Kyle and Jen

A little about us for all those that are new to this challenge!  We are trying this again but in a healthier way.  In the past I have always looked for the quick fix with the diet pills or some crazy way of eating in order to lose it the quickest.  This time around we have are working out 3 days a week with a trainer and doing cardio 2 other times a week on our own.  I am going to be at 1400 calories a day and out of those I need to have 140g protein, 140g carbs and 35g fat.  I have to drink a gallon of water before I can feed the diet coke addiction.  I have been doing this the last couple of weeks but not at 100% so starting Monday....I am all in.  Kyle is at 1800 calories a day with 180g protein, 180 carbs and 50g fat.  We both have to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks a day.  I feel like I have something in my mouth all the time and I would much rather it be Coldstone :)

Kyle has a goal of 25 lbs loss and my goal is 40 lb loss.  We have a trip to Hawaii in June so that is when we want to have lost the majority of the weight.  I would love to share meal ideas because I think that is the hardest when you are trying to watch what you are eating.  Also....snacks are always good to share as well!

We are on http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ for anyone that wants to be our friend.  Our names are:  kylejones06 and jenjones77.  My fitness pal has a phone application that you can download for free for your smart phone.  It is so cool because if you want to add an item you can search for that item or use the scan feature and scan the barcode.  So easy and so very simple.  One of the other goals I have is to put the food in my fitness pal before eating that way I can be more aware of what is going into my both.  On my fitness pal you can also customize your food goals which is very helpful if you want to be eating a certain amount of protein or carbs.  Our trainer explained that the more protein you can eat the more muscle you will develope thus the more calories you will burn.  It is really all a science and that is what we are focusing on!  We will see how this all works out this time around.  Good luck to everyone!!!