have that damn wagon in my sights.
I have managed to log every single last bite of food that's gone into my mouth for five days straight. It's amazing how fast my calorie consumption drops when I force myself to be aware of it. It is definitely a lot easier to say, "NO!" to a 9 p.m. milkshake run to Sonic when I know that I've already eaten 200 more calories that day than I'd planned.
Granted, there've been a couple days where I've eaten such a gluttonous lunch that, come dinner-time, I was in a pickle. The thing is, under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have even realized where I stood and would have gone on to eat an enormous dinner too. By keeping track, I'm able to force myself to stop and think and make a decision that perhaps it's better to have a big glass of water and a cup of veggie soup or something for dinner instead of half a pizza.
I'm also finally swimming again. There are few better appetite suppresants than seeing my thighs, in all their brilliantly white cottage cheesy glory poking out the bottom of my TIGHT size 16 bathing suit.
I'm down 2.6 pounds so far for the week...with a day and a half to go. If I can keep on this path and maybe catch that wagon, I just might start giving my ass a run for the money again.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Normally, seeing...
an account deficit of 1055 would FREAK ME OUT!! As a matter of fact, before I checked, and double-checked the Bodybugg FAQs, it did freak me out. Guess what? Having a deficit on the Bodybugg is a GOOD thing.
I've never claimed to be good at math. Weight loss is all about math. Thankfully, the Bodybugg is doing math for me. It has determined that it's a healthy goal for me to lose 2 pounds a week. Initially, I had overridden its suggestion and told it I wanted to lose FIVE pounds per week. The bugg was upset about this idea, but let me have my way. I tried. I was not successful. The bugg was right. Being unsuccessful was depressing. It made me want to flush the bugg. But, considering that the bugg was a) very expensive piece of electronics and NOT a cockroach...so therefore, probably not easily flushable...and b) a birthday gift from my husband, I decided to bust it out again and give using it another shot. This time, I let it set the goals.
I think I understand the math now. 3500 calories to burn a pound, right? Today, having KEPT MY PROMISE to myself to log my food...I know that I ate just a little less than 1200 calories. I also know, according to the bugg, that I burned a little over 2200 calories. Take the difference and what do I end up with???? I end up with a calorie deficit of 1055...according to the Bodybugg. Well, if I really push my math skills to their outer limits...I can figure that if I can do that again tomorrow...and the next day...and the next...and so on...for the rest of the week...that by the end of the week...I will have a total calorie deficit of about 7000. Now, according to my math, 7000 divided by 3500 (the # of calories it takes to burn a pound!!)= 2!!!! How crazy is it that the Bodybugg KNOWS that too? Amazing...almost like magic.
I can't wait to see how it all adds up tomorrow.
I've never claimed to be good at math. Weight loss is all about math. Thankfully, the Bodybugg is doing math for me. It has determined that it's a healthy goal for me to lose 2 pounds a week. Initially, I had overridden its suggestion and told it I wanted to lose FIVE pounds per week. The bugg was upset about this idea, but let me have my way. I tried. I was not successful. The bugg was right. Being unsuccessful was depressing. It made me want to flush the bugg. But, considering that the bugg was a) very expensive piece of electronics and NOT a cockroach...so therefore, probably not easily flushable...and b) a birthday gift from my husband, I decided to bust it out again and give using it another shot. This time, I let it set the goals.
I think I understand the math now. 3500 calories to burn a pound, right? Today, having KEPT MY PROMISE to myself to log my food...I know that I ate just a little less than 1200 calories. I also know, according to the bugg, that I burned a little over 2200 calories. Take the difference and what do I end up with???? I end up with a calorie deficit of 1055...according to the Bodybugg. Well, if I really push my math skills to their outer limits...I can figure that if I can do that again tomorrow...and the next day...and the next...and so on...for the rest of the week...that by the end of the week...I will have a total calorie deficit of about 7000. Now, according to my math, 7000 divided by 3500 (the # of calories it takes to burn a pound!!)= 2!!!! How crazy is it that the Bodybugg KNOWS that too? Amazing...almost like magic.
I can't wait to see how it all adds up tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Did you know...
that a small Dairy Queen Blizzard has nearly ONE THOUSAND CALORIES???!!! I sure as shootin' didn't. If someone had forced me to guess, I would have offered up a number somewhere around in the 350 to 500 range. ONE THOUSAND CALORIES!!! FOR A SMALL BLIZZARD!!!! That is so crazy I can't even begin to fathom it. What's worse is the number of times in my life that I've eaten, not a small...but a LARGE Blizzard...with EXTRA Heath bars (gotta have the extra Heath bars if you're gonna get a Blizzard!) mixed in. I don't dare calculate how many calories the large Blizzard clocks in at...just don't dare.
After being pretty faithful to my plan for several weeks now, I had a small Blizzard on Saturday afternoon. I ended up going over my calories for the day by...Can you guess how many? Yeah...just a little over ONE THOUSAND CALORIES! I felt sick to my stomach a third of the way into it but didn't want to waste $2.99 worth of trans-fat laden...ass expanding...extra Heath bar containing...(don't forget the limited time special caramel brownies too!)...creamy goodness...so I scarfed the whole thing.
Live and learn.
After being pretty faithful to my plan for several weeks now, I had a small Blizzard on Saturday afternoon. I ended up going over my calories for the day by...Can you guess how many? Yeah...just a little over ONE THOUSAND CALORIES! I felt sick to my stomach a third of the way into it but didn't want to waste $2.99 worth of trans-fat laden...ass expanding...extra Heath bar containing...(don't forget the limited time special caramel brownies too!)...creamy goodness...so I scarfed the whole thing.
Live and learn.
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