As most of you know I've been having difficulty with snacking these past few weeks. I'm not sure why this has been such a struggle but in spite of trying a couple different strategies, so far I haven't been able to get it under control. However, as you also know I never give up and so today I started something called "Snack Free Day". How this will work is simple - every other day I will not allow myself any snacks (other than fruit and vegetables). On the alternate days I can have a snack. I'm hoping the psychological nature of this strategy will work. What it's doing is creating a short period of time (one single day) where I cannot have a snack - a timeframe I should be able to conquer - while giving me something to look forward to - anticipation if you will - for the following day. So Sunday was the first snack free day and it worked - Even though there were a couple times that I really wanted a snack - I didn't allow myself to have it. Instead I told myself "tomorrow - wait one more day and you'll have a snack tomorrow". And so as planned - on Sunday I had NO snacks.! I'm very pleased. You will see the "Snack Free Day" posted on the tracker every other day. Stay tuned! Meanwhile...
Here's Tracker:
| STATS | |
| Journey Day: | 439 |
| Today's Calories: | 1855 |
| Daily Calorie Goal: | 1700 |
| Total Steps | 4280 |
| Next Weigh In: | 4/15/2015 |
| Days till Weigh-In: | 17 |
| Starting Weight: | 351 |
| Current Weight: | 271 |
| Lost So Far: | 80 |
| Calorie Tracker | Calories | |
| ***SNACK FREE DAY*** | ||
| SUNDAY 3/28/15 | ||
| BREAKFAST (VEGAN) | ||
| 2 Slices toasted rye w/PB&J | 325 | |
| Org. Greens | 0 | |
| Breakfast Calories | 325 | |
| AM SNACKs (VEGAN) | ||
| Coffee w/Almond coconut milk | 30 | |
| Nutra Blast Smoothie | 125 | |
| Snack Calories | 155 | |
| LUNCH | ||
| Long Island Clam Chowder | 200 | |
| Buttered Bagguete | 400 | |
| Lunch Calories | 600 | |
| PM SNACKs (VEGAN) | ||
| Red Delicious | 70 | |
| Coffee w/Almond coconut milk | 30 | |
| Snack Calories | 100 | |
| DINNER | ||
| Cheeseburger w/sauteed shrooms & onions | 550 | |
| Dinner Calories | 550 | |
| SNACK (VEGAN) | ||
| Nutra Blast Smoothie | 125 | |
| 125 | ||
| **Miscellaneous Calories: | 0 | |
| Exercise | ||
| Strength Training (gym / home) | Yes | |
| Walking - 15 min | Yes | |
| 10 Min Stretching (& deep breathing) | Yes | |
| Steps Walked (2000 = 1 Mile) | 4280 | |
| Total Daily Calories: | 1855 | |
| ***Daily Caloric Goal: | 1700 | NEW |
| **+A1:C42Miscellaneous Calories: not reported on yesterday's tracker | ||
| 29 days | March - April 2015 | ||||||
| Calories Eaten | Steps Walked | Calories Burned (exercise) | [total miles - walked] | Actual Daily Calories | |||
| 3/18/2015 | 1750 | 4892 | 132 | 2.31 | 1573 | ||
| 3/19/2015 | 2040 | 5216 | 140.8 | 2.46 | 1899.2 | ||
| 3/20/2015 | 2090 | 3087 | 83.3 | 1.46 | 1603 | ||
| 3/21/2015 | 2165 | 6970 | 188.1 | 3.3 | 1976.9 | ||
| 3/22/2015 | 2010 | 5138 | 138.7 | 2.43 | 1871.3 | ||
| 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 | 1634.5 | ||
| 3/28/2015 | 2260 | 4326 | 116.8 | 2.04 | 2143.2 | ||
| 3/29/2015 | 1855 | 4280 | 115.5 | 2.02 | 1739 | ||
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| 2011 | 58517 | 1577.9 | 27.64 | 1817.425 | |||
| Note: calories eaten minus calories burned = actual daily calories | |||||||
