Confessions

i eat all of my cal (4-6 small meals/day)
i usually eat my bonus cals as well
i work out 2-3 days a week
i log EVERYTHING that i eat/drink
my eating habits have improved 100% and i am feeling good about myself, success!

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this site!

I eat pretty well. I stay within my calorie limit.
I have not been working out.
I log everything (usually, unless it's my weekend to be with Mom, then I am not home to do so)

I have lost but not like I would like. I know it's because I don't work out. I just haven't found something that I LIKE to do.

Great topic!!

I'm on maintenance now but in the calorie crunch time.......

I exersiced four days a week (three cardio, one-two days weights, I rarely used those extra calories ( unless I planned a splurge day) and I always underestimated the calories burned because I feel we grossly overestimate calories burned through exersice

I always ate 1200 cals a day, and went over those calories once a week usually, but made sure I made it up the next day with exersice. I never created a calorie defecit the next day if I ate too much the day before.

I logged and still do log everything (not gum:laugh ), but from the milk in my coffee to the margerine on my bread to the ketchup for my fries.

I weigh my food when it is appropriate, eyeballing doesn't work.

If I had a bite of something, I logged it in as best I could and I overestimated the calories if I was unsure, as bites can add up to 300-400 cals a day.

I had and have a junk food snack everyday, I always saved the calories for a little something 100-200 calories worth

I learned to snack often because 1200 calories suck, so 100-200 calorie bites every hour or two helped.

I weighed myself one to two times a week

I lost one to two pounds a week on average and was very rarely hungry

Are you eatting all of your calories each day?
I usually have some left over I try so hard not to go over that some days I have about a hundred left.
Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?
no I usually don't need them
Are you exercising?
I workout five days a week then on the weekend I try to do something fun that still exercise
Do you log everything in?
I'm a faithful logger I log everything I eat, and drink
Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like?
I've lost three pounds in two and half weeks
ARe you losing or maintaining?
I'm losing just not as fast as I would like.
I haven't lost much weight but the engery I have is amazing, I feel so much better then before I started watching what I ate. To me that makes it so worth it, I now have the engery to run around with my toddler.

Are you eatting all of your calories each day?
My daily allowance is 1340 and I usually do eat that much.

Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?
Some but not all and only if I am hungry. On days I spend 2-3 hours exercising then I have to eat some of the extra b/c I get so light headed if I don't.
Are you exercising? Yes, alot.
Do you log everything in? For the most part. I don't measure everything so there might be times that is not quite accurate.
Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like?
After losing 36 pounds, I was stuck for three months. Then I found this site. The first week I lost 4 pounds...this week I lost no pounds. I would like to lose a few more but I am at a point that I am happy and healthy so it is more about staying that way.
ARe you losing or maintaining? See above.

Who out there is willing to admit what they are or are not doing with the information the site gives us and if they have been successful so far.

Are you eatting all of your calories each day?
Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?
Are you exercising?
Do you log everything in?
Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like? ARe you losing or maintaining?
Anything else you want to add....

I am eating all my calories and sometimes more.
I do eat the bonus calories when I do exercise.
The only type of exercise I've been doing since before Thanksgiving is jogging in place, crunches, squats & some pushups.
I don't log everything in.. sometimes I go without logging anything for weeks at a time.
I'm maintaining right now(stuck @ 127 pounds)
I don't have a problem staying at this wieght but I have tons of toning to do but I can't get back into the exercising mode... it's been so cold up here(Upstate NY) and all I want to do is cuddle up and stay warm.

No, I dont eat my calories everyday, but I try:blushing:

I sometimes use my extra calories

I do cardio 6 days per week for an hour to an hour and a half fairly consistently

When I cheat and go over I exercise more and watch what I eat for three days after

Have lost 28 pounds in 19 weeks - only 7 to go!!

Went to Europe on vacation and somehow lost a pound

Are you eating all of your calories each day?

I always eat all of my base calories. I have switched in the past few weeks to a higher calorie base (1400 instead of 1200) by claiming to be very active- after all of the debates going on here and researching it. I was afraid if I plateaued I would have nowhere to go. Adding 200 calories made a huge difference in how easy it was to keep to my calorie limit!

Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?

Most of the time. Sometimes I will leave 100-300 of the bonus caloriesif I don't feel like eating them.

Are you exercising?

