Theresa... I was just popping in to tell you that you are NOT lazy...and look at all this!!

For what it's worth...it's only a guideline, it's 10-12 X your CURRENT weight (that's the only way we can measure metabolic homeostasis...is by what our bodies need to function at basal rate)

Really, what good is it for someone 300 lbs to only eat 1300 calories because she wants to be 130? It takes way more calories than that for a person of that weight to have any energy at all. I remember those days...that's why I ate so much!

Anyhow...just wanted to mention that I think eating too much was the biggest problem for me. Still is... so cals for me are on the lower side. But it's STILL the carbs that are the most important thing to worry about.

Whew!