CrystalJo74's Journal, 13 February 2023

Always appreciate your posts Crystal 😃 

That's cuz you're 'Livin Breezy'!! 🤗 

The issue here for so many is that toast “needs” butter, coffee has sugar and/creamer, strawberries get a lil chocolate sauce, sandwich has Mayo and cheese. Salad has a few croutons and just a lil dressing. Ice cream serving is most likely double 🤣🤣🤣 Boom 1800 cals Oops. Not for all but realistically many of us myself included “forget” about our lil add ons 🤦‍♀️ 

I'll take 2 😃  

Lowkeylife🌞I agree! I aim for a happy medium: 'lite' butter, sugar-free creamer or skim milk, strawberries with non-fat greek yogurt, sandwich with no mayo (at Subway) or 'lite' mayo at home, croutons are weighed & counted on FS, dressing is 'lite', and the ice cream is whatever the portion says on the container. It's still probably over 1200 calories, but it's pretty sustainable (for me)🤷🏻‍♀️ 

otb🤣at least, right? That's cuz you workout so heavy! Good for you💪💪 

Hi- I have lymphedema too! I’ve been on a rut with my clean eating diet so as of today, it’s time to get back to the plan!  

can someone help me? I updated my new weight, which is 12 lbs less, to recalculate calories. I am trying to lose weight and when I clicked recalculate, it increased my calorie allowance by 200. I'm confused.  

BrittMomOf3 I wouldn't use the calorie calculator on here many people have found out it is really off. Go online and use a few different calculators and take the average. Be very honest with yourself regarding your activity level  

Ooh good to know! Thank you!!!  

Thank you Very helpful as always 

Thanks so much for the reminder Crystaljo74.  

Crystal you are doing fantastic 👏🏻 👊🏻 

Thanks Crystal! 💜👍 

Ooh this image put things in perspective. I wouldn’t think all these food would be that much cool 😎 

Nice drop! 

great start on calories  

I used to eat around 1200 when I was younger. Then I went to around 1500. I pretty much like to stay in that area but my RDI is set higher for maintenance.