Total Daily Calories: 1818
Day 67… Days till Weigh-In: 21
Day 67… Days till Weigh-In: 21
I’ve
been analyzing the Tracker data from the first 4 weeks (I actually cheated and
started looking at them a week early). The good news is I’ve picked up on some
patterns and as a result I’ve decided to try some new things:
1. Evening snacks à reduced towards elimination
2. Morning non-fruit snack à reduced towards elimination
3. Afternoon non-fruit snack à reduced towards elimination
4. Protein à slowly increasing daily intake while reducing simple Carbs
5. Dinner simple carbohydrates à reduced towards elimination
6. Water à increased daily consumption (over next 2 weeks will add 8oz. before meals)
7. Time-stamping meals and snacks
8. Last 60 calories of daily goal being treated as overflow
1. Evening snacks à reduced towards elimination
2. Morning non-fruit snack à reduced towards elimination
3. Afternoon non-fruit snack à reduced towards elimination
4. Protein à slowly increasing daily intake while reducing simple Carbs
5. Dinner simple carbohydrates à reduced towards elimination
6. Water à increased daily consumption (over next 2 weeks will add 8oz. before meals)
7. Time-stamping meals and snacks
8. Last 60 calories of daily goal being treated as overflow
Most of
these changes have started over the past couple weeks. I’m attempting to find
the perfect nutritional /caloric balance that will keep my weight loss slightly below 10lbs per month (8.5 to 9lbs is the sweet spot). I’ll be able to tweak more after the next 4
weeks of tracker data and weigh-in results. As the weather gets warmer I’ll start
walking more so meal / snack planning will have to be adjusted for that – I’ll
keep my eye on daily calorie counts, protein grams and upcoming weigh-ins and
keep you posted.
Goal News: I’ve
decided to change my final goal weight to 200lbs.
The reason is because I looked back at my 1990 diary and
see that my final weight was 238lbs and size 12. I was very athletic and muscular at the time - more so than I will be this time around. But as the weight drops I’ll become more active which will include building some muscle. For now, I’m
gonna change it to 200lbs – I will be approaching 240lbs one year from now, so I’ll
pretty much know by then if 200 is a good ultimate goal.
It may
seem like I’m getting ahead of myself but trust me – 1 year will fly by in spite of my greatest efforts
to ‘slow down time’. Believe me, I will be the very first person to say I told you so...J
Tracker:
| Daily Tracker | |||||
| [42] | Date: | Thursday 3/20/14 | |||
| Time | Qty | Food | Calories | Sub | |
| 6:30a | Breakfast | ||||
| 1.5c | Raisin Bran | 285 | |||
| 3/4c | Skim Plus | 83 | |||
| 1 | Organic Bowl Mixed Greens - no dressing | 0 | |||
| 1 | Hazelnut Crème Decaf | 50 | |||
| Breakfast Calories: | 418 | ||||
| 11a | Snack | ||||
| 1 | Coffee | 50 | |||
| 1 | Organic Apple w/PB2 | 100 | |||
| Snack Calories | 150 | 568 | |||
| 12:30p | Lunch | ||||
| 2 | Slices MG Bread w/PB2 & Preserves | 380 | |||
| 1oz | Pretzels | 100 | |||
| 1c | Organic Baby Carrots | 30 | |||
| Lunch Calories: | 510 | 1078 | |||
| 3:15p | Snack | ||||
| 1 | Coffee | 50 | |||
| 1 | Organic Banana | 100 | |||
| Snack Calories | 150 | 1228 | |||
| 5:30p | Dinner | ||||
| 2c | Brown rice | 340 | |||
| 1/4c | Pink Beans washed/drained | 40 | |||
| 3oz | Honey Ham Steak chopped | 110 | |||
| 1 | Organic bowl mixed greens - no dressing | 0 | |||
| 1 | Hazelnut Decaf Crème | 50 | |||
| Dinner Calories | 540 | 1768 | |||
| 6:30p | Snack | ||||
| 1 | *Hazelnut Decaf Crème | 50 | |||
| Snack Calories | 50 | ||||
| Total Calories Burned | <0> | ||||
| Total: | 1818 |
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| ***Daily Caloric Goal: | 1960 | ||||
| Water (1 cup per circle) | |||||
| O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | 3 cups | ||||
| 1 cup = 8 fluid oz = 0.24 liters | |||||
| Time | Activity | Burned | |||
| Total Calories Burned: | <0> | ||||
| *Calorie/Activity calculation: 20 or 30 Calories for every 5 minutes (depending on exertion) | |||||
