How Many Calories Do you Eat A Day?

I need you to keep talking, girl!!! I want to be Limber!!!!! LOL NOW, I'm feeling a bit more motavated!!! You make me feel good!! LOL I just love that Adren. rush that comes from a good work out..I do get out every now and again hiking up Mountians and love that feeling..Alas..I come down and get lazy. I'm going to try, NO, I will do better.. I just have to put that off just a little while..I'm going to have surgery on the 2nd of Feb to get two cysts removed from my throat..When I get nervous, my siatic nerve acts up..Or is that charlie horse from someone kicking me in the behind, saying get busy!!! LOL

with weight loss my sense of balance really changed, my center of gravity had changed and I didnt know how to use my body. YOGA helped so much. My balance is so much better and it also teaches you to focus in on your body and be aware of it.

LOL, yes, that center of gravity can be a killer! During a walk, I decided to try and run..I about fell on my face!!! I'm so clumbsy!! I'm scared to death to walk down steps that has no hand rail..I'll look into some yoga..I'm such a feather weight and just not use to being this size..Never remember being this little..not even at 15 years old! I was a size 12 then..I'm a 6-8 now!! We really do have to move it or lose it..coordination, I mean..LOL

I agree~everyone is SO different! For maintenance I eat 1600-18000cal per day, but if I'm trying to drop a few pounds then I drop back to 1300-1500cal. Sometimes I eat 2000+and don't see any weight gain, but I do work out quite a bit. I used to use sparkpeople but got bored with it, LOL, so now I just track it on paper or in my head depending on how serious I am that particular week. Tracy B

Hi Tracy...I got some ankle weights today on the way back from the ENT doctor today..I hope my excitement isn't short lived..LOL BTW, the doc showed me TWO duct cyst on my throat..I'm having them removed on Feb. 2nd. He's taking out my Hydrid bone in my neck too, I'm nervous!!!..OH, here is a good thing, he is going to tighten the muscles under my chin for me..he said that would help my little turkey gobbler..YES!!!!

Wow, I would be nervous too! That's a nice side effect to the surgery though!!! Good Luck!!! Tracy B

I'm about 1200, don't exercise much, and my weight has stabilized for months. Yes, I love fitday since it figures everything out and I'm faithful to journaling. This seems to be where I can hold it to eat "normally". I'm about 70-100 gms protein/day. Good luck, carol

Hi Carol! I see you are about as far out of surgery as I am..I don't know about you, but I'm scared about the coming years..I'm crying now about losing too much, but it is probable that it will get harder to hold on to our WL..I'm thinking..I'm going with the flow and not worry about being too thin right now, or even losing a little more..that way I've got a head start..LOL I don't go to fitday everyday, cause I'm usually eating about the same things all the time..when ever I get board with my menu, and change, I'll go to fitday to see how many calories I'm consuming, then. Exercise is a bummer for me..unless I have scenery and don't realize what I'm doing..it's gotta be FUN! LOL I did get some ankle weights today..been wearing them ever since..I'm going to wear them every day! 5lbs on each ankle..I'm going to try to walk a mile in them tomorrow morning, more if I can do ok. 10 lbs feels so heavy, but is nothing compared to the 100 extra I use to carry!!! I can do it!! Good luck to you, and THANKS! Jan

1500-1700 /day if you go to www.exrx.net they have a calculator tool to help you calculate the calories you need to maintain. I exercise regualrly. also a new site I found that I like better than fit day is www.sparkpeople.com

Wow! Thanks, Willow! I'll go check those out right now!