Monday, September 24, 2007
good beginning
yesterday was september 23.
weight was goal + 20
what i ate:
breakfast: special k cereal with skim milk (155), coffee with skim milk and splenda (30)
snack: string cheese (70), corn tortilla (40)
lunch: veggie lasagna (400?)
dinner: slice of toast (90), bbq soy protein (210) (MUCH tastier than it sounds!)
snack: apple (60), 12 almonds (80)
exercise: 3 mile walk with mom
also mom made a big pan of chocolate chip cookie bars, and i decided not to have any. how about that.
so a couple of you have mentioned that you think 1200 calories is on the low side, which i think is probably right. i calculated my bmr (that is, basal metabolic rate) a few months back and i actually should be eating around 1400 to support my goal weight. so i'll aim for around that. i will start counting the calories of what i am eating, as a reference. i don't want to get super control-freaky about counting calories, but on the other hand, that is the simplest formula... as amyz pointed out, it takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound of fat. so that means cutting or burning that many calories... 500 a day to lose a pound a week. 1000 a day to lose 2 pounds! eesh, that sounds like a lot. but if i eat 500 less and do my hour of exercise, it's reasonable.
this week is going to be tough as far as exercising and eating well... help me out. we have meetings all day today and tomorrow including evening outings for dinner/drinks. then wednesday - saturday i am traveling, which makes both eating and exercising so much harder. here's what i've done so far to prepare: brought my lunch today despite the fact that lunch is provided. i'll do the same tomorrow. tonight at dinner: no alcohol (which will make everyone ask if i am pregnant- so annoying), and i'll try to stick with a smart dinner, maybe skip the appetizers altogether? i brought my workout clothes in the hope that we'll get done tonight early enough for me to swing by the gym on the way home, but that will be unpleasant at best after a long day and dinner out... we'll see. as far as being on the road- i'll bring exercise clothes and hopefully there is a gym at my hotel? i am not super crazy about going running in an unfamiliar town.
other ideas?
weight was goal + 20
what i ate:
breakfast: special k cereal with skim milk (155), coffee with skim milk and splenda (30)
snack: string cheese (70), corn tortilla (40)
lunch: veggie lasagna (400?)
dinner: slice of toast (90), bbq soy protein (210) (MUCH tastier than it sounds!)
snack: apple (60), 12 almonds (80)
exercise: 3 mile walk with mom
also mom made a big pan of chocolate chip cookie bars, and i decided not to have any. how about that.
so a couple of you have mentioned that you think 1200 calories is on the low side, which i think is probably right. i calculated my bmr (that is, basal metabolic rate) a few months back and i actually should be eating around 1400 to support my goal weight. so i'll aim for around that. i will start counting the calories of what i am eating, as a reference. i don't want to get super control-freaky about counting calories, but on the other hand, that is the simplest formula... as amyz pointed out, it takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound of fat. so that means cutting or burning that many calories... 500 a day to lose a pound a week. 1000 a day to lose 2 pounds! eesh, that sounds like a lot. but if i eat 500 less and do my hour of exercise, it's reasonable.
this week is going to be tough as far as exercising and eating well... help me out. we have meetings all day today and tomorrow including evening outings for dinner/drinks. then wednesday - saturday i am traveling, which makes both eating and exercising so much harder. here's what i've done so far to prepare: brought my lunch today despite the fact that lunch is provided. i'll do the same tomorrow. tonight at dinner: no alcohol (which will make everyone ask if i am pregnant- so annoying), and i'll try to stick with a smart dinner, maybe skip the appetizers altogether? i brought my workout clothes in the hope that we'll get done tonight early enough for me to swing by the gym on the way home, but that will be unpleasant at best after a long day and dinner out... we'll see. as far as being on the road- i'll bring exercise clothes and hopefully there is a gym at my hotel? i am not super crazy about going running in an unfamiliar town.
other ideas?
# posted by saara @ 7:16 AM 
