As I mentioned before I GAINED weight during the first month of our biggest loser competition. Well, so far this month I am in the negative. 
The best thing about this is that I think it’s completely manageable. I don’t think it’s something that I’ll just do for a few months and then be glad to be off the “diet”.
Using the site I told you about before. www.sparkpeople.com I can track all of my calories, protein, and so on. They tell me what the minimum and maximum number I should get every day so I have a nice cushiony range to work with. As I enter the food I eat it tells me what I have left in the “bank”. I have begun thinking about it as my “bank”. I can only eat food as long as I can “pay” for it. Since I’m such a saver this thinking is working wonderfully for me. Sure, I’ve gone over the max number a few times in the past couple of weeks, but if you were to throw that at the amount I “saved” on a different day I’m doing great. Since I started to actually be more conscientious of calories and different things I discovered what was probably my biggest flaw. Processed foods vs. a home made meal. Those things PACK in the calories. It’s absolutely crazy! Looking at those numbers always made me think that I would have to starve myself just to meet my daily goals. Yeah, well, once you start cooking at home you can eat MORE. In fact, every day this week I have had 4 meals plus snacks. Even with that I’m not touching the max number on my calorie count. I even enjoyed a full Snicker bar last night. 
I haven’t done much exercising since my asthma got so bad a week or so ago, but hopefully I’ll get back into that as well.
Other things I’ve changed about my diet include:
More fresh fruits/veggies vs. frozen/canned
Whole wheat pasta/rice/bread
Less milk and more water
I’ve had to pick up my carb/protein intake because I have fallen below my minimum on several different days.
Measuring everything out and entering all the nutrients in to the computer can be awfully overwhelming at times, but I have a feeling it’ll get easier and will be well worth the effort.
btw, I have lost around 4 or 5 pounds in just 2 weeks of counting calories. The exercise only happened for about the first 4 days of that.
