On the first day of my diet I weighed 153. Not too bad, I expected somewhere in between 155-160. This changes things slightly from my original plan... The plan was to lose 20 lbs in 2 months... but because my weight is less than what I thought, I'm going to modify it slightly.
Now, my plan is to weigh 135 by 2011. The reason for the change? When I lost my pre-wedding weight, I went from 175 to 140. I need to get back to my June weight, and then an additional 5 lbs. So... here I am at the beginning of this challenge with the intent of losing 18 lbs.
I am going to use the Calorie Calculator that was mentioned previously. However, I am going to use it a little differently than it is intended purpose. Here is my calculator:
So, above is MY actual calorie counter. If you noticed, I put "very light" as my activity level. I am a fairly active person, so why did I put very light, especially when I debated in a previous post between light and moderate? I'm using the "very light" activity level because it is the minimum amount of calories to eat in order to lose the weight I want to shed. This way, when I go to the gym or play tennis, I can calculate the calories that I burned and factor them back into the calories I can eat for the day. Does that make sense? Simply... if I burn 100 calories doing an activity, I can add an extra 100 calories to the amount of food I eat for that day. I decided it wouldn't be accurate if I calculated using moderate if I didn't do an intense workout that day. So....... each day this week I can eat 719 calories per day (plus whatever my exercise is for the day).
I've decided that I am going to try to blog at night or in the morning to reflect the previous day's accomplishments (and setbacks). So far, I've eaten 2 eggs and walked Heinz around the neighborhood for 20 minutes. Looks like I'm going to have to step it up a bit!
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