I've had more than my share of extra bites so far this holiday season and my scales were under my "perfect range" this morning. You will figure out what works for you.

1800 sounds like a lot of calories but you do work out so maybe. Just eat more protein than carbs. I haven't added mine up for years.

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - protein coffee (30g)
B - Greek yogurt w/blueberries and almonds (18g)
S -
L - small chicken Caesar salad and protein shake (30g)
S - small bag kettle chips
D - bacon wrapped shrimp and coleslaw
S - CarbSmart ice cream
S - fresh salsa and Tostitos

VITES:
morning batch: done
calcium batches: done
evening batch: done
heme iron: pending

MILES:
walking & stairs

I had an RMR test done last week and it said I should be eating 1800+ calories if I was sedentary which I?m not.

So im playing with my macros to try and figure out what a good number is for me.

I can?t imagine eating that much food so I?m trying to up my calories with protein and a bit of fruit, nuts and fats. We will see if the loss was just a fluke or if weight will stay down. It won't if I keep eating the crap I shoved into my face today!

Im entering a trial and error phase I think!

Have fun with the Boxing Day shopping you won?t catch me near a store until the new year!

Good afternoon Menu Gang! I feel like we're in the home stretch. I have to wor****il noon on Thursday then done till the new year. Tomorrow we are having an office pot luck so no work will be done.

Was to the gym this morning - did my weight routine and felt pretty good about it!

I ate a crazy amount of crackers with Balderson cheese spread, and a few chip nuts yesterday. The scale rewarded me with a 3.7 lb loss. Not sure if its because my calories were higher or what exactly is going on with my bod. I will see what happens tomorrow morning. I will stay away from the extras around the office today, because I have a pretty good menu planned and want to make sure I can tell if its working for me. I am my lowest weight I can remember in years...167.2 lbs

Post Op 20+ months

B1 - small banana, 1 tbsp. peanut butter

B2 - rotisserie chicken

S - greek yogurt

L - cobb salad

S - pepperette and cucumbers

D - shepperds pie

Total Cal 1320, Protein122, Carbs 58

Have a great day!

Gina...(sorry this is soooo long....LOL.) I rewrote that post over and over again and I really messed up. I left out the most important part. I must have erased it..... After 17 years My 2 DDs have decided to open their own gym and all of the Coaches that worked with her at our Nieces gym are going with her. My Niece has been terrible the last 6 or 7 years. She's mean to the parents and of course they complain to my DD's who have no say whatsoever at the gym. My niece makes ALL of the decisions even when my DD's don't agree with her. My DD gets paid by the girl so every child she kicks off a team is a pay cut for her (and it hurts the team). Recently in a parent meeting she threatened a complaining parent by bragging about how many girls she kicked off last year (usually because she doesn't like the Mom and it has nothing to do with the child). My DD wasn't going to announce that she was leaving until the teams were ready to compete but we had an Owner/Coaches meeting at a restaurant near the new gym and a Mom from another gym was our waitress and we were not aware of that. She told everyone at a shower what we discussed. It blew up and our DD's and all of the Coaches were fired. She has gotten so much support from the cheer families and a lot of them have committed to going with her. She is having good days and bad days. She's trying to open part of her gym early and just have tumbling classes. The worst part is the kids calling her after practice upset. Some of them are being called babies for crying at practice. My Niece has temporary Coaches (from other local gyms) at practices and they are making changes and my DD isn't handling that very well. They are going to be opening under a big name gym and the reveal has been set for late March. She thinks that's an eternity away. Good part is that after the holidays we can start getting the gym ready. She has been ordering mats and spring floors, we got TV's on Good Friday, and bought some office furniture from a couple local facebook posters etc. We are so excited about this new journey!