#1789 - On Calories

I've always had a love/hate relationship with my body.

Although it's always been a mostly

"if you loved me, you'd love all of me"

kind of attitude.

Then earlier this year my husband and I went to a conference

in Yosemite and I faced this trail...

After huffing and puffing uphill for 45 minutes

and thinking that my heart was going to explode

even after multiple stops to rest

I knew I had to make a drastic change.

So I bought a FitBit.

We'll talk about that on another day...

can you guess which one...?

Regardless, along with counting steps

one of the features is a calorie counter.

I didn't think much of it initially as I cut down

on my eating and measured my daily steps.

With no success.  WTH?!?

So I started playing around with the calorie counter

and kept track of every meal.

And what I realized is that my calorie intake count

went way beyond my burned calories.

Upon further investigation, I found out

this little watchband can set a daily calorie goal

based on how fast I want to lose X amount of weight.

I didn't go uber restricted, nor the way easy, 

I chose moderately difficult

with a goal to lose the weight by November.

So it set these goals.  A 750 calorie deficit.

Woah!

Day one: I did a bit of juice fast just to try things out

Day 6: Came out just about even

Day 12: Ok, seriously, the pizza spoke to me; come on,

man can't live on kale alone

Day 17: Wait, what? If I exercise I get to eat more..!

And here's where it matters most...

In case you're confused, I do my weight in kilograms;

it's doesn't sound so bad when I do it that way

(divide pounds by 2.2)

and, all I care about is the downward slope...

What will you do today....?

I have my game plan set....

**based on age, weight, height and sex your

basal metabolic rate is set and you can 

add activities like driving, or shopping

or yardwork throughout the day

Need a kickstart?  Read my recent post

on eating right...

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