A Day In My Weight Loss Life
I wanted a re-do of yesterday's meticulous tracking, in order to see if spreading out my calories just a bit more might result in a better food ending to my day. Spoiler alert: It did.
Morning Weight
117.4
Movement
6 mile walk (approximately 500-600 calories burned)
Food
Half a Bagel with one slice cheddar cheese & one slice deli ham, one cup fresh cherries (Approx 500 calories, about 100 of which was margarine added by my granddaughter before I could explain to her that I don't use it.) Eaten at 11am
Banana (100 calories) Eaten at 1pm
Small cup Greek Yogurt + 1/2 cup frozen berries (150 calories) Eaten at 3pm
Trader Joe Bean & Rice Burrito, Salsa (240 + 50 calories) Eaten at 5pm
Two frozen berries (10 calories) Eaten at 7pm
Total: 1050 calories
AM Weigh-In This Morning
117.4, no change
Takeaways
A much better day! I would normally not do a 500 calorie bagel 'thingy' here, because I don't normally use any margarine - just bagel, cheese, and a deli ham slice, but my granddaughter added it before I could stop her, and I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I ate it and elected to go a bit lighter elsewhere.
Anyhow, just some very mild food compulsions when we returned home from an early evening event, which I was able to satisfy with two frozen berries. (For any new readers - I've been at this for four months, I did not start off by being able to shut off my noisy brain with just two berries, trust me!)
Lesson Learned
A bit lighter at first meal allows for slightly larger later-in-the-day meals, and that seems to work better for me. OK, so now I know!
I know you're trying to train your brain, but how long can you feel energized with so few calories pluscall the exercise? I'd have headaches and my blood sugar would really drop. Is this short term calorie restriction?
ReplyDeleteI actually feel great- tons of energy.Much less sluggish than when I was inhaling sugar. And I’m not shedding weight - just 1.5 pounds or so a week currently- so my assumption is the calories are appropriate. I’m old (er!) so my metabolism has slowed as well.
DeleteIf I were plummeting in weight, I’d be concerned, but I’m not. It’s a bit depressing, but this is apparently the reality of my metabolism at this age of life.
- Tamara
Sam, you got me curious so I went to the Mayo Clinic site. For my age, height and current weight, maintenance calories are 1400 a day (on par with my current experience) and 500 less a day to lose weight, which equals 900 a day, in order to accomplish a weight loss of one pound a week. I can add approximately 200 a day for my activities, again per the website, which is 1100, pretty much exactly what I ate over the last two days.
DeleteSo I'm actually square on target with my calories. I appreciate you motivating me to check on this, and I appreciate that it aligns with what my body (and scale!) were already showing/telling me.