I started using cronometer.com a couple of days ago – first to get some idea of
- how many calories I should aim for each day to lose weight
- how many calories were in my normal eating day now
- how I was doing nutrition-wise
After I filled out the information, the website said that I should aim for 1200 calories per day in order to lose the lard. My normal eating plan now is right about there, even with snacks, so that’s good, but the nutrition part showed I was eating too much fat. I decided to tweak that, plus I decided to pare down a bit on what I’m eating.
Yesterday I left off the one slice of bread I’ve been splitting to make a ham sandwich for lunch. I pared down my mid-afternoon snack, cutting out the slice of ham and a slice of cheese and just eating a hard boiled egg.
When I weighed myself this morning, I was UP half a pound. ARRRGH!
I’m telling myself that this could be water retention and not to worry about it. I’m going for the WEEK’S eating – not just one day. Since I’m supposedly a ‘mature’ woman, not dependent on instant gratification, I will see where I am at the end of the week with these changes.
It WOULD be encouraging to see some progress by the end of the week…
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