To all of my followers, I've decided to come clean about my latest project. Since I use this blog as a replacement for adult interaction during the day, this is gong to be my accountability partner for my weight loss goal. I have been on a diet for the last two weeks and am hoping to be at my goal weight in 6-8 months. So far I have lost about 10 lbs and feel like I'm not even trying that hard. I am using a web-based tool through www.livestrong.com, which is a free and helps people get in shape in a healthy way. My favorite part of the website is the MyPlate feature, which helps you track your calories for the day. They even have a smart phone app for those of you who aren't near a computer all day. What makes this calorie tracker different is its pre-programmed foods that you can select with ease, so that you aren't plugging in each food's nutritional information. Who has time for that, right?
For example, I ate Kellogg's Strawberry Special K cereal this morning. A serving size is 1 cup and I had approximately 2 cups. I went to the website, typed in "Kellogg" and all of their products were listed for me to select. I easily found the exact cereal, then plugged in "2" in the servings field. It automatically calculated my calories and nutritional breakdown, then added it to my daily intake while simultaneously calculating how many calories I have before reaching my daily limit. It then stores my frequently eaten foods to reduce future search time.
Another great feature is its fitness tracking, which is just as easy. I mopped yesterday for about 40 minutes, and broke a sweat, so I was curious to see if I could get any fitness credit. I logged on, typed in "mop," and up popped "mopping" with a calorie burn of about 303/hr. I put in the number of minutes I mopped and got a 202 calorie credit towards my daily intake goal.
Basically, it's great.
I'll continue to update my weight loss over the next couple of months, which will help keep me on track! Thanks for always being my sounding board.
I am seriously mad that the comments I wrote on Friday aren't here.... I'll work on writing some more comments!
ReplyDeleteThat is really awesome you have already lost 10 pounds! We'll have to take some walks on the boardwalk with the kids once the weather gets and stays nice. I love the boardwalk and at least Tessa and Ashton can talk to each other while we push them!
Thanks for your encouragement, I am really excited to shed this weight. I am totally, totally down for walking, especially on the boardwalk! I have spring fever in the worst way!!
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