So, now that I have decided to watch my caloric-intake, I am feeling a little more goal oriented. It's important to have a goal beyond "I want to be healthy." My goal is to drop 20 pounds and drop 2 sizes before I turn 31!
I googled around until I found www.my-calorie-counter.com. It's a website where I enter what I ate for the day and how much activity I did and it helps me keep track of how much of my diet is carbs v. protein v. fat. Now, I just started this week and I've been eating more carbs and fat than anything, but I'm getting better . . .
It helps a lot with making informed food choices. I got really excited today because by 5pm, I had like 1000 calories left for the day (in order to lose 1 pound a week, I have to eat less than 1830 calories/day). Today in the gym rather than counting the minutes left on the elliptical machine, I counted calories. I wanted to reach at least 200 before I got off.
I also was excited last week because two pairs of pants that ABSOLUTELY did not fit two months ago fit me. I mean, back in November/December when I put these on, it was PAINFUL and I couldn't wait to change. But this time, I had on the pants for several hours. Ran around town running errands in them. Even got a manicure. I don't think anyone besides me has noticed anything, but dammit, I'm a happy camper! They weren't loose or anything and I'm not going down a size, so the journey continues . . .
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