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~Xan~
I noticed that you said that you have been staying under a 1500 calorie diet. Has it been easy to manage? I am thinking of doing this since my daily list keeping of eating is not working for me.
Re: ~Xan~
I've actually found it really easy to manager. I keep a small notebook in my purse (there are websites you can track calories on too) and keep track of what I eat, how many calories each thing has in it, and how many calories I have left for the day. For instance, here is what today's entry looks like:
Thursday 7/28:
Breakfast: Cinnamon roll (240)
= 240/ 1260 left
Lunch: Fit & Active Pizza pocket (270), handful of baby carrots (35), 2tbsp fat free ranch (25)
= 330/ 930 left
Then of course I do the same thing for dinner and add a snack category in there as well if I eat a snack in the middle of the day or at night. At the end of the day if I stay under or right at 1500, I put a big check mark, and if I go over I put a big X. I like being able to flip through and see the checks and x's because it kind of helps me determine which days I tend to eat more or what meals I tend to eat more at etc.
I'm an eater, always have been...food is my comfort, the second I get upset about anything I instantly go to food, so I thought limiting myself to 1500 calories a day would be hard, but I feel like I'm getting plenty to eat but just of healthier options, most days I am coming in well under 1500. Keeping a little notebook with me is also helping me budget my calories; if I know I want something high in calories for dinner then I make sure to keep my calories low for breakfast and lunch.
I also keep a little weight chart in the back. I put my starting weight, then write Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: etc and each Friday morning when I weigh myself I write my current weight and how much I lost (if anything). This is my third week doing it, the first week I lost 10.8lbs and last week I gained .4lbs, so who knows what this week will bring.
I also let myself slide a bit. On the weekends I tend to over eat so I let myself have 2000 calories on Friday and/or Saturday if need be.
Wow, that's probably more of an explanation than you wanted lol. I'm no expert on this, obviously, but I've tried other diets and WW, but I always come back to counting calories bc it's what works best for me.
You're welcome
lol yeah fast food is hard to give up, but the thing with counting your calories is you don't have to completely give it up, ya know? Pretty much all of the restaurants have nutrition facts on their websites, so just look at it prior to going/ordering and determine what you have enough calories left for. Or like I said, if you know you want fast food in the evening then just make sure you have a really light breakfast and lunch.
I'd say about 90% of my meals come from home, I pack my breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, then eat at home every night during the week. On the weekends I'll let myself eat out once or something though. It also saves a lot of money.
I lost 3.8lbs this week, woohoo! It brings my 3 week total to 14.2lbs which I'm pretty excited about so it's working for me. Now let's just hope I can stick with it for a while lol.
I found this calorie calculator http://calendarscripts.info/weight-loss-calculator.html which I think was helpful. For my height, weight, etc it suggested I eat around 2200 calories a day to lose 1lb a week but I wanted to see quicker results which is why I lowered my calorie intake to 1500.