Down 30 lbs, going for bonus!

I have a quick question...When you said "As many have advised and I now understand, I needed to eat back my workout calories too. So for the past 3 months I've eaten anywhere from 1400-1500 calories a day and burned off about 250-350 in exercise. " Was your weight loss changed when you added the extra calories?

My weight loss stayed fairly constant until I got to about 10 lbs left to lose. The first month I lost at a rate of about 1/3 lb per day (just a hair over 2 lbs/week) Most of that month (June) I was eating 1200 calories but then burning 230 of that doing the workouts. I was tired and lightheaded most of the time (I actually fainted after a workout onto my oscillating fan - got a grill mark hickey on my neck from it).

Soon after that fainting incident, I upped my calories so that I was eating 1200 calories plus those that I burned during my workout. During the month of July, I was losing right at 2 lbs/week. Not much of a change in weight loss, but a big change in how I felt. From May 31-July 31, I lost a total of 20 lbs

During August, my weight loss progress slowed down a bit. I think I lost 6 lbs for the month. After finishing Ripped in 30, at the end of August, I changed my workout routine to do longer workouts because my mom was borrowing my 30DS video. I think the change-up was good for my metabolism. I lost 4 lbs in a week after switching, but I'm ready to go back to the shorter workouts )

I was told that the last few pounds would be harder fought and come off more slowly. That seemed to be the case in August. I plan to drop 5 more pounds then move onto maintenance.

Thank you for your reply. You are right there are times when we ruin our diet but there is always another day to begin. I forgot to ask, are you updating everyday fitness pal what you were eating from the day you began or you just cut back everything? I will do it and I hope before the holiday I am already thin. I feel like losing 28 pounds is unreachable but yes nothing is impossible. Thank you!

I hope I'm understanding your question right (if not, please ask me again) Yes, I have been entering my foods daily into MFP since the day I began dieting in May. I have changed some of the items I eat, but I cook for a big family, so making two separate meals is out of the question. I make things that I know my family will eat and I just eat less of them. For example, I always used to eat 2 pieces of lasagna plus a small veggie and fruit. Now I eat 1 piece or even 2/3 of a piece of lasagna and have a larger portion of veggies and some fruit.

I have tried out some healthier meal options on the family, but these have received mixed reviews Still trying there )

If the meal I serve my family is just too high in calories to fit in my day, I will heat up some leftovers that are healthier or lower calorie. The biggest thing I cut though is the snacking I would do, especially as I was cooking meals. Now I don't snack at all while cooking (unless I'm cutting fruit for a fruit salad. Hard not to snitch, but I always log it)