 10 minutes, I know I shouldn't so I don't, and in an hour when I have completely forgot about wanting those seconds, then I am proud of myself. Eating every 2 hours does help, I try to do the same, and so that way if I want that second piece of pizza I tell myself I can have it, just in 2 hours.

OOPs..ive been so busy ive forgotten to journal in a while! Ive been doing ok..still overeating but not really binging.

Goals for today:
No counting till after dinner (atleast)
Get in 30-50 minutes cardio and weights
Drink 3 cups water
Leave on bite on the plate at each meal & take a drink before each bite. (need to start realizing to stop eating when im full instead of consitantly cleaning my plate)

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Will update throughout the day....