just call noise complaints on the trash. I have had to several times, the tejano music at 11:45 pm I can hear inside my house loud and clear is a bit much for me to take. If I had some near me slingin coke, well that would be a different matter. Lose Pits tend to get shot around me.

That sucks about the aspartame!

But keep it up, you are doing good! I'm sure you burned a lot of calories painting too!

Where do you live? I need some more Meth.

You are doing good, keep it up! On the peanut butter, the serving size is 2 tbsp, so if you only ate 1 tbsp (if your spoonful was only 1 tbsp), you've got another one you can eat before you reach the calories advertised on the label.

Since you are 220 and 5'5", your basal metabolic rate is 1770 calories. If you are active 3-5 days per week, you will burn on average 2745 calories per day (this is your active metabolic rate). If you eat 1600 calories a day you subtract it from your active metabolic rate:

2745-1600 = 1145 calorie deficit per day
Multiply by 7 = 1145 x 7 = 8015 calories
Divide by 3500 (which equals 1 lb):
8015/3500 = 2.29 lbs per week is what you should be losing
You can multiply by 4 to get an approx. number of lbs per month you will be losing:
2.29 x 4 = 9.16 lbs per month

Not bad!!!

Of course, as you lose weight your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and active metabolic rate (AMR) will change.

Here's the site where I got the calculations:
http://www.shapefit.com/basal-metabolic-rate.html

Your food choices really do look pretty good! You have a lot of veggies and some fruit. You might want to up your protein at lunch somewhat to keep you fuller longer, but needing to eat a snack 2 hours after lunch isn't bad and is actually a good thing. I eat every 2-3 hours.

I show you have burned about 1000 calories today if you used 1 oz of the cheese on your salad and 2 tbsp of the ranch dressing. So you are actually doing really well! Without knowing your weight, I would hazard a guess that you probably need around 1400-1600 calories a day to lose weight at a fairly even rate. That might be a little low though so when you get your scale be sure to plug in your information into a site like sparkpeople.com to get a good recommendation of calories.

Dinner:
1 chicken thigh (bone and skin removed) = 82 calories
2 cups rice = 484 calories (If only ate 1 cup of rice = 242 calories)
Salad (no dressing or cheese) = 50 calories
With dressing, add 150 calories
TOTAL for dinner = 766 calories (If you eat 2 cups of rice and have dressing on your salad)
TOTAL for dinner = 524 calories (If you only eat 1 cup of rice and you have dressing on your salad)

So I think you'll do fine as long as you mind your portions tonight. If you get hungry between now and then look for one 50-150 calorie snack to eat and forgo the dressing on your salad. Remember that the little things, especially creamy or cheesy things do add up.

we have chickens, you want us to bring you some eggs on the 4th?

Probably coke, you can't by Caddy's selling green.



Good luck on the eggs.

Thats why I'm glad I dont have neighbors. the closest one is about 1/2 mile away and I have talked to him maybe 4 times in 12 years

Move out to the country and let the kids run around barefoot in the backyard