Two weeks
ago I decided to start my ‘Snack Free Day’ strategy to help get my snacking
under control. I was snacking every day – and now I have cut that in ½ with
this effective method. If you look at the last 2 months of trackers you'll see almost every day had chips or some other snack. So this is a major victory. My weigh-in is this Wednesday – and when I post my
new goals for Month #16 I’ll be taking this 'snacking
strategy' to the next level.
Sunday was another great day – totally stress free from beginning to end. I slept until 10:30am – got some
moderate exercise (just over 2 miles of walking) and a lot of stretching. Lots
of fruits and vegetables – just an overall great day.
Oh, and I’m going into my second week as a
vegetarian and I’m loving it. The health benefits for me not eating meat is
immeasurable. According to experts, people with inflammatory diseases like myself (Rheumatoid Arthritis) do better as vegetarians. I’m changing inside and out – so many major changes on the
horizon for 2015. Very exciting! Meanwhile…
Here’s
Tracker:
| STATS | |
| Journey Day: | 453 |
| Today's Calories: | 1840 |
| Daily Calorie Goal: | 1700 |
| Total Steps | 6319 |
| Next Weigh In: | 4/15/2015 |
| Days till Weigh-In: | 3 |
| Starting Weight: | 351 |
| Current Weight: | 271 |
| Lost So Far: | 80 |
| Calorie Tracker | Calories | |
| ***SNACK FREE DAY*** | ||
| SUNDAY 4/12/15 | ||
| BREAKFAST (VEGAN) | ||
| 2 slices rye toast | 160 | |
| PB&J (9g) | 150 | |
| Org. Greens (1g) | 0 | |
| Nutra Blast Smoothie | 125 | |
| Breakfast Calories | 435 | |
| AM SNACKs | ||
| Lg. Coffee w/Milk (2g) | 50 | |
| Snack Calories | 50 | |
| LUNCH | ||
| 1.5c Raisin Bran (7g) | 295 | |
| 3/4c Org Fat free milk (6g) | 70 | |
| Org. Greens | 0 | |
| Lunch Calories | 365 | |
| PM SNACKs (VEGAN) | ||
| Coffee w/non-dairy Creamer | 30 | |
| 3 Lg. Strawberries | 25 | |
| Golden Delicious Apple | 60 | |
| Snack Calories | 115 | |
| DINNER | ||
| Mini cheese Raviolis w/organic marinara (13g) | 700 | |
| 1 slice butter toasted rye (1g) | 125 | 39g |
| Dinner Calories | 825 | |
| SNACK (VEGAN) | ||
| Nutra Blast Smoothie | 50 | 39g |
| 50 | ||
| **Miscellaneous Calories: | 0 | |
| Exercise | ||
| Strength Training (gym / home) | No | |
| Walking - 15 min | Yes | |
| 10 Min Stretching (& deep breathing) | Yes | |
| Steps Walked (2000 = 1 Mile) | 6319 | |
| Total Daily Calories: | 1840 | |
| ***Daily Caloric Goal: | 1750 | NEW |
| Total Protein: | 39g | |
| **+A1:C42Miscellaneous Calories: not reported on yesterday's tracker | ||
| *****Need 40g of Protein daily (minimum) | ||
| 29 days | March - April 2015 | ||||||
| Calories Eaten | Steps Walked | Calories Burned (exercise) | [total miles - walked] | Actual Calories | |||
| 3/18/2015 | 1750 | 4892 | 132 | 2.31 | 1573 | ||
| 3/19/2015 | 2040 | 5216 | 140.8 | 2.46 | 1899 | ||
| 3/20/2015 | 2090 | 3087 | 83.3 | 1.46 | 1603 | ||
| 3/21/2015 | 2165 | 6970 | 188.1 | 3.3 | 1976 | ||
| 3/22/2015 | 2010 | 5138 | 138.7 | 2.43 | 1871 | ||
| 3/23/2015 | 1887 | 5022 | 134.2 | 2.38 | 1752 | ||
| 3/24/2015 | 2000 | 4895 | 132.1 | 2.31 | 1573 | ||
| 3/25/2015 | 2265 | 4558 | 123 | 2.15 | 2142 | ||
| 3/26/2015 | 2040 | 5111 | 137.9 | 2.41 | 1902 | ||
| 3/27/2015 | 1770 | 5022 | 135.5 | 2.37 | 1634 | ||
| 3/28/2015 | 2260 | 4326 | 116.8 | 2.04 | 2143 | ||
| 3/29/2015 | 1855 | 4280 | 115.5 | 2.02 | 1739 | ||
| 3/30/2015 | 2005 | 6532 | 176.3 | 3.09 | 1828 | ||
| 3/31/2015 | 1900 | 5133 | 138.5 | 2.43 | 1761 | ||
| 4/1/2015 | 2010 | 4618 | 124.6 | 2.18 | 1885 | ||
| 4/2/2015 | 1575 | 4850 | 130.9 | 2.29 | 1444 | ||
| 4/3/2015 | 2080 | 5485 | 148 | 2.59 | 1932 | ||
| 4/4/2015 | 2420 | 6736 | 181.8 | 3.18 | 2238 | ||
| 4/5/2015 | 1615 | 5309 | 143.3 | 2.51 | 1472 | ||
| 4/6/2015 | 2120 | 4583 | 123.7 | 2.16 | 1996 | ||
| 4/7/2015 | 2110 | 4941 | 133.4 | 2.33 | 1976 | ||
| 4/8/2015 | 1860 | 5996 | 161.8 | 2.83 | 1698 | ||
| 4/9/2015 | 1830 | 7911 | 213.5 | 3.74 | 1616 | ||
| 4/10/2015 | 1875 | 5834 | 157.5 | 2.76 | 1718 | ||
| 4/11/2015 | 1865 | 6464 | 174.1 | 2.82 | 1691 | ||
| 4/12/2015 | 1840 | 6319 | 118.7 | 2.08 | 1721 | ||
| 4/13/2015 | |||||||
| 4/14/2015 | |||||||
| 4/15/2015 | |||||||
| 1970.6538 | 139228 | 3704 | 64.63 | 1799.346154 | |||
| Note: calories eaten minus calories burned = actual daily calories | |||||||
Two Notes: I fell a wee bit short of protein on Sunday - should be 40 grams minimum but I came in at 39. Not horrible, but I forgot to add protein to my evening smoothie - so it could easily have been avoided. I'll be sure not to do that again. And second, my daily calorie average has finally dropped below 1800 for the month - and this is weigh-in week so that's terrific. It's been a long, productive month. I'm super pleased no matter what.
