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BMR 1793 + exercise (1 hr walking) 224 = 2017 - 500 = 1517 food budget

Pre-breakfast: 2 tea biscuits (32)
Breakfast: oatmeal w/ banana (244)
Wow you changed it up. Haha, yeah, you caught me. Actually, I've been doing the banana instead of peaches for a few days now.

AM Snack: canned peaches & 2 tea biscuits (92)

Lunch: 1/2 southwestern meatloaf burger in 1/2 pita with soy cheddar (boy, that was a mistake! blech!) & chili sauce, cooked carrots with salad dressing (291)

PM Snacks: Luna bar (180), 1 large gumdrop (45), slice of bread w/ margarine (97)

Dinner: grilled chicken w/ honey & soy sauce, baked potato w/ margarine, spinach (399)

Dessert: orange jello (90)

Drinks: 4 mugs teeccino w/ stevia & nondairy creamer (40), 2 glasses water = 80oz

Food & drinks total: 1510
Fruits & veggies: 6


Well, it's official... I've gained 5lbs. I'm really upset & kinda depressed about this. I'm just barely fitting in my biggest pair of jeans. Gah! I don't even know if I'm doing this BMR thing right now. I have to admit that I haven't been very diligent about reporting the BLT's, as they were called in here a few days ago, and I'm sure all those little bits of candy and whatnot added up. But I'm looking at a food budget of 1517 and thinking, how am I going to lose weight eating that much?
Maybe your weight will be quite different after 'that time'. I suppose you could be holding water. Keep up hope! Good point... I really didn't think of that. It's funny how I never used to have problems like retaining water, but the older I get, all these dumb things start happening to me. We'll see in a week, I guess.
I'm using the BMR calculating formula here: http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/articles/article6.htm For a body weight of 130 and an activity level of "quiet sitting" (which does accurately describe the majority of my day), I came up with 1793. My height is 5'2" and I'm 30. If that sounds way off base to any of you, let me know.
I always thought you would be taller. I am also 5'2" but I am 31. Too funny! Actually, I have lousy posture, so 5'2" might even be pushing it a little. LOL
By the way, anybody else have a spouse/significant-other who can eat junk and sit on their a** all the time and not gain weight? God, that's annoying. (And yes, I have wicked PMS, which isn't helping my mood any!) Nope, my hub is pretty large. At least I look small with him. At our wedding people joked that we looked like Beauty and the Beast. Well, Adam's not a small guy either, but his weight is constant, know what I mean? If I sat down and ate a bag of brownies or chips (pretend for a minute that I don't have IBS, hah!), and did it often, I'd gain weight. He doesn't have to count calories, and he's always the same size. Not fair!

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