From candace, Age 14 - 03/23/05 - IP#: 68.116.156.xxx  Click here to reply  
hey i've done pretty good all week (starting sunday) and like 1200 cals a day and ive worked out every day. but today i dont think i did too good. do you guys think i did?? breakfast-light yogurt (70), lunch-1/2 turkey/ham sandwich w/ honey mustard (180) and an orange (i think oranges have like 100??) and then after school i jogged 1 mile and a quarter and did 5 100 meters strides. i did 500 crunches too. then i had 1/2 a banana. then i went to walmart and i ate like way too many grapes, i know their good, but too many isn't good for weight loss right??? and then i had a couple strawberries. then for dinner i had spagetti and meatballs (380) and garlic bread (170). then i had a butterfinger granola bar (chewy bar"....110 cals). i also had calories in things like gum, tums, and ya know..little stuff like that, and mints. did i do okay?? i know not great, but i dono
Reply from Ivy, Age 21 - 03/24/05  - IP#: 69.69.25.xxx
what you need to do is add up the calories you are consuming. Are you going over 1,200 calories? You can eat most the things you want as long as you stay in a safe calorie range for your body type. You just need to exercie to lose weight.