Thursday, August 12, 2010

Counting calories

I´ve never been one for counting calories. I just found a great phone application though, called Lose It!, that makes it easy to enter foods eaten.
Results after a week: No wonder I´m barely losing weight. I eat too damn much! I average 1800 to 2000 calories while I should be at about 1700 or under to lose weight. (If you´re wondering why those numbers are so high, I´m 5'11".)

Mystery solved.

I´ll keep tracking calories for a bit to see if I can spot patterns and eliminate the big problem foods.
The program also tracks macronutrients (carbs, fat, protein). I´m eating about 10% protein, at the low end of the USDA recommendations. I´ve heard that protein boosts satiety so I´ll try to eat more of it. As a vegetarian, that means lentils, beans, quinoa and perhaps protein powder.

Just losing 2 pounds per month... but that still means I´ll be 24 pounds lighter after a year. More fun than a kick in the head. ;)

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