Wednesday, April 9, 2014

4/9... A Good Loss

                                                                  Total Daily Calories:  1705
Day 87 …                                                 Days till Weigh-In:   28
 



Spring has not yet settled on Long Island, but my heart is warmed by a 7 lb. weight loss .. That’s 1.75lbs per week. And while I am very happy with the loss, I want to be closer to 10 than 7!

So let's see what we can do - I've got 28 days to get it done...



Next weigh-in: May 7th  


Date
Weight
(+ / -)
2/13/2014
351
3/13/2014
343
-8
    4/9/2014
336
-7




April-May GOALS:

Total Daily Calories: 1800
Daily Snack Calorie Allotment: 400
Daily Exercise: 34 minutes
Weight Loss: 9 lbs.
Cut Carbohydrates by 50%
Increase Protein by 50%

 
  Goal Strategies:
1.      Daily Calorie Goals: 1500 dedicated to meals with starting meal breakdown: 600 – 500 – 400
2.      Snacks: 400 calories assigned   
3.      Exercise: Increase exercise from 790 minutes to 930 minutes (17.8%)
  will monitor daily and sub totals to insure increase
4.      Breakfast Caloric Increase: will add some dinner foods to maintain consistency





       A Look Back at 27 Days
DATE
Total Daily Calories
Exercise Time    (Minutes)
3/13/2014
1850
60
3/14/2014
2168
0
3/15/2014
2400
0
3/16/2014
1537
45
3/17/2014
1838
60
3/18/2014
1813
30
3/19/2014
2195
15
3/20/2014
1818
0
3/21/2014
2118
40
3/22/2014
2090
60
3/23/2014
1840
35
3/24/2014
1881
0
3/25/2014
1845
20
3/26/2014
1856
35
3/27/2014
1797
30
3/28/2014
1928
30
3/29/2014
1995
0
3/30/2014
1890
30
3/31/2014
1810
30
4/1/2014
1735
30
4/2/2014
1835
30
4/3/2014
1875
0
4/4/2014
2355
30
4/5/2014
1820
45
4/6/2014
1320
105
4/7/2014
2000
0
4/8/2014
1625
30
27 Days:            
Avg. 1897.5
Avg. 29.2
 
 
 
21 days exercising
 
6 days no exercise
 

                 
 Daily Calorie Tracker    
[42]                       Wednesday  4/9/14         
Time Qty Food Item Calories Sub
8am Breakfast      
  1 Kaiser w/2 scrambled eggs & bacon 610  
  1 Hazelnut Crème Decaf 70  
  1 Bowl Organic Mixed Greens 0  
         
                              Breakfast Calories: 680  
11a Snack      
  1 Coffee 70  
                             Snack Calories: 70  
2pm Lunch      
  2 Slice MG Bread 220  
  1 Tbsp PB2 & Strawberry Preserves 125  
  1 Bottle Water 0  
         
                            Lunch Calories: 345 1095
3:30p Snack      
  1 McIntosh Apple 60  
                        Snack Calories: 60 1155
6:30p Dinner      
  3oz Lean sliced turkey sausage, turkey breast, string beans, red onions casserole (McCormicks Brown sugar bourbon marinade, no oils) 600  
  1 Large Bowl Mixed Greens 0  
                      Dinner Calories: 600 1755
  Snack      
  1 Hazelnut Crème Decaf 70  
                      Snack Calories: 70 1825
            Total Calories Burned: <120>  
                                          Total: 1705
                   ***Daily Caloric Goal: 1900  
Water (1 cup per circle)    
O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O   O  O  O    14  
1 cup = 8 fluid oz = 0.24 liters    
Time    Activity   Burned  
30 min Walking <120>  
         
    <120>  
*Calorie/Activity calculation:  20 or 30 Calories for every 5 minutes (depending on exertion)
     
 

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I'll be posting pictures of homemade dishes going forward.