Upgrading to Premium
Well, so far, so good. I did quite a bit of exercise yesterday and I think I ate well. Not perfect, but pretty good.
I've already had 32oz of water today and a healthy breakfast. Next up: exercise! :-D
I'm really excited about the two forum groups I'm a part of. I think they're really going to help keep me accountable for staying on track. It's good to commit myself while the motivation is still high. That way when it weakens I've got commitments to fulfill so I can't screw off or quit.
Because I have just upgraded to Premium membership at www.my-calorie-counter.com I am now able to add custom foods, custom menus, and custom activities to my journal. I am also able to customize my target levels and have made the decision to adjust my caloric target level to 1179calories per day.
I chose this number because according to an online calorie calculator my caloric needs are 2031 if I am mostly sedentary all day and 2327 if I am lightly active during the day. As a compromise I decided to pick the number right in between those two (2179). When losing weight you subtract 500cal from your daily total to lose about 1lb/wk. Since I want to lose 2lbs/wk right now I subtracted 1000cal from my daily total. And that is how I got to a target total of 1179calories per day.
Also, now that I've upgraded to Premium I can see the totals at the bottom of my journal and there's no guess work about how well I did.
It's a bit frustrating to see that I went over my caloric target yesterday by 84 calories. It doesn't seem like much, but if I had just resisted that bowl of cereal after dinner I would have stayed under my target. Knowing that I probably could have chosen something else to fill me up with less calories makes me want to kick myself. Oh well. Now I know and next time I'll choose better.
The great thing about the "diet" I'm following is that I'm not totally starving myself. When I'm hungry I eat. It's just that I don't get really full every time (just satisfied) and I make smarter choices (cereal excluded).
Having the MCC website makes it so much easier to have confidence in my choices because I can see everything at a glance. For example: If I see that I'm low on protein then for my next meal/snack I can choose something higher in protein than I might otherwise. If I see that I'm high in salt, than I can choose something with a lower sodium content.
I'm very happy with my early Christmas present. :-)
I've already had 32oz of water today and a healthy breakfast. Next up: exercise! :-D
I'm really excited about the two forum groups I'm a part of. I think they're really going to help keep me accountable for staying on track. It's good to commit myself while the motivation is still high. That way when it weakens I've got commitments to fulfill so I can't screw off or quit.
Because I have just upgraded to Premium membership at www.my-calorie-counter.com I am now able to add custom foods, custom menus, and custom activities to my journal. I am also able to customize my target levels and have made the decision to adjust my caloric target level to 1179calories per day.
I chose this number because according to an online calorie calculator my caloric needs are 2031 if I am mostly sedentary all day and 2327 if I am lightly active during the day. As a compromise I decided to pick the number right in between those two (2179). When losing weight you subtract 500cal from your daily total to lose about 1lb/wk. Since I want to lose 2lbs/wk right now I subtracted 1000cal from my daily total. And that is how I got to a target total of 1179calories per day.
Also, now that I've upgraded to Premium I can see the totals at the bottom of my journal and there's no guess work about how well I did.
It's a bit frustrating to see that I went over my caloric target yesterday by 84 calories. It doesn't seem like much, but if I had just resisted that bowl of cereal after dinner I would have stayed under my target. Knowing that I probably could have chosen something else to fill me up with less calories makes me want to kick myself. Oh well. Now I know and next time I'll choose better.
The great thing about the "diet" I'm following is that I'm not totally starving myself. When I'm hungry I eat. It's just that I don't get really full every time (just satisfied) and I make smarter choices (cereal excluded).
Having the MCC website makes it so much easier to have confidence in my choices because I can see everything at a glance. For example: If I see that I'm low on protein then for my next meal/snack I can choose something higher in protein than I might otherwise. If I see that I'm high in salt, than I can choose something with a lower sodium content.
I'm very happy with my early Christmas present. :-)
posted by KMD at 6:41 PM
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