Getting off to a good start!

Congratulations to an awesome first month! that is a great start for sure!

good morning, I have taken most of December without post my meals, I did not follow my program, I ate what ever I wanted, it made me realize how addicted I am about eating, over the holidays I have had the time to reflect on what I was doing to my body and realizing this is not the way to lose the 50 pounds I want to lose. So I made a decision into the new year, to start all over again like always but this time with a plan to be honest, eat less, move, more and laugh a lot. I cannot beat myself up any more it has been only this past year that I have learned to love my self just as I am. I really want to lose the weight, I am a survivor of Breast Cancer for 19 years, and during my treatment I went on a drug for 5 years and I gained a lot of weight mostly around my mid body. But I can't use this as an excuse.

I am a very active I go to aqua fit classes 3 times a week, I go to a program in my community where we do exercises in a chair and some standing, I have a my both knees replaced, one will be 5 years and the other recently last year. I use to walk every day but I can't do it any more, but still walk indoors for the winter months, I live in Canada and we have been getting a lot of snow and slippery conditions for walking.

The past 5 years I have been researching foods and I now realize I cannot eat the processed foods any more, I have to cut eating bread which is my biggest problem, I love bread. I have to eat more veggies, fruit and drink the water. and record my intake every day.

Based on the suggestions I have received from my trainer about my own diet goals, it seems like your daily calories of 1500 sounds a bit aggressive. My weight is currently 214 and my calorie limit is currently at 1875. Some days it is difficult to stay within the limits on the macro nutrients, but I think the calorie total is reasonable for the time being.