Still Floundering
I'm not quite sure how it happened but somehow I gained 15 pounds back. Okay, I know exactly how it happened, I got all lax on my eating and stopped weighing myself daily and my exercise has been sporadic. Oops! So this week, I've started doing what I do best: using technology and math to solve problems. I found a cool App for my iPhone that works with the Daily Plate website. It makes it really easy to log my food and keep track of calories on the go. It automatically sets a calorie goal for you based on your weight and goals. When you eat it subtracts calories and when you exercise it adds calories. Neat-o! And like, every food you can imagine is in the database so I haven't had to laboriously create custom foods. Now to track my weight and figure out exactly how many calories I'm burning, I've started using the Hacker's Diet online tools (which I can also access from my iPhone). Prefering and actual application optimized for my iPhone instead of something web based, I'm thinking of trying FatWatch instead. It based on the Hacker's Diet and looks to be very slick. When I get it, I'll let you know if it's as awesome as it looks.
The good news is that for the past week, I haven't had much trouble sticking to my calorie goal except for yesterday when I didn't have time to get a real workout in after work since Nick had an orchestra concert. Wanting to get some form of exercise in every day, I went for a walk at lunchtime. After a few days of tracking my weight, it looks like I am consuming fewer calories than I'm burning (yay me!) but not few enough to make my two-pounds-a-week goal (boo!). I might have to adjust my daily calorie goal a little lower. At least I'm not gaining weight, which is good. The REALLY good news is that I've exercised 5 days in a row this week. I think that even on "rest days", I'm going to try to get a walk in. It makes a big difference in how many calories I can eat for the day. Okay, not enough of a difference to go out and eat french fries every day but enough to have a little extra snackage in the afternoon.
The good news is that for the past week, I haven't had much trouble sticking to my calorie goal except for yesterday when I didn't have time to get a real workout in after work since Nick had an orchestra concert. Wanting to get some form of exercise in every day, I went for a walk at lunchtime. After a few days of tracking my weight, it looks like I am consuming fewer calories than I'm burning (yay me!) but not few enough to make my two-pounds-a-week goal (boo!). I might have to adjust my daily calorie goal a little lower. At least I'm not gaining weight, which is good. The REALLY good news is that I've exercised 5 days in a row this week. I think that even on "rest days", I'm going to try to get a walk in. It makes a big difference in how many calories I can eat for the day. Okay, not enough of a difference to go out and eat french fries every day but enough to have a little extra snackage in the afternoon.
posted by Kristy at 2:10 PM
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