Accountability partner(s) request

wendyr67

I want to loose 10 pounds to be back to the weight I've been most of my life and am most comfortable at. I exercise regularly - doing P90X right now. My challenge is my eating habits. I tend to mindlessly snack if I'm not busy, so I use the food tracker here. I would love to be able to post my food log at the end of each day and have others join me so we can hold each other accountable. I, for one, know that if I know others will see what I've eaten, I'll be much more inclined to stay disciplined. I'll start now by posting yesterday's log here (if I can figure out how). My goal is to stay at 1600 calories/day or less.

March 24, 2010
Foods Calories

Breakfast
Blueberries - Raw, 0.5 cup 41
Shaklee - Performance Maximum Endurance Sports Drink, 3 tablespoons 28g 100
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 2 cup (8 fl oz) 5
Sugars - Granulated (sucrose), 4 tsp 65
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup 86
Generic - Bananna, 0.5 medium 53
Shaklee - Physique, 1/2 cup 210

Lunch
Kashi Go Lean - Honey Almond Flax Cereal, 1 cup 200
Horizon Organic - Skim Milk, 1 cup (240 ml) 90
Generic - Sugar Cookies, 1 cookie 81

Dinner
Trader Joe's - Whole Wheat Pita Bread (Pocket), 1 Pita (60g) 160
Wine - Red Wine, 5 oz. 102
Athenos - Hummus - Greek Style With Lemon Garlic & Oregano, 2 tbsp 50

Snacks
Oranges - Raw, navels, 1 fruit (2-7/8" dia) 69

TOTAL: 1,312

Exercises Calories Minutes Sets Reps Weight
Cardiovascular
Aerobics, high impact 407 60

kelli_panzera

It'll be hard to lose if you continue to eat under 1200 calories per day. If you ate 1300 and did 400 of exercise, you only actually consumed 900. Starvation mode. Especially as we get older, some of us find that we need to consume more. I don't think you're mindlessly snacking, but maybe you need to do a little more mindless snacking to get your calories up
Some days i'll snack most of the day. As long as they're healthy snacks, good for you!

wendyr67

Thanks for the reply. I guess I should note that yesterday's calorie count is not typical. I'm usually between 1600-2000 per day. I normally struggle to keep it closer to the 1600 side.

wendyr67

Here's my log for yesterday. Not too bad. Coming up on the weekend, which is when I usually falter.

Breakfast
Blueberries - Raw, 0.5 cup 41
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 2 cup (8 fl oz) 5
Sugars - Granulated (sucrose), 4 tsp 65
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup 86
Shaklee - Physique, 1/2 cup 210

Lunch
Bread - Whole-wheat, 2 slice 138
Peanut butter - Chunk style, with salt, 2 tbsp 188
Generic - Bananna, 1 medium 105

Dinner
Trader Joe's - Whole Wheat Pita Bread (Pocket), 1 Pita (60g) 160
Athenos - Hummus - Greek Style With Lemon Garlic & Oregano, 8 tbsp 200
Wine - Red Wine, 5 oz. 102
Brachs - Peanut Clusters Covered In Milk Chocolate, 3 pieces 210

Snacks
Apples - Raw, with skin, 1 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) 72
Shaklee Cinch - Peanut Butter Crunch Bar, 1 Bar (3grams) 130
Oranges - Raw, navels, 1 fruit (2-7/8" dia) 69

TOTAL: 1,781

Exercises Calories Minutes Sets Reps Weight
Cardiovascular
Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort 349 45