The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 1
Day 1- Evaluation
I am great and probably best labeled as world-renowned for starting ideas with full force and probably wavering off somewhere in the close future. I am not promising anything, because I fear if I do that, I will commit to my old routine, but I am making my best ATTEMPT to work on losing weight and doing it healthily (if that is a word).
I know I can only accomplish this through the support of my family, friends, and God, so I hope this one day will give motivation to someone. I know I personally like to see what works for other people and try and tailor it to where it can best work for me- which is as good a try as any other I suppose.
So, with that said, I started Day 1 today. It wasn't anything special, I actually first initiated it by signing up with a free membership at
http://caloriecount.about.com/. This site is great because it provides a calorie counter to watch your intake, set up and track the meals you eat, advise you on if you are under or over on the nutrients/calories you need or have absorbed, and offers exercise plans and help through forums to get you through--so basically an internet support system- which is great because I need all the help I could get.
For the first day, it advised me to follow through on my normal daily eating routine and exercise (which is basically non-existent) so I could see where my problem lies..which is no big surprise considering what I ate!
Who ever knew a hamburger alone could be 500 calories! Good God! So, I found out I need to be eating about 1200 calories a day with my current weight and height. Are you ready for what I actually ate..guestimating all the food I logged on?
Drum roll please...
2595 calories! I think I had another heart attack. Or at least, that is what I am going to get if I continue eating like that! I think being conscious of it will help me a lot more, because I plan on posting a picture of what I used to look like in a bathing suit on my exercise bike tonight..if I can find it from the dusty photo books.
I know I can do this, and would like to encourage all you out there who are wishing to have pride in your body as much as I do that you can too.
Here is a log of a woman who has lost 65 lbs and is still going on reddit.com..this is what I am working towards!
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gj0jo/i_was_envious_of_other_i_lost_x_amount_of_weight/
I would love to hear some progress stories out there.
The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 1
Day 1- Evaluation
I am great and probably best labeled as world-renowned for starting ideas with full force and probably wavering off somewhere in the close future. I am not promising anything, because I fear if I do that, I will commit to my old routine, but I am making my best ATTEMPT to work on losing weight and doing it healthily (if that is a word).
I know I can only accomplish this through the support of my family, friends, and God, so I hope this one day will give motivation to someone. I know I personally like to see what works for other people and try and tailor it to where it can best work for me- which is as good a try as any other I suppose.
So, with that said, I started Day 1 today. It wasn't anything special, I actually first initiated it by signing up with a free membership at
http://caloriecount.about.com/. This site is great because it provides a calorie counter to watch your intake, set up and track the meals you eat, advise you on if you are under or over on the nutrients/calories you need or have absorbed, and offers exercise plans and help through forums to get you through--so basically an internet support system- which is great because I need all the help I could get.
For the first day, it advised me to follow through on my normal daily eating routine and exercise (which is basically non-existent) so I could see where my problem lies..which is no big surprise considering what I ate!
Who ever knew a hamburger alone could be 500 calories! Good God! So, I found out I need to be eating about 1200 calories a day with my current weight and height. Are you ready for what I actually ate..guestimating all the food I logged on?
Drum roll please...
2595 calories! I think I had another heart attack. Or at least, that is what I am going to get if I continue eating like that! I think being conscious of it will help me a lot more, because I plan on posting a picture of what I used to look like in a bathing suit on my exercise bike tonight..if I can find it from the dusty photo books.
I know I can do this, and would like to encourage all you out there who are wishing to have pride in your body as much as I do that you can too.
Here is a log of a woman who has lost 65 lbs and is still going on reddit.com..this is what I am working towards!
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gj0jo/i_was_envious_of_other_i_lost_x_amount_of_weight/
I would love to hear some progress stories out there.
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