This preggo is in! Sticking with my calories typically means I have avoided junk. If I eat my healthy food I feel good at 2000 net cals a day. So that is my weekly goal of 14000 net cals! Looking forward to starting the challenge Monday! I am also going to do my best this weekend, but it will be hard because it is a busy one! I have my friends shower tomorrow afternoon, I am MOH. And then a cookout tomorrow night. Sunday is the husband's bday we are going to the lake to cookout. So I will just be sure to bring some healthy snacks for that day! And of course get my morning walk in both days!

You guysssss I watched myself binge at lunch today and I went over my calorie intake....was too ashamed to even put in all the homemade tortilla chips (read: greasier) in the log. Then I promised myself that I'd do P90X this afternoon, got too caught up with work, and now it's too late (lesson learned: ALWAYS do work outs first thing in the morning!). Thank GOD the challenge starts on Monday!

My overeating at lunch was because I was eating with a new person and we made so much food. After one taco, I was totally satisfied, but I thought she would think I was crazy since what we made was so delicious, that I just kept on going. Next time, I'll eat slower so that it doesn't seem like I'm eating like a rabbit and remember my happiness is not dependent on how one person thinks about me, but rather reaching my weight loss goal! What do y'all do in situations like this?

Re: very low cal days, I like that a lot! I especially like doing a quasi fast on Sundays...something I've carried over from living in France.

I think I'm going to up my weekly calorie goal to 9,500 because I work out pretty consistently.

Hey ladies! Sorry I've been MIA. First, I had a tooth ache, then had an allergic reaction to antibiotics, got a horrible cold, had a root canal and could not recover!!! I also had to go back to work. New school years always start out so crazy, I'm lucky if I eat lunch. On the bright side, the scale loves me right now!

I want to join the star challenge. I can't get back into logging so hopefully it will motivate me. I like 9800 calories.

I think I've missed to much to catch up on. Welcome new friends. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Hellooo! I'll do the challenge too , I'm hoping to try 8400 a week. I need to try to stick with 1200 a day for right now, I have a long way to go.
Also I posted but didn't introduce myself- so rude, sorry! I'm Andrea , currently living in south west florida. I need to lose 25 lbs. I have always had to watch my weight (thanks genetics) but things just got outta control and I just woke up one day and was the heaviest I've ever been and feel so tired all the time. I work in a doctors office , drug reps bring us lunches almost everyday, I'm working on my self control.. Feel free to friend me if you'd like!

Hey ladies. Put me down for 10,000. I ended up 10,419 last week so need to tighten it up. But I am being realistic as we are headed to the mountains for a long weekend with my parents this weekend and we like to drink wine when we get together. I really want to get in a nice long flatish (as we'll be packing my 25 pound 19 month old) hike in. Also may try to swim some laps one morning or get on the treadmill. Just do SOMETHING rather than lay around and eat. I also have dinner plans out and book club this week.

The following week I reckon I'll lower to 9500. The three weeks before South Beach may be even less. So I'm in for the challenge for 5 weeks I guess. May pick back up when I return from my trip.

Let's have a great week ladies!

Hi ladies! I hope you all had great weekends! I ate out a lot more than usual (two brunches plus a dinner out), but I got in some good workouts.

For the challenge, put me down for 13,370.

Welcome to the new ladies!

Good Morning all!

The first 2 weeks for me might not all be logged, however, I will still try to remember to long while on vacation! Put me down for 9500 cals/week!

Doing a mini cleanse before vacation! This is a loose variation of the 7 day one I did last month I will do:
Fruit Day (cheating with a salad for dinner, didn't want too much left over soup!)
Veggie Day
Fruit & Veggie Day
Veggie & Protein Day (this time I will use eggs as my protein)

Hopefully it will counteract some of the damage I plan on doing next week :P

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