1200 calories by noon

My first day on the Lose It! program:
"Ok I can do this, time to log what I eat"

At the time I had no Idea how much I was actually eating, but I thought I would have plenty of calories to go around. Boy was I wrong...

Breakfast:
8 oz coffee 2cal.
2.5 cups cereal 217 cal.
2 cups milk 293 cal.
total 512 cal.

OMG! almost half of my suggested calories for the day at breakfast!

Ok, ok. get it together... a few hours later I was hungry again and not really surprised. I figured a few crackers and a couple of pieces of licorice for the sweet craving only 30 cal each.

Snacks:
20 butter crackers 350 cal.
5 pieces licorice 150 cal.
total 500 cal.

By mid afternoon I had eaten 5/6 of my allotment. I could see I was in need of a serious wake up call. Dinner consisted of a small steak and a cup of cottage cheese. At this point I knew I was going over but this new way of eating was a complete surprise to my husband and he has worked hard on dinner. As you can imagine my eyes were opened.

The rest of the week I managed to be under my limit and figured out how not to be hungry by the end of the day. I have continued to mostly remain under my limit by eating LOTS of salad greens, a .5 cup cottage cheese, skinless chicken grilled with spices, fruits and the occasional licorice or marshmallow ( yes check it out 4 are only 100 cal. ) for the sugar cravings.

I continued to walk in the local mall in the mornings with a friend. I would do 3-4 miles and was totally wiped out, but I was moving.

I started to see a few pounds drop off in a little over a week. I could see that my goal was attainable.