I have been consistently exercising 5-6 days a week for 30 minutes a day since November. This month I have gone through a few weeks of only working out 4 days a week and I also took an entire week off of watching my eating! Needless to say, this has been the slowest weight loss month. Up until today I had only lost 2 pounds. Today I weighed myself and I have lost 3 more! :bigsmile: So I feel my new plan is working out (more calories & working out consistently 6 days a week again).

Do you log everything in?

Almost always. But the week I took off I didn't.

Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like? ARe you losing or maintaining?

I have lost 24 pounds and many inches since November! I have gone from a size 16 to a size 12! Hopefully I'm halfway to a size 10!:happy:

Anything else you want to add....

My last workout I tried doing intervals on my elliptical machine. It made the workout so much harder! I think instead of adding 5 minutes to my workouts I am going to just change it to intervals every time for 30 minutes.

Everyone is different. You have to go at a pace you can keep up with and live with to make this a lifestyle.

Are you eatting all of your calories each day?
yes

Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?
yes

Are you exercising?
at least 4 days a week

Do you log everything in?
yes

Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like? ARe you losing or maintaining?

losing - Lost 10 lbs since January 1st 2008

Anything else you want to add.... I love this website

I'm eating all of my calories
I eat some but not all of my extra earned calories.
I exercise 6 days a week.
I log EVERYTHING and assume that I'm underestimating my calories since I estimate serving sizes.

I've lost 12 pounds since December and 7 inches overall. That's only a drop in the bucket for what I need to loose but I'm encouraged. I think the reason I've been more successful this time than other times when I've done the same things is that I've added weight training to my exercise routines. I do low weights/high repititions twice a week.

I firmly beleive that having to log all of my food helps me to make better choices. Logging all my exercise motivates me to work out when I might have talked myself out of it.

Good luck!

Here I go...

Are you eatting all of your calories each day?
Absolutely!
Do you eat the bonus calories if you earn them?
Again, absolutely! I believe that they are not "bonus" calories and are actually mandatory - you burned them, you need to eat them back to make sure you don't drop your metabolism. Remember, we're still at a deficit, even with the "bonus" calories.
Are you exercising?
Yes. I have to, so I can eat all those calories! I exercise 6 days a week and alternate weight training, running, biking, and swimming. I jump rope in my basement if I miss the gym or there's too much snow outside to run safely.
Do you log everything in?
Yes - obsessively. I make the best guesses I can with unfamiliar foods or "bites" here and there of something.
Based on what you are doing what has your success looked like? Are you losing or maintaining?
I am losing - I've lost 8 lbs since I started less than three weeks ago, so I'm thrilled with that. The one thing I'm NOT thrilled with, though, is how hungry I feel. I really do work out a lot and am just hungry all the time. I am eating all my calories (including the "bonus" ones - I contend that they are not "bonus" and are mandatory - it tells us to eat them, after all!).

My first confession is tonight - my fiance roasted a turkey breast and it was ready when I came home. I know he basted the darn thing with about half a stick of butter, with rosemary and thyme, and it was seriously good. I went a little nuts. I estimate that I ate at least four servings. I ended up - wait for it - 900 calories OVER what I was supposed to eat, including the calories I earned from exercise. I started to get upset and then hey - I need to practice what I preach. I'll just work out a little extra this weekend, and darn it, I don't feel like I overate. I feel GREAT. It was really, really good. I feel satisfied for the first time in days.

Love the topic :happy:

Do I eat all my calories: YES!
Do I eat my bonus calories: 99% of them
Are you exercising: Yes, six days a week and recreation on the "day off"
Do you log everything in? Yes...even on my "reward day"
Am I losing weight? Yes. Not as fast as I'd like to, but then I also take one day a week off, so given that, I think I am doing well.
This site really helps, and we have made wonderful friends here.
Cowboy

I am usually always at my daily calories of 1800. I may go over or under a little. This past week I have tried to cycle, but have averaged 1800.

I don't ever eat the bonus calories

I try to exercise 1000 calories a day.

I am obsessive about logging in everything, and being correct on it.

Based on what I am doing, I have gone from 262 to 232 from Dec. 28 to Feb. 2 or 37 days. Although most of it was lost in the first 3 weeks.

This site has totally changed how I think, how I eat and exercise, and I am now constantly thinking about eating healthy. I have given up all soda and have gone from about 32 to 40 oz of caffeine a day to 6 or 8 or sometimes none. I don't really have cravings for old junk food, and my energy is way up. My memory and focus on my job seem to be better as well